Written answers

Wednesday, 9 December 2009

  • Department of Transport
    • Rail Network
      Question 35: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress of the DART underground project; the associated works that have been completed; when the project will be fully finished; the method...
    • Railway Procurement Processes
      Question 36: To ask the Minister for Transport the details on an internal Iarnróid Éireann report arising from a reference in the Baker Tilly Report (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Aviation Industry
      Question 37: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has met with representatives of the travel and tourism industry in view of the further recent job losses in the industry and the plummeting...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 38: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has had discussions with officials of the Department of Finance regarding the Metro North project; when he expects the hearings of An Bord...
    • Air Services
      Question 39: To ask the Minister for Transport when pre-clearance facilities will be fully operational in Dublin and Shannon Airports; which airline carriers are using the pre-clearance...
    • Electric Vehicles
      Question 40: To ask the Minister for Transport the role his Department has in the promotion and rollout of the national electric car and vehicle programme; the number of hybrid electric buses...
    • Railway Procurement Practices
      Question 41: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has requested and received copies of all internal audit reports into CIE companies from CIE as promised; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Harbour Authorities
      Question 42: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received a copy of the Deloitte report from a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45974/09]
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 43: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of the LUAS line BX; when works will commence on LUAS line BX; when will the line be fully operational; and if he will make a statement...
    • Air Services
      Question 44: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on his recent direction to the Aviation Regulator to set passenger charges at Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 45: To ask the Minister for Transport the State agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; the funding each has received from his Department in 2009; and if he will make a...
    • Consumer Protection
      Question 46: To ask the Minister for Transport the measures he has established with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the Department of Finance to address the problem of car...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 47: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has engaged in consultations with An Garda Síochána and the Courts Service on the proposed changes to the fixed charge penalty processing...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 49: To ask the Minister for Transport the companies and agencies which are directly or indirectly funded under the remit of his Department are not subject to Freedom of Information; and...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 50: To ask the Minister for Transport the salary scales of the chief executives and senior executives within all bodies, companies and agencies under the remit of his Department in 2008...
    • Cycle Facilities
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for Transport the support he will provide for the construction of a Dublin canals cycle lane system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46000/09]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for Transport the list and the amount spent on public awards contracts by companies and agencies under the remit of his Department in 2008 and to date in 2009;...
    • Harbour Authorities
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has carried out a separate inquiry in relation to a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45978/09]
    • Road Network
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will instigate an audit of the road surfaces of all non-national roads in conjunction with the local authorities; if he has received...
    • State Airports
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for Transport the details of the communications he has had with Aer Lingus with regards to their present difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Safety
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for Transport will he publish the reports into the crash between a Luas and a Dublin Bus on O'Connell Street, Dublin as a matter of urgency; and if he will make...
    • Road Network
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received representations for additional funding for road repairs as a result of recent flooding; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Transport
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has reviewed the transcript of the recent appearance of a person (details supplied) before the Joint Committee on Transport on the alleged...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will legislate for the graduated driver licence scheme which is Action 72 of the 2007 to 2012 Road Safety Strategy with a target completion...
    • Road Network
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has responsibility for the allocation of funding towards regional and county road networks here; the degree to which such funds are being...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to bring forward legislation to amalgamate the Commission for Aviation Regulation and the regulatory functions of the Irish Aviation...
    • Public Transport
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has been briefed by management or unions at Bus Éireann on current cost-cutting proposals for jobs, services and fleets at the national bus...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has been contacted by any agency including the Railway Procurement Agency, workers' representatives or communities in relation to crime and...
    • Integrated Ticketing Scheme
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Transport when the full integrated ticketing scheme will commence; the estimated cost for developing and implementing integrated ticketing annually since its...
    • Regional Airports
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has made recommendations to the Department of Finance regarding the Public Service obligation subsidy for regional airports in view of the...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the International Energy Agency's report Transport, Energy and C02: Moving Toward Sustainability; his views on...
    • Rail Accidents
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of his Department's report into the collapse of the Broadmeadow railway viaduct, County Dublin; when will this report be published; if...
    • Road Safety
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Transport if has received the Road Safety Authority's draft regulations for the introduction of compulsory basic training for motor cyclists; the reason he...
    • Port Development
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he proposes to take to carry out a new strategic review of Irish port capacity and operations to 2030 and beyond; the position regarding...
    • Rural Transport Services
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Transport the action which is being taken to secure continued funding for the rural transport programme under budget 2010; the way the programme can be...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Transport if discussions are taking place as proposed in the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes regarding a merger between...
    • Public Transport
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Transport his estimates for transport capital spending in 2010 to 2013, inclusive; the recommendations he is making to the Minister for Finance for transport...
    • State Airports
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the debt at Cork Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45904/09]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to amend the Merchant Shipping Bill or any other legislation to increase the retirement age for maritime pilots; and if he will make a...
    • Rail Services
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the proposed forum on rail freight that was mandated to be set up in the policy framework, Smarter Travel, A Sustainable...
    • Road Safety
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has given directions to the medical bureau of road safety on the recalibration or replacement of Breathalyzer and evidential breath-testing...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 85: To ask the Taoiseach the number of State boards, agencies, regulators or other bodies under his remit; the cost of these bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 86: To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons employed in his private office and his constituency office; the annual amount paid in respect of salaries and expenses in regard to each...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of State boards, agencies, regulators or other bodies under her remit; the cost of these bodies;...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the FÁS training centres here in 2008; the number of persons who underwent training at each of these centres...
    • Job Protection
      Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason the fishery sector is excluded from the employment subsidy scheme in view of the fact that this is...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if efforts have been made to create training courses funded by FÁS through rapid areas to the extent of €2...
    • Wage Levels
      Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of employees in the private sector who received wage increases in 2008 and to date in 2009; if any...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of ongoing and completed investigations regarding irregularities in the granting of certificates,...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons employed in her private office and her constituency office; the annual amount paid in...
  • Department of Finance
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money raised through the national lottery in 2007, 2008 and to date 2009; and if he can confirm the money that raised was used for...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will implement the EU directive on flood control; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46139/09]
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of State boards, agencies, regulators or other bodies under his remit; the cost of these bodies; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support the case of a person (details supplied). [46076/09]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance if he was briefed before the awarding of a pension package to the former chief executive of the financial regulator; if he approved of the extra...
    • Tax Code
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the extent of challenges by US Internal Revenue to pricing arrangements between Irish based affiliates of US...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons employed in his private office and his constituency office; the annual amount paid in respect of salaries and expenses in...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Preschool Services
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an exception to the age criteria of the early childhood care education scheme preschool scheme will be allowed in respect of a child...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of State boards, agencies, regulators or other bodies under her remit; the cost of these bodies; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if every hospital admitting patients with acute stroke has a properly staffed and fully resourced stroke unit; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the right of each patient to a planned and timely transition from hospital to their home or residential care, and long-term...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; the reason in the...
    • Health Services
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if swine flu vaccine will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Insurance
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the new reciprocal arrangements which will be put in place to facilitate Irish persons visiting Jersey, Guernsey and, after 1 January...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parlimentary Question No. 96 on 21 May 2009, the overall figure on the number of acute beds in the hospital system in 2006;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be called for an operation in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9. [46200/09]
    • Health Services
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that there is no differentiation in the care provision, care practices, care priorities, standards or protocols...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding persons who wish to adopt children from Vietnam; if an interim agreement will be put in place with Vietnam to...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that budget 2010 protects funding to voluntary bodies providing services for those with an intellectual disability;...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the medical card of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has been withdrawn; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures she will undertake to ensure that A Vision for Change is rolled out and fully funded in 2010; if all proceeds from the sale...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people attending the emergency department of Galway University Hospital who required isolation due to underlying medical...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 11, whose medical cards were revoked as a result of a clerical...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the negotiation of a new bilateral inter-country adoption agreement between Ireland and Vietnam; and if she will...
    • Community Care
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will examine the discrepancies in access to home care packages as cited by a group (details supplied), who claim that access to...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons employed in her private office and her constituency office; the annual amount paid in respect of salaries and...
  • Department of Transport
    • State Airports
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of US troops bound for Afghanistan who have passed through Shannon Airport to date in 2009; if he anticipates an increase in numbers in...
    • Railway Procurement Processes
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Transport the details of an internal Iarnróid Éireann report arising from a reference in the Baker Tilly Report (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of State boards, agencies, regulators or other bodies under his remit; the cost of these bodies; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Transport
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Transport the person responsible for providing park and ride facilities at LUAS stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46134/09]
    • Road Network
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will increase the funding to Kildare County Council for road restoration in the aftermath of severe weather conditions; and if he will make...
    • Rail Network
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Transport if consideration has been given to the restoration of the rail link between Sallins and Naas, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which the various projects identified by his Department in the context of the National Development Plan are on time and within cost;...
    • Road Network
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which he expects to meet budgetary requirements arising from road development proposals contained in the National Development Plan;...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of drivers that have lost their licences arising from incurring the maximum number of penalty points; the number whose licences have...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Transport if he proposes to offer or has offered capital funding to Kildare County Council or other local authorities in respect of payments in Transport...
    • EU Funding
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent of EU funding received for the provision of road, rail, air and seaport transport facilities or installations in each of the past five...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of persons employed in his private office and his constituency office; the annual amount paid in respect of salaries and expenses in...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Stardust Tragedy
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason no arrangements have been made for the counselling and medical needs for the families of the deceased victims or...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of State boards, agencies, regulators or other bodies under his remit; the cost of these bodies; and if he will...
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the activities that are being undertaken at a centre (details supplied)in County Cork; the numbers and categories of staff...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied). [46132/09]
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the existence or otherwise of a non-attendance form for lawyers involved in tribunal...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the draft heads of the Bill for the regulation of the gaming sector will be published in the first quarter of 2010; and...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [46347/09]
    • Garda Operations
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to implement changes in the interest of transparency within An Garda Síochána, in view of allegations that it...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress regarding an estate (details supplied) in Dublin 24 being served by one Garda station; if his attention has...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons employed in his private office and his constituency office; the annual amount paid in respect of...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in addition to the Defence Forces members in International Security Assistance Force, there are Irish civilians involved in Afghanistan;...
    • Departmental Boards
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of State boards, agencies, regulators or other bodies under his remit; the cost of these bodies; and if he will make a statement...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the cuts to date in funding to each of the multilateral agencies supported by Irish aid and to each sector of our bilateral aid to our...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of persons employed in his private office and his constituency office; the annual amount paid in respect of salaries and expenses...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Sports Funding
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the way an association (details supplied) will be recognised here as a national sports organisation. [46120/09]
    • Sports Capital Funding
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will support a matter (details supplied). [46133/09]
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the report by a company (details supplied) in March 2008 which indicates that the economy here could realise €58...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of persons employed in his private office and his constituency office; the annual amount paid in respect of salaries and...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Stáisiúin Dóiteáin
      Question 185: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil iarratas déanta maidir le cuidiú a chur ar fáil do phobal áirithe (sonraí tugtha) le haghaidh stáisiún...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has received a submission from a local authority (details supplied); his views regarding same; if he will make...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of persons employed in his private office and his constituency office; the annual amount paid in respect...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to introduce changes in legislation to ensure that there is an obligation on the father of a child to be identified on...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of State boards, agencies, regulators or other bodies under her remit; the cost of these bodies; and if she will make a...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason she will not inquire into a person's British national insurance record to determine a pension entitlement in respect of...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 905 of 3 November 2009, when the review will be completed; if she will provide this Deputy...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason she has reduced the annual fees payable by occupational pension schemes to the Pensions Board; and the cost of this...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an application for domiciliary allowance will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the length of time taken to decide appeals cases; her plans to address the problem in view of the hardship that persons are...
    • Fuel Poverty
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to tackle the increasing risk of fuel poverty in view of significant increases in unemployment; and if she will make a...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons employed in her private office and her constituency office; the annual amount paid in respect of salaries...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Boards
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of State boards, agencies, regulators or other bodies under his remit; the cost of these bodies; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of persons employed in his private office and his constituency office; the annual amount paid in respect of salaries and expenses in...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of State boards, agencies, regulators or other bodies under his remit; the cost of these bodies;...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding will be made available in 2010 for the provision of a new sewage scheme (details supplied) in...
    • Advertising Standards
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to radio advertisements by an organisation (details supplied) denigrating, as...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the arrangements that have being made to improve fire fighting services in the Ballyshannon and Bundoran...
    • Cork Docklands Development
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the promise of gateway funding for the Cork docklands project and in...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons employed in his private office and his constituency office; the annual amount paid in...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to move the Inland Fisheries Ireland headquarters to Carrick-on-Shannon where a building for this...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the old headquarters for Inland Fisheries Ireland in Glasnevin which has been vacant since 2004 has...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the provision of broadband in an area (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of persons employed in his private office and his constituency office; the annual amount paid in...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the person who has rights or jurisdiction over the Lough Foyle fishery; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Grant Payments
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) will receive their REP scheme four payment. [46144/09]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the financial package that will be made available to farmers. [46227/09]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of persons employed in his private office and his constituency office; the annual amount paid in respect of...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 301 of 18 November 2009, when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of State boards, agencies, regulators or other bodies under his remit; the cost of these bodies; and if he will make a...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the tendering process used for the information communication and technology infrastructure grant scheme 2009 for primary schools; if...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans he has to finalise the Student Support Bill; if his attention has been drawn to concerns of the student unions here...
    • School Staffing
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the moratorium on posts of responsibility in community and comprehensive schools,...
    • Capitation Grants
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will award the capitation grants to schools; if he will direct his officials to pay the full grant to schools at the beginning...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to any initiatives for skilled professionals such as in architecture or information technology who see...
    • Educational Projects
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review a decision to remove funding from a project (details supplied) in Dublin 8; if his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will approve the inclusion of a school (details supplied) in County Cavan on the list of schools to receive information and...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made on foot of an educational grant appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare....
    • Psychological Service
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the options that are available to a person (details supplied) whose child has been referred to the national educational psychological...
    • School Transport
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 1109 of 3 November 2009, if Bus Éireann has provided the required background information; if...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46365/09]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of persons employed in his private office and his constituency office; the annual amount paid in respect of salaries and...