Written answers

Tuesday, 3 November 2009

  • Department of Finance
    • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of the charge made in respect of the bank guarantee for the most recent quarter in 2009 for which he has returns; the rate per cent of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will meet with representatives of all the Opposition parties to take their views and suggestions into account in advance of planning budget...
    • Public Service Contracts
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of savings realised from the procurement review; the make-up of these savings; and his plans to make areas of public service delivery...
    • Cigarette Smuggling
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of the loss to the Exchequer in 2009 arising from cigarette smuggling; and the measures being taken and proposed to deal with this...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown of the individual discounts being applied to each of the five financial institutions in respect of the loans of €77 billion being...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has issued any policy directions to the Financial Services Regulatory Authority since the banking crisis broke; and if he will make a...
    • Home Repossessions
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the severity of the problem facing homeowners in negative equity; his plans to extend the moratorium on house...
    • Banking Sector
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has reviewed the law governing the operation of banks of systemic importance to the economy and the changes he has identified as necessary. ...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on discussions between National Treasury Management Agency, departmental or Government officials with Eurostat and with any...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether, with respect to proposed reforms of the model of financial regulation here, it is appropriate to include in these reforms...
    • Public Sector Staff
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance the impact on public service employment of the embargo on recruitment, on numbers and on the public service pay bill in 2010 and 2011; and the...
    • Programmes for Government
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has costed the proposals in the Revised Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39147/09]
    • Public Sector Remuneration
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the practice of awarding bonuses to State sector employees. [37613/09]
    • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the latest data on credit availability, declined cases, and the delivery on commitments by institutions covered by guarantee...
    • Customs Service
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance the cooperation that takes place between his Department and the Department of Justice in respect of the resources needed for an effective customs...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance the action he is taking to ensure that the National Asset Management Agency does not drive up costs in the legal, accounting, auctioneering and...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance if a working group has been established under the Office of Public Works to develop an approach to the management and development of the former...
    • House Prices
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent Economic and Social Research Institute report which indicated that some 200,000 households, or one in three mortgages,...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to address the cost of fixed rate mortgages; the discussions he has had with the Irish Financial Services Regularity...
    • Economic Forecasts
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the latest Central Bank quarterly economic bulletin which forecast a contraction of 10.6% of gross national product here in 2009, down...
    • Oireachtas Expense Allowances
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has developed proposals for the reform of the political expenses regimes of office holders and of Members of the Oireachtas. [37722/09]
    • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has drafted a scheme for the extension of the guarantee scheme beyond 2010; if the premium to be charged will differ from that under the...
    • Public Sector Staff
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance the guidelines that exist regarding the procedure applicable to the dismissal of a public servant or a chief executive or an employee of a State of...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken or proposes to take to improve or restore competitiveness here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37796/09]
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the more stringent criteria being operated by financial institutions with respect to mortgage protection...
    • Mortgage Arrears
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the problems of families experiencing difficulties meeting mortgage repayments; and the policy instruments which might be used to...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance the impact on 2009 gross national product and gross domestic product from a €4 billion fiscal consolidation package in budget 2010; the number of...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the ease of access to lending, particularly working capital, for small, medium and large businesses here; the progress made...
    • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money he expects to inject into Anglo Irish Bank over the 2009 to 2010 period; the number of tranches; if he expects the Exchequer to...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance if the broad parameters of the 2010 and 2011 Budgets, outlined in April 2009, have been altered; and the details of the latest proposals. [39084/09]
    • Tobacco Smuggling
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance the measures that are in place to address the smuggling of illegal cigarettes into this jurisdiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Economic Forecasts
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the Economic and Social Research Institute's latest forecast, in their most recent quarterly economic bulletin, that the general...
    • Public Sector Staff
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has developed the implementation mechanisms necessary for the implementation of the rationalisation of public service structures outlined by...
    • Public Sector Pay
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has reviewed the evidence or the comparisons of pay in the public sector and in the private sector; his plans to introduce an extended...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent comments by a professor of economics and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Economics (details supplied), in respect of the...
    • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance his proposals for recapitalising Anglo Irish Bank; his assessment of the funds involved; his plans for sourcing these funds; and his views on the...
    • Economic Forecasts
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will comment on the most recent Central Statistics Office Quarterly National Accounts which showed a decline of 7.4% of Gross Domestic...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will publish the business plan for the National Asset Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37673/09]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Finance if his proposals for pension reform will be included in Budget 2010. [37768/09]
    • Tax Code
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax refunds to banks and financial institutions arising from losses in relation to the transfer of loans to the National Asset Management Agency...
    • Public Sector Staff
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance the guidelines that exist regarding the procedure applicable to the early retirement of a public servant or a chief executive or an employee of a...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that some development sites could potentially have a negative value derived from the need to fence, clean, insure and make...
    • Mortgage Arrears
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will oblige banks, as part of the National Asset Management Agency legislation, to work with individual mortgage holders to renegotiate...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the September 2009 Exchequer figures; the way the September 2009 figures compare to profiles forecast six months ago; if he expects tax...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will advise the Office of the Revenue Commissioner to meet with companies or self-employed persons who claim to be in difficulty in advance of...
    • Irish Credit Bureau
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the Irish Credit Bureau to change or amend its criteria for placing people on its records for anything up to five years for...
    • Non-Licensed Money Lending
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance the action he will take regarding non-licensed money lenders in advance of Christmas 2009. [37609/09]
    • Tax Code
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance if individuals who purchased shares in Anglo Irish Bank with loans financed by Anglo Irish Bank itself on a non-recourse basis will be able to write...
    • Banking Sector
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Finance if the banks have given a guarantee to restore lending to the business and commercial sectors in return for the National Asset Management Agency...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the down side risks facing Irish exporters, and the economy here more broadly, as a result of the strengthening euro; and if he will...
    • Cigarette Smuggling
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that arrangements have been completed for the acquisition of a second mobile scanner to combat cigarette smuggling; if it is...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the findings of the Draft Business Report on the National Asset Management Agency; the role his Department played in the decision to...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance if the levy which is proposed to be introduced into the National Asset Management Agency legislation will take account of both the time value of...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to address the cost of sub-prime mortgages; the discussions he has had with the Irish Financial Services Regularity Authority...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will appoint a High Court inspector to investigate irregularities and possible illegalities at Anglo Irish Bank; and if he will make a...
    • Consumer Price Index
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the September 2009 inflation figures indicating annual falls in harmonised index consumer prices and consumer price index of 3% and...
    • Debt Management
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Finance the proposals envisaged under the Revised Programme for Government to help those in debt; his plans to introduce personal insolvency regulations...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to make institutional changes in the arrangements for financial regulation; if he will publish an assessment of issues in advance of...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Finance the way the National Asset Management Agency proposal, through the draft NAMA business plan in particular, will get credit flowing to small and...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown of the financial institutions to which the loans of €16 billion to be taken over by National Asset Management Agency in December...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made regarding reforms of the Central Bank and the Financial Regulator, including appointments to key positions; and if he will make a...
    • Employment Levels
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will comment on the latest Quarterly National Household Survey which indicates an 8.2% year-on-year fall in employment to the end of June 2009...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has carried out an impact study on the expected economic and social impact of across the board cuts in child benefit; his views on whether...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a transparent vetting process, involving public confirmation hearings before the Joint Committee on Finance, for appointments to boards...
    • Customs Service
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to combat the trafficking of illicit drugs through private airports here, particularly in view of recent high profile legal...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will comment on recent revelations that senior bankers at Anglo Irish Bank were involved in property deals which the bank itself was...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax revenue raised to date in 2009 from the €10 air travel tax; the impact this has had on air travel to and from here; if he will...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • National Minimum Wage
      Question 173: To ask the Taoiseach the number and the proportion of the total that workers were paid at the minimum wage, no more than 5% above the minimum wage, no more than 10% above the...
    • Average Household Incomes
      Question 174: To ask the Taoiseach the average income in each decile of persons resident here and the mean, median and mode of the income of residents; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Retail Sector
      Question 175: To ask the Taoiseach the number of retailers here; the share of larger retailers of the Irish market; the penetration of large retail multiples here; and if he will make a...
    • Climate Change and Energy Security
      Question 176: To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Climate Change and Energy Security last held a meeting; and the plans for further meetings. [38624/09]
    • Programmes for Government
      Question 177: To ask the Taoiseach if the revised programme for Government replaces all commitments in the Programme for Government 2007 to 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 178: To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 20 October 2009, if he will provide the same information for 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 180: To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 174 of 6 October 2009, the name and years of service of the persons in question; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Census Pilot Survey
      Question 181: To ask the Taoiseach if his attention has been drawn to the calls being made to identify the number and geographic spread of children and adults with autism spectrum disorders in...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will respond to matters (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38662/09]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons in the Community Employment Special Drug Projects; and the number of participants who...
    • National Minimum Wage
      Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a limited company is obliged to pay their staff the minimum wage; if there are exceptions to the rule in...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the Industrial Development Authority lands in Kildare south; if further meetings have...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the impact the introduction of carbon taxes will have on competitiveness in industry and...
    • Job Creation
      Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures that have been taken to generate new employment in the Industrial Development Authority park in...
    • Work Permits
      Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a work permit application by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare over a period since 2001 to...
    • FÁS Expenditure Budgets
      Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the FÁS budget in each year since its establishment in 1987 to date in 2009; and if she will make a...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a short term diploma in family law is eligible for funding by FÁS; if so, the criteria that must be met...
    • EU Funding
      Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount that has been drawn down from the European Social Fund here to date in 2009 for the Human Capital...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the penetration of own labelling of products in the grocery sector here in 2009; the penetration of own...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has received representations regarding an issue (details supplied); the action she has taken in...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will make a statement on the decision of the City and Guilds to temporarily suspend accreditation of...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress she has made to date on the 60 applications forwarded to her Department from persons who were...
    • Job Creation
      Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs that were created by the Industrial Development Authority in 2008; the cost per job; the...
    • National Minimum Wage
      Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the minimum wage will not be reduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38270/09]
    • Work Permits
      Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will consider the circumstances of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 and issue an employment...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the terms of reference of the Review Group on Employee Representation; its membership, the date on which it...
    • Industrial Disputes
      Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 72 of 13 October 2009 in regard to the reference to outsourced...
    • Grocery Industry
      Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has conducted a survey of Irish suppliers of grocery products to the large supermarkets regarding the...
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Labour Relations Commission has the ability to investigate workplace bullying; if not, her plans to...
    • Tariff Codes
      Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way the tariff nomenclature can be amended at international level; the way national Governments and...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when redundancy payments will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reason for delay;...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 82 of 13 October 2009, the number of those client companies supported...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when statutory redundancy will be awarded to persons, (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [38498/09]
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if innovation vouchers are available to small and medium enterprises in every sector; if innovation vouchers...
    • Job Losses
      Question 211: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the reduction in staff numbers at a company (details supplied) in County...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 212: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of people in north Tipperary waiting on redundancy payments from her Department; the duration that...
    • Grocery Industry
      Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on proposals submitted to her by an association (details supplied) for a supermarket code of...
    • Employment Subsidy Scheme
      Question 214: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will make a statement regarding the take up of the employment subsidy scheme announced by her...
    • Export Credit Insurance
      Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress she has made in addressing the difficulty being faced by companies involved in the building...
    • Registrar of Friendly Societies
      Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of trade unions registered in each of the past three years with the Registrar of Friendly...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 21 October 2009, the date the data will be available; if a copy...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 218: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 5 of 17 September 2009 if she will ensure that statutory redundancy...
    • Job Losses
      Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs lost and provided in Mullingar, County Westmeath in the past ten years; and if she will...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 224: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive the redundancy rebate payment for employees. ...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 225: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the State expenditure on research and development for each year in the past ten years; and if she will make...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 228: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when redundancy payments will be awarded to the two staff members who lost their jobs as a result of the...
    • Company Supports
      Question 231: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a company (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will be supported. [38866/09]
    • Engineering Programmes
      Question 247: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding which will be provided in 2010 for the Steps engineering programme which is provided by an...
  • Department of Finance
    • Central Procurement Unit
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Finance if a central procurement unit has been established to ensure costs are at a minimum and that the State can achieve economies of scale through...
    • Job Creation
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the recent proposal to create a thousand posts in Government Departments for third level graduates; the way the jobs will be...
    • Statutory Instruments
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the practice of unnumbered statutory instruments, for example, the An Foras Áiseanna Saothair superannuation amendment scheme...
    • Revenue Payments
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a scheme operated by the British Revenue Commissioners which allows companies experiencing temporary trading...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Finance when a scheme (details supplied) will be approved; and if reckonable service will be backdated. [37902/09]
    • Financial Services Support Scheme
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Finance the number and volume of cheques returned unpaid by the banks supported by Government in the past six months. [37926/09]
    • Tax Code
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Finance the way the proposed 80% windfall tax will operate with farmers and any sale of part of their farms for whatever purpose including compulsory...
    • Tobacco Smuggling
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the increasing level of tobacco smuggling here, the resulting loss of revenue to the Exchequer and loss of jobs in the retail sector;...
    • Tax Code
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the commitment to introduce a carbon budget in the Revised Programme for Government and to introduce carbon taxes to keep Ireland's...
    • Security of the Elderly
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a scheme operated by his Department or an agency under his remit to provide grants or assistance towards installation of house alarms...
    • EU Funding
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will take action to ensure the immediate roll-out of the INTERREG IVA programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38043/09]
    • Tax Yield
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected yield in 2010 from an increase in the standard rate of tax by 1%, 2%, 3%, 4% or 5%; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Code
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected cost to the Exchequer in 2010 of tax relief on rental income for residential properties and for commercial properties; and if he will...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to the penalty imposed on a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Finance the full extent of funds from the proceeds of the National Lottery allocated to or through his Department in each of the past five years to date in...
    • National Debt
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Finance the national debt as of 31 December 1997, 31 December 2007 and the projections for 31 December 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of the proposals on decentralisation including the cost and or acquisitions of buildings, sites or other development costs associated...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has sought or received an indication from the banks regarding lending to small and medium sized enterprises in return for the rescue package...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which receipts through the various forms of taxation are likely to form the basis for budgetary policy in the next 12 months; and if...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received information with a view to calculation of the cost of tribunals; the extent to which this includes legal fees, witnesses...
    • Tax Code
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Finance if a P45 will be verified for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38161/09]
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Finance the expenditure to date on building the new headquarters for the Department of Defence; the scheduled cost for building the new headquarters; the...
    • Tax Code
      I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that a correctly completed form P45 is required, under PAYE regulations, to be given by an employer to an employee on cessation of employment. The form...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to his Department of the vacant building at the Kells Road, Navan, County Meath since its closure; his plans for the premises; and if he...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown of the State capital expenditure costs incurred since 1 January to date in 2009, with expected further costs to be incurred to the end...
    • Banking Sector
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Finance the direction given by the EU Commission on further injections of capital by the Government into Anglo Irish Bank; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Code
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax reliefs and tax breaks currently available; the estimated taxes forgone on a yearly basis per relief; if he will provide this information in...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the amount of money spent on the reinstatement of Leinster Lawn, he will open up this facility to the general public; and if he will...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason, further to the proposed National Asset Management Agency legislation, the Exchequer will be paying fees to the banks during the...
    • Tobacco Smuggling
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 128 of 13 October 2009, if he make available all reports on the European Anti-Fraud Office database that are...
    • Retail Sector Developments
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Finance if customs and excise officers have evaluated the impact the recently introduced public display ban could have on illegal and contraband trade now...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out for each percentile or earners the total amount of income earned, the total amount of tax paid, the average rate of tax paid and...
    • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Finance the names of each director of each credit institution covered by the bank guarantee; the date the guarantee was granted; the main occupation of said...
    • Tax Code
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Finance if benefit in kind is applied to the company cars of chief executive officers of State agencies; if the tax treatment differs from the private...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will elaborate on the interest rate assumptions underlying the yield curve scenarios outlined in scenarios 1, 2 and 3 of the draft National...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Finance when drainage and maintenance works will be carried out by the Office of Public Works in respect of its obligation under the 1932 Act and...
    • Public Sector Pay
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Finance the savings that would be made to the Exchequer if all salaries in both the Civil Service and semi-State bodies were capped at five and half times...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Finance when a report from ecologists (details supplied) will be finalised. [38343/09]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on a shortfall of €5 million in a pension scheme (details supplied); if the scheme has been transferred to the...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons who go into arrears on their credit cards can be charged interest rates which can be set at...
    • Tax Code
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of individual taxpayers and jointly assessed married couples who have claimed tax relief for the payment of service charges in each of...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to correspondence of 20 May 2009 from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; when he will reply to the various...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of a proposal by Dublin City Council to carry out a combined project of flood protection and layout of a water main along the Clontarf...
    • Tax Code
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that persons (details supplied) in County Sligo receive their tax relief at source for mortgage interest relief payments as soon...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Finance the grades and associated salary scales in regard to permanent and pensionable posts within the Civil Service from entry level to Secretary General;...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the interest accruing to the social insurance fund over the past ten years was credited to this fund on an annual basis; if...
    • National Debt
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Finance the major sources of borrowings that have financed our national debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38457/09]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Finance the level of funds in the pension reserve fund at 31 December for each of the past five years in tabular format; the outgoings from this fund to...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Finance if organisations and agencies in receipt of State funding are statutorily obliged to answer questions from the public; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of the mortgage interest relief at source scheme for each of the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; the...
    • Ministerial Remuneration
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Finance the savings that would be made to the Exchequer if Ministers' pay were reduced to €100,000; and the pay of Ministers of State reduced to...
    • Semi-State Boards
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Finance the savings that would be made to the Exchequer if all bonuses due to be paid to members of semi-State boards, or employees of semi-State boards, in...
    • Tax Code
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Finance if a payment for education fees to a company in Northern Ireland be allowable for income tax purposes in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Financial Institutions Capitalisation
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount the National Treasury Management Agency has invested in Irish banks; the worth of the initial investment; the value of the NTMA...
    • National Monuments
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Finance if an application to use Kilkenny Castle in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be expedited and approved. [38599/09]
    • Drainage Schemes
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to carry out a river drainage scheme on the River Barrow between Milford and Leighlinbridge in County Carlow; if the Office of Public...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Finance the address of properties rented by the State for the use of each Department, State or semi-State agency; the date of commencement of the lease of...
    • Coastal Protection
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Finance his proposals for funding for coastal protection works in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38637/09]
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Finance the plans that will be put in place under the National Assets Management Agency legislation to compensate small-scale developers who are owed money...
    • Revenue Investigations
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Finance when an investigation will be finalised in relation to the affairs of a person (details supplied) in order to permit the testimony distributions to...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Finance further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 156 of 21 October 2009, if he will provide a similar breakdown for income earners under a...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of reducing excise duty on alcohol by 10% for a two-month period starting the 15 November 2009; the cost to the Exchequer...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will discuss and act on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38718/09]
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some banks are accepting a P60 as proof of income for the purpose of securing a mortgage; his views...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of judgments registered by the Collector General against persons and companies in the years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and to date in...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an analysis of outstanding unpaid taxes at 30 September 2009 for customs, excise duties, capital gains tax, capital acquisitions...
    • Tax Code
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is due a tax rebate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38793/09]
    • Public Service Recruitment
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Finance his views, in relation to recruitment to the public service, on extending panels rather than abolishing existing panels in view of the public...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Finance his proposals to increase the overseas development budget (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38821/09]
    • Illicit Tobacco Trade
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Finance his proposals to stem the loss of revenue to the State arising from the illegal importation of cigarettes; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Finance if there has been new policy direction for the activities and conduct of revenue sheriffs or county registrars in view of the tightening of credit...
    • Tax Code
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 210 of 20 October 2009, his views on amending the legislation to state that at the time the approved...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the proposal to impose an 80% windfall tax on rezoned land or lands acquired from landowners under compulsory purchase orders...
    • Tax Code
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on extending the concession on the year in which capital gains tax must be paid in the case of compulsory purchase orders under section...
    • Courts Service
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost in the past seven years of refurbishing and upgrading the courthouse in Westport in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Semi-State Bodies
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Finance if guidelines on the superannuation of chief executives of State sponsored bodies on severance, early retirement or resignation have been issued...
    • Remuneration of Bank Staff
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Finance if he had discussions with his directors on the board of a bank (details supplied) prior or subsequent to their decision to authorise a pay increase...
    • Public Service Staff
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of people who have availed of the early retirement scheme as announced by him in budget 2009 in tabular form; the sections of the public...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 298 of 6 October 2009, the amount of tax revenue which would be raised on a 2010 and full year basis by...
    • Tax Code
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will revise the 21.5% VAT rate on a basket of goods likely to be Christmas gifts (details supplied) in view of the fact that the Northern...
    • Excise Penalties
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Finance the penalties for smuggling cigarettes and tobacco into Ireland; the penalties for trading in cigarettes and tobacco without a trading licence; and...
    • Public Procurement Operations
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will establish an advisory group on public procurement; the role and functions of such a group; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Exemptions
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 20 October 2009, if he will introduce an exemption in the Finance Bill to exempt airlines using Shannon...
    • National Debt Costs
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that will be paid per annum in national debt payments in 2009 and every year up to 2013 if the State delivers a goal of debt as a...
    • VAT Rates
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the increase in the number of customers from the Republic of Ireland who are now purchasing in Northern Ireland;...
    • Official Languages Act
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the delays being encountered by lawyers as a result of the delay with the publication of new legislation (details...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of the savings that would accrue to the Exchequer if a 1% levy was applied to tracker bonds sold by banks; and if he will make a...
    • Road Network
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will take steps to have the bridge repaired at or near Ballydorney, Rathowen, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Service Recruitment
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will take steps in view of the existing public service recruitment embargo or moratorium, that existing panels, which are in place for various...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency legislation will contain a provision for an automatic extension of planning permissions to include stages...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Health Services
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the investigation into an allegation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38368/09]
    • Food Safety Regulations
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the sell by date regulations currently in place for agri-food products; the sell by date regulations that are in place in relation to...
    • Pre-school Services
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that, under the new proposals to introduce free pre-school education, the new proposed...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position with regard to capital grant funding for a project (details supplied) in County Leitrim. [39508/09]
    • Health Services
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting time periods and number of children seeking speech therapy in each Health Service Executive region; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a value for money audit has been carried out on the work undertaken for her Department by private companies (details supplied)....
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the hospitals here that have temporarily closed patient wards and temporarily withdrawn surgical services and medical services to date...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take steps to ensure the National Cancer Screening Service protects women's right to self refer to their general...
    • Health Services
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the maximum a patient will pay under the high tech scheme is €100 per month as in the drugs payment scheme if given permission by...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the lack of dermatology services in the south east; if her attention has further been drawn to the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reply to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37911/09]
    • Health Services
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when funding for day care services in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will be approved; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the renewal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; if, in view of the fact...
    • Health Services
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the agencies that have been notified that they will receive funding for day service places in counties Laois and Offaly; the amount that...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a CAT scanner will be back in service at Ennis General Hospital, County Clare, following the suspension of this service; the...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if work has begun on a bilateral agreement to allow adoption from Ethiopia; when she anticipates this agreement will be concluded; if...
    • Health Services
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of contracts or leases that have been signed by the Health Service Executive with general practitioners in relation to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost to the Exchequer of external public relations consultants hired by her Department in 2009; the number that were hired; the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of funding for an organisation (details supplied). [38019/09]
    • Health Services
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the supports she has given to general practitioners and dentists here; the reason dentists received no supports towards equipment,...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff employed within her Department working in the area of public relations; the cost to the Exchequer; and if she will...
    • Health Services
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of permanent teeth that were extracted from children under the age of 16 years in each of the past four years in County...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Prospectus Review of Critical Care Services will be published; the reason it has not been published to date; if it will form...
    • Health Services
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if the Health Service Executive will...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for national lottery funding by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [38049/09]
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review a claim made under the health repayment scheme in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will further strengthen legislation on the sale of products in head shops particularly with regard to controlling sale of...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if medical cards are printed outside of Ireland; if so, if she will ensure that this is reviewed in view of the rate of unemployment...
    • Health Services
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made at the adolescent unit at Bessborough care centre, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38079/09]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a facility for Houses of the Oireachtas Members to access information through a direct line to obtain information on medical...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is entitled to treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if she will...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the full extent of funds from the proceeds of the national lottery allocated to or through her Department in each of the past five years...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 443: 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. [38181/09]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the statue of the renewal of a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Suicide Prevention
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there is little progress made on implementing the 33 recommendations on suicide prevention made by the Joint Committee on...
    • Youth Services
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure the protection of funding for youth services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38210/09]
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether adoptions from Vietnam are secure; the grounds on which she allowed the bilateral agreement to lapse; the reason...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to criticism by Amnesty International of the Health Service Executive's accounting system for the national mental...
    • Health Services
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when orthodontic treatment will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the future of rheumatology services at Our Lady's Hospital, Manorhamilton, County Leitrim; if there are plans to change the location of...
    • Preschool Services
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will change the early child care education regulations to allow community playschools to take on children on a reduced number of...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 192 of 7 July 2009, the position regarding same; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the effect the current embargo on the recruitment in the Health Service Executive is having on the hospital services in County Clare,...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of frontline staff employed in our public hospitals in County Clare for the years 2006, 2007, 2008 and up to 30 September...
    • Health Services
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on setting up the primary care teams in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38266/09]
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a decision has been made on the reopening of a unit with additional beds at a hospital (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she...
    • Health Services
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting time to be seen for autism assessment on the Cork south Lee area; the waiting time on the Cork north Lee area; and if she...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given with an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [38327/09]
    • Health Services
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given in having long term care provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [38328/09]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of beds in the Curragh hospice unit, Curragh, County Kildare; the number of nurses and doctors employed at the unit; her...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details attached). [38358/09]
    • Nursing Home Inspections
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost to the Health Information and Quality Authority to carry out nursing home inspections; if this cost is levied on the nursing...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on plans she announced in October 2009 for the development of the new Children's Hospital at the Mater Hospital site,...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money spent revamping the Health Service Executive website; the company contracted to carry out this service; the budget...
    • Health Services
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons awaiting admission to a long-term bed in public nursing homes in County Roscommon; their circumstances, be it in...
    • Child Abuse
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has been kept informed by the Health Service Executive of the outcome of an investigation into allegations of child abuse in...
    • Health Services
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38429/09]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will consider the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is seeking to have a piece of medical equipment...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding that is available to medical card holders who cannot obtain the drug macushield on the medical card and cannot afford to...
    • Preschool Services
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount paid by her Department under the early child care supplement each year since it was introduced and to date in 2009 in tabular...
    • Health Service Expenditure
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [38463/09]
    • Health Services
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the entitlements of a person (details supplied) in County Meath to receive more frequent respite care; and if she will make a statement...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application for a medical card will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary, the reason for...
    • Health Services
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied). [38505/09]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the impact the revised programme for Government to proceed with the current programme of co-location limited to already committed...
    • Health Services
      Question 501: 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. [38519/09]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when a decision will be...
    • Health Services
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [38547/09]
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will explain the disparity between replies given by her Department on a specific topic (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 will be informed of the outcome of their application for renewal of their medical card; and...
    • Health Services
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [38558/09]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of adults and children on the waiting list for rheumatology assessment or treatment in Naas General Hospital, County Kildare;...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress that is being made in the programme to transfer people with an intellectual disability inappropriately placed in...
    • Health Services
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will be assessed in order that they can be put on a waiting list; and if she will make...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an operation will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow before December 2009 and if she will...
    • Health Services
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the home care package for the elderly in the west Wicklow area; if funding is available; the funding available;...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of outstanding applications for medical cards and medical card renewals in respect of persons over 70 years regarding the...
    • Health Services
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 is not in receipt of an adequate home care package; if the health service will...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [38632/09]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of rheumatologists within the Health Service Executive service; the geographical positioning or health areas of same; if this...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will quantify financially and in terms of bed days lost, the cost arising from the delay in the transfer of patients with a neuro...
    • Health Services
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Regional Forum on the Provision of Neurological Rehabilitation Services in the Cork and Kerry region is due to make its report;...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to facilitate couples who wish to engage with other countries for adoption purposes in view of the breakdown in agreements...
    • Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will address matters arising from a recent Dáil motion (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Food Safety Authority
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make available a copy of the document NAT/398 of the European Economic and Social Committee on Agriculture, Rural...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38691/09]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [38692/09]
    • Early Intervention Teams
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the early intervention team for north Dublin is in place and fully staffed; the current waiting times for assessment and services;...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when further funding will be made available to facilitate the completion of treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Health Services
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38734/09]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a child (details supplied) in County Longford who is in need of orthodontic care has to wait two years for treatment; and if...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has not been awarded their entitlements in relation to subsistence and mileage...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position with regard to the renewal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if she will...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the HSE plan to provide a replacement community welfare officer service for an area (details supplied) in County Meath. [38782/09]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Laois for a medical card; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason Ireland is one of the last receiving countries to ratify the Hague Convention. [38801/09]
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will explain the inconsistencies that exist in different Health Service Executive areas here in terms of waiting times for...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in completion of post-placement reports for Russia; and if the addition of more personnel would assist in the...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the impact the revised programme for Government will have on the 75% of commitments relating to children; and if she will make a...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of Health Service Executive posts of dedicated officer for elder abuse created as a response to her policy on elder abuse;...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if drugs used for [i]in vitro [/i]fertilisation are covered under the drugs refund scheme; if there are plans to restrict access to this...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the qualifications required of teachers or carers in schools operating in the free early childhood care and education scheme; if there...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the rates exemption applied to sessional services to schools or crèches operating only the free early childhood care and education...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the problem at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin due to a shortage of necessary ICU beds...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people waiting for a colonoscopy in public hospitals here; the number of people waiting more than four weeks, up to three...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of a dedicated stroke unit for the Health Service Executive south. [38875/09]
    • Health Services
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a date for physiotherapy treatment; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Health Services
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a hearing aid test. [38910/09]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the length of paid sick leave entitlement for Health Service Executive employees; if there are circumstances in which full pay can be...
    • Health Services
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when funding will be sanctioned for an organisation (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a vaccine (details supplied) will be delivered to the Health Service Executive for its swine flu vaccination programme; and if she...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon has not been reissued with their over 70 years medical card; when this will...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 has adequate carer assistance; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if children with special needs who are enrolled in the early childhood care and education scheme will have a special needs assistant...
    • Health Services
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the home care package for the elderly in west Wicklow which is administered by the Health Service Executive...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the weekly average number of step-down or convalescent patients who were patients at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin from October 2008 to...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that the swine influenza vaccination is suitable and safe for pregnant women in view of the medical concerns being...
    • Health Services
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of any Traveller health initiatives undertaken by her; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39023/09]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (detail supplied) in County Laois who needs surgery on their shoulder will be assessed and the procedure carried out; and...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the H1N1 immunisation programme; the categories of population that have been immunised to date in 2009; her plans...
    • Health Services
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a child (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive an appointment for speech therapy. [39051/09]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way information is gathered to clearly identify children with autism spectrum disorders; her views on whether including such a...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Minister of State with responsibility for children will meet an organisation (details supplied) in view of the request made by...
    • Health Services
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the home care package for the elderly in west Wicklow which is administered by the Health Service Executive...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason persons over the age of 65 years with serious underlying health conditions are not able to avail of the swine influenza...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the bonuses awarded to Professor Brendan Drumm, chief executive officer of the Health Service Executive; the date these bonuses were...
    • General Practitioner Training
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of general practitioner training places here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39106/09]
    • Health Service Executive
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details on the new Health Service Executive structure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39107/09]
    • Programme for Government
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the revised programme for Government commitment to take further progressive, detailed steps towards building universal...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the revised programme for Government commitment to improve income eligibility limits in the assessment for medical cards...
    • Bio-Monitoring Programme
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the revised programme for Government commitment to commence a bio-monitoring programme in 2010 to measure fluoride...
    • Health Research
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the revised programme for Government commitment to increase research and development in the health sector making Ireland...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the revised programme for Government commitment to introduce stricter requirements for labelling of alcohol products; and...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding mandatory licensing of hospital services based on explicit standards; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the revised programme for Government commitment to implement reforms to hospice and palliative care, in line with...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the revised programme for Government commitment in respect of mental health, to reduce admission rates to acute units;...
    • Health Services
      Question 616: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the revised programme for Government commitment to reduce waiting times for child and adolescent services; the timelines...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 617: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the revised programme for Government commitment to progress the transfer of the Central Mental Hospital to a new site;...
    • Health Services
      Question 619: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in respect of the provision of appropriate intervention services to a person (details supplied) in Co Cork. [39126/09]
    • Pre-school Services
      Question 620: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to a query regarding the operation of the new free preschool year under the early childhood care and education...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for a waiting list of three and a half years for knee and hip replacements at Tullamore Regional Hospital, County Offaly. ...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 622: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is the case that when inpatients in nursing homes or psychiatric homes die intestate, their next of kin inherit the total...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the maintenance charges of nursing homes in accordance with the charges of inpatient services under the health...
    • Children's Services
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the additional services which will be provided by the establishment of constituency children's services committees which were...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 625: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm if it is intended to downgrade services at Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar, and Portiuncula Hospital,...
    • Health Services
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive orthodontic treatment from the Health Service Executive west; and if...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on an application for an over 70 years medical card in the case of persons (details supplied) in County...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 632: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are nurses wishing to avail of the incentivised retirement scheme who cannot do...
    • Health Services
      Question 633: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim. [39259/09]
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 636: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm having received correspondence from the Department of Social and Family Affairs in relation to a person (details...
    • Homeless Persons
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the interaction she has had with the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government, or the Department of Community, Rural and...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 638: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she is taking to remove the health hazard that is being caused by a house (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she...
  • Department of Transport
    • Rail Network
      Question 639: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of the rail link to Navan; his plans to expedite the delivery of the phase of the project connecting Navan to Pace; and if he will make...
    • Port Development
      Question 640: To ask the Minister for Transport if an environmental assessment has been completed for the proposed deep water port on the Bremore-Gormanstown coastline, County Meath; if so, if...
    • Public Transport
      Question 641: To ask the Minister for Transport the subsidy provision made to Iarnród Éireann from 2004 to date in 2009 in respect of mainline to commuter services and DART services; and the...
    • Rural Transport Services
      Question 643: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the rural transport programme in view of the revised Programme for Government; if he will make a commitment that this...
    • Air Services
      Question 644: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps which will be taken in response to the recent calls by a person (details supplied) regarding a review of security at private airports;...
    • Road Safety
      Question 645: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding an organisation (details supplied); the control he has of this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 647: To ask the Minister for Transport the dates of all audits of the Irish Aviation Authority conducted since its inception under section 32, sub-section 3 of the Irish Aviation...
    • Public Transport
      Question 649: To ask the Minister for Transport the contact he has had with CIE since Jan 2008, the dates of meetings held and topics discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 650: To ask the Minister for Transport the contact he has had with the National Roads Authority since January 2008; the dates of meetings held and topics discussed; and if he will make...
    • Rural Transport Services
      Question 654: To ask the Minister for Transport when a decision will be made on an application for a bus licence by a person (details supplied) in County Galway to run a workers' bus from...
    • Irish Maritime Development Office
      Question 656: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the recent relocation of a company (details supplied) from here to Bermuda; the number of ships which have now been added to...
    • Air Services
      Question 658: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the function of the State's 25% shareholding in Aer Lingus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38762/09]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 659: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 21 October 2009, if he will request the State agencies and organisations under the remit of his...
    • Transport Services
      Question 660: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of private bus operators licensed here; the number of vehicles in the nationwide private bus fleet; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 661: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress to date with regard to Metro North; the position regarding the tendering process; if he will ascertain from the Railway Procurement...
    • Dublin Port Tunnel
      Question 662: To ask the Minister for Transport if he received reports (details supplied) that concluded that there were faults with the safety systems in the Dublin Port Tunnel which could not...
    • Parking Regulations
      Question 672: To ask the Minister for Transport the circumstances under which the gardaí or the local authority can remove a vehicle that is parked on the road but no longer in use and neither...
    • Public Transport
      Question 673: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the licensing of bus services between Dublin and Galway, in particular the operation of a non-stop service by a company...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 675: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he is taking regarding the issue of development works in Arklow Harbour, County Wicklow, to prevent the reoccurrence of flooding; and...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 676: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received independent reports on health and safety conditions for LUAS drivers; if he has reviewed the health and safety conditions for...
    • Rail Network
      Question 677: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the role of the national rail network in the current era of peak oil and climate change; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Visa Applications
      Question 681: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an appeal against a decision not to grant an visa to a person (details supplied) has been adjudicated upon; and if he...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 682: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of times the criminal trespass 2002 legislation was used in dealing with members of the Traveller community for...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 683: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [37925/09]
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 684: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 171 of 16 June 2009 and 231 of 17 October 2006, and other related questions, if his...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 685: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to a motion (details supplied) on the Stardust tragedy of 8 July 2009, the position regarding the establishment of...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 686: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Courts Service
      Question 687: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which the Courts Service is obliged to report to him or the Secretary General of his Department on their...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 688: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 who retired in 2009; if this case can be...
    • Customs Investigations
      Question 689: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps that he will take in relation to the calls by a person (details supplied) to review the security at private...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 690: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency or citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 692: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will grant leave to remain in the State in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare. [38121/09]
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 693: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 695: 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 15; and if he will...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 696: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 697: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 700: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a reunification application in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 701: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the order to deport in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 whose circumstances have...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 702: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a residency and citizenship application in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 704: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for extended residency or family reunification or citizenship in the case of a person...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 706: 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 Kildare; and if...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 707: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 699 of 6 October 2009, if an application has been received for a visa to enter the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 708: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the basis for the determination that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 did not meet the criteria for naturalisation;...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 709: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will renew an visa application in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 710: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a residency or family reunification application in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Juvenile Detention Facilities
      Question 711: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the future plans for a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 11; if there are plans for the unit to be re-located; if this...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 712: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [38162/09]
    • Post Mortem Investigations
      Question 713: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 will be supported. [38203/09]
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 714: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the amount of garda time and resources spent in combating the illicit and counterfeit...
    • Prisoner Transfers
      Question 715: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the circumstances surrounding the detention of a person (details supplied); if their application for a transfer will be...
    • Mortgage Arrears
      Question 716: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he proposes to take to protect mortgage holders in arrears (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 717: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to correspondence of 14 May 2009 from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; if the...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 718: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will consider an application for the payment of a pension to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
    • Court Procedures
      Question 719: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has had a communication from the president of the Circuit Court in relation to a matter (details supplied); and if he...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 720: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for refugee status by persons (details supplied) in County Cork; if an application...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 722: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24. [38481/09]
    • Crime Levels
      Question 723: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the number of burglaries that occur in rural areas, particularly in south Galway in more...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 724: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [38507/09]
    • Courts Service
      Question 726: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [38511/09]
    • Prison Committals
      Question 727: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people committed to prison for non payment of fines in the years 2006, 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009. [38536/09]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 728: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the review of the Equality Authority's budget and the delay on its decentralisation which he announced on 22...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 738: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the report on the Cosc priority research programme for 2009; the stage of completion of each...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 740: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if additional gardaí will be assigned to the Killaloe electoral area; if an extra garda will be appointed to a village...
    • Refugee Status
      Question 741: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide temporary travel documents for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 753: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons taken off the panel for trade officer since 2007; and when the last person was employed. [38739/09]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 755: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied) on the Civil Partnership Bill 2009; and if he will make a statement...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 756: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [38839/09]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 757: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the decision on an EU treaty rights application for residency in the State by persons (details supplied) in County Meath;...
    • Business Permission
      Question 758: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the decision on an application for the renewal of business permission by a person (details supplied)...
    • Illigal Immigrants
      Question 759: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 545 of 9 July 2009, if he will confirm that all gardaí on duty at immigration in...
    • Garda Complaints Procedures
      Question 760: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in relation to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 735 of 6 October 2009, he will review the decision not to...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 761: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 211 on 14 October 2009, if he will explain the way the property referred to in the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 762: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to introduce legislation to reform the law on begging; the key provisions that will be contained in the new...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 763: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Debt Relief
      Question 764: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to introduce a new Irish debt policy in so far as the funding arrangements in the third world countries are concerned; if the...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 765: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the campaign backed by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions regarding the conduct of trials against persons...
    • Safety of Irish Aid Workers
      Question 766: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which he, directly and or through the EU or the UN, has pursued the issue of the release of an Irish priest kidnapped in the...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 767: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the developing relationship with Cuba. [38164/09]
    • Safety of Irish Aid Workers
      Question 768: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in conjunction with his EU colleagues, a review is planned of the security arrangements for Irish aid workers who are working in various...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 769: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the recent arrest of human rights activists in Morocco who are being held without charge; his views on...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 770: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his recent visit to the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38268/09]
    • Afghan Election
      Question 771: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the recent election in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38271/09]
    • Humanitarian Assistance
      Question 772: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will contact the Egyptian authorities to urge them to facilitate a humanitarian convoy of medical aid for Palestinians in Gaza which...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 774: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the reports in North Korea where almost nine million people are suffering from food shortages; if any...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 775: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if Horse Racing Ireland has received almost €500 million in grant assistance since 2001; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Film Industry Development
      Question 776: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on suggestions to abolish the Film Board; if a decision has been made on this matter; if his attention has been drawn to...
    • Arts Funding
      Question 777: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has investigated a potential national endowment fund for the arts; the cost of such an endowment; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 778: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when he will publish the report commissioned by his Department entitled Economic impact of the Cultural Sector; the cost of this...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 779: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of swimming pool projects which remain outstanding under the local authority swimming pool project; the estimated cost...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 780: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress made on the commitment in the 2007 programme for Government to produce a Green Paper on Animal Welfare in Sport and...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 781: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the full extent of funds from the proceeds of the National Lottery allocated to or through his Department in each of the past five...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 782: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the documents produced by external consultants on his behalf in each of the past five years; the cost of each document; the...
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 783: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to the drop in visiting golfers from overseas to approximately one third of what they were at peak...
    • Arts Facilities
      Question 784: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if a national audit of arts and cultural facilities has been carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38260/09]
    • Arts Funding
      Question 785: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress on the per cent for arts scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38263/09]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 786: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism further to Parliamentary Question No. 391 of 20 October 2009, the name of each body under the aegis of his Department where the...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 787: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the list of recommended allocations submitted to him following completion of the assessment process is always approved in the...
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 789: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the possibility of creating a protected name that could be used by approved bed and breakfast establishments registered...
    • Social Partnership Agreements
      Question 790: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the review and working groups under the remit of his Department created to deal with matters arising from the social partnership...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      Question 791: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his plans to continue funding activities under the sports inclusion disability officer programme beyond 2010; his views on...
    • Arts Funding
      Question 792: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to the impending closure of a cinema (details supplied) in County Cork; the steps he will take to...
    • Sports Funding
      Question 794: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the cost of the local sports partnerships per year; if he is committed to maintaining this funding as vital to increasing...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 795: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his proposals to make funding available for the provision of country walks; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 796: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the success of the dial to stop drug dealing scheme in Athlone with reference to the number of calls made to the...
    • Community Development
      Question 797: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if a Leader company (details supplied) has started to implement the rural development programme; the funding that has...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 799: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when provision will be made for a panic alarm in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
    • School Closures
      Question 800: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the support and help Údarás na Gaeltachta will give to recommence a project (details supplied) in view of the...
    • Youth Services
      Question 801: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will ensure the protection of funding for youth services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38212/09]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 804: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his proposals to ensure the continuation of the community facilitator post and the language facilitator post in the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 805: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of those client companies supported by Udarás na Gaeltachta since October 2008 that were newly supported...
    • Sports Funding
      Question 807: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the financial support that is available from local authorities to a sports club that wishes to employ a development...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 808: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if funding will be made available for personal alarms under the recent review of the scheme of community support for...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 810: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the wage bill of Waterways Ireland in 2008 and to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38930/09]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 812: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the staffing levels in each of the local drugs task forces in each of the past three years; the funding allocated by...
    • Community Development
      Question 813: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will respond to a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39010/09]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 815: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if a fire alarm will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Galway under the community alert scheme;...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Tax and Social Welfare Codes
      Question 816: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the basis on which it is estimated that €21,000 is the average cost in welfare payments and lost taxes for every person who...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 817: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will rectify the anomaly whereby a person who is in all other respects qualified for back-to-education allowance would be...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 818: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when responsibility for the rent allowance scheme will be transferred from the Department of Health and Children and the Health...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 820: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will be processed; and if she will make...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 822: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the Christmas bonus for pensioners, etc. in 2009; if the anti-fraud campaign was successful enough to allow...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 823: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 825: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if expenses earned from a source (details supplied) are fully accessed as income; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 828: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if all details requested have been supplied in respect of a rent allowance application in the case of a person (details supplied)...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 830: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the expected yield in 2010 from an increase of 1% in the rate of employees PRSI; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 833: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for delay in processing claims for jobseeker's allowance and jobseeker's benefit in County Louth by location; and if...
    • Family Support Services
      Question 834: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a decision has been made on future funding for the Family Support Agency and the Mountview and Corduff Resource Centres in view...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 835: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the Exchequer savings arising from the abolition of the Christmas bonus in 2009 for social welfare recipients; the number of...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 836: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made on an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Cork in respect of their application for...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 837: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps she is taking to ensure that an analysis of proposed cuts in budget 2010 will be undertaken in order that persons do not...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 838: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people who are in receipt of disability benefit; if she will explain the application and testing process; the...
    • Family Support Services
      Question 839: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will reply to correspondence by an organisation (details supplied). [38242/09]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 840: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the basic social welfare payments will not be cut in the forthcoming Budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 843: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not been finalised in view of the long period of time...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 844: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will provide details of landlords of all properties at which rent supplement payments are paid to local authorities to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 845: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount paid to An Post for services rendered in 2008; the amount to be paid in 2009; and the breakdown of the way this overall...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 846: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will ensure that an application to refund PRSI contributions in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 is...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 847: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an appeal against the decision to refuse jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      Question 849: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the procedures and checks carried out by her Department to ensure that a person who is in receipt of jobseeker's allowance is not...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 852: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a social welfare payment will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 853: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a carer's allowance appeal will be finalised for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 854: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount paid by her Department under the child benefit scheme in 2008 and to date in 2009 in tabular format; the number of...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 857: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her guidelines regarding the permission to work or train exemption in relation to people on illness benefit; and if she will make...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 861: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 426 of 20 October 2009 to outline the adaptations envisaged and to refrain from outlining...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 862: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made on a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 863: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an appeal for the State non-contributory pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be finalised....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 864: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a review of an application for mortgage interest relief will be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 865: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when respite care grant will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 866: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on introducing a requirement on parents to collect their monthly child benefit payment in person each month instead of...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 867: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the status of an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 869: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of mortgagees who were in receipt of financial assistance towards payment of their mortgages in 2008; the number of...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 870: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made regarding a disability allowance appeal application in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 871: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been refused a disability payment. [38679/09]
    • EU Conventions
      Question 872: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on whether the State's authorities must now insert a child's father's name on birth certificates, pursuant to Article...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 873: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be awarded jobseeker's benefit or assistance; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 874: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs position regarding the appeal of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare against the decision to refuse their application...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 877: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of staff on paid leave for more than six months; the date on which each of them was placed on paid leave; the amount...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 878: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an appeal on a decision for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      Question 879: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the responsibility to initiate inspections of employers for breaches of PRSI rules or social welfare fraud lies with inspectors...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 880: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the percentage, in relation to the 5,000 child benefit payments to non-Irish nationals that were terminated due to her...
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 884: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number signing on the unemployment register in each of the counties Cavan, Monaghan and Louth; the number of local sign on...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 885: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an application for jobseeker's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [39015/09]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 886: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [39034/09]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 888: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if plans are being considered to means-test the contributory State pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39101/09]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 889: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the criteria for granting domiciliary allowance for children with an intellectual disability; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 890: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will expedite an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [39182/09]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 894: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a carers allowance appeal will be finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [39217/09]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 896: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on correspondence (details supplied); the actions she proposes to take to address the concerns expressed; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 897: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of appeals pending a decision in the social welfare appeals office, by social welfare payment category and the average...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 902: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost to the State of the rent supplement scheme in 2008 and in 2009 respectively; and the average cost in both years for every...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 903: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average number of days per staff member in whole time equivalent terms lost to absenteeism in 2007 and 2008 with a breakdown...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 905: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if it is the case that between 1999 and 2009 the number of persons on disability allowance has increased from 45,000 to 110,000;...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 906: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an application for an appeal hearing by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will take place; and if she will make...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 907: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made in relation to contributory State pension entitlement arising from pension claims that have resulted...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      Question 908: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was found to be unsuitable for enlistment in the Permanent Defence Force on 30 October...
    • Defence Forces Training
      Question 909: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of physical education degree holders serving in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38159/09]
    • Military Medical Service
      Question 911: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of beds actively used in the Curragh Military Hospital, County Kildare; the number of doctors and nurses employed at the hospital; his...
    • Defence Forces Training
      Question 912: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of physical education degree holders in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38981/09]
    • Army Barracks
      Question 920: To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 411 of 13 October 2009 if he will ensure that Rockhill and Lifford Army barracks, County Donegal, will be...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 921: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the recent escalation of violence in Afghanistan; the implications for Irish troops serving there; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Election Management System
      Question 922: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on electing a portion of the Members of Seanad Éireann by the overseas diaspora; and if he will...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 923: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received the comprehensive review of corporate governance of the Dublin Docklands Development...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 924: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will respond to correspondence from a person (details supplied). [39178/09]
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 925: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received correspondence of representations to change the colour of wind turbines from white to a...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 926: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the new €200 charge for a second residence applies in a case in which a person is allowing an elderly...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 927: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the level of information and communication made available to persons who are required to meet the housing...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 928: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on facilitating a trade up process by which households, whose existing affordable home is...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 929: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding will be provided to Donegal County Council to address sewerage problems in the Bredagh River at...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 930: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of cases with the strategic infrastructure division of An Bord Pleanála; and the number which...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 932: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the commitment he has made to Cork County Council with regard to the refurbishment and regeneration of flats...
    • EU Directives
      Question 933: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will extend the slurry spreading period due to meteorological and other conditions in view of the fact...
    • Waste Management
      Question 934: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount which has been expended to date on all aspects of the development of a waste facility at Poolbeg,...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 935: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he...
    • Waste Management
      Question 936: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount which has been expended to date on all aspects of the development of a waste facility at Poolbeg,...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 937: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the legal requirements for dumping waste from a construction site on private land; and if he will make a...
    • Waste Management
      Question 938: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the international review of waste management strategy will be published; if he will confirm that the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 939: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding has been made available and disbursed to Cork County Council to complete the work on the Little...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 940: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 to come before Dáil Éireann; and if he...
    • Library Projects
      Question 941: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the refurbished library in Rush, County Dublin will officially be opened in view of the fact that the...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 943: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the powers available to him under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and other Acts to investigate and...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 944: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of officers employed by a local authority (details supplied). [38307/09]
    • Waste Management
      Question 945: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of unclaimed waste management charges which remain uncollected across all Dublin local...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 947: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he proposes to take in regard to banks refusing the requests of local authorities to draw down...
    • Local Authority Expenditure
      Question 948: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the legal fees paid by each local authority for the years 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 and 2004; and if he will...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 949: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he can clarify if a person (details supplied) in County Sligo who is in a shared ownership arrangement...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 951: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding funding for Cooraclare sewerage scheme, County Clare; and if he will make a statement...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 953: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to consider zoning land in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 18 as a strategic development zone;...
    • Local Authority Services
      Question 954: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of county and city councils that have established a business support to act as a point of contact...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 955: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, to provide an integrated and coordinated long-term housing strategy, he will make each local authority...
    • Environmental Policy (1 comment)
      Question 958: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the outcome of his meetings in Luxembourg on climate change and carbon emission reduction; and if he will...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 960: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the serious effect on the finances of local authorities of the cost of...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 961: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that County Waterford library service has lost five staff members...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 962: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the €200 charge for second houses will be paid over to local authorities in 2009 and in future years;...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 963: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the revised preliminary report on Faithlegg water supply scheme submitted to his...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 964: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 482 of 20 October 2009 if he will provide a separate figure for the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 965: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 257 of 21 October 2009, if he will request the State agencies and...
    • Dog Licences
      Question 966: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of dog licenses issued in each of the past five years for which figures are available; the...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 967: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, further to his review of the condition of bogs here in 2008, he will provide scientific evidence of the...
    • Waste Management
      Question 968: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received the report of the International Waste Review Group; when it will be published; and if he...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 969: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals to improve the national record in regard to climate change (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 970: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the provision a new fire station in a town (details supplied) in County Laois; and if...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 972: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide 100% grant aid towards the cost of the provision of water tanks and pumps and water...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 973: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if legislation will be brought forward, similar to that introduced in New South Wales, Australia, to ensure...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      Question 974: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide full details of all Traveller specific units of accommodation completed during the years...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 976: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 262 of 21 October 2009 if a local authority which introduces a waiver...
    • Waste Management
      Question 977: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will respond to Cobh town councillors and Cork county councillors regarding his undertaking to...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 978: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 592 of 1 July 2008, the status of a project (details supplied); and if...
    • Election Management System
      Question 979: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the legislative provisions, ministerial orders or regulations regarding the sealing of ballot boxes between...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 980: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost to the State of the rental accommodation scheme in 2008 and in 2009, respectively; and the average...
    • Waste Management
      Question 981: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount which was expended in total on the bailing facility at Ballyogan, Dublin 18; the future plans for...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 983: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the escalation in anti-social activity in an area (details supplied) in...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 984: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1064 and 1065 of 16 September 2009, his views on issuing draftnet...
    • Energy Efficiency
      Question 985: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress and savings that have been made on reducing the energy bills of Departments and buildings through...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 986: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way each county here compares to the EU in relation to broadband availability; and if he will make a...
    • Fisheries Conservation
      Question 987: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to alter by-law No. 857 of 2009 to permit drift net fishing in the Youghal and Blackwater tidal area...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 988: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the expenditure of State funds by the Northern Regional Fisheries Board which has brought legal action against...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 990: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if grants or schemes are available to persons who wish to install domestic proven windmills that would cater...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      Question 991: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the powers of compulsory purchase which were vested in Telecom Éireann were transferred to Eircom when the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 992: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if an application has been made to the European Commission to secure State aid clearance for the provision of...
    • Semi-State Bodies
      Question 993: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount that has been spent to date on all aspects of a project (details supplied) since its inception; the...
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 994: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the names of the companies awarded licences for oil and gas exploration off the coast of County Donegal over...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 997: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress that has been made in the establishment of the 50-50 risk sharing pension scheme for RTE...
    • State Agencies
      Question 998: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 267 of 21 October 2009 if he will request the State agencies and...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 999: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when broadband will be available in an area (details supplied); his views on whether its availability in the...
    • Social Partnership Agreements
      Question 1000: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the review and working groups under the remit of his Department created to deal with matters arising from the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 1002: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the town lands of Cloonfaughna and Glinsk in County Galway are planned to have broadband; and if he will...
    • Postal Services
      Question 1004: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his commitment to maintaining postal services here and if he will make a statement on the matter [37913/09]
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1005: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Milk Levies
      Question 1006: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the revenue for the years 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 under the heading Government services levy on raw milk. [38816/09]
    • Seafood Sector
      Question 1007: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the measures taken to promote awareness of Irish seafood to the public and the benefits of eating fish; the amount spent in...
    • Aquaculture Development
      Question 1008: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the delay in opening the operational programme for fisheries to allow for the funding of the aquaculture...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1009: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a decision has been made on an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway for a young farmers...
    • Agri-Food Sector
      Question 1010: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the definition of the agri-food industry here used by him; the output groupings within the agri-food industry; and if he...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 1012: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the recommendations of the food labelling group established by him; how the recommendations of the food labelling group...
    • Organic Farming
      Question 1013: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the land area involved in organic production here in 2009 and for each of the past ten years; the land area involved in...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1015: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has not yet received their area aid payment; and if he will make...
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 1020: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will instruct his officials to issue cattle movement permits from restricted holdings by e-mail or fax to the...
    • Dairy Industry
      Question 1021: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how the €11 million from the EU's agricultural budget 2010 for dairy farmers will be awarded; if the amount of payment...
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 1022: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in relation to small abattoirs, a regulation regarding testing will be reviewed in view of the high cost and...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1023: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be awarded their disadvantaged area payment; and if he will make a...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 1025: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will reply to correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the reason for the delay in...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 1026: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the tariff nomenclature can be amended at international level to distinguish agri-food products subject to substantial...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 1027: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to review the Forestry Act 1946 in particular with regard to a ruling (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 1029: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will explain the new quota buy-back arrangements announced by the EU Commission; the impact this will have on...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1030: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of people it is envisaged will be recruited by him, in view of the commitment in the revised programme for...
    • Rural Development Programme
      Question 1031: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the detail of the revised rural development programme will be finalised; if he will elaborate on the proposal to...
    • Forestry Industry
      Question 1032: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how he proposes to meet targets for afforestation and the commitments in the forestry area as outlined in the revised...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1033: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their REP scheme payment; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 1036: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his expenditure on the computerised REP scheme planner; the cost to date; the future for this planner in view of the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1037: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the situation regarding an application for installation aid to a person (details supplied) in County Cork in view of the...
    • Aquaculture Development
      Question 1040: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will open the Operational Programme for Fisheries to allow for funding of the aquaculture sector and restore a level...
    • Horticulture Sector
      Question 1041: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of commercial producers of edible horticultural products here to date in 2009; the number of commercial...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 1042: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason imported agri-food products are able to use the same sell by dates as domestic producers despite the differences...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1044: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an application for a milk tank grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick;...
    • Food Industry
      Question 1047: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the fact that the vegetable and fruit exports dropped 44% from 2007 to 2008; the causes of this decrease; the...
    • State Agencies
      Question 1048: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 275 of 21 October 2009, if he will request the State agencies and organisations under...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1049: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give details, containing as much data as possible, on an application for installation aid by a person (details...