Written answers
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- EU Treaties
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the report on the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty provisions on the enhanced role for national parliaments of the joint...
- Seabed Sovereignty
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the changes that have been made to the seabed sovereignty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46824/09]
- Human Rights Issues
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on plans for a reported general election in Sri Lanka in January 2010; if the European Union proposes to send observers for this...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will give an update on the situation in Honduras. [46856/09]
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of the overseas development aid budget for 2010 being spent on the three priority areas identified by the hunger task force; and...
- Global Irish Economic Forum
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the composition of the new Global Irish Network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46825/09]
- Nuclear Proliferation
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views regarding Iran's nuclear plans; if he supports the proposal for United Nations sanctions; and if he will make a statement on the...
- International Relations
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the composition and role of the Ireland-US Leadership Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46822/09]
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans in respect of overseas aid funding for each of the core programme countries in 2010 and subsequent years; his views on guaranteeing...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his proposed visit to Israel has been cancelled or postponed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46838/09]
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs, in view of the budgetary implications for overseas development spending over the past 12 months, his views as to whether Ireland will honour...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding Afghanistan; his views on whether the second surge of troops is the correct course of action; and if he will make a...
- International Relations
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the impact President Obama's foreign policy has had here to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46820/09]
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the situation in Northern Ireland with particular reference to the full devolution of matters regarding policing and justice. [46863/09]
- Diplomatic Representation
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the Papal Nuncio being the dean of the diplomatic corps while it is the case elsewhere that the longest serving ambassador fills...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of the overseas development aid spent on combating HIV and AIDS in 2008 and to date in 2009; the amount budgeted for HIV and AIDS...
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the recent meetings he has had on North-South relations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46818/09]
- Human Rights Issues
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on reports that the Ugandan Government is to proceed with anti-gay legislation; the effect this will have on Uganda's status as one...
- European Council Meetings
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the recent referendum vote in Switzerland, at which it was agreed to ban the further building of minarets, has been discussed at European...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide details in the case of a person (details supplied) who has been given permission to return to their home at Layoune but...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding Darfur. [46868/09]
- European Policy
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which he will be expected to make a positive contribution to the future development of the European Union to ensure cohesive...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans for overseas aid funding for each of the top ten non-governmental organisation partners in 2010 and subsequent years; his views on...
- Climate Change Conference
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the role he played at the Copenhagen summit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46823/09]
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the recent situation in Guinea. [46862/09]
- Emigrant Support Services
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress made to date on resolving the issue of undocumented Irish in the US; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46642/09]
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding Somalia in view of the fact that several Ministers were recently killed in one of the areas of Mogadishu which is...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- National Census
Question 79: To ask the Taoiseach if he will consider the inclusion of a question on autism spectrum disorder in the 2011 national census questionnaire in view of the importance of such...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps taken or expected to be taken at European Union level to ensure the viability of the manufacturing...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding an application for redundancy payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Job Creation
Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in Waterford city and county that have been approved for funding by the county and...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be awarded their statutory redundancy. [46713/09]
- Pension Provisions
Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the statutory instrument entitled the National Authority for Occupational Safety and Health...
- Unemployment Levels
Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of apprentices within six to 12 months of completion of their apprenticeship without a job...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the payment of statutory lump sum redundancy in respect of a person (details supplied)...
- Cross-Border Shopping
Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she is taking to address the leakage of trade north of the border; the further steps she is taking...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she is taking to address the competitiveness challenge facing the manufacturing and service sector;...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their redundancy payment. [46809/09]
- Insolvency Payments
Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive payment under the insolvency payment scheme....
- Industrial Development
Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Industrial Development Authority site visits to Dungarvan, County Waterford, that have taken...
- Employment Support Services
Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of companies in Waterford city and Dungarvan approved for funding under the employment subsidy...
- Job Creation
Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created by agencies under her remit in Waterford city and Dungarvan in the past three years...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 96: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications in Dungarvan, County Waterford, received under the work placement programme; the...
- Industrial Development
Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in Waterford city and Dungarvan approved for funding under the enterprise...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a redundancy payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make...
- Employment Support Services
Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of companies in Cork city and county that have been approved for funding under the employment...
- Consumer Protection
Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will consider amending consumer protection legislation in order to safeguard consumers who purchase a...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons in north Tipperary waiting on redundancy payments from her Department; the length of...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons in north Tipperary waiting on FÁS training schemes; the waiting time for persons due...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding available in 2010 for Skillnets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47020/09]
- Department of Finance
- EU Funding
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance if an application will be made to the EU for funding assistance following the recent floods here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Stations
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to date of acquiring, processing and securing the site in Wexford for the proposed Garda divisional headquarters; the cost of planning,...
- Tax Collection
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will expedite payment in the case of a person (details supplied). [46913/09]
- Tax Code
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the taxation, carbon emissions and other pollutants associated with liquid petroleum gas in comparison to petrol or diesel; his plans...
- Flood Relief
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of flood relief funding provided in the constituency of Cork South West in the years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 broken down by year....
- Tax Code
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance if a rebate of carbon tax on public transport providers has been considered; the possible costs involved; if this would be deemed illegal for public...
- Civil Service Staff
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the special Civil Service incentive career break scheme beyond 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46590/09]
- State Properties
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue which will be raised from the sale of State property in 2010; the property which will be sold; the location of the property which will...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has sought advice from the interim chief executive of the National Asset Management Agency regarding the impact the revisions in upwards only...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance the terms of the redundancy package which will apply to staff lay-offs at Anglo Irish Bank as part of the recently announced redundancy programme....
- National Wage Agreement
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance if his sanction was required prior to a bank (details supplied) confirming a 3% pay rise for its staff; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Code
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to a query (details supplied) regarding the National Asset Management Agency Act 2009. [46680/09]
- Tax Clearance Certificates
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Finance if a document will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [46682/09]
- Fiscal Policy
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the national debt; the amount owed, broken down to its component parts; the persons to whom it is owed; the level the debt is...
- Tax Code
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance if the 80% windfall tax under the National Asset Management Agency applies to the sale of a site for a one-off rural house; if so, if the land owner...
- International Monetary Fund
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has made a commitment through G20 to make a contribution as part of an EU emergency package to the International Monetary Fund to finance new...
- Tax Collection
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is due a tax rebate for 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46815/09]
- Departmental Properties
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of renting offices for staff displaced by the closure of the building at the Kells Road, Navan, County Meath; and if he will make a...
- Employee Earnings
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of PAYE employees in Cork city and county earning less than €25,000 per annum; the number earning between €25,000 and €50,000 per...
- Tax Code
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the impact of the second home tax on businesses operating holiday cottages; if his further attention has been...
- Ministerial Remuneration
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance the gross salaries of the Taoiseach, Tánaiste, Cabinet Ministers and Ministers of State; the reduction effects the 10% pay reduction announced in...
- Departmental Properties
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support the request to waive his interest in a premises (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46988/09]
- Tax Code
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance the exceptions to the time limit within which PAYE taxpayers can claim a tax refund for previous tax years; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Health and Children
- Food Labelling
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when legislation will be introduced for the labelling of food; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46607/09]
- Health Services
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the social welfare officer who regularly called to a premises in County Cork has ceased calling and has informed persons that...
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied with the procedure for the adoption of babies from India and the Philippines by couples here; and if she will make a...
- Medical Cards
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of medical cards provided to children for the years 2004 to date in 2009, broken down per year. [47010/09]
- Patient Private Property Funds
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 15 October 2009, the value of payments to date; the number of payments which have issued;...
- Medical Cards
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card renewal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Service Staff
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the annual cost to the Exchequer of providing a chaplaincy service in national health institutions. [46571/09]
- Health Services
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason dental services provided in a health centre have been withdrawn from a school (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she...
- Medical Cards
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if persons (details supplied) in County Leitrim will have their general practitioner visit cards upgraded to full medical cards; and if...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the 235 bed extension to a hospital (details supplied) in Dún Laoghaire; the timescale for the commencement of...
- Medical Cards
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; the level of coverage provided by the general...
- Adoption Services
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the UNICEF Report on Adoption from Vietnam, 2009; the reason she asked the Adoption Board to investigate an agency (details...
- Health Services
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to develop podiatry services as a priority in a national diabetes service framework; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Medical Cards
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [46622/09]
- Child Care Services
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the funding for the newly opened crèche at a location (details supplied) in County Dublin when there...
- Health Insurance
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who held private health insurance for the years 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; her views on whether there will be...
- Health Services
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Longford will be called for an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Procedures
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients residing in County Waterford treated for foot ulcerations, who did not require a full or partial lower limb...
- Hospital Services
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 4 November 2009, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [46692/09]
- Health Services
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 105 of 4 November 2009, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [46693/09]
- Medical Cards
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No 533 of 3 November 2009, the progress made on this issue. [46705/09]
- Health Service Staff
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of national assistant directors in the Health Service Executive; the number of national assistant directors there have been...
- Medical Cards
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 265 of 20 October 2009, the reason a formal reply has not been issued by the Health Service...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of claims received under the nursing homes repayment scheme; the amount paid out in repayments; if all claims have been...
- Medical Cards
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 417 of 3 November 2009, the reason a formal reply has not been issued by the Health Service...
- Health Services
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department or any of the agencies under her remit made a payment to a contractor for work completed in respect of a person...
- Medical Cards
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she...
- Health Services
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason her Department considers one day's home help sufficient for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; the support...
- Hospital Staff
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that elderly patients are being turned away from St. Joseph's Hospital, County Longford...
- Medical Cards
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card renewal will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4. [46767/09]
- Health Services
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the medical needs of a child (details supplied) in County Meath have been assessed; if so, the length of time this child will have to...
- Hospital Services
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the bed designation system that applies in the acute hospitals; the number of beds designated for public use and the...
- Medical Cards
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 who applied for renewal of their medical card...
- Health Services
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the D-DOC service in an area (details supplied) in County Dublin will close at midnight on Wednesdays and her views on whether one...
- Medical Cards
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a full medical card will be awarded to persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of medical circumstances; and if she...
- Hospital Services
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of operations cancelled at a hospital (details supplied) between the 23 November 2009 and 7 December 2009; the reason they...
- Health Services
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people with diabetes here; the number of podiatrists in the public service; her views on the development of podiatry...
- Medical Cards
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the change in policy regarding expiry dates on the issuing of medical cards to people aged over 70 years; the reason a renewed medical...
- Hospital Services
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children following the signing of contracts for a new endoscopy unit at Nenagh General Hospital, County Tipperary, the reason the contract for...
- Community Care
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the timeframe for reinstating a community welfare officer to a village (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if accommodation in the...
- Ambulance Service
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of a proposed new ambulance base in a town (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reason for the delay in progressing...
- Health Service Reform
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of recommendations outlined in a report (details supplied) that have been carried out to date in 2009 and if they were...
- Health Insurance
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a person (details supplied) in County Cork regarding their health insurance cover. [47022/09]
- Medical Cards
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the sanctions specified in legislation to be applied to those who were automatically granted over 70 years medical cards and...
- Department of Transport
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Transport if legislation is in place regarding cycling speeds in urban areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46601/09]
- Parking Regulations
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding funding for park and ride facilities; if lands for the park and ride facilities must be in the ownership of the local...
- Statutory Instruments
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 18 November 2009, the occasions over the past decade on which he signed a statutory instrument but...
- State Property
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 417, 150, 151 and 152 of 3 December 2009 (details supplied), his views on whether this is contradictory...
- Road Network
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Transport when his Department received an application from a local authority for a project (details supplied); if the funding sought by the applicant will...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Transport the background information on the persons that he has appointed to the National Transport Authority; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Road Safety
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide a copy of the statutory instruments or legislation passed by his Department and a copy of the original European Union directive...
- Road Network
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Transport the funding available for a road (details supplied); and the plans to have this road upgraded.. [47001/09]
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Legislative Programme
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when section 132 regarding upward-only rent reviews of Statutory Instrument 356 will come into effect; and if he will make...
- Garda Training
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the last class of students was taken into the Garda Training College, Templemore, County Tipperary; the number of...
- Probation and Welfare Service
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the policy of the probation service in locating probation centres in residential areas; if it is planned to do so at...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of offences regarding bicycle lighting in 2008 and to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a certificate of registration will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; if there is a...
- Drugs in Prisons
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the quantity, type and value of drug seizures in each prison here for 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009. [46659/09]
- Immigration Procedures
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of United States citizens refused entry into here; the reason for the refusal (details supplied); and if he will...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if...
- Garda Investigations
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the assistance available to persons (details supplied) in County Westmeath who are being intimidated by a neighbouring...
- Garda Deployment
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of serving gardaí in the Limerick operational district at all levels; the number of applications for retirement...
- Garda Reserve
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if recruitment of Garda Reserve members is subject to the recruitment embargo; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Retirement
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on a newspaper article (details supplied) stating to the effect that senior members of An Garda Síochána who...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions in the period 2007 to date in 2009 for bogus charitable collectors; his views on same; and if he...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding closed circuit television cameras for a town (details supplied) in County Mayo; if funding has been...
- Garda Retirement
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí, for each rank, that have retired from the Garda Síochána to date in 2009; and if he will make a...
- Garda Training
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí currently training in Templemore, County Tipperary; the expected date of their graduation to the rank...
- Resettlement Programmes
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost to date in 2009 and the projected annual cost of a resettlement programme (details supplied); and if he will make...
- Asylum Applications
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications received by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner from unaccompanied minors in...
- Garda Operations
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Irish passports seized at each port and airport here in 2008 and to date in 2009; the corresponding figure...
- Immigration Procedures
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the development of an Irish border information system; when the project will become live; if it will...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda has completed the review of the joint protocol with the Health Service Executive on the disappearance of...
- Immigration Procedures
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason 155 citizens of the United States were refused entry here in 2009. [46800/09]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason persons (details supplied) in County Kildare were refused nationalisation; if his attention has been drawn to...
- Prison Inspections
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will implement in full the recent report into a prison (details supplied) by the Inspector of Prisons; if his...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way in which persons who are seeking regularisation of their status are allocated to hostels for the duration of this...
- Garda Investigations
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [46920/09]
- Crime Prevention
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46958/09]
- Garda Equipment
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to allocate additional public order vans to a garda station (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a...
- Legislative Programme
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the concerns of a person regarding the new Civil Partnership Bill. [46968/09]
- Departmental Properties
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if heating will be provided in a building (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an acknowledgement has been issued to correspondence sent by a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he...
- Magdalene Laundries
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the Act or legislation governing persons who were made serve and spend their time in the Magdalene laundries; and if he...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Passport Fraud (1 comment)
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 358 of 18 November 2008, if he will provide complete figures for 2008 and to date in 2009; and if he...
- Official Engagements
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, at their recent meeting, the Papal Nuncio agreed that he and the Vatican would furnish the Murphy commission with all documentation and...
- World Trade Negotiations
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding developments at the World Trade Organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47122/09]
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the situation in Mozambique with particular reference to the evolution of the democratic process; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the well-being of a person (details supplied), an Iranian academic, who was arrested in Iran on 9 July 2009; if an...
- Energy Resources
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps taken or expected to be taken at EU level to ensure energy and food security in the future; and if he will make a statement on the...
- EU Enlargement
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding European enlargement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47128/09]
- International Relations
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps taken at EU level to augment relations and trade with Russia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47130/09]
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the ongoing progress towards peace in the western Balkans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47131/09]
- Human Rights Issues
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the locations worldwide, excluding Africa, in which the international community has identified ongoing human rights abuses; the action taken...
- HIV Infection
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which the international community is effectively combating HIV and AIDS in Africa; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the degree to which it is expected to meet overseas development aid requirements in 2010; the way this will compare with 2009; and if he...
- Middle East Peace Process
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in view of the fact that Israel has no security concerns regarding a person (details supplied), he will make representations to ensure...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on ongoing tensions between Colombia and Venezuela. [47182/09]
- International Agreements
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the negotiations on a free trade agreement between the European Union and Colombia; his views on whether negotiations should be suspended in...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Tourism Industry
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the policy regarding eco-tourism projects that use sustainable technology (details supplied) that brings investment to the local...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, further to Parliamentary Question No. 294 of 8 December 2009, the reason Bord na gCon failed to comply with section 19 (2) of the...
- European Capital of Sport
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his proposals to mark the occasion of Dublin becoming the European Capital of Sport in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Bogus Charities
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the action being taken to tackle the problem of bogus charitable collectors; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Community Development
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will support a matter (details supplied). [46744/09]
- Security of the Elderly
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of panic alarms issued by agencies under the remit of his Department; if the scheme is still issuing such...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Code
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if consideration will be given to persons whose homes have been repossessed in terms of their qualification for rent supplement;...
- Civil Registration
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding legislation in relation to a court decision in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of civil servants granted their three year incentivised career break who applied for one parent family payment while on...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the appeal against the decision to refuse jobseeker's allowance will be heard in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Departmental Staff
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of staff processing social welfare payments in 2009; and the way this figure compares with the past five years. [46766/09]
- Public Service Cards
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when she will roll out the integrated public service card; the cost of the project in 2010; the number of cards that will be...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when rent allowance, including arrears, will be awarded in the case of a person (detail supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
- Social Welfare Offices
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the catchment area served by the social welfare office in Ballyconnell, County Cavan; the number of people registered as...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Properties
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Defence when he expects to open negotiations with Cork County Council in regard to a matter (details supplied); when this issue will be resolved; and the...
- Overseas Missions
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Defence the distance from the Irish base in Goz Beida in Chad to the location of the nearest dedicated casualty evacuation helicopter; the flight time for...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of application forms for enlistment in the Defence Force held in each brigade; his plans in regard to these applications; and if he will...
- Reserve Defence Force
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of personnel that are effective and non-effective respectively in the Reserve Defence Force; the number of these in each rank; and if he...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- House Prices
Question 308: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action taken since the agreement of the revised programme for Government to amend the Data Protection Act...
- Housing Grants
Question 310: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on reinstating the disabled person's grant for persons with disabilities with limited access in...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 311: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the portion of the allocation in his Department's Estimates for local authority estate regeneration and...
- EU Directives
Question 312: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the imposition of S.I. 268 on batteries and accumulators by...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 313: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if section 2(1)([i]c[/i]) of the Local Government (Charges) Act 2009 does not exempt a building in the...
- EU Directives
Question 314: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are EU directives which require to be transposed into primary or secondary legislation; the...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 315: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Dublin City Council housing procedures have been breached;...
- Special Protection Areas
Question 318: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) in County Limerick has been deemed to be ineligible to qualify under...
- Waste Disposal
Question 319: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding his policy on incineration; if he plans to change this policy; and if he will make a...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 320: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason residents of housing estates (details supplied) in County Longford are without heating, hot water...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 326: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made regarding the setting up and implementation of the architectural registration body's...
- Pension Provisions
Question 327: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford must confirm in writing every year that she is not...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 328: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make regulations under the Control of Dogs Acts in relation to dog breeding establishments; if...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 329: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the provision of sewage facilities at Carrigaholt, County Clare; and if he will make a...
- EU Directives
Question 331: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to revise the nitrates regulations; his plans to review the inspection regime of the local...
- Building Regulations
Question 332: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will respond to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46907/09]
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 334: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to facilitate persons who purchased houses under the affordable housing scheme to re-mortgage their...
- Regeneration Schemes
Question 335: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding will be provided in 2010 for the development of a regeneration scheme (details supplied) in County...
- Water Services
Question 336: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when it is planned to commence the roll-out of domestic water meters; the funding that has been made...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 337: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the Bandon sewerage and drainage works, County Cork.. [47012/09]
- Turbary Rights
Question 338: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received the submission from the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Environment, Heritage and Local...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Postal Services
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will publish the three reports he has in his possession regarding the introduction of post codes here;...
- Electric Vehicles
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the emergence of electric cars here; his policy on this issue; and if he will make a statement on...
- Electricity Generation
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1074 of 16 September 2009, when a report by a company (details...
- Natural Gas Grid
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding his plans for connection of gas for a town (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the implications for community television when RTÉ goes digital; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the single farm payment, area based payment and the REP scheme payment will be awarded in respect of a person (details...
- Food Labelling
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the plans for labelling country of origin on agricultural produce here or at European Union level; and if he will make a...
- Grant Payments
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when area aid, REPS 4 and single farm payments will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his policy regarding the closure and decentralisation of his Department's offices in Cork; and if he will make a statement...
- EU Directives
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 24 September 2009, the funds provided by the EU regarding the establishment of...
- Afforestation Programme
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of hectares of forestry planted here for each of the past 15 years; the number of hectares that will be planted...
- Grant Payments
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when will a person (details supplied) in County Mayo receive a decision in respect of their area aid application; and if he...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the percentage of REPS 4 applications year one and year two from County Mayo on which all administrative checks have been...
- Grant Payments
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be awarded their REPS 4 payment.. [46712/09]
- Registration of Herd Numbers
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 393 of 26 May 2009, if a person (details supplied) in County Louth was the registered...
- Forest Lands
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for introducing Statutory Instrument No. 151 of 2009; if there was consultation with users and traditional...
- Departmental Investigations
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a report into the problems on a north Kilkenny farm (details supplied) has been peer reviewed by independent scientists;...
- Foreshore Licences
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an application for a foreshore lease or licence (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will...
- Grant Payments
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason the area based payment and single farm payment have not been awarded to a person (details supplied) in County...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 18 June 2009, when he intends to publish the Animal Health and Welfare Bill;...
- Department of Education and Science
- Schools Building Projects
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the planning, design and building of a school (details supplied) in County Meath; if he is in a position to...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the decision reached on an application for a third level grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [46575/09]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the construction of a replacement second-level school in south County Dublin (details supplied); the date that...
- Summer Works Scheme
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Clare will expect sanction under the summer works scheme; and if he will make a statement...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Cork will proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46591/09]
- Site Acquisitions
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his efforts to provide a permanent location for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7; the contact he has had with Dublin City...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a direction was given to local authorities regarding fee scholarships as income, which has rendered many PhD students ineligible...
- School Accommodation
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support a matter (details supplied). [46708/09]
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of moneys paid in compensation payments and legal fees in respect of claims made to the Residential Institutions Redress...
- Student Support Schemes
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made on an application for a grant in respect of a person (details supplied). [46729/09]
- Third Level Fees
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a university (details supplied) has increased the cost of postgraduate research fees...
- School Curriculum
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Cork must participate in Irish classes in second level education; and if he will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will increase the grant approved to the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny towards the cost...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) has not been facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46801/09]
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his nominees to State and semi-State bodies since his appointment; the qualification of each successful nominee; the income for each...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans for the provision of services for autistic children; if he will continue grant aiding children who are attending facilities...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the projects in Waterford city, Dungarvan and the remainder of County Waterford that are currently out to tender; the deadline for...
- Schools Amalgamation
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the proposed amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in County Galway; if a site has been acquired; the...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 401: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the Bethany Home, Dublin 6, will be included under the redress scheme for victims of child abuse; and if he will make a statement...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a capital school building project for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the timeframe for the...
- School Staffing
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of unqualified persons who are on regular teaching contracts of employment within primary and secondary sectors; and if he...
- School Curriculum
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1255 of 16 September 2009, the progress of the review and a date for its publication; and if he...
- School Staffing
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of whole-time equivalent language support teachers for migrant pupils employed in the primary school system in September...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 409: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of additional schools he intends to provide in County Westmeath in 2010; the status of same; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Properties
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has clear title to a property (details supplied) in County Limerick which was closed two years ago as part of an amalgamation;...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the unspent and unallocated capital schools building budget for 2009; if this funding has been surrendered; and if he will make a...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 412: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views in relation to third level education grants (details supplied); his plans to change this rule; and if he will make a...
