Written answers
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Garda Ombudsman Commission
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the budget of the office of the Garda Síochana Ombudsman for 2008 and to date in 2009; the projected budget for 2010; and...
- Prison Committals
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of non-Irish citizens in prison here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40330/09]
- Joint Policing Committees
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of joint policing committees that have met to date in 2009; the number of same that have yet to meet; and if he...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedures used for the selection of persons for appointment to the board of the Equality Authority; the organisations...
- Garda Strength
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the garda manpower in each division following the reorganisation of the Garda divisions in 2009 in tabular form; and if he...
- Garda Transport
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount that An Garda Síochana have spent on vehicles in each of the years 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if he...
- Juvenile Offenders
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the manner whereby garda youth diversion projects tailor their activities to ensure they address the...
- Public Order Offences
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason existing by-laws that prohibit the public consumption of alcohol in public places are not rigidly enforced in...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the commencement and completion date of the value for money audit of the Equality Authority carried out by Deloitte and...
- Anti-Social Behaviour
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the additional supports he will put in place for the gardaí to deal with anti-social behaviour in public and private...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the recent submission made by the Irish Human Rights Commission to the UN Human Rights...
- Civilianisation Programme
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the creation of 900 civilian posts within the gardaí has resulted in the release of only 144 garda personnel for...
- Prisoner Releases
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners on temporary release at the latest date in 2009 for which figures are available; the highest number...
- Garda Remuneration
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the garda allowances that are available for gardai to claim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40350/09]
- Organised Crime
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he proposes to take to combat the activities of criminal gangs; the degree to which the special powers included...
- Prisoner Transfers
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to repatriate non-Irish citizens to serve out their sentences in their home country; and if he will make a...
- Garda Equipment
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of money expended to date in 2009 for the purchase and usage of decibel counters by An Garda Síochána to...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the review of the Equality Authority's budget and on the pause on its decentralisation programme announced on...
- Garda Divisions
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he last held a formal meeting with the Garda Commissioner; if he is satisfied with the implementation by the gardai of...
- Vagrancy Prosecutions (1 comment)
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the gardaí do not take action regarding young people seen begging on city streets here during school hours in...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the proposed prison at Thornton Hall, County Dublin; the amount spent on the project to date,...
- Programmes for Government
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made to date in 2009 regarding the implementation of those sections of the programme for Government under the...
- Proceeds of Crime
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on amending the law to allow the Criminal Assets Bureau to apply to forfeit seized property after two years...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the recent comments made by the chairman of the Mountjoy Visiting Committee that prisons...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the Equal Status Act 2004 following the Supreme Court decision in a case (details supplied). [40265/09]
- Garda Strength
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the strength of An Garda Síochána at the latest date for which figures are available broken down by full members, those...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals regarding bail laws in view of an interview that he gave to a newspaper (details supplied). [40159/09]
- Garda Deployment
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda personnel engaged in providing driver and security services to the members of the Government, members...
- Drug Seizures
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the quantity and values of seizures of heroin, cocaine, cannabis and other drugs here during 2007, 2008 and to date in...
- Legal Aid Service
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the implications for the legal aid system of the decision of the Supreme Court on 23 October 2009 expanding the...
- Crime Levels
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases of murder in which firearms were used each year from 1998 to date in 2009; the number of such cases in...
- Community Policing
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made to date in 2009 with regard to the implementation of the new Garda Siochána National Model of Community...
- Garda Investigations
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when arrangements will be made to instruct members of An Garda Siochána that it is not necessary to take a longhand note...
- Garda Stations
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has made a decision on the recommendation contained in the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure...
- EU Directives
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of EU directives for which he has responsibility that remain to be implemented; the directives that are overdue;...
- Crime Levels
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on crime statistics from the Central Statistics Office for the third quarter of 2009 and particularly the growth...
- Commissions of Investigation
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects to be in a position to publish the Report of the Commission of Investigation into allegations of sexual...
- Claims against Garda Síochána
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the fact that almost €32 million has been paid out over the past five years in respect of claims made...
- Crime Levels
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extra steps being taken to address the recent rise in household break-ins. [40264/09]
- Asylum Support Services
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the discussions he has had with the Health Service Executive on the provision of accommodation for separated migrant...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the Irish Human Rights Commission and the Equality Authority are not directly answerable to the Houses of the...
- Garda Investigations
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in the Garda investigation regarding activities in a financial institution (details supplied); when he...
- Departmental Investigations
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the investigations that are under way into allegations that a small number of gardaí may have been providing information...
- Garda Reserve
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members of the Garda Reserve recruited to date in 2009; the stations to which they have been allocated; the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed by the Garda representative bodies at the implications of...
- Crime Levels
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he proposes to take to prevent so called tiger kidnappings; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Prison Population
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners in jails at the latest date in 2009 for which figures are available; if he will confirm that the...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Cabinet Committees
Question 130: To ask the Taoiseach the number of Cabinet Sub-Committees that have been established since May 2008; the number of times each of these sub-committees have met; the person who...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Fur Farming Sector
Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if provision is being made for the re-employment of more than eighty people employed in the fur farming...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 130, 131, 132, 135 and 136 of 21 October 2009, if she has received a...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of community employment participants to date in 2009 with a breakdown by their principal welfare...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons in Cork awaiting redundancy payments from her Department; the duration that they have...
- Departmental Staff
Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of officials at principal officer level or higher working in her Department on 1 May 2009. [40212/09]
- Industrial Development
Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will respond to query (details supplied) regarding support for enterprises. [40382/09]
- County Enterprise Boards
Question 137: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if grant aid is available for a project (details supplied). [40395/09]
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 217 of 3 November 2009, if she will provide the data tables that will...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if apprentice electricians, who have been made redundant and have had their final phase of training...
- Science and Technology Groups
Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding, broken-down by month and by funding programme or scheme, allocated by Enterprise Ireland to new...
- Hazardous Substances Regulations
Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to a previous Parliamentary Question, if the national guidelines relating to unattended petrol...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will respond to correspondence sent to her office on 28 September 2009 in respect of a person (details...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of whole time equivalent staff employed by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement on...
- Department of Finance
- Pension Provisions
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance the individual pension fund deficit for the Industrial Development Authority, Shannon Free Airport Development Company, FÁS, and Forfás; the...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance when construction will begin on the new Department of Agriculture offices in Portlaoise, County Laois and what is the timescale for completion of...
- Garda Stations
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the disposal of the old Garda Station at Carbury, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40678/09]
- Tax Code
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance if third level education fees are tax deductible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40051/09]
- Revenue Investigations
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the delay in refunding money to a company (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if matters have been resolved. [40073/09]
- Banking Sector
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funding that was given to the three main Irish banks by the European Central Bank to date in 2009; the amount of funding that has been...
- Financial Regulator
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Finance if complaints were received by him regarding the Financial Regulators failure to act in certain cases following the setting up of the Financial...
- National Aquatic Centre
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the valuation issued by the Valuation Office in respect of the National Aquatic Centre was valid; and if he will make a...
- Tax Code
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Finance the number and the proportion of earners who pay no tax, pay tax at the standard rate and pay tax at the higher rate; and if he will make a...
- Employment Law
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40414/09]
- Vehicle Registration
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a vehicle purchased in and imported from the UK, where vehicle registration tax was originally paid, is subject to further VRT here....
- Departmental Telephony
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money which could be saved by directing all Government Departments, agencies and State bodies to utilise skype, or other similar...
- Garda Stations
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the transfer of part of a site in his ownership (details supplied) for the benefit of the local community and nearby educational...
- Banking Sector
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that has been loaned out or underwritten by Anglo Irish Bank since that institution was nationalised. [40543/09]
- Ferry Services
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer in direct and indirect tax revenue caused by the demise of a ferry service (details supplied). [40544/09]
- Tobacco Smuggling
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 128 on 13 October 2009, if his attention has been drawn to a report compiled by independent consultants...
- Pension Provisions
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No 253 of 3 November 2009, when the ongoing consultations between officials in his Department and officials in...
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Services
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there was an evaluation of the effectiveness of the free phone service operated by the homeless persons unit since 1993 undertaken...
- Hospital Services
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the ear, nose and throat unit along with two other wards are being closed in Sligo General Hospital for a number of months in 2010...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of long-term illness books on issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39971/09]
- Nursing Home Support Scheme
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the weekly cost of each public nursing home under the fair deal scheme; the corresponding cost of each private run home; and if she...
- Health Services
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a facility (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be opened; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on...
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will include transition measures in the Adoption Bill that will allow applicants continue with adoptions from Russia when they...
- Hospital Staff
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to appoint an audiologist for Waterford Regional Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39990/09]
- Health Service Capital Programme
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the breakdown of all capital building and equipping projects planned for the period 2009 to 2013, including a brief outline of the...
- Tobacco-Related Diseases
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated cost of the expenditure on treatment of the consequences of smoking per annum; the way this figure is arrived at; and if...
- Health Service Staff
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the key features of the employment control framework for 2009; the way employment is monitored; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Reports
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details on the FÁS health care skills analysis as requested by her; when FÁS were asked to do this; when it will be completed; the...
- Health Service Staff
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and percentage of serving consultants who have signed up to the new consultants' contract; the amount by which salaries will...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details on mid-year savings in 2008 including the amount saved; where it was saved from; if this money was reallocated to other...
- Health Service Expenditure
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details on Health Service Executive value for money programme and what this includes; the estimated saving in each area; the...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the fair deal scheme and family homes; if a son or daughter lives in the home and is dependent on that as being...
- Medical Cards
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will have their medical card reinstated; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Ambulance Service
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there is no wheelchair accessible ambulance available in north Kildare to transport patients for outpatient appointments in...
- Health Services
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a placement will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Medical Cards
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40084/09]
- Health Services
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost related to the proposal to build a new health centre in Carrigaline, County Cork; the cost of purchasing a site for the new...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding Baltinglass Hospital, County Wicklow; if she will respond to a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Hospital Staff
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the senior consultant orthodontist position at St. Finbarr's Hospital in County Cork will be filled; the interim measures that are...
- Mental Health Services
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to invest in step down facilities at a hospital (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Services
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 was charged €80 for an X-ray at a facility; if she will arrange for a full refund...
- Assisted Human Reproduction
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision and availability of IVF; if the costs involved have been examined to make same less costly and more...
- Medical Research
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will continue to co-fund the joint funding scheme with the medical research charities group for patient-led medical research; and...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are two different types of swine flu vaccines, pandemorix which includes mercury and celvapan which is mercury-free; if it is...
- Health Services
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her estimate of the administrative costs of the back to school clothing and footwear allowance; and her plans to streamline the...
- Hospital Procedures
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 443 of 16 September 2009 from the Health Service Executive has not yet been received...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to correspondence (details supplied) in respect of a person who is awaiting surgery; if treatment will be expedited;...
- Departmental Staff
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of officials at principal officer level or higher working in her Department on 1 May 2009. [40216/09]
- Hospital Services
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the new Dingle Community Hospital, Dingle, County Kerry; when the hospital and all of its day services will be...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received correspondence from a group (details supplied) regarding the progress on the implementation of the national drugs...
- Health Services
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is the case that carers who previously availed of the short-term respite care from the Health Service Executive no longer have an...
- Medical Cards
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40369/09]
- Health Service Staff
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the definite timeframe for reinstating a community welfare officer to a village (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if accommodation...
- Health Services
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details suppled) in County Kildare will receive optical treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40387/09]
- Pharmacy Services
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of pharmacists which have closed since 1 May 2009; and the location of same. [40388/09]
- Hospital Services
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the lack of intensive care unit facilities in Crumlin Children's Hospital, Dublin 12 will be remedied; if she...
- Health Services
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if further home help hours will be allocated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if she will expedite a...
- Preschool Services
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the monthly benefit from her Department expressed in cash terms for a parent of a four year old who avails of the free preschool place...
- Ambulance Service
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has targets for ambulance response times; the details of same; if they the monitored; and if so, the...
- Health Service Staff
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on posts currently remaining unfilled in a health office area (details supplied); if it is intended to fill these positions;...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding that is being made available in 2009 for existing rehabilitative training programmes in counties Laois and Offaly in respect...
- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to a statement by her Minister of State in Dáil Éireann on 4 November 2001 that he will meet with a group (details supplied)...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the hardship being experienced by persons with intellectual disabilities or autism in exiting...
- Hospital Services
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the remit of the Health Information and Quality Authority covers issues relating to private patients in public hospitals; and if she...
- Medical Cards
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; if this card will be renewed; and if she will make a...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the new fair deal scheme; if exemptions apply in the case of a person (details supplied). [40509/09]
- Health Services
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason persons in counties Carlow and Kilkenny have the lowest national uptake of home care packages; and if she will make a...
- Domestic Violence
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding allocated to each of the frontline services for domestic violence here over the past four years; and if she will...
- Hospital Services
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is now her policy to close small maternity units and in particular the unit at Tralee General Hospital, County Kerry; if she will...
- State Property
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a premises (details supplied) in County Dublin was purchased; the purchase price; the use it has been put to since its purchase;...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to public concern about the proliferation of "head shops" which sell mind-altering substances and...
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to a newspaper article (details supplied) which makes allegations in respect of some Vietnamese...
- Health Service Staff
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is the intention of the Health Service Executive to recruit paramedics in the south east region. [40569/09]
- Medical Cards
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in approving over 70 years medical cards in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Roscommon; when...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the special needs assistant support entitlement for preschool children with special needs in County Louth; the way in which this...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will details in relation to a medical condition (details supplied). [40573/09]
- Health Services
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an appointment will be allocated to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [40574/09]
- Department of Transport
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Transport if a disabled person's car sticker will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- State Airports
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress being made with regard to the separation of Shannon Airport from the Dublin Airport Authority; the expected timeframe before Shannon...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Transport the basis on which funding is allocated for the local improvement scheme; the funding provided to Kildare County Council for each of the past...
- State Airports
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the recent breakdown of negotiations between the Shannon Airport Authority and an airline (details supplied); if he will intervene in...
- Road Safety
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to introduce legislation to implement the new safety measures for farm tractors used in goods haulage as recommended in a recent Road...
- Departmental Staff
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of officials at principal officer level or higher working in his Department on 1 May 2009. [40220/09]
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Equal Opportunities Employment
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the 3% disability employment quota still pertains in the public service; the extent to which it has been taken up in the...
- Detention Centres
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the person who is responsible for the plan and orderly transfer of a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 11 to the...
- Peace Commissioners
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Peace Commissioners appointed in 2007 and 2008 and to date in 2009; the procedure for appointing Peace...
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 613 of 16 September 2009, if the meeting with the Minister for Social Development in...
- Public Order Offences
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there has been an increase or decrease in the number of public order offences as a result of the enactment of the...
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the legislative measures being introduced and or amended in the promised Sale of Alcohol Bill; if he will commit to...
- Data Protection
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the existing powers available under the Data Protections Acts to penalise those found in breach of the existing...
- Youth Services
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the location of and the funding provided to each Garda Youth Diversion Project here in the years 2007, 2008 and to date in...
- Visa Applications
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a temporary visa application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork was rejected; and if he will make a...
- Missing Persons
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if establishing a missing persons unit is part of the Programme for Government; if so, the progress made to date in 2009;...
- Crime Levels
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of household burglaries in the Dublin 24 area in each quarter over the past two years; and if he will make a...
- Community Service Orders
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons the courts have directed to carry out community service since 2002 to date in 2009; the number of...
- Asylum Applications
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) in County Meath to remain here; and if he...
- Visa Applications
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of officials at principal officer level or higher working in his Department on 1 May 2009. [40217/09]
- Asylum Applications
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will ensure same will get...
- Refugee Status
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons who have been granted refugee status as a result of being members of a community (details supplied)....
- Garda Records
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has a conviction record against them; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Visa Applications
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that citizens of the Republic of Mauritius may visit 27 EU countries, including...
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if charging only €2 for alcoholic drinks is illegal under current legislation; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Investigations
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an investigation is under way into an incident (details supplied); if he can provide any details on the condition of the...
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the public concern about the increasing availability of alcohol to minors through home...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if her attention has been drawn to public concern about the proliferation of Head Shops which sell mind-altering substances...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will establish with the Courts Service or other source the number of cases which have been prosecuted under section...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for naturalisation by persons (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will...
- Sentencing Policy
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if plea bargaining in serious criminal cases as applicable in other jurisdictions has been studied with a view to limited...
- Legal Aid Service
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost on a monthly basis of free legal aid in criminal cases over the past 60 months; the number of such cases involving...
- Garda Stations
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which upgrading or refurbishment requirements have been met at each Garda station throughout County Kildare;...
- Garda Strength
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí available for patrol duties in each of the Garda stations in County Kildare; the extent to which such...
- Alarm Systems
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the flaw in a number of security systems, the existence of which has not been made known...
- Crime Levels
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of burglaries including house burglaries reported to each of the Garda stations throughout County Kildare in the...
- Prisoner Releases
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners released in the past 24 months; the number who have served their sentences in full; the number who...
- Prison Committals
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners currently located at the various prisons here; the number in each of the past five years and to...
- Garda Deployment
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of budgetary considerations, he will ensure that the policing needs in both urban and rural areas are...
- Garda Stations
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if all Garda stations here are fully fitted with PULSE and all other modern technology; and if he will make a statement on...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of criminal gang leaders or members apprehended, prosecuted or convicted under the 2009 Criminal Justice...
- Recidivism Rate
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of offences committed by members of criminal gangs while on bail for previous offences in each of the past three...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- International Agreements
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a status of forces agreement has been agreed between the United States and Ireland relating to foreign military personnel and military...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the recent media reports concerning a company's (details supplied) commercial involvement with a person in contravention of EU...
- Departmental Staff
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of officials at principal officer level or higher working in his Department on 1 May 2009. [40215/09]
- Middle East Peace Process
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40492/09]
- Irish United Nations Association
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40584/09]
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Inclusion
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will provide guarantees that funding for the sports inclusion development officers programme will be made available after...
- Tourism Revenue
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the method used for calculating the benefit to the Exchequer from tourist visits; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding sports capital funding; if there will be capital funding in 2009; the future plans for this scheme; and if he...
- Departmental Staff
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of officials at principal officer level or higher working in his Department on 1 May 2009. [40207/09]
- National Concert Hall
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if an economic needs assessment has been carried out with regard to the redevelopment of the National Concert Hall; the estimated...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Community Development
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if community development programmes will be retained and their activities continued in view of widespread concern...
- Departmental Staff
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of officials at principal officer level or higher working in his Department on 1 May 2009. [40209/09]
- Care of the Elderly
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of applications for the community supports for older people scheme that were received by him between the 6...
- Community Development
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding forwarded to a company (details supplied) from 1 January to 30 September 2009; the amount of a...
- State Property
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the outcome of talks with the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in connection with his Department's...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding provided to voluntary groups to date in 2009 in each county under the scheme of support for...
- Domestic Violence
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding allocated to each of the front-line services for domestic violence here over the past four...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will respond to a query (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39964/09]
- Family Support Services
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the service provided by a company (details supplied) through the family resource centres, if...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an appeal will be heard on domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [40013/09]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the correct level of jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if and when social welfare inspectors at local level will be advised to use present income for self-employed rather than...
- Departmental Staff
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of officials at principal officer level or higher working in her Department on 1 May 2009. [40218/09]
- Departmental Services
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to complaints from the public regarding difficulties in making telephone contact with her...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a disability benefit or invalidity pension has been disallowed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to open a Money Advice and Budgeting Service office in a town (details supplied) in County Tipperary in view of the fact...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork was refused disability allowance. [40391/09]
- Family Support Services
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a contract will be signed between her Department and a resource centre (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of the...
- Social Welfare Fraud
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of funds that were recovered from control activity by her Department in each of the past five years, detailing...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker's allowance by household type (details supplied); the cost of same between two and...
- Social Insurance
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the level of social contributions received in each of the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; the estimated level of...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will provide a breakdown of the current recipients of rent supplement by work status and those on welfare by principal...
- Department of Defence
- Proposed Legislation
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to implement the recommendations of the interdepartmental task force on the future management and development of the Curragh, County...
- Departmental Staff
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of officials at principal officer level or higher working in his Department on 1 May 2009. [40210/09]
- Defence Forces Reserve
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason members of the Reserve Defence Force, who took part in training activity on 28, 29, 30 August, 25, 26, 27 September and 9, 10 and 11...
- Army Barracks
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding lands at the former Monaghan Army Barracks beside Monaghan town or the proposed transfer of these lands to Monaghan...
- Ministerial Travel (1 comment)
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 261 and 262 of 14 October 2009, the origin, destination, and any intermediary stop off points of each one of...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Fire Stations
Question 355: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the proposed new fire station building for Rathdowney, County Laois; and if he will...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 356: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the location where tenants who have been the subject to an eviction from a local authority property must...
- Waste Management
Question 357: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has referred the contract for an incinerator (details supplied) in Dublin 4 to the Competition...
- National Parks
Question 358: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he has not supported advice given by a judge regarding the dispute between the National Parks and...
- Energy Conservation
Question 360: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the operation of the regulations requiring the production of a building energy rating...
- Architectural Heritage
Question 361: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will meet a residents' group in the South Dublin County Council area regarding their concerns for local...
- Departmental Staff
Question 362: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of officials at principal officer level or higher working in his Department on 1 May 2009. [40213/09]
- Waste Management
Question 363: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount spent on maintenance of the Haulbowline site, County Cork over the past three years in tabular...
- Housing Policy
Question 367: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his progress on the plan for housing delivering homes and sustaining communities; the funding of this plan to...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 368: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of approved applicants waiting to be housed throughout the State; the number waiting in south...
- Housing Grants
Question 370: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the number of applications under the housing adaptation schemes which had...
- Planning Matters
Question 372: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 953 and 971 on 3 November 2009, when a decision will be made; his...
- House Fire Statistics
Question 373: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the main causes of house fires here, where lives have been lost; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 374: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a house rented in a number of bedsits is liable for a second home tax on each bedsit; and if the payment...
- Property Rights
Question 375: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the recourse persons (details supplied) in County Westmeath have in relation to a nuisance caused by a...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 376: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown of the benefits to Longford County Council from the €100 million funding under the capital...
- Special Areas of Conservation
Question 379: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will allow farmers and others to continue to harvest turf for their own use in local bogs in counties...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 381: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost incurred by his Department and statutory bodies under his remit, including the national parks and...
- Planning Issues
Question 382: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has made provision in the Planning and Development Bill to provide for extension of time on planning...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 383: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway in respect of the sale of a bog under...
- Anti-Social Behaviour
Question 384: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps which are open to residents who as neighbours are subject to anti-social behaviour when the tenants...
- Water Services
Question 386: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the needs study on water services 2010 to 2013 will be completed. [40529/09]
- Hazardous Substances Regulations
Question 387: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to a previous parliamentary question, if the national guidelines relating to unattended petrol...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 388: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will commit to maintaining the level of funding for the homeless at its current level; and if he will...
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 389: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons waiting for accommodation under the rental accommodation scheme; and if he will provide...
- Flood Relief
Question 390: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects the completion of the river basin management plan for each of the designated river basins;...
- National Parks
Question 391: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the allegations that members of the National Parks and Wildlife Service breached the civil code...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Inland Fisheries
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the efforts he has made to find alternative sources of income for decommissioned salmon fishermen in...
- Search and Rescue Service
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the post call centre at Portnason, Ballyshannon, County Donegal; and if he will make a...
- Inland Fisheries
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the annual accounts for 2008 of the Central Fisheries Board have been published and laid before Dáil...
- Aquaculture Development
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on concerns raised over the destructive sealice and salmon farming practices; the way he plans to...
- Departmental Staff
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of officials at principal officer level or higher working in his Department on 1 May 2009. [40208/09]
- Telecommunications Services
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when broadband will be delivered to Carrowmenagh, Inishowen, County Donegal; if this area comes under the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 403: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of money paid to RTÉ every year by the State; the method of payment for this funding; and the...
- Pension Provisions
Question 404: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the specific clause he has identified which is at variance with the public sector pension policy and norms in...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Fur Farming
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has engaged with the operators and employees of fur farms, on the phasing out of their operations as prescribed in the...
- EU Directives
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 24 September 2009, the funding allocated by the European Commission to Ireland...
- Fur Farming
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if all licensed fur farms operating in here are complicit with EU Directive 98/58, and other EU directives pertaining to the...
- Grant Payments
Question 409: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he will take to ensure that the single farm payment due to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
Question 412: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if payment under the 2009 disadvantaged area scheme will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny....
- Grant Payments
Question 413: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a REP scheme 4 application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been approved; if so, when...
- Tuberculosis Incidence
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if full entitlements will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if all issues relative to the...
- Animal Identification Scheme
Question 416: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on whether the new proposed electronic tagging of sheep will cause sheep farmers inconvenience and expense in view...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 417: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason his Department has not, after 22 years, renewed the lease held by an organisation (details supplied) on a plot of...
- Grant Payments
Question 418: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding a REPS 4 application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; if he will expedite...
- Departmental Staff
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of officials at principal officer level or higher working in his Department on 1 May 2009. [40206/09]
- Harbours and Piers
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the extension of the pier at Brandon, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Installation Aid Scheme
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if installation aid will be reinstated for young farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40229/09]
- Animal Welfare Bodies
Question 423: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide funding to an organisation (details supplied); if he will allocate either similar funding as in 2008 or...
- Grant Payments
Question 424: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 367 of 20 November 2007, when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be...
- Dairy Sector
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to make the promised EU support funding for dairy farmers payable directly to individual farmers rather than...
- Grant Payments
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 1039 of 3 November 2009, when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if all outstanding REP scheme payments will be made available before the end of 2009. [40466/09]
- Harbours and Piers
Question 430: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will lodge a revised planning application for a deep water harbour of 12 metres at Ros an Mhíl Harbour, County...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the annual cost of the Sea Fisheries Protection Agency; the number of persons employed by the agency; the role and...
- Grant Payments
Question 432: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a transfer of entitlements application by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be completed. [40504/09]
- Pigmeat Sector
Question 433: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers involved in pig production on a county basis; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many of...
- Departmental Investigations
Question 435: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if all investigations relating to a company (details supplied) in County Carlow have been completed; and when publication...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 436: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be included in the early farm retirement scheme; if he will expedite a...
- Department of Education and Science
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 437: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding the additional compensation from religious orders; when this money will be received; the amount of money this...
- School Staffing
Question 438: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on extending the sharing of teaching resources to all aspects of the education sector, as is currently done in the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 439: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of a project in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Higher Education Grants
Question 440: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork was refused a grant under the higher education grant scheme by Cork City...
- Radon Gas Levels
Question 441: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to fund testing of primary and secondary schools to measure the presence of radon gases; and if he will make a statement on...
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 442: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in Dublin 8 was not included in the digital schools award programme announced in November 2008;...
- School Enrolments
Question 443: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will investigate a matter of alleged discrimination in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 445: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 565 of 7 July 2009, the status of an application in respect of a school (details supplied) in...
- School Transport
Question 446: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who has been refused transport to a special...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 447: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an evaluation of the DEIS programme has been carried out since its introduction; the way he evaluates the outcomes of this...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 449: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a special needs assistant has been provided for a student (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if, in the absence of a SNA,...
- School Accommodation
Question 450: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will prioritise a request from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 6W in respect of providing two prefabs and a science lab...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 451: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress report on the building of all purpose room or hall in phase two of the development by a school (details supplied) in...
- Infectious Diseases
Question 453: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the protocols he has put in place for schools in relation to swine flu when a brisk closure option exists in the event of an outbreak...
- School Transport
Question 454: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide a transport grant for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny attending a school in County Carlow; and if he...
- School Accommodation
Question 455: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the engagement that has taken place between primary education providers at a location (details...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 456: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress he has made in merging the Higher Education and Training Awards Council, the Further Education and Training Award Council...
- Departmental Staff
Question 457: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of officials at principal officer level or higher working in his Department on 1 May 2009. [40211/09]
- State Examinations
Question 458: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to change the junior certificate examination timetable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40221/09]
- School Transport
Question 459: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Laois was refused a school transport grant; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 460: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the additional accommodation in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when the project...
- School Curriculum
Question 462: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the consideration given to the inclusion of dance as part of the applied arts education module for the leaving certificate; the reason...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 463: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for building works by a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when a decision will be made; and...
- School Accommodation
Question 466: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Longford; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that part of the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 467: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary will have its year of application for a school building project listed as...
- Protestant Schools
Question 468: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will recognise the need to support the minority Protestant community, and that the Protestant community have no choice but to...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 469: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Cork; when he will proceed with the development of the extension at the...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 470: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a higher education grant will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Accommodation
Question 471: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 1128 on 3 November 2009, when the forward planning section will complete their analysis; when he...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 472: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who has applied for a third level grant and a top-up...
- School Transport
Question 473: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures he is taking to ensure that the school transport scheme is cost effective; if his attention has been drawn to the fact...
- School Accommodation
Question 474: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the proposal to establish a gaelcholáiste in South Dublin; if his further attention has been drawn...
- Teacher Training
Question 478: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to provide the necessary funding to Mary Immaculate College, Limerick to ensure the provision of postgraduate courses; and...
- School Enrolments
Question 479: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action taken by him to accommodate students on a waiting list for a place at a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; the...
- School Curriculum
Question 480: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans for the inclusion of dance as a subject on the secondary school curriculum; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that...
- Schools Recognition
Question 481: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the schools which are classified as a gaeltacht school, as distinct from an all Irish school, in County Mayo. [40449/09]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will respond to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40450/09]
- Home Tuition
Question 483: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will increase the amount of home tuition provided to a person (details supplied) in County Waterford from two hours to four...
- Schools Building Programme
Question 484: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the completion and opening dates for new schools (details supplied) in County Cork. [40480/09]
- Third Level Education
Question 490: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will respond to correspondence dated 14 September 2009 in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Roscommon. [40539/09]
