Written answers
Thursday, 26 November 2009
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Agri-Food Sector
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the discussions he has had with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment regarding the difficulties that the...
- Animal Diseases
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the initiatives he will introduce to tackle the problem of bovine viral diarrhoea in cattle; and if he will make a statement...
- Beef Sector
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the proposed introduction of a quality payment system for the beef sector; and if he will make a statement on...
- Retail Sector
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the recent discussions he has had with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment regarding the introduction of a...
- Dairy Sector
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the milk super levy; the impact that quota increases agreed in the Common Agricultural Policy Health...
- Departmental Policy
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he expects to be in a position to publish position papers, prepared by his Department and the State agencies under his...
- Milk Quota
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the measures that he has put in place to support young farmers, both in terms of on-farm investment and the allocation of...
- Animal Welfare
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will publish the proposed Animal Welfare Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43612/09]
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans regarding the disadvantaged areas scheme; if he has submitted a proposal to the EU as part of his Department's...
- Animal Welfare
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the recent discussions he has had with his Northern Ireland counterpart with regard to the establishment of an all-Ireland...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will reverse the cut imposed on 34,000 farmers in disadvantaged areas in 2009 in view of the income position on farms....
- Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the EU Commissioner for Agricultural and Rural Development's statement that delays in approving new genetically...
- Dairy Sector
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is satisfied with the outcome of the EU Agriculture Council in relation to the dairy sector; and if he will make a...
- Veterinary Inspection Service
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the payment rates for veterinary surgeons carrying out TB and brucellosis testing on behalf of his Department. [43637/09]
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers who were in REPS 3 that have moved to REPS 4 by 15 May 2009. [43624/09]
- Draught Horse Studbook
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the recommendation of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Food that his Department should indicate...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is satisfied his concerns were taken into account during the discussions on fisheries control at the Luxembourg...
- Grant Payments
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the supports available to persons who want to expand or develop agricultural enterprises that are not considered to be...
- Food Industry
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the level of uptake there has been in view of the recent introduction of the voluntary code of practice scheme for farmers'...
- Animal Welfare
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the EU Commission proposals for changes to animal transport legislation. [43636/09]
- Common Agricultural Policy
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his policy regarding the release of butter and SMP intervention stocks by the EU Commission. [43632/09]
- Suckler Welfare Scheme
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the reported decline in the suckler cow herd; his plans for the future of the suckler cow welfare scheme in this...
- Grant Payments
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers paid under the farm waste management scheme; the number yet to be paid; the number of penalties...
- Animal Feedstuffs
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if an investigation has been made into the quantity of fodder available to farmers for winter 2009; if he will address the...
- Veterinary Inspection Service
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he has taken to reduce the cost of the meat inspection service. [43634/09]
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of REP scheme payments that will be made in 2009. [43626/09]
- Pigmeat Sector
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made to date under the pork recall scheme; the estimated cost of this scheme for 2009; the expected outlay for...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will award REP scheme four payments due in 2009. [43622/09]
- Budget Submissions
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has received a copy of pre-budgetary submissions from the various farming organisations outlining the state of the...
- Grant Payments
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if all farm support payments due have been paid to date; if administrative procedures are not being used as a means of...
- Organic Farming
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if farmers wishing to apply for the 2010 organic farming scheme will be required to have completed an approved training...
- Common Agricultural Policy
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views in relation to the need for an adequately funded common agricultural policy post 2013; and if he will make a...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the new REP scheme will be introduced. [43625/09]
- Beef Exports
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he is taking to ensure that live cattle exported to England will be slaughtered in all processing plants in...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he or An Bord Bia have strategies in place to market Irish agricultural produce as a low carbon product to export markets;...
- Common Fisheries Policy
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he expects to be in a position to submit, to the EU Commission, his position in relation to the reform of the common...
- Common Agricultural Policy
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on where there is further scope for the allocation of additional quota to young farmers as a result of the outcome...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the date for the payment of the first 75% instalment of REP scheme 4 for 2009 and the remaining 25%. [43640/09]
- Departmental Offices
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the measures he is taking to accommodate farmers in counties where his Department's offices are due to close. [43638/09]
- Climate Change Policy
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action taken to proof agriculture here against climate change in view of the upcoming Copenhagen summit; and if he will...
- Dairy Sector
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action he will take to assist the dairy industry in introducing efficiencies in the effective collection and processing...
- Climate Change Policy
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the measures taken to prepare agriculture for climate change and peak oil; the potential consequent effects on food security...
- Farm Improvement Scheme
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when farmers who are locked out of the farm improvement scheme will have their applications processed. [43629/09]
- Departmental Programmes
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when new grant aid schemes will be introduced that were announced on 8 July 2009. [43628/09]
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he is taking to support REP scheme three; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43544/09]
- Agri-food Sector
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the need for a comprehensive medium term plan for the agri-food and fishing sector here; and if he will make a...
- Dairy Sector
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he expects the high level group, established by the EU Agriculture Commissioner, to report; and if he will make a...
- Common Fisheries Policy
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the outcome of the EU Fisheries Council meeting on 13 November 2009; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Sheep Sector
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the new initiatives he plans to put in place to support the sheep sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Food Aid Programme
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has drawn down Ireland's full allocated budget under the European food aid programme for the most deprived. [43621/09]
- Farm Investment Schemes
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the details of the new targeted scheme for on-farm investment announced as part of a revised rural development programme; and...
- Direct Payment Schemes
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his spending proposals for the use of the unspent single payment scheme funds, announced in the context of a revised rural...
- Bovine Disease Controls
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress being made in relation to new TB tests and the vaccination of badgers. [43639/09]
- Grant Payments
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will confirm that those whose applications had been received for the early farm retirement scheme will be accommodated;...
- Live Exports
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he is taking to support a live cattle trade to Britain; the numbers exported to date in 2009; the corresponding...
- Animal Diseases
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made to date by Animal Health Ireland in achieving and maintaining the highest standards of animals health; and...
- Organic Farming
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the size of the domestic market for organic fruit and vegetables; the percentage of this produce produced domestically; and...
- Common Agricultural Policy
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the terms of the Common Agricultural Policy health check, particularly in relation to quotas, if it should be...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Job Losses
Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding an application for statutory redundancy in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Trade Union Sector
Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the protection in existing legislation for rank and file union members when there is evidence or a reasonable...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of private sector employers who have applied for and been approved for the FÁS work placement...
- Employment Rights
Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 199 of 3 November 2009 and 135 of 18 November 2009, if she will...
- Employment Rights
Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois will be held with the employment...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Collection
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Finance the moneys paid to farmers in VAT refunds each year for the past five years; the number of farmers who claimed refunds; and if he will make a...
- Vehicle Registration Numbers
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43810/09]
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance if the established guideline of €500,000 in salary for bank chief executive officers includes stock options, relocation expenses, other expenses,...
- Tax Collection
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is entitled to a tax rebate or other payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43538/09]
- Tax Code
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimate yield from lowering the threshold for the application of the minimum effective income tax of 20% to all incomes above €250,000, all...
- Public Works Projects
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the involvement to date of the Office of Public Works in implementing the Towards a Liffey Valley Park report; the proposals to...
- Pension Provisions
Question 91: 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. [43739/09]
- Financial Services Staff
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance if the position of chief executive officer or managing director of a bank (details supplied) was advertised in the international press; and if he...
- Tax Collection
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has been granted tax rebates for the years 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008; and if he will make a...
- Flood Relief
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the Clonmel flood relief scheme; the amount of funding spent on this scheme to date; the amount of funding allocated to the scheme; if...
- Tax Code
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance if a charge (details supplied) will be made allowable as a business expense for properties. [43792/09]
- Tax Collection
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance when a VAT refund will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43832/09]
- Flood Relief
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that was spent by him on flood relief works in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Code
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance if and when an income tax refund under MED1 or MED2 will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if allowance will...
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Service Staff
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount she has spent on the education of student nurses from 2004 to date in 2009; the amount spent on the education of student...
- Child Care Services
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether allowances should be made for the variation in cost between urban and rural areas to the early childhood care...
- Under Age Drinking
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to address the problem of under age drinking; the resources she plans to dedicate to this issue; if she is satisfied with the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) will be called for surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43429/09]
- Domiciliary Care Allowance
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if any applicants for domiciliary care allowance have had their applications backdated; and if she will supply a breakdown on a county...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will support a matter (details supplied). [43468/09]
- Medical Cards
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for an over 70 years medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [43470/09]
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of beds in use in a hospital (details supplied) in County Monaghan for 2006, 2007 and 2008;the changes which have taken place...
- Adoption Services
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the transitional measures she intends to introduce in the Adoption Bill 2009 to ensure that couples who are in an advanced stage...
- Health Services
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that sleep apnoea sufferers who rent CPAP machines are entitled to have this rental refunded under the drugs subsidy...
- Health Insurance
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the percentage increase in VHI premiums sanctioned by her per annum from 1997 to 2008 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement...
- Vaccine Damage Steering Group
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the recommendations of the vaccine damage steering group report, published on 17 November 2009, have been accepted by her; and if she...
- Medical Cards
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be entitled to receive a medical card under EU regulations; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Services
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will supplement Letterkenny General Hospital's annual budget in order to keep Letterkenny Hospital's day services open; if her...
- Health Service Recruitment
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of full-time and part-time positions that remain vacant in the health sector due to the public sector recruitment embargo; if...
- Medical Cards
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding that is available to medical card holders who cannot obtain the drug macushield on the medical card and cannot afford to...
- Hospital Procedures
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients who have had to access or be transferred to facilities outside here over the past five years to secure...
- Medical Cards
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an over 70 years medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she...
- Health Services
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if full assessment will be undertaken regarding the ongoing treatment for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
- Child Care Services
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Question No. 250 of 20 October 2009, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [43703/09]
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason beds are closing in hospitals serving an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43726/09]
- Vaccination Programme
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange, in conjunction with the Health Service Executive, for a second clinic to open in County Clare in view of the...
- Adoption Services
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in the matter of inter country adoptions of children from Vietnam, she foresees a bilateral agreement with Vietnam and Ireland in...
- Psychological Service
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a child (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will obtain a psychological assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services
Question 132: 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. [43769/09]
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money paid by her to the National Treatment Purchase Fund in 2007 and 2008; the number of procedures carried out on foot...
- Medical Cards
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an over 70 years medical card review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason patients are being transferred out of wards at a hospital (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the problem created by the death of final caregivers resulting in an admission to residential care...
- Community Care
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way in which she intended homecare packages to be used for persons in the community; the services they were meant to cater for; if...
- Children in Care
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and location of all high support beds for troubled young persons; and her plans for this sector in the future. [43821/09]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the locations in County Kildare at which community welfare officials are available to meet persons requiring supplementary welfare...
- Health Services
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when orthodontic treatment will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way a person who has made a will to bequeath their home to a non-relative five years before the enactment of the Nursing Home Bill...
- Medical Cards
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will be updated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Department of Transport
- Departmental Properties
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on a facility (details supplied) in County Mayo. [43721/09]
- Light Rail Project
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the progress of the DART underground project; the stage the project is at; the associated works that have been completed;...
- Taxi Regulations
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans for the provision of subsidies to assist accessible taxi licence holders in upgrading their vehicles to comply with new standards which...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Transport when a Chairman to Dublin Port Company will be appointed; his views on whether it is inconsistent to be insisting on certain appointments to the...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Transport his view on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43755/09]
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Departmental Funding
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the funding available to groups working with migrant youth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43785/09]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo....
- Crime Prevention
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [43469/09]
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [43475/09]
- Garda Transport
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is the case that a garda, with the permission of the chief superintendent, may drive a Garda vehicle or a private...
- International Agreements
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether the Schengen Agreement should apply here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43532/09]
- Legislative Programme
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to review the current legislation covering maintenance orders in view of the financial impact which it is having...
- International Agreements
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on Human Trafficking; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Illegal Immigrants
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for permission to remain in the State in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Garda Strength
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí who have applied and been approved for the incentivised early retirement scheme; and if he will make...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if applications for citizenship will be fully checked when submitted rather than waiting for up to two years after which if...
- Residency Permits
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will...
- Garda Stations
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to refurbish and upgrade a premises (details supplied) in County Westmeath; his plans regarding the provision of...
- Legislative Programme
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to introduce legislation regarding the enforcement of maintenance orders following recent legal decisions in this...
- Garda Investigations
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the gardaí have investigated an incident that occurred after a licensed premises closed (details supplied) in Dublin...
- Garda Stations
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans in respect of Santry Garda station, Dublin 9; if the station is to be retained on Shanowen Road; and if he will...
- Garda Deployment
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if additional resources will be provided to the Garda Síochána in Tallaght to ensure an effective response to a problem...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
- Juvenile Offenders
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number and location on all places for remand, detention and assessment in relation to the youth justice system; the...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will...
- Garda Strength
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of full-time gardaí in the force at the end of 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement...
- Residency Permits
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Deportation Orders
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a deportation order has issued in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
- Refugee Status
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform how a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 will receive a passport from their home country in view of the fact that they...
- Residency Permits
Question 188: 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 190: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 will be considered for citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Residency Permits
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if long-term residency will be extended to meet an employer's request in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin...
- Deportation Orders
Question 192: 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 22; and if he will...
- Immigration Act 1999
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a request for two passport-size photographs and a copy of current passport was issued to a person (details...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when eligibility for application for citizenship will be achieved in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 24 in...
- Passport Applications
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a travel document renewal will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a...
- Residency Permits
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when it will be possible to regularise the residency position in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
- Asylum Applications
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Residency Permits
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship or residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8;...
- Deportation Orders
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the decision to deport in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in the matter of an appeal against a decision in respect of citizenship or residency in the case of a person...
- Asylum Applications
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status in the application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in the matter or residency status and citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his efforts to assist in finding a solution to the division of Cyprus; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will support a matter (details supplied). [43476/09]
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Community Development
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will circulate the new programme as presented by the centre for effective services on community development...
- Departmental Funding
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if grants or financial supports are available to a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Cruthú Fostaíochta
Question 213: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad é mar a sheasann cás tionscail (sonraí tugtha); an uimhir daoine atá fostaithe sa tionscal faoi láthair; agus an...
- Íocaíochtaí Iomarcaíochta
Question 214: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil foirmeacha iarratais iomarcaíochta ó chomhlacht (sonraí tugtha) curtha ar aghaidh chuig an Roinn chuí, an...
- Public Procurement
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on whether a monopoly has been created in respect of a service (details supplied) in County Galway; and if...
- Departmental Funding
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the costs incurred in completing a feasibility study (details supplied); when will the findings of this study be...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there is a future for the RAPID programmes; if their funding will be protected in budget 2010; the changes he is...
- Community Projects
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the projects funded by him to prevent under-age drinking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43808/09]
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the length of time people are spending on the waiting list for the Money Advice and Budgeting Service in every office; the number...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when rent support will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if she will make a statement on the...
- PRSI Refunds
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an application for a refund of PRSI contributions by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will issue; and if she...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an illness benefit and invalidity pension appeal hearing will be heard in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received jobseeker's benefit; and the reason for the delay. [43748/09]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the date an appeal for carer's allowance was received by the social welfare appeals office for a person (details supplied) in...
- Departmental Funding
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will provide details of the grant aid provided in each of the past three years to an organisation (details supplied) in...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the back to education allowance does not cover participants in the labour market activation programme; if her attention...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an oral hearing will be heard regarding a disability allowance appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [43813/09]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the medical criteria required for automatic entitlement to domiciliary care allowance; if this includes autistic spectrum...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when jobseeker's allowance appeal will be determined in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an entitlement to social welfare payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount that has been spent on establishing the office of emergency planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43731/09]
- Departmental Offices
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of times the emergency centre of the office of emergency planning has been used since its establishment; and if he will make a statement...
- Flood Relief
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Defence if the Office of Emergency Planning had a role in the response to the widespread flooding here which caused damage and disruption across cities and...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of times the inter-departmental working group on emergency planning task force met to date in 2009; the contingencies regarding cover for...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of military installations owned by the State or the Defence Force; the number of military installations operable; the number of closed...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Flood Relief
Question 249: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the recent flooding in County Clare he will provide emergency funding to the town councils in...
- Housing Developments
Question 250: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will publish periodical lists of unfinished private housing developments; his views on the fact that...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 251: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the outstanding development charges owed to each Irish local authority including city councils, county...
- Staffing Levels
Question 252: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of full time and part time positions in his Department and in County Donegal County Council that...
- Departmental Advertising
Question 253: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of media campaigns which involved broadcast, print and any other media, undertaken by his...
- Building Regulations
Question 255: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will respond to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43665/09]
- Housing Grants
Question 256: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding an application for funding under the capital assistance scheme for voluntary housing...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 258: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on a sewerage treatment plant (details supplied) in County Donegal; the towns and villages...
- Environmental Policy
Question 259: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to address the problem of poster ties being left on poles when posters have been removed after...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 260: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 373 of 17 November 2009, if he will provide a breakdown of the...
- Natural Heritage Areas
Question 262: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a prosecution will be taken by him regarding a report (details supplied). [43842/09]
- Building Control Act
Question 265: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views in view of the recent launch of the register of Royal Institute of Architects in Ireland on whether...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Housing Grants
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of money allocated for home insulation grants and the greener home schemes in the years 2006, 2007,...
- Communications Masts
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will request a company (details supplied) to meet with a local group in County Donegal that has...
- Postal Services
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he plans to encourage the broadening of services available through An Post throughout the entire country,...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he expects broadband quality, speed and availability here to be comparable to the best in Europe; and if...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of oil, gas or drilling or exploration onshore and offshore that is currently in hand or proposed....
- Mineral Exploration
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent of discovery in each of the past five years to date in 2009 of commercially viable ores; and if he...
- Energy Costs
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the degree to which he has had discussions with the energy regulator with a view to the reducing of energy...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which he has compared the various forms of home heating solid fuels in terms of efficiency,...
- Tax Yield
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which the ESB and Bord Gáis contribute directly or indirectly to the Exchequer; and if he will...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to encourage the production of biodiesel or ethanol; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Inland Fisheries
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the tonnage of eels captured in the Shannon system in 2008. [43837/09]
- Regional Fisheries Boards
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a prosecution will be taken by the Shannon Fisheries Board regarding a report (details supplied). [43841/09]
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason no beef and sheepmeats grants will be awarded until 30 June 2010 at the earliest; if those awaiting the grants...
- National Herd
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the size of the suckler cow herd for 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Food Labelling
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will consider the regional branding of Irish beef as a means of expanding our share of the continental beef market; if...
- Departmental Properties
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will consider the retention of a docking station at the offices of his Department at Hebron Road, Kilkenny in order...
- Grant Payments
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their disadvantaged area schemes and single payment scheme...
- Work Permits
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of new work permits issued to meat processors which have been approved funding under the meat investment fund in...
- EU Directives
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding farmers who buy livestock and who may then represent them at a livestock mart within a period of 30...
- Fallen Animal Disposal
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has conducted an investigation into the level of competition in the disposal of fallen animals; if his attention has...
- Livestock Identification Scheme
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he is taking to secure a voluntary option on the implementation of electronic identification of sheep here; and if...
- Veterinary Inspection Service
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the number of businesses that will be lost if a border inspection post is not provided...
- State Laboratory
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the extent to which the full scale of laboratory services envisaged have been put in place at the national laboratory at...
- World Trade Negotiations
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans regarding specific initiatives to favour Irish and European agriculture in the context of the World Trade...
- Food Industry
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the total acreage of potatoes grown here in the years 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009, if the trend is on the increase; and...
- Animal Feedstuffs
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the total volume of pet foods imported; if he is satisfied that European traceability and husbandry requirements have been...
- Poultry Industry
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if all poultry imports are compliant with national and European Union legislation in terms of husbandry, production, hygiene...
- Food Labelling
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he has taken to ensure properly authenticated food labelling to ensure that food imports reflect their origin,...
- Cereal Sector
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the future of cereal growing here; his plans to develop and expand this area; and if he will make a statement...
- Farming Statistics
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of full-time farmers in 1999; the number at present engaged in full-time farming; and if he will make a statement...
- Meat Exports
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the countries to which Irish beef, lamb, pig and pig meat has been exported in the past five years; the countries where...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding farm retirement grants; the number on hand; the number in respect of which a decision has been made...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the total acreage devoted to bio-fuel crop production in the years 2006, 2007 and 2008; and if he will make a statement on...
- Food Industry
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he can confirm that food and food products imported are compliant with traceability, hygiene and processing requirements...
- Farm Household Incomes
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to address the issues arising from the reduction in farm income, inclement weather conditions and the consequent...
- Department of Education and Science
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views regarding correspondences (details supplied); the action he will take to overcome concerns expressed regarding the...
- Computerisation Programme
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a decision on recent computer commitments will affect a school (details supplied); if he will give a guarantee that a project will...
- Third Level Institutions
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his proposals to tackle debt which has been incurred by third level institutions; his views on the cutbacks to student services at a...
- School Management
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the notification received by parents of pupils attending a school (details supplied) in County...
- School Enrolments
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [43504/09]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he recognises conductive education as a form of education provision which the State is prepared to support; and if he will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to provide a new building for a secondary school (details supplied) in County Donegal; his views on the case for a new...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the supports that are available for part time students with a disability attending third level institutions; and if he will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the plans for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- School Staffing
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of full-time and part-time positions that remain vacant in education due to the public sector recruitment embargo; if he...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when work at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43668/09]
- Departmental Staff
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers that have applied for incentivised early retirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43673/09]
- Computerisation Programme
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the €252 million earmarked in the national development plan for the development of information and communication technology in...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support a matter (details supplied) in County Leitrim. [43713/09]
- Psychological Service
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary and post primary schools in South Tipperary that are being provided with psychological assessments by National...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans in place to facilitate the growing needs of a college (details supplied) in County Cork which has experienced an increase of...
- Grant Payments
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the change of circumstance which prompted him to review the provision of certain grants to Protestant schools; and if he will make a...
- Psychological Service
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a child (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will obtain a psychological assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Research Funding
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the level of investment by his Department in the development of biotechnology research facility at third level institutions here over...
- School Management
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the guidelines for the length of time a pupil spends in primary school; if the parents of a pupil wish their child to repeat a year,...
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has received a submission (details supplied); his views on the contents of the submission. [43803/09]
- School Management
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if approval will be given to Educate Together to become a patron of second level schools; and if he will make a statement on the...
