Written answers
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of the overseas aid budget that was allocated to each of the core programme countries each year in 2007 and 2008; the reduction of...
- Offshore Islands
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding Rockall Island. [41920/09]
- Human Rights Issues
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the recently published Goldstone report. [41943/09]
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the recent political upheaval in Honduras; the likelihood for success of the United States brokered deal there; and if he will...
- Diplomatic Relations
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to extend relations with Cuba; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41864/09]
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his most recent visit to Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41866/09]
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the recent incidents in the Hadramawt region of Yemen and the border region of that country with Saudi...
- International Agreements
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether the EU's Euro-Mediterranean agreement with Israel should be suspended in view of the Goldstone report; if he will...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the human rights activists from the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic who are incarcerated in Casablanca at the...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the impact of the budget cuts on overseas development aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41725/09]
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he has taken to assist in addressing the flight of the displaced persons in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Emigrant Support Services
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress made to date on resolving the issue of undocumented Irish in the US; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41726/09]
- Anti-Piracy Operations
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the intervention of the naval force has been successful in tackling the piracy off the coast of Somali; and if he will make a statement on...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing tensions between Venezuela and Colombia; and if the European Union proposes to seek to assist...
- Official Engagements
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his most recent visit to the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41862/09]
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the need to ensure a separation between the funding for overseas development aid and such financial commitments regarding...
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his most recent meeting and substantive discussions with his counterpart from the United Kingdom; if he has indicated...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on comments made by a person (details supplied) that the conviction of alleged CIA and Italian intelligence operatives in an...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will instigate an investigation into a company's (details supplied) acquisition of a 25% stake in the Nesher Cement Company. [41978/09]
- Human Rights Issues
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his policy regarding the issue of the taking of Armenians by Turkish forces in 1919; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41860/09]
- Seabed Sovereignty Claims
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding his submission to the United Nations to extend seabed sovereignty; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Kidnapping of Irish Priest
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the recent release of a person (details supplied); if a ransom was paid for their release; and if he will make a...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans for overseas development aid funding in 2010; if he will guarantee that there will be no further cuts in the ODA budget in the...
- International Agreements
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the measures which will be introduced to implement the enhanced role of the Houses of the Oireachtas in European Affairs under the Lisbon...
- Diplomatic Representation
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to develop the Ireland House concept; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41867/09]
- Human Rights Issues
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the position of the Rohingya community in Myanmar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41927/09]
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the recent contract signed between the Israeli surveillance company (details supplied) and the Irish Army in view of the fact...
- Diplomatic Relations
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if relations have improved between the EU and Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41872/09]
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the devolution of policing and criminal justice matters in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing work of the United Nations Association of Ireland and the fact that it has implemented...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to reports of child sexual abuse in Zimbabwe; if the EU has plans to make contact with the Zimbabwean...
- EU Enlargement
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his policy with respect to Turkish accession to the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41885/09]
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the situation in Guinea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41938/09]
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the way the implementation of the recommendations of the hunger task force has been affected by the reduction in the overseas aid budget in...
- Diplomatic Representation (1 comment)
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is satisfied that the status of immunity enjoyed by representatives of states with diplomatic representation here is not being abused...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on recent announcements by the President of the Palestinian authority that he does not plan to contest the next presidential...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of the overseas aid budget that was spent on consultancies in each of the years 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; his plans for...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position in relation to the incarceration of Aug San Suu Kyi in Myanmar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41944/09]
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the recently announced increased investment by China in terms of overseas aid and investment in Africa; the implications this...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Statutory Instruments (1 comment)
Question 120: To ask the Taoiseach the State agencies under the remit of his Department who have, or had over the past decade, the power to sign statutory instruments; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 122: To ask the Taoiseach the savings to date in 2009 yielded from the 8% reduction in professional fees introduced in February 2009; the savings he expects to be made as a result of...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of community employment workers employed in drugs projects here; the names and the number...
- Employment Rights
Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the banks are meeting their statutory obligation under section 19 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at...
- Statutory Instruments
Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the State agencies under the remit of her Department who have, or had over the past decade, the power to sign...
- Industrial Development
Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a company based in Northern Ireland qualifies for the same capital grant aid from the Industrial...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated additional cost of increasing the number of community employment schemes by 5,000; and if she...
- Employment Support Services
Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost per participant of the work placement programme; and if she will make a statement on the...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost per participant of the short time working scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Employment Support Services
Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated annual cost in a full year of the first round of temporary employment subsidy; if this is being...
- National Training Fund
Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of the retained national training fund surplus; the estimated amount at the end of 2010; and if she...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons who are currently on waiting lists for FÁS training schemes; the number of these who...
- Employment Rights
Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, further to Parliamentary Question No. 199 of 3 November 2009, the bodies represented by the members of the...
- Job Creation
Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the announcement by a company (details supplied) at a conference in...
- Air Services
Question 137: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the impact on the numbers employed at Aer Lingus of the development of a new airline within the...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will consider instructing bodies under her aegis such as Enterprise Ireland to present the work of...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the savings to date in 2009 yielded from the 8% reduction in professional fees introduced in February 2009;...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Finance if negotiations have taken place with any airlines in relation to the €10 travel tax; his plans to have such discussions; and if he will make a...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance when the planned building at the Curragh, County Kildare will go to tender by the Office of Public Works; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Code
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received representations from an association (details supplied) in relation to a matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance the savings made to date in 2009 yielded from the 8% reduction in professional fees introduced in February 2009; the savings he expects to be made...
- Statutory Instruments
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance the State agencies under the remit of his Department who have, or had over the past decade, the power to sign statutory instruments; and if he will...
- Tax Code
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of extending mortgage interest relief for first-time buyers to eight and nine years respectively; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Properties
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of buildings that are leased from private landlords for Government use on terms which include an upward only rent review; if this term is...
- Tax Code
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vehicles that have been confiscated due to vehicle registration tax evasion in each of the years 2006, 2007 and 2008 in counties...
- Public Sector Pay
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of public sector workers earning between €100,000 and €110,000, €110,000 and €120,000, €120,000 and €130,000, €130,000 and...
- Property Valuations
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the valuation of the National Aquatic Centre dated 25 October 2002, carried out by the Valuation Office is valid; and if he...
- Tax Code
Question 159: 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. [42285/09]
- Tax Yield
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money received by the Exchequer from the sale of alcohol from 2004 to 2008; the amount he has received to date in 2009; his views on...
- Tax Code
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support the case of a person (details supplied). [42318/09]
- Tax Collection
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) will receive their full VAT reimbursement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42324/09]
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Services (1 comment)
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [42063/09]
- Youth Services
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide funding to a youth project (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of its worthy track record to help tackle...
- Health Services
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a cancelled orthodontic appointment for a person (details supplied) will be rescheduled. [41995/09]
- Departmental Reports
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide this Deputy with a copy of the Integrated Workforce Planning Strategy for the Health Services 2009 to 2012 report;...
- Health Services
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make arrangements for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14 to be placed in a secure environment so that they can receive...
- Medical Cards
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be reached in respect of a medical card application for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; the reason...
- Grant Payments
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be awarded payment under the children's clothing and footwear scheme 2009; and if...
- Statutory Instruments
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the State agencies under the remit of her Department which have, or have had over the past decade, the power to sign statutory...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 185 of 13 October 2009, if each publicly funded hospital is allocated a quota for referral to the...
- Health Services
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange for a child (details supplied) in County Cork to be assessed. [42071/09]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, with regard to private nursing homes approved under the nursing homes support scheme, if the €190 licensing fee per designated place...
- Hospital Staff
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the appointment of additional rheumatologists; when additional rheumatologists will be appointed in Limerick; and if she...
- Medical Cards
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in processing applications for renewal of medical cards; the status of an application in respect of a person...
- Child Care Services
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are plans to reduce the minimum number of children a child-care provider needs to cater for in order to be able to participate...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take steps to admit a person (details supplied) to hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42110/09]
- Grant Payments
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford was refused a transport grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Medical Cards
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a child (details supplied) in County Longford has been denied a medical card on medical grounds; and if she will make a...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 336 of 16 September 2009, if she will fulfil the commitment made to a person (details supplied)...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [42284/09]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of the methadone programme over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42295/09]
- Medical Cards
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42308/09]
- Hospital Services
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 186 of 13 October 2009, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [42317/09]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the savings to date in 2009 yielded from the 8% reduction in professional fees introduced in February 2009; the savings she expects to...
- Department of Transport
- Air Services
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received representations from an association (details supplied) regarding a matter. [42004/09]
- State Airports
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the well-being of Shannon Airport with the strong prospect that its main passenger provider (details supplied) is to reduce its...
- Statutory Instruments
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Transport the State agencies under the remit of his Department that have, or had over the past decade, the power to sign statutory instruments; and if he...
- Public Transport
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason CIE is not subject to parliamentary questions, freedom of information requests, Comptroller and Auditor General audits and...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Transport the savings to date in 2009 yielded from the 8% reduction in professional fees introduced in February 2009; the savings he expects to be made as a...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Departmental Staff
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim filling a vacancy in the agriculture...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of speed cameras here on a county basis; the road types or classifications they are situated on; if same are in...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the responsibility his Department has in the national disability strategy; the amount expended on this strategy to date in...
- Prisoner Transfers
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there have been developments regarding the proposed transfer of certain Guantanamo detainees to here; and if he will...
- Garda Investigations
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps being taken by gardaí to stop the recent escalation of thefts in a village (details supplied) in County Meath;...
- Statutory Instruments
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the State agencies under the remit of his Department which have, or had over the past decade, the power to sign statutory...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to introduce legislation in relation to social networking sites; the need for privacy default settings following...
- Garda Recruitment
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if and when the last group of Garda trainees who completed and passed their training at Templemore College, County...
- Registration of Title
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay with the land registry in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [42280/09]
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Global Irish Economic Forum
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the conference for Irish diaspora held at Farmleigh, Dublin, on 18 to 20 September 2009; and if he will make a...
- Statutory Instruments
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the State agencies under the remit of his Department which have, or had over the past decade, the power to sign statutory instruments; and...
- European Economic Policies
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which he proposes to influence the future development of the EU with particular reference to the Common Agricultural Policy,...
- Commodity Markets
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he intends in the context of discussion with his colleagues at EU or UN level any proposals to discourage market speculators in...
- EU External Relations
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which he intends to instigate the promotion of better relations between Russia and the EU; and if he will make a statement on...
- EU Defence Policy
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which he proposes to influence defence policy at EU level in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42337/09]
- Protection of Aid Workers
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the proposals directly or at EU and UN level to protect aid workers overseas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42339/09]
- European External Relations
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the current and future international commitment to the western Balkans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42341/09]
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent of commitment at EU and UN level in the fight against AIDS in Africa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42342/09]
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the top 15 priority locations worldwide in which the EU and UN are involved in the prevention of war, genocide, starvation and human rights...
- European External Relations
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which he proposes to promote and extend better relations between the Ukraine and the EU; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will continue the funding for the sports inclusion disability officer for Waterford for all of 2010; and if he will make a...
- Arts Funding
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he is committed to maintaining funding for the arts, particularly the Irish Film Board, the Arts Council and Culture Ireland; his...
- Statutory Instruments
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the State agencies under the remit of his Department who have, or had over the past decade, the power to sign statutory instruments;...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the savings to date in 2009 yielded from the 8% reduction in professional fees introduced in February 2009; the savings he expects...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Íocaíochtaí Deontas
Question 236: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil dul chun cinn déanta maidir le deontas a chur ar fáil le hobair dheisiúcháin a dhéanamh ar an ionad lae do...
- Gréasán Bóithre
Question 237: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil sé chun sochar airgid a chur ar fáil in 2010 le hobair feabhsúcháin a dhéanamh ar bhóthair áise ar...
- Road Network
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, in view of the substandard road from Crolly to Donegal Airport at Carrickfin with a particularly dangerous...
- Community Development
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the future plans for a community development programme (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a...
- Statutory Instruments
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the State agencies under the remit of his Department which have, or had over the past decade, the power to sign...
- Community Development
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the community support scheme for older people based in south Tipperary will be reopened. [42074/09]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the savings to date in 2009 yielded from the 8% reduction in professional fees introduced in February 2009; the...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a young child who has been diagnosed with dyslexia by her departmental psychologists, and where their reading is just 4% and...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will put a system in place which makes allowances for the sporadic nature of income of visual artists so that they are not...
- Statutory Instruments
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the State agencies under the remit of her Department which have, or had over the past decade, the power to sign statutory...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and paid their fuel allowance. [42089/09]
- Social Insurance
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the estimated yield from employers, employees and self-employed PRSI in 2009 and 2010; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if an oral hearing will be heard in relation to a carer's allowance appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [42137/09]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the savings to date in 2009 yielded from the 8% reduction in professional fees introduced in February 2009; the savings she...
- Department of Defence
- Statutory Instruments
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Defence the State agencies under the remit of his Department which have, or had over the past decade, the power to sign statutory instruments; and if he...
- Defence Forces Reserve
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of personnel which have been recruited into the Reserve Defence Force since his decision to lift the embargo on recruitment; and if he...
- Departmental Reports
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason his Department's annual report for 2008 was only published in November 2009 in view of the fact that the military submissions were...
- Defence Forces Properties
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Defence when St. Bricin's Hospital will move to the Curragh in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42274/09]
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Defence when the vacancy in Collins Barracks, Cork for a military pharmacist will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42276/09]
- Commemorative Events
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Defence when the 1916 commemoration committee will have its next meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42277/09]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on correspondence from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42292/09]
- Air Corps Aircraft
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Defence when the Pilatus PC-9 that crashed in October 2009 will be replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42325/09]
- Defence Forces Reserve
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Defence the size and role of the First Line Reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42326/09]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Defence the savings to date in 2009 yielded from the 8% reduction in professional fees introduced in February 2009; the savings he expects to be made as a...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Nuclear Plants
Question 276: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has been in contact with the British Government following recent disclosures that it is planned to open...
- International Agreements
Question 277: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the prospects for progress on the climate change negotiations in Copenhagen....
- Waste Management
Question 278: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce a protocol on the reuse of computers in view of the fact that reuse is 20 times more...
- Planning Issues
Question 279: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 966 of 6 October, 2009, the classes of use that are specified in Part...
