Written answers
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Irish Language
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when an Irish language newspaper will be available again; if the matter has been brought before the board of Foras na...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has assessed his budget submission; the cost of printing by his Department of reports and all other materials in...
- Caiteachais Ranna
Question 65: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad iad na moltaí maidir le giorruithe a d'fhéadfaí a chur i bhfeidhm sa Roinn a cuireadh ar aghaidh chuig údair na...
- Rural Transport
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the future of the pilot rural transport night time scheme; if he has completed a report on the viability of this...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the Pobal programme; the number of groups availing of funding; the funding allocated; if he has...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to merge the development functions of Údarás na Gaeilge with a new enterprise agency comprising Enterprise...
- Volunteer Centres
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to encourage and develop volunteering at this time in view of the fact that the need for community support...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there will be changes in regard to the operation of scéim labhairt na gaeilge and scéim na bhfoghlaimeoirí...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes report recommendation that...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his proposals for the implementation of the National Drugs Strategy 2009 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the extent to which it is expected or intended to enhance the scope and scale of activities under the RAPID and CLÁR...
- Drug Seizures
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the size of recent drug seizures; and the steps he will take to deal with this issue under the new...
- Irish Language
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the dates that the Cabinet committee established to consider recommendations arising out of the linguistic study of...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of meetings he has had with the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources regarding the...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding allocated to the south-western regional task force in the past three years; the amount of this...
- Community Development
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of Community Services Programme funded day care centres in 2009; if this shows a reduction over the past...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the cost to date of the proposed decentralisation programme for his Department; the position regarding staffing...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 78 of 29 April 2009, the effectiveness of the Dial to Stop Drug Dealing...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the dormant accounts fund; the number of applications received to date in 2009; the funding...
- Security of the Elderly
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to develop security information and practical advice for the older population here in view of the recent...
- Inland Waterways
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when he will next meet with Waterways Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41550/09]
- Departmental Reports
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of reports published by his Department or any agency under the remit of his Department in each of the past...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding allocated to each of the drugs task forces in 2009; the amount each task force received; and if...
- Íocaíochtaí Deontas
Question 95: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhféadfadh sé cuntas a thabhairt ar an dul chun cinn atá déanta go dtí seo ag a Roinn faoi na tuilte i nGaoth...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of agencies or State bodies under his remit; if, due to recent budget decisions any consolidation or...
- Inland Waterways
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on funding or grant assistance being awarded for the provision of marinas on rivers or canals within the...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to expand the local drugs tasks forces from the current number; if there is a need to look at a country...
- Community Development
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on recent media reports on the possible consequences of finishing or changing the various community...
- Corrib Gas Project
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the efforts by his Department to resolve the Corrib gas dispute; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he is satisfied with the progress of the various Leader programmes here; the amount these programmes have...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Innovation Fund Ireland
Question 110: To ask the Taoiseach the progress made to date in establishing innovation fund Ireland; the timeframe in place for funds to be made available for research and development; the...
- Departmental Reports
Question 111: To ask the Taoiseach the number of National Economic and Social Forum reports that have been commissioned and published from 2000 to date in 2009; the cost of each of these...
- Population Statistics
Question 112: To ask the Taoiseach the details from the 1996, 2002 and 2006 census of the demographic breakdown of the Glencullen electoral division, County Dublin, by age category; the number...
- Census of Population
Question 113: To ask the Taoiseach his views regarding the inclusion of a question on autism in the next census. [41373/09]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Departmental Procurement
Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage of invoices which are paid within 15 days in each Government Department; the average length of...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her proposals to change the rules in order that persons who qualify for jobseeker's benefit but do not...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of places available in active labour market programmes funded by her Department, broken down by...
- Business Regulation
Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has established a baseline for the compliance costs which businesses are bearing against which she can...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to permit them to apply for their...
- Work Permits
Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will review a work permit renewal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a notice of redundancy in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford which was first...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount the she has paid to a company (details supplied) to investigate allegations of bullying made...
- Fiontraíocht Éireann
Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste agus Aire Fiontar, Trádála agus Fostaíochta an aontaíonn sí nár chóir feidhmeanna fiontraíochta Údarás na Gaeltachta a aistriú go Fiontraíocht...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding an application for redundancy in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the entitlement of self-employed tradesmen to get onto FÁS courses; if their...
- Employment Rights
Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding a construction worker laid off after several years of employment by a company (details...
- Consumer Protection
Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the charges being raised against consumers and business; if she will report on the...
- Trade Development
Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made to date on the development of an action plan for improving trade, investment and tourism...
- Green Enterprise
Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made to date by the high level action group on green enterprise; when the group will make...
- Departmental Reports
Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when she will publish her response to recommendations contained within the report of the Competition...
- Work Permits
Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of work permit applications in respect of persons (details supplied); when a decision will be...
- Industrial Development
Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of site visits carried out by the Industrial Development Authority to site locations in Ballina,...
- Company Closures
Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made to date in the various projects designed to retrieve employment opportunities in the wake...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will respond to correspondence from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if she will make a...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of money paid to a company (details supplied) for FÁS courses by location; the cost for each...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to comments (details supplied) made regarding discussions in relation to the €10 air travel tax; his views on...
- Property Valuations
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the valuation process which values hotel rooms per square foot rather than by an assessment of associated income;...
- Illicit Trade in Tobacco
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance the action being taken to combat tobacco smuggling and associated criminality; if he will investigate if retailers are being investigated for the...
- Property Valuations
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Valuations Office is undertaking fresh valuations in local authorities based on property values and business volumes at the height of the...
- Insurance Industry
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on statistics on price increases in insurance rates; and the action he proposes to take to control same which seem difficult to...
- Tax Code
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a loophole in the tax law or schemes that allow for the withdrawal of moneys from limited companies by directors...
- Gross National Product
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance the most recent reported or estimated [i]per capita[/i] GNP for every OECD country; the names of those countries whose [i]per capita[/i] GNP...
- Tax Code
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14 cannot use their partner's tax credits due to the fact that they are not married; and if he will...
- Tax Collection
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [41293/09]
- Pension Provisions
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Finance the terms on which a person can get access to money that has been set aside for pension purposes before their retirement in order to meet some...
- Tax Code
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has plans to introduce a new 21% VAT rate on package holidays; the reason this is being proposed; if this will represent unfair competition if...
- Public Service Contracts
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41315/09]
- Tax Code
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will not reduce tax relief that persons receive on paying for the care of an incapacitated person in their home; and if he will make a...
- Public Sector Pay
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of public servants wages and salaries; if that figure included the cost of employer's PRSI contributions; if so, the cost...
- Coastal Protection
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 351 of 3 November 2009, if 100% funding for coastal protection works in County Waterford will be considered...
- Tax Collection
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be furnished with a P21 for 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41358/09]
- Tax Yield
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of income earned; the amount of tax paid; the average rate of tax paid and the standard deviation from this average for the top 4% of...
- Departmental Properties
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans regarding the use or sale of a vacant building (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if he will accept a proposal for its use from a...
- Tax Code
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax revenue which would be raised on a 2010 and full year basis by introducing a minimum effective tax rate for persons availing of...
- Public Sector Pay
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of the public service pay and pensions bill for each year since 1970; and the proportion of gross domestic product that it represents for...
- Civil Service Staff
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of whole time equivalents serving in the grades of Secretary General, deputy secretary general, assistant secretary general, higher...
- Tax Code
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of tax relief under the artists exemption scheme in 2008; the cost for those with incomes under €50,000; between €50,000 and...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support the expanded debt cancellation, free from conditions for the southern countries that need it; his views on the co-responsibility...
- Tax Collection
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that tax is regularised for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [41674/09]
- Tax Code
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on increasing the threshold of €500,00 above which companies are required to pay VAT in advance of the settlement of the account of...
- Flood Relief
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Finance if the work required at the weir at Thomastown, County Kilkenny, has been assessed and costed; if the Office of Public Works will carry out this...
- Tax Collection
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Finance the Exchequer's annual indirect taxation income from counties Donegal, Monaghan, Cavan, and Louth from 2005 to date in 2009 in tabular form; and if...
- Pension Provisions
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason semi-State employees are paying less for their pension than public sector workers; the reason there is no funding problem with their...
- Departmental Properties
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 343 of 6 October 2009, if he is in possession of a property (details supplied) in County Cork; if so, the...
- Ministerial Transport
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of electric cars ordered for use by the Government; the location at which these cars will be used; the cost of purchasing these cars; and...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to assist mortgage holders who are paying fixed rate mortgages, who now wish to switch to variable or tracker mortgages; and if he will...
- Department of Health and Children
- Youth Services
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding funding for a project (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a spatial plan for the provision of drug services here will be drawn up in order to avoid the continuing centralisation of services...
- Adoption Services
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for inter-country adoption in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
- Homeless Persons
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average time period an unattached young person remained homeless in the care of the Health Service Executive in 2007 and 2008; and...
- Hospital Staff
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of consultant neurologists in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; the average waiting time; the number of persons on the waiting...
- Pre-school Services
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of the early childhood care and education scheme; the number of services that have joined the...
- Health Services
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has monitored the amount of the €4.78 million allocated to cystic fibrosis services in 2006 which have been spent to date in...
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding adoptions from South Africa; the transitional arrangements that are in place to ensure that persons may continue...
- Hospital Services
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the procedures which will take place at theatre number four at the Cork University Hospital in view of the reconfiguration of services...
- Medical Cards
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card which has been approved will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [41381/09]
- Hospital Services
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a child (details supplied) in County Carlow awaiting open heart surgery in Our Ladys Hospital for Sick Children,...
- Ambulance Service
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the proposed new ambulance base for a town (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reason for the delay in...
- Hospital Services
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will request the Health Service Executive not to introduce a cut at a hospital (details supplied) in County Mayo. [41396/09]
- Computerisation Programme
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of accounts payable computer systems the Health Service Executive use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41400/09]
- Health Capital Programme
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the health capital projects in County Donegal; the planned completion dates for same; the estimated costs for same; the projected annual...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position that will apply under the terms of the fair deal scheme when a resident here is obliged to take up or is placed in a...
- Hospital Staff
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of clinical directors to be appointed in Dublin hospitals; the number of associated business managers and support staff who...
- Health Services
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 17 June 2009 and subsequent reply from the Health Service Executive, if there has been...
- Medical Cards
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the procedure for centralised processing of medical card applications; if her attention has been drawn to the delays that have emerged...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of departmental engagement that has taken place in relation to the proliferation of "head shops" here; the potential risks and...
- Child Care Services
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the early childhood care and education scheme does not allow for child care places to...
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason persons who seek adoptions can only queue on the list for one country; and if she will offer advice to persons who have been...
- Child Abuse
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 481 of 3 November 2009, if she is satisfied that the interests of the child concerned are...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the financial pressures in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in County Carlow dealing...
- Child Care Services
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children how she is promoting the early childhood care and education scheme; how she is making parents aware of participating pre-schools in...
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the progress to date of an application for inter-country adoption in the case of persons (details...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to ensure that an organisation (details supplied), which has already received a 3% cut in State funding in the past year, will...
- Medical Negligence Awards
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the award and subsequent payment of medical negligence awards; if the current system of lump sum awards is in...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the H1N1 swine flu vaccine; the position regarding the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 11...
- Ambulance Service
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of the ambulance control service based in St. Mary's, Castlebar in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Charges
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average daily cost of an acute hospital bed in hospitals (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41736/09]
- Health Services
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will transfer a person (details supplied) in County Cork within the Health Service Executive. [41755/09]
- Health Service Staff
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on benefits of employing more podiatrists in an effort to offset the number of amputations performed on persons with diabetes...
- Health Services
Question 221: 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. [41775/09]
- Mental Health Services
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a safe residential setting for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16 whose condition renders then a danger to...
- Hospital Services
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a child (details supplied) in County Carlow who is awaiting open heart surgery in Our Lady's Hospital for Sick...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange for a nursing home bed for a person (details supplied) in County Cork in view of the circumstances that apply....
- Health Insurance
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the proposed VHI rate increases as indicated in a newspaper article (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to...
- Hospital Services
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that a proper health service is available to hospital patients in the south-west Cork region in view of the case of...
- Health Services
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a child (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be seen by the appropriate person; and when appointments to vacant orthodontic...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it will be necessary to administer two doses of the H1N1 vaccine to the general population or if one will suffice; if one is enough,...
- Health Services
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to regulate private home care providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41852/09]
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason women in County Donegal, who require a follow-up appointment after BreastCheck, are being directed to Galway when facilities...
- Hospital Services
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be exempted from charges for inpatient services; and if she will make a statement on...
- Health Service Staff
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the regulations that are set down in respect of the requirements of existing long-term health care workers to provide background...
- Department of Transport
- Travel Trade Sector
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Transport if the EU is planning to introduce a system where Internet booking of travel and accommodation would be covered by an insurance bond; if the cost...
- Cycle Facilities
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to engage with a proposal to develop a dedicated cycling track in a region (details supplied); his views on whether such a development...
- Public Transport
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Transport his policy on the regulation of public transport fares; if he has undertaken research on the impact of lower, simplified public transport fare...
- Road Safety
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will publish the PricewaterhouseCooper report on the commercial vehicle roadworthiness system; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on all major procurement contracts established by Dublin Bus, Bus Éireann and Irish Rail under Transport 21; and if he will...
- Rural Transport Services
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the establishment of a working group within his Department, including the Health Service Executive, Bus Éireann and...
- Cycle Facilities
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will investigate the possibility of establishing a cycle path from Dublin to Galway along the Grand Canal; his views on whether this could...
- Road Traffic Acts
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Transport if, under the Road Traffic Acts, he will clarify public place and private property; if road traffic laws extend to private property at anytime;...
- Cycle Facilities
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Transport the details of the planned new cycle path in Dublin city along the Grand Canal; if this path will run along a stretch of the canal (details...
- Dublin Transport Authority
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Transport the work to date which has been carried out by the Dublin Transport Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41690/09]
- Air Services
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the creation of a new airline within the Aer Lingus group which is designed to offshore employment and sidestep...
- Rail Services
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn, by the management of Iarnród Éireann or Corás Iompar Éireann, to a plan to sell, lease or donate its rolling...
- Passenger Car Fleet
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Transport the average age of vehicles in the passenger car fleet here in each of the past five years for which figures are available; if he will provide the...
- Air Services
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will respond to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41779/09]
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Registration of Title
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for a vesting certificate in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin;...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if persons (details supplied) in County Carlow will qualify for passports; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Visa Applications
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on fast-tracking visas for key researchers and highly skilled staff, and their spouses; his views on a fast-track...
- Court Staff
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the powers, duties and responsibilities of the position of sheriff; the circumstances under which a sheriff may enter...
- Crime Statistics
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details by month and category of the 92 incidents recorded on the Garda PULSE computer system from 1 January 2009 until...
- Public Order Offences
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the impact anti-social behaviour at a licensed premises (details supplied) in Dublin 14 is having on Garda resources; if...
- Garda Investigations
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way the investigation into an incident (details supplied) is progressing; if similar incidents have been recorded on...
- Garda Operations
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if Garda Operation Tie is still active; the number of gardaí involved; the number of persons arrested and charged to date...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will be finalised; and if...
- Garda Stations
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41401/09]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the options available to a person (details supplied), currently living in Northern Ireland on a UK visa, to become an Irish...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the level of departmental engagement that has taken place in relation to the proliferation of head shops here; the...
- Garda Stations
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to upgrade a Garda station (details supplied) in Dublin 8; if funding will be made available to carry out...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department is in receipt of an application for funding towards the cost of providing a closed circuit television...
- Residency Permits
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 271: 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 Dublin; and if...
- Residency Permits
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of children born here whose parents are not yet Irish citizens; if they qualify for Irish passports if parents...
- Asylum Applications
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
- Rental Accommodation Scheme
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a lack of stamp four status will exclude a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20 from qualification for the rental...
- Asylum Applications
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a review of an application for residency will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if...
- Refugee Status
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review a proposal to revoke stamp four in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he...
- Asylum Applications
Question 282: 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 20; and if he will...
- Visa Applications
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Residency Permits
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a stamp four will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a review will be undertaken regarding an application for naturalisation in the case of persons (details supplied) in...
- Residency Permits
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will ascertain clarification of a letter dated 4 November 2009 on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he...
- Residency Permits
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a residency or asylum application in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he...
- Deportation Orders
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case to allow a person (details supplied) in County Meath to make representations as to the reason...
- Judgment Debts
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will exercise his powers under the Courts Act 1981 to reduce from 8% to 4% the level of interest on judgment debts;...
- Residency Permits
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 301: 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...
- Travel Documents
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if temporary travel documents will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Residency Permits
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41703/09]
- Garda Stations
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm that no Garda station in County Mayo is due for closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Proposed Legislation
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will bring forward legislation to introduce a power of arrest for offences under section 2 of the Non-Fatal Offences...
- Garda Investigations
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the timescale to introduce arrangements to end the requirement of members of An Garda Síochána to take a handwritten note...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41766/09]
- Data Protection
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that the information held on a database (details supplied) is secure; and if he will make a statement on...
- Garda Strength
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm the effect of a change in regulation (details supplied) in relation to Garda manpower; if the cost...
- Prisoner Education
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost to the Exchequer of providing Open University courses for prisoners broken down between Irish nationals and...
- Residency Permits
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
- Asylum Applications
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Human Rights Issues
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the humanitarian problems at the Palestinian refugee camp on the Syrian-Iraqi border as a result of...
- Emigrant Support Services
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the contacts he has had recently with the US authorities regarding undocumented Irish citizens living in that country. [41463/09]
- Passport Applications
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Carlow qualifies for a passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41481/09]
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will meet Ireland's overseas development spending obligation of 0.7% of GDP by 2012. [41538/09]
- International Agreements
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the Lisbon referendum; the various procedures for Ireland and Europe as a whole for full and final approval of the...
- Middle East Peace Process
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn, by the management of Iarnród Éireann or Córas Iompair Éireann, to a plan to sell, lease or donate its...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Departmental Staff
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, further to Parliamentary Question No. 778 of 3 November 2009, the number of qualified economists in his Department; and if he will...
- National Library
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will write to his counterpart in the British Parliament to ask for the return of personal effects (details supplied). [41749/09]
- National Lottery Funding
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the breakdown of each individual allocation of national lottery funding issued by his Department for 2007 and 2008. [41756/09]
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the proliferation of so called head shops, which have opened here; his views on...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he is satisfied that the amount claimed by agencies falling within the remit of his Department in expenses is...
- Ferry Services
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he is allowing the change over of ownership of vessels that are contracted to his Department to provide a service...
- Grant Payments
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding funding for a project (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
- An Teanga Ghaeilge
Question 333: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cathain a sheolfar an straitéis fiche bliain don Ghaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [41679/09]
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
Question 336: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil sé cinnte go mbeidh toghchán ann do bhord Údarás na Gaeltachta sa bhliain 2010; agus an ndéanfaidh sé...
- Community Development
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the steps he will take to address the concern with the proposed merger between the community development programme...
- Charities Regulation
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to outlaw the practice of clothing collections by persons claiming to represent various charities who in...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the role of local drugs task forces in informing young persons about the dangers of recreational drugs; and if he...
- Irish Language
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his position regarding the use of publication directly to the Internet by public bodies as a means to minimise the...
- Community Development
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the role he has in supporting the development of local food production and related enterprise in rural areas; the...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the supports his Department provided for the provision of two food science advisers to the small scale dairy products...
- Rural Development
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress that is being made in developing walking trails under the national countryside recreation strategy; the...
- Inland Waterways
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the work which has been carried out by Waterways Ireland to date in 2009 on the section of the Grand Canal within the...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the extent to which he proposes to extend financial support to groups, bodies or agencies involved in the fight...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number and nature of applications from various groups in County Kildare for grant aid under the RAPID or CLÁR...
- Planning Issues
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has had discussions with the local authorities with a view to ensuring that the housing requirements in...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the anticipated expenditure in respect of applications received for grant aid under the RAPID programme throughout...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons in receipt of back to work allowance, back to enterprise allowance, back to education allowance or a...
- Social Welfare Fraud
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 838 of 3 November 2009, the number of prosecutions in respect of persons found to be...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of rent allowance paid in each of the past five years up to 31 October 2009 on a county basis in tabular form; and if...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an appeal will be heard for a mortgage interest relief application in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Family Support Services
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding funding for a project (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the contractual arrangements in relation to the delivery of social welfare services through An Post; and if she will make a...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Dog Licences
Question 373: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the revenue, on average, from the sale of dog licences per year; the way this compares with the cost of...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 374: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the long-term economic value methodology used by the Dublin Docklands Development Authority in its annual...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 375: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of an application from Kilkenny County Council for funding relative to the Castlecomer serviced...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 376: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to inform persons who live abroad and have properties here of the €200 property tax;...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 377: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to revise the system of calculation of carbon emissions from flexifuel vehicles in view of the fact...
- Planning Issues
Question 378: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if planning permission is required to build an enclosed smoking area in the car park of a pub; and if he will...
- Urban Renewal Schemes
Question 380: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding is available for the proposed environmental improvement works and new carpark for Main Street,...
- Planning Issues
Question 382: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has the power to veto a section 49 scheme if it is not financially viable; and if he will make a...
- Waste Management
Question 384: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied with the operation of the tyre recovery activity compliance scheme; and if he will make a...
- Planning Issues
Question 387: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to correspondence sent by this Deputy in September 2009 regarding planning irregularities in...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 389: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is an exemption from the Government charge for non-principal residences for a person who is in the...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 390: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the proposals he has to introduce a scheme for the upgrading of existing domestic septic tanks; and if he...
- Planning Issues
Question 391: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the problem of head shops may be addressed, at least in part, through the planning system; if he will...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 392: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the Control of Dogs (Amendment) Bill, to provide adequate regulation of dog breeding establishments,...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 394: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he make a statement on the €200 tax on second homes; the tax collected since the introduction of this...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 395: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of assistant city and county managers in place here prior to the inception of better local...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 398: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the village sewerage scheme at Castlemaine, County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 401: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 402: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the refurbishment of council houses (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he...
- Planning Issues
Question 403: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the taking in charge of estates by local authorities; if the local authority will take...
- Turbary Rights
Question 404: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to a matter (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 405: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of loans approved and drawn down for the home choice loan scheme; and if he will make a statement...
- Housing Grants
Question 406: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money allocated for the three adaptation schemes including the number of applications...
- Rental Accommodation Scheme
Question 407: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses rented under the rental accommodation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding projects to sequester carbon; if he is liaising with the private sector in this regard;...
- Ministerial Transport
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details of the deal agreed with a company (details supplied) to supply approximately 250 zero emission cars...
- EU Directives
Question 412: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report on his Department's implementation of the directive on the promotion of clean and energy...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 413: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will make a statement on all forms of broadband availability in an area (details supplied) in County...
- Electricity Generation
Question 414: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made to date on restructuring the electricity sector, through finalisation of the Commission for...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if incentives for the production of bio-fuels here will be put in place by him in view of the new legislation...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Foreshore Licences
Question 417: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the changes he will make to the consent system for energy developments on the foreshore; and if he will make a statement on...
- National Parks
Question 418: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the historical, cultural and recreational significance of Donadea Forest Park, Donadea,...
- Grant Payments
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment will be awarded under REPS 4 to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement...
- National Stud
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the role of his Department in the operation of the Irish National Stud; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Bodies
Question 421: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the animal remedies consultative committee within his Department still functions; the membership and budget available to...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to publish the Animal Welfare Bill; if he will indicate the present membership of the Farm Animal Welfare Advisory...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 423: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of meetings that have taken place of the consumer liaison panel for each year since 2002 to date in 2009; the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of staff in his Department who have applied for benefit under the incentivised scheme for early retirement; the...
- Grant Payments
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo had their single farm payment reduced; and if he will make a statement...
- Value for Money Reviews
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has carried out value for money reviews on farm investment schemes; if so, the schemes in which he has carried out...
- Grant Payments
Question 430: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive their early retirement payment; and if he will make a...
- Animal Welfare
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the outcome of a meeting held recently at University College Dublin, Dublin 4 regarding horse welfare; the initiatives...
- Grant Payments
Question 432: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Food Safety
Question 437: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the 2009 Kilkenny laboratory report on the bacterial count on imported chicken fillets will be published; the action he...
- Grant Payments
Question 438: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a decision will be made on a REPS 4 application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Installation Aid Scheme
Question 439: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of applications received by him under the young farmers installation aid scheme before the date of suspension;...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 440: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of applications received by him under the early retirement scheme before the date of suspension; the number...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 441: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers contracted under each of the REP schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41813/09]
- Departmental Staff
Question 444: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made to date regarding the rationalisation of local agricultural offices; the level of savings accruing from...
- Grant Payments
Question 445: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of payments made under the disadvantaged areas payment scheme to date in 2009; the number of applications which...
- Departmental Staff
Question 448: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of persons paid by his Department to carry out regular price checks at marts here; the amount spent on this...
- Aquaculture Licences
Question 449: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if an appropriate assessment is required for the licensed aquaculture in marine or freshwater special areas of conservation...
- Grant Payments
Question 450: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will respond to this Deputy's correspondence of 7 April 2009 regarding the treatment by his Department of a farmer...
- Department of Education and Science
- Adult Education
Question 452: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of places available in further and second chance education, including the back to education initiative, funded by his...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 453: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will fund the upgrading of broadband facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Clare where the broadband speed is slow...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 454: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the proposal to build a new school in Kilfinane, County Limerick; when he will expect the building of the...
- Public Private Partnerships
Question 455: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the legal issues which needed to be addressed regarding the granting of permission to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 14 to...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 456: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in awarding permission for the refurbishment of the school hall in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16;...
- Schools Patronage
Question 457: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 143 of 20 October 2009, when he will be able to provide a copy of the report given that it is...
- School Funding
Question 458: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the assistance and grant aid under the various headings provided in 2006, 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009 to a school (details...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 459: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made on whether he will run the postgraduate diploma in primary education at St. Patrick's College, Dublin 9...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 460: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the process regarding finalisation of the proposed refurbishment and extension at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 20; if...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 461: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the first second level school site at Clonburris, County Dublin; if a decision has been made regarding its year...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 462: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special needs assistants estimated to be working in schools; if he will provide a breakdown of this number by primary...
- School Staffing
Question 463: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of language support teachers estimated to be working in schools; if he will provide a breakdown of this number by primary...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 464: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the processing time for higher education maintenance grants in north Tipperary vocational education committee; if there has been an...
- Construction Contracts
Question 465: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a breach of patent has occurred in the awarding of the contract for construction of the new engineering building at National...
- School Staffing
Question 466: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of part-time administration principals who are employed (details supplied); the criteria a school and principal must fulfil...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 467: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the date a school (details supplied) in County Carlow opened; the cost of building works involved; the date of the original school...
- Computerisation Programme
Question 468: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if grants are available to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal which has two computers and no Internet access; the grant or...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 470: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the employment of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath, who has worked as a special needs assistant for the past...
- Teachers' Remuneration
Question 471: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review the entitlement of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry to an allowance in view of information provided in a...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 472: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action he will take to alleviate the distress and hardship caused to students by the failure to disburse education grants in a...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 473: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Cork in view of the fact that this issue has been allowed to go...
- Teachers' Remuneration
Question 474: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps that a teacher, who does substitute work in a number of schools, must take to claim payment; the title of the form; the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 475: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 647 of 10 November 2009, if a template for physical education halls has been clarified; if...
- School Funding
Question 476: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the names and addresses of the non-fee paying schools here; the number of pupils enrolled in each; the amount of funding each school...
- School Transport
Question 477: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the school transport grant will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Third Level Education
Question 478: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made to date in developing a programme of targeted bursaries, in order to increase participation in key engineering...
- Inservice Training
Question 481: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the leadership and human relationship courses prioritised by his Department for school principals, which are of importance in relation...
- Irish Language Schools
Question 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if all books required for the second level curriculum and second level courses are available in Irish for students attending all Irish...
- School Placement
Question 483: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41764/09]
- Capital Expenditure Programme
Question 484: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason he is behind targets on capital spending for schools in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41769/09]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 485: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the Student Support Bill 2008 in view of the delays suffered by those awaiting grants; and if he will make a statement...
- School Staffing
Question 486: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made on an appeal by a school (details supplied) in County Galway to suppress a language support teaching post...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 487: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application for a new school by a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a...
- Denominational Schools
Question 489: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the basis of State funding for Protestant schools; the changes proposed; the consultations he has had with the relevant representative...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 490: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a college grant will be expedited and approved by Kilkenny Vocational Education Committee in the case of a person (details...
- Post-Leaving Certificate Courses
Question 491: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when and if the post-leaving certificate cap of 183 will be reviewed in the context of a college (details supplied) in County...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 492: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress being made to commence the building project at a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 493: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans for the provision of a physical education hall for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if he will make a statement...
- Schools Patronage
Question 494: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will report on the outcomes of a meeting held on 10 November 2009 between officials of his Department and representatives of...
- School Accommodation
Question 495: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will report on efforts to secure permanent accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin which is temporarily...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 496: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the educational opportunities available for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, including speech and language services,...
