Written answers
Thursday, 3 December 2009
- Department of Finance
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 9: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has drafted a scheme for the extension of the guarantee scheme beyond 2010; if the premium to be charged will differ from that under the...
- Banking Sector
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the efforts made by banks under State protection to find executives who would make a clean break with the culture of banking...
- Flood Damage
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Finance his assessment of the impact on the economy of the flooding that has occurred in recent weeks in November 2009; his assessment of the long-term...
- Inland Waterways
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps which he is taking to address the lack of maintenance of the Shannon waterway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44909/09]
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had contact from a bank (details supplied) regarding the possible participation of another bank in the National Asset Management Agency; if...
- Tax Refunds
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will comment on the fact that some €1.59 billion has been refunded in respect of 2008 preliminary tax and losses attributed back to 2007; the...
- Financial Regulatory Authority
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the salary of the new chief executive of the Financial Regulator is higher than his predecessor by as much as €150,000; and...
- Tax Code
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has studied the impact of the proposed carbon tax on cross-Border trade in fuels covered by the tax; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Banking Sector
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the development of a third banking force in the economy centred solely on the former building societies; if he envisages a role for...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with the UK authorities regarding the participation of banks operating in both jurisdictions in the respective State...
- National Pensions Reserve Fund
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Finance the monetary status of the National Pensions Reserve Fund; the expected impact of the National Asset Management Agency and other banking matters on...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has assessed the proposal by the various banking institutions receiving State support for restructuring to be presented to the European...
- Exchequer Returns
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Finance the impact of the November Exchequer returns on the budgetary arithmetic for 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44809/09]
- Bond Options
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the various bond options conducted by the National Treasury Management Agency since the beginning of 2008; and the interest rate,...
- National Debt
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Finance the impact on the bund spread for sovereign debt here, and any consequent impact on the Exchequer position going forward, as a result of recent...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of the trend in the price index of undertaking work within the capital programme since 2006; his estimate for 2009; his forecast for...
- Mortgage Arrears
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support home owners in significant negative equity and in financial trouble to have assistance from the National Asset Management Agency...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated saving to the Exchequer of the approximate 1,000 public servants who have opted for early retirement; his expectation of the take up of...
- Mortgage Arrears
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a two year moratorium on family home repossessions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44870/09]
- Unemployment Levels
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the household survey, the projected level of the live register measure of unemployment; the measure of unemployment; and the total number...
- Anglo Irish Bank
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether claims that Anglo Irish Bank requires in the region of €5.7 billion in order to restore its capital levels to international...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a recent statement by an economist (details supplied), that banks are not foreclosing on hotel loans which have gone bad; his further...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his recent meeting in Dublin with the secretary of the OECD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42564/09]
- Cigarette Smuggling
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected loss to the Exchequer in 2010 due to cigarette smuggling; his views on the increases in the financial penalties for smugglers; and if he...
- Central Bank Commission
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Finance when he envisages the establishment of the Central Bank Commission, announced in February 2009; if he will engage in consultation in this regard with...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Finance if a survey has been undertaken to identify the numbers travelling to Northern Ireland to shop; the amounts being spent and the types of goods being...
- Anglo Irish Bank
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will make public the submission to the European Commission regarding the strategic future of State owned Anglo Irish Bank. [44864/09]
- Hotel Sector
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent report prepared by an economist (details supplied) on the hotel industry here; his further views on whether tax breaks have...
- Tax Yield
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Finance the evaluation he has undertaken in respect of the recently introduced windfall tax on rezonings after 30 October 2009; his assessment on its...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Finance when he intends to put the credit institutions (eligibility liabilities guarantee) scheme 2009 before the Houses of the Oireachtas for approval; if...
- Tax Code
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the proposal that he has included in the Revised Programme for Government to introduce a site value tax; the way the site value will...
- Pension Provisions
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recently published ESRI report on Pension Policy, Pension Policy New Evidence on Key Issues; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he has identified by reference to the consumer price index or other mechanisms the precise cause or causes of inflation in the...
- Tax Code
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on introducing a wealth tax; the possibility of such a wealth tax being modelled on the French ISF solidarity tax which taxes global...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the statement from an association (details supplied) expressing concerns regarding the internal appointment of directors at a bank; the...
- Banking Sector
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the concept of a living will for financial institutions as a way of limiting the exposure of the taxpayer to bank difficulties in the...
- Pension Provisions
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to introduce legislation which would allow credit institutions to go after-self administered pension funds in order to fulfil borrowing...
- Banking Sector
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on comments from the ECB regarding the withdrawal of extraordinary liquidity measures supporting European banks; the way he expects this to...
- Debt Management
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the relevant commitment given in the Revised Programme for Government, he intends to bring forward proposals for an extra-judicial...
- Public Service Reform
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to implement a framework for the development of shared services and outsourcing across the public service; and if he will make...
- Social Insurance
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Finance the effect that abolishing the PRSI ceiling would have on Exchequer returns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44897/09]
- Benchmarking Awards
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to publish the working papers that underpin the benchmarking exercise for top paid public servants; if he intends to extend the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of all new spending measures set out in the Revised Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44878/09]
- Planning Issues
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to instances in which landowners or property developers were seeking planning permission or land rezoning with the...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Finance the protection available to homeowners that have taken out sub-prime mortgages; his plans to make statutory the code on mortgage arrears; and if he...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the special purposes vehicle proposed in the establishment of the National Asset Management Agency; if he has identified...
- Flood Relief
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps which he is taking to provide funding for flood defences in the Shannon and Suck catchment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has been approached by any interested parties with respect to taking shareholdings in the National Assets Management Agency's special purchase...
- Tax Code
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans, to review the penalties associated with the smuggling of cigarettes and goods associated with excise duty with a view to creating more of...
- Tax Collection
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce measures in view of the decrease in receipts for income tax from the self-employed; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is conducting an equality and distribution assessment of his budget proposals for 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44903/09]
- Departmental Properties
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Finance the date by which he was scheduled to have the new building for the Department of Defence fully equipped and operational; the date by which he...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the record levels of deflation recorded by the Central Statistics Office in October 2009; his further views on the long-term effects of...
- Banking Sector Remuneration
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the position regarding the €500,000 earnings cap for chief executives at credit institutions covered by the blanket bank...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance if the passing of the National Asset Management Agency legislation has produced a quantifiable increase in the availability of credit to small...
- Tax Code
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer if the standard rate of VAT was reduced by 1%; the impact on the cost of living as a result of a decrease in VAT. [44902/09]
- Banking Sector
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to improve the ability of Irish businesses, particularly small to medium enterprises, to access credit; and if he will make a...
- Banking Sector Remuneration
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the payment of bonuses to staff at credit institutions covered by the blanket bank guarantee and expected to participate in the National...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of capital spending for 2010 that has already been contracted; the average reduction in tender prices in school building, road building...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the price differentials between goods on sale in the United Kingdom and this country, despite the strengthening...
- Tax Code
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has met with Revenue officials to discuss the possibility of introducing a third rate of tax; the impact such a tax would have on persons who...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent of change in banking structures and personnel in each of the banks or other financial institutions sought by him or brought about by...
- Freedom of Information
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will take the necessary steps to make the Central Bank, the Financial Regulator, the State-owned Anglo Irish Bank, the National Treasury...
- Consumer Protection
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Finance if consumer protection will remain part of the remit and core activity of the new Central Bank Commission; if supporting structures such as the...
- Job Losses
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the projection, set out in the pre-budget outlook, that 75,000 jobs will be lost in 2010; the expected cost to the Exchequer, in terms...
- Banking Sector
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the nationalised Anglo Irish Bank offering guarantees to a company (details supplied) during its recent examinership appearances before...
- Flood Relief
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the problems associated with the lack of flood insurance or incidences of under insurance in view of recent flooding events and his...
- Insurance Industry
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance the way he plans to implement the commitment in the revised programme for Government to review insurance costs to ensure that the consumer is...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Graduate Support Schemes
Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of plans for the establishment of a graduate internship programme; and if she will make a...
- Insurance Industry
Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which she has monitored or observed fluctuations in all forms of insurance premiums in 2009; the...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her policies to specifically support the retail sector; if her development agencies are providing specialised...
- Work Permits
Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permits issued in 2008 to meat producing factories here. [45156/09]
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has received complaints from southern contractors that they are finding it difficult to compete with...
- Department of Finance
- Employment Support Services
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance the opportunities for employment that are available for persons with disabilities within the public sector. [45066/09]
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the National Asset Management Agency plan for unfinished apartments and housing developments that will be on its books; if...
- Debt Management
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has established a team within his Department to evaluate policy initiatives to address the debt problems of ordinary householders; if they have...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance the savings, in view of public service reforms, that have been achieved by the public service recruitment moratorium; if the 3% expected savings has...
- Tax Code
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance the date of the first payment of income tax by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; when the amount of payments made by the person in 2008...
- Graduate Support Schemes
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of plans for the introduction of a graduate internship programme in the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- EU Directives
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the draft alternative investment fund managers and amending directives; if and when he intends to facilitate a Dáil Éireann discussion...
- Tax Collection
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos 156 and 157 of 24 November 2009, the number of tax refunds issued to date in 2009 below €1 million, more than...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 55 of 24 September 2009, the actions he will take to address the hardship caused by the flooding of the Shannon...
- Flood Relief
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance if a management programme will be put in place to minimise future flood risk in the Shannon region on foot of its flooding; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to date in 2009 in the rationalisation of agencies announced in budget 2009; the savings generated to date in 2009 in each case...
- Tax Yield
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated yield from the carbon tax; the estimated absolute and percentage increase in the price of each product affected; his estimate of the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the practice of granting a few hours paid leave in some sectors of the public service to facilitate staff...
- Insurance Industry
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has ascertained the precise level of increase in insurance premiums, including motor insurance, over the past 12 months; the reason for such...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has issued instructions to the banking sector with a view to ensuring the availability of adequate working capital and overdraft facilities...
- Flood Relief
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the Office of Public Works has studied recent flooding; the extent to which this has been caused by the interruption of existing...
- Flood Relief
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which various flood remedial works undertaken throughout County Kildare have adequately withstood recent heavy rainfall; the extent to...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance when it is expected to act on the recommendations of the interdepartmental group dealing with the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance if the measures taken in the 2009 budget were effective in terms of achieving their targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45231/09]
- Tax Collection
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance if all arrears of tax paid by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare have been refunded; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Yield
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue generated for the State in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009 through the taxation of motor vehicles in County Cork; and if he...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the confirmation that certain financial institutions covered under the National Asset Management Agency may not be using the NAMA bonds...
- Flood Relief
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance the outcome of his approaches to the EU for funding for flood relief; the amount of funding that he anticipates will be forthcoming; the uses to...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the remuneration plan for a bank (details supplied) as prepared for him by the covered institutions remuneration...
- Department of Health and Children
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the National Treatment Purchase Fund has investigated an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
- Medical Cards
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 who applied for a medical card in February 2009...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the fair deal scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45081/09]
- Hospital Staff
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a consultant urologist at the University College Hospital, Galway was moved to County Dublin. [45095/09]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting time to have an appointment to have an EEG scan carried out in University College Hospital, Galway. [45096/09]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45099/09]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork, told by Health Service Executive south to expect a decision on...
- Community Care
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 83 of 18 June 2009, the status of the development project for a community hospital, day care unit...
- Hospital Staff
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of operations which have been cancelled in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, County Meath, due to lack of available staff; the...
- Hospital Charges
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the changes made on drug refund and on casualty attendance on a bed night in a public, private or semi private ward; and the provisions...
- Hospital Staff
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of career breaks granted to nursing staff in Tralee General Hospital, County Kerry, since February 2009. [45155/09]
- Medical Cards
Question 138: 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. [45162/09]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if she will support this case; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will begin receiving speech and language therapy. [45206/09]
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children with autism who have been referred to the Brothers of Charity Southern Services for speech and language therapy...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if she...
- Medical Cards
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of alcohol and drug addiction detox beds here; the location of each; the waiting list in each case; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children awaiting hearing tests per Health Service Executive region; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Services
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason universal newborn hearing screening is not available at hospitals here; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Transport
- Departmental Properties
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Transport the legal position with a facility (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason for the delay; the person who is dealing with the problem; and...
- Road Network
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has provided funding to a road project (details supplied) since the concept of the road was determined; the funding allocated; the amount in...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Work Permits
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the expected completion time for an application to extend a work permit for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo....
- Domestic Violence
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the estimated number of women who experience physical abuse here today; the State funding that is targeted at this problem;...
- Work Permits
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is not allowed to work in view of the fact that the person has...
- Departmental Query
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) was recently refused entry here. [45213/09]
- Rent Reviews
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if section 132 of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 dealing with the removal of the upward only restriction on...
- Visa Applications
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a visitor's visa will be renewed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Residency Permits
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the matter of residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
- Asylum Applications
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will give consideration on humanitarian grounds for extended residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 164: 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...
- Asylum Applications
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if consideration will be given to extend residency or entertain an application for citizenship in the case of persons...
- Deportation Orders
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the deportation proposal in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make...
- Residency Permits
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding residency or citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will...
- Asylum Applications
Question 168: 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...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will transfer to self-catering accommodation; and if he will make a statement...
- Residency Permits
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status and the right to work without a work permit in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will...
- Asylum Applications
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the residency status in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
- Garda Investigations
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of incidents recorded on the Garda PULSE system in November 2009 in the vicinity of a licensed premises (details...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Human Rights Issues
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the recent arrest by Israeli authorities of a person (details supplied) at the border terminal between Jordan and the occupied...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Funding
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the plans in place to ensure the continuation and sustainability of the sports inclusion disability officer programme in County...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Inland Waterways
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the procedures in place for the removal of sewage from cruisers on the Shannon navigation; and the locations of same....
- Grant Payments
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if funding will continue for wages of staff and the overheads involved in projects (details supplied); and if he will...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Insurance
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the estimated yield from employers PRSI and total PRSI in 2009. [45149/09]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if an appeal has been opened on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [45068/09]
- Humanitarian Assistance Scheme
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the means assessment for the flooding hardship fund; the criteria to be considered for eligibility; if it will be extended to...
- Pension Provisions
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason, in order to qualify for the contributory State pension, a person must have started to pay social insurance before the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker's allowance or benefit at any point during 2009 who stopped receiving their...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Insurance
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the provisions she has made in the 2010 pre budget estimates for a change in the thresholds or ceilings for social insurance...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when one parent family allowance will be payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason an appeal for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not been...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Operations
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason the Reserve Defence Force was not used in the recent flooding emergency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45103/09]
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Natural Heritage Areas
Question 198: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the Owengar habitat is virtually destroyed in the natural heritage area (details...
- Flood Relief
Question 199: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the emergency funds to be made available to each local authority to deal with the cost to date in 2009 of...
- Election Management System
Question 200: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the next review of Dáil constituency boundaries is due; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Architectural Heritage
Question 201: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it was intended in the architectural heritage protection guidelines for local authorities that a structure...
- Water Quality
Question 202: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will reply to a matter (details supplied). [45092/09]
- Departmental Reports
Question 203: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he intends to publish the report on adult entertainment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Noise Pollution
Question 204: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will publish the findings of his consultation on proposed noise regulations held in 2008; and if he...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 205: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied) from a public representative in County Cork. [45132/09]
- Planning Issues
Question 206: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the relationship between the special protection order process and the strategic infrastructure legislation...
- Turf Cutting
Question 208: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the cutting of turf as fuel for domestic consumption as an agricultural activity. [45186/09]
- Waste Management
Question 212: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received legal advice on the implications of the issuing of the commencement notice in respect of...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Aquaculture Licences
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a list of eel dealer licences issued by his Department to date in 2009; the names of...
- Regional Fisheries Boards
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has been advised by Shannon Regional Fisheries Board that court proceedings have been initiated against...
- Grant Payments
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if and when a home installation grant will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Fodder Aid Scheme
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the details of the flooding hardship fund; the mechanism to apply for funding; if it will cover the provision of alternative...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has been penalised under measure 5, option 5A and measure 3 of...
- Grant Payments
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be receive their second year REP scheme four payment. [45215/09]
- Department of Education and Science
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45070/09]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the special needs assistant hours for a student (details supplied) at a school in County Limerick will be reinstated; and if he...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a new school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the proposed refurbishment and extension to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make...
- School Enrolments
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are not sufficient places at a school (details supplied) in County Offaly; the...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the current income limit for higher education grant and the value of grants payable; and if he has made any provisions in the 2010 no...
- Third Level Fees
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the value of the college registration fee; and the provisions he has made in the pre budget estimates for changing this charge. [45152/09]
- Inquiry into Child Abuse
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he proposes to erect a memorial to the survivors of institutional child abuse as recommended in the Ryan report; and if he will...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has been deemed ineligible for a higher education grant in respect of a...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the need for recommencement of the plans to proceed with the development of the new building of a school...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application for a pupil (details supplied) in County Cork to be allocated a full-time special needs...
- School Enrolments
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a board of management of a primary or secondary school has within their remit the right to change their admission policy within a...
- School Placement
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the priorities that his Department places on catchment areas or feeder schools in determining placements for secondary education...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will introduce legislation to create a permanent endowment for the Mitchell Scholars Programme; if this will require...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of pass degree persons teaching chemistry at second level education here. [45271/09]
