Written answers
Thursday, 10 December 2009
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Proposed Legislation
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made regarding the proposed establishment of a judicial council; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the required 8% reduction in professional fees has been implemented by his Department for 2009; the estimated savings...
- Detention Centres
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on plans for a new national children's detention facility; when it is expected that such a detention...
- Prison Inspection Reports
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the actions that have been taken to implement the recommendations of the Prison Inspector following his recent report on...
- Cross-Border Policing Co-operation
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the procedural manual designed as an authoritative guide for police officers and prosecutors with a view to maximising...
- Commissions of Investigation
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take arising from the Report of the Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin;...
- Capital Projects
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform following the recent meeting of the Select Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights at which the estimates...
- Garda Investigations
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the investigations that are under way into allegations that a small number of gardaí may have been providing information to...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the Thornton Hall prison project; the amount spent on the project to date in 2009; and if he will...
- Tobacco Smuggling
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a Garda file has been sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions, arising from the seizure of 120 million cigarettes at...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress of the review of gambling announced by him in May 2009; when he expects the process to be concluded; and if he...
- Drug Courts
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his vision for the future of the Drugs Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46290/09]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to amend Section 38(6) of the Road Traffic Act 1961 which exempts members of An Garda Síochána from having to...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the fact that almost €32 million has been paid out over the past five years in respect of claims made against...
- Legal Services Ombudsman
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will appoint a Legal Services Ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46166/09]
- Crime Levels
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases of murder in which firearms were used for each year from 1998 to date in 2009; the number of such cases...
- Commissions of Investigation
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on extending the remit of the Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin to cover other...
- Juvenile Offenders
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to a survey carried out by An Garda Síochána which concluded that members of the public...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners incarcerated in the various prisons here; the number of prisoners to a cell; the number of cells...
- Detention Centres
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of 16 to 18 year old offenders in St. Patrick's Institution; the number of 18 to 21 year old offenders in St....
- Organised Crime
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009 and the Criminal Justice Provisions Bill 2009...
- Drug Treatment Programme
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the quantity of drugs seized in St. Patrick's Institution in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; the number of offenders as a...
- International Agreements
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 472 of 22 April 2009, the further progress which has been made in ratifying the UN...
- Child Protection
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the new instructions which have been issued to members of the gardaí arising from those recommendations of the Monageer...
- Garda Deployment
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of garda personnel engaged in providing driver and security services to the members of the Government, members of...
- Garda Retirement
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications received for early retirement from members of the gardaí to date in 2009, broken down by rank;...
- Crime Levels
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of occasions in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009 in which grenades, bombs or improvised explosive devices have been...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners in jails at the latest date for which figures are available; if the prison population recently...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the estimated saving made by the Irish Prison Service arising from the closure of prisons at Spike Island and the...
- Garda Investigations
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to ask the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána to reopen the investigation into the murder and...
- Human Trafficking
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he has taken to prevent the trafficking of young people into the sex industry here. [40673/09]
- Garda Procedures
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when arrangements will be made to instruct members of An Garda Síochána that it is not necessary to take a longhand...
- EU Directives
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number EU Directives for which his Department has responsibility to be implemented; the directives that are overdue;...
- Commissions of Investigation
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects to receive the Report of the Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne; and if he...
- Detention Centres
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the continuing unsuitable use of St. Patrick's Institution to detain children, he will issue an order...
- Garda Strength
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the strength of An Garda Síochána at the latest date for which figures are available broken down by full members, those...
- Commissions of Investigation
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he will take in view of the Report of the Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin;...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if all sections of the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act, 2009 have now been brought into operation; the number of occasions...
- Garda Investigations
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in the Garda investigation regarding activities in a financial institution (details supplied); when he...
- Departmental Reviews
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the review of his Department's sectoral plan has been completed; if the National Disability Authority will submit a...
- Prisoner Releases
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners on temporary release at the latest date for which figures are available; the highest number on...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the Estimates for his Department for 2010. [46162/09]
- Garda Investigations
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects that the Garda investigation into matters arising from the report of the commission of investigation into...
- Garda Deployment
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the creation of 900 civilian posts within the Garda has resulted in the release of only 144 Garda personnel for...
- Drug Seizures
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the quantity and values of seizures of heroin, cocaine, cannabis and other drugs within the State during 2007, 2008 and to...
- Asylum Applications
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of asylum applications which have been deemed withdrawn in each year from 2000 to date in 2009, due to their...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made over recent months on the Thornton Hall project, County Dublin; if consideration has been given to rethink...
- Garda Equipment
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the powers to establish full interoperability of the radio communication systems between An Garda Síochána and the...
- Personal Debt
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will bring forward legislative proposals to change the law on debt enforcement arising from his speech to a Law...
- Joint Policing Committees
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has plans to amend the legislation establishing the joint policing committees; the locations at which joint policing...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Company Closures
Question 68: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans submitted by her to the European Commission on 25 September 2009; the number of former employees of...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 69: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding an RP50 form in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; when she expects...
- Research Funding
Question 70: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the establishment of a centre at which persons with innovative ideas could have them researched...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their redundancy payment. [46461/09]
- Department of Finance
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to a matter (details supplied) regarding the National Asset Management Agency Act 2009. [46433/09]
- Tax Code
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a policy for the Revenue Commissioners of requiring an invoice for registering an imported used tractor purchased in Northern Ireland or...
- Flood Relief
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make arrangements for the Office of Public Works to organise a cleaning of the river bank and river bed downstream of Ballingeary village,...
- Tax Code
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has tax entitlements for 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46476/09]
- Bank Levies
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the decision of a bank (details supplied) to impose premium levies on borrowings on thousands of businesses here...
- Department of Health and Children
- Medical Cards
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make...
- Hospital Staff
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a podiatrist available for diabetes patients at a hospital (details supplied) in County Offaly; if so, if this podiatrist is...
- Health Services
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [46395/09]
- Medical Cards
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [46401/09]
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 3 December 2009, if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be facilitated at...
- Hospital Services
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the future plans for the Tallaght Hospital breast care unit, Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46406/09]
- Hospital Services
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of hip replacement operations that took place at a hospital (details supplied) in County Dublin from January 2009 to June...
- Hospital Staff
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of employees in the management, administrative and clerical section of Bantry General Hospital, County Cork; the number of...
- Hospital Services
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the position regarding the postponement of surgery in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork....
- Patient Private Property Fund
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 15 October 2009, the value of payments made to date; the number of payments which have been...
- Health Services
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the proposal to develop a primary care centre at a location (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will...
- Medical Cards
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the medical card renewal application for persons (details supplied) in County Mayo will be dealt with; and if she will make a...
- Child Protection
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the budget allocated for child protection in 2006, 2007 and 2008; the amount of this budget spent in each of these years by the Health...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of meetings of the national youth work advisory committee held in 2009; the criteria for membership of this body; the...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an independent assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005 will be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Medical Cards
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46508/09]
- Department of Transport
- Marine Accidents
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Transport when a report into the sinking of a boat (details supplied) will be concluded and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46418/09]
- Light Rail Project
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Transport the final actual costs per kilometre to build the LUAS in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46449/09]
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Mobile Phones In Prisons
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in installing mobile phone signal blocking technology in prisons here. [46448/09]
- Security of the Elderly
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of community alert schemes in County Kildare; the number nationally; his plans to develop these schemes in view...
- Personal Debt
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has read the Law Reform Commission's recent report and recommendation on debt enforcement; if and when he intends to...
- Road Safety
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the recent signing of the contract with a company (details supplied) to provide 6,000 hours per month...
- Firearams Licences
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if those who applied for a pistol licence before November 2008 and who meet the new licence criteria will be granted their...
- Garda Deployment
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [46402/09]
- Legal Aid Service
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a free legal aid application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
- Registration of Title
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will investigate the reason the Land Registry will not accept an application by persons (details supplied) in County...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on correspondence from a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46419/09]
- Garda Operations
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount used in the policing of the feud involving members of the Traveller community in Tralee, County Kerry to date in...
- Garda Vetting Services
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedure of the Garda vetting unit in checking the criminal records of persons who apply to it to be vetted; the...
- Garda Stations
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals for the upgrading of Garda stations here currently deemed to be in need of such facilities; and if he will...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prison spaces available here; the number of spaces required; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Communications
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the degree to which all garda stations here have been provided with pulse and or other up to date communications...
- Prisoner Releases
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners granted day, special, compassionate or other release in each of the past three years and to date in...
- Organised Crime
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it has been established that criminal gang members or leaders have moved to other jurisdictions since the passing of the...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 206 of 26 November 2009, when the Garda report, hard copy of which has not issued,...
- Crime Levels
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of crimes committed, reported and recorded in County Kildare in each of the past three years to date in 2009;...
- Residency Permits
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
- Refugee Status
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if updated travel documents will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 18; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 135: 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 Longford; and if...
- Refugee Status
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if and when travel documents will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; if requirements for...
- Residency Permits
Question 137: 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 family...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 139: 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 Dublin 15; and if he...
- Deportation Orders
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the recommendation in his Department for deportation in the case of persons (details supplied) in County...
- Residency Permits
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 in view of the fact that they have...
- Asylum Applications
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Transport
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda cars available to each Garda station in County Kildare; the degree to which these are available in the...
- Firearms Licences
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which hunting or game licences, gun or rifle, have been restricted in 2009 with particular reference to...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Local Sports Partnerships
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the success of the sports inclusion disability officer programme in increasing the participation of persons with...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Community Development
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if all funding and operation structures of community development programmes will continue in the same manner as in...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has their domiciliary care allowance terminated. [46412/09]
- School Transport
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on granting free travel to children under 16 years of age when a carer's allowance is being paid in respect of the child...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if and when basic supplementary welfare and rent allowance will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Pension Provisions
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the full entitlement to retirement or old age pension in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be awarded jobseeker's benefit or assistance; and if she will make a...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Reserve
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Defence the procedure for calling out and using the members of the Reserve Defence Force to assist in emergencies; the extent to which use was made of them...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Flood Relief
Question 160: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the flood planning guidelines published in November 2009 will apply to a project (details supplied) in...
- Grant Payments
Question 161: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received their de-stocking payment for 2009....
- Flood Relief
Question 162: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding is available from his Department, the State agencies under his remit or the EU to local...
- Local Government Elections
Question 163: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to progress the commitment in the revised Programme for Government to examine the feasibility of...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 164: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the appeals process for those who wish to lodge an appeal against a demand for the Non-Principal Private...
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 165: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the low levels of inspections being carried out by some local authorities regarding the...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 166: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the State agencies under the aegis of his Department to which the new Code of Practice for the Governance of...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 168: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funding will be allocated for the completion of schemes (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
- National Parks
Question 169: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the equine devices intended for use on the Jarveys' horses in Killarney National Park, County Kerry, are...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Fishing Licences
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to grant restricted licences to traditional salmon fishermen (details supplied); and if he will make...
- Inland Fisheries
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the salmon stocks on the Munster Blackwater for 2006, 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009;...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Pigmeat Sector
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of compensation awarded to the various interests arising from the contamination of pig feed by dioxin in 2008;...
- Grant Payments
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment of a REP scheme will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [46453/09]
- Department of Education and Science
- Schools Building Projects
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [46396/09]
- Higher Education Grants
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review the restrictions that apply to grant eligibility for undertaking study at undergraduate level; his plans to...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application under the summer works scheme 2010 in respect of a school (details supplied) in County...
- School Textbooks
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to regulate the re-use of schoolbooks from year to year and move away from the use of workbooks to enable families to reduce...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the allocation of a special needs assistant in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Cork. [46435/09]
- Home-School Liaison Scheme
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when arrears of home tuition will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Transport
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review a decision to rescind a bus ticket issued to a person (details supplied); if he will consider overturning the...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the State funded Bachelor of Education Programme for primary teachers requires student teachers to take courses in religion or...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he received an application in respect of additional funding for the replacement of an existing prefab with a permanent structure...
