Written answers

Tuesday, 19 January 2010

  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the level of interaction between her Department and the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and local...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the estimated fraud rate within each scheme and the target savings she is setting for each scheme in 2010. [1793/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the processing time for each individual social welfare office to deal with a claim for jobseeker's allowance; and if she will make...
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the waiting times to access the Money Advice and Budgeting Service money advisers; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action she is taking to improve processing times for all social welfare claims. [1801/10]
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding fraud control measures put in place by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1677/10]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No 62 of 11 November 2009, if a final decision has been taken as to the appropriate response; and...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons on a national, county and local social welfare office basis awaiting for their application for jobseeker's...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to change the one parent family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1647/10]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of applications received for domiciliary care allowance from April to December 2009, inclusive; the number refused; the...
    • Job Facilitators
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the additional supports given to job facilitators to deal with the increased demand for access to support; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Strategy
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the future plans she has for carers following the decision not to publish the national carer's strategy; and if she will make a...
    • Affordable Energy
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the involvement of her Department on the inter-departmental group on affordable energy. [1785/10]
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she is satisfied with the method of recording and calculating fraud control savings; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the funding made available to the humanitarian assistance scheme for flood claims; the number of applications for support; the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when she will publish the outcome of the review of mortgage interest supplement. [1788/10]
    • Social Insurance
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when she will provide legislation for the planned PRSI exemption for employers who take on a person who has been on the live...
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she is satisfied with the capacity of the Money Advice and Budgeting Service to negotiate on persons' behalf with financial...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason back to work education allowance scheme is available to persons who are pursing higher diploma courses but not Masters...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action she is taking to progress the introduction of a unified means test. [1811/10]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average time it takes to process social welfare appeals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1684/10]
    • Fuel Poverty
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she has plans to develop a national fuel poverty strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1775/10]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when she will publish the national pensions framework. [1791/10]
    • Social Insurance
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action she is taking to deal with the eight month delaying in processing PRSI refund applications. [1781/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps she has taken or proposes to take to streamline and speed up the process of applications for various social welfare...
    • Public Service Identity Cards
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the details on the public service card with photo ID to be rolled out from 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the estimated number of families eligible for the family income supplement; the number of families in receipt of the family income...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the methodology used to determine whether partnership exists or is established to qualify for widows, widowers or old age pension...
    • Job Facilitators
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of job facilitators; the average waiting times to access support from a job facilitator; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the back to education allowance does not cover participants in the labour market activation programme; if her attention...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action she is taking to improve the recovery rate of employer PRSI arrears. [1783/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to temporarily increase the rate of fuel allowance to offset the significant increase in fuel costs during the recent...
    • Commission on Taxation
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she has completed her deliberations and her conclusions on the Commission on Taxation report. [1810/10]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Employment Statistics
      Question 132: To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons in employment in the public sector and in the private sector, including persons working part-time. [1054/10]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 134: To ask the Taoiseach the number of constituency staff working for the Ministers of State in his Department in 2008 and 2009; and the cost involved. [47935/09]
    • Disability Statistics
      Question 135: To ask the Taoiseach if he will consider the inclusion of a question in the 2011 census in order to fill a void in the statistics that relates to the disability autism or autistic...
    • Live Register
      Question 136: To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons unemployed on 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2007 in each district office (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 139: To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff employed by his Department on 1 January 2009; the number of staff employed by his Department on 10 December 2009. [48236/09]
    • Live Register
      Question 140: To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons aged under 25 years who were unemployed each month from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2008 for each district social welfare office...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 141: To ask the Taoiseach the breakdown, by programme, agency or other institution, of the programme changes that will be made by his Department to achieve the savings estimated for his...
    • Smart Economy
      Question 142: To ask the Taoiseach the actions taken by him to implement the proposals set out in Building Ireland's Smart Economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48239/09]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 143: To ask the Taoiseach the number of agencies under his remit who process entitlement payments; the number of staff who process entitlement payments broken down by agency; and if he...
    • Live Register
      Question 151: To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons on the live register in September 2007 broken down by gender in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48483/09]
    • Parliamentary Counsel
      Question 156: To ask the Taoiseach if the recruitment of Parliamentary Counsel from other jurisdictions has raised any difficulties in achieving a uniform drafting style for legislation. [48538/09]
    • Labour Force Statistics
      Question 157: To ask the Taoiseach the labour force in the third quarter 2007 broken down by gender and region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48581/09]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 160: To ask the Taoiseach the purpose of the hire of a hotel room (details supplied) on 30 September 2008 and two rooms on 11 November 2008; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ethics in Public Office
      Question 162: To ask the Taoiseach the details of each gift, favour and hospitality received, both over and under the value of €650, since May 2007 to date in 2010; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 164: To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff in his Department, broken down by division and section, annually since 2007 to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Census of Population
      Question 165: To ask the Taoiseach when he will publish call for tenders for printing of the census 2011 forms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2203/10]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Job Losses
      Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will support a matter (details supplied). [48329/09]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason community employment schemes are having their wages cut by 5.5% in comparison to cuts in...
    • National Minimum Wage
      Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will give a commitment that the minimum wage will not be targeted as part of an agenda to drive down...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 114 of 17 November 2009, if further details are now available; when she...
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 3 of 17 September 2009, if the report mentioned was sent to the bodies...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Civil Service staff in her Department; the number of these staff who hold an economics degree;...
    • National Minimum Wage
      Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will support a matter (details supplied). [48331/09]
    • Job Creation
      Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of State aided jobs which have been created in County Meath since 1998; the breakdown of same by...
    • Job Losses
      Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will expect to receive their state redundancy payment; and...
    • Job Creation
      Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to develop a hub for game development here; her further plans to explore this area as part of the...
    • Semi-State Bodies
      Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether it appropriate that the new chief executive officer of FÁS should be given a €60,000...
    • Job Creation
      Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on a possible enterprise start-up (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a...
    • Job Losses
      Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 10 December 2009, the position regarding the European...
    • Consumers' Rights
      Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on an advertisement (details supplied) that is currently being run by the Consumer Agency; if she...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will cut the amount received by participants on community employment schemes beyond what was reduced...
    • Job Initiative
      Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will provide details of the activation fund announced in budget 2010 that is intended to assist those...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the savings outlined in the Report of the Special Group on Public Numbers and Expenditure Programmes which...
    • Semi-State Bodies
      Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will explain the term one time staff vendors with respect to purchases made by FÁS; and if she will...
    • Consumers' Rights
      Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her Department has made representations to the European Commission regarding the fact that many retailers...
    • Job Losses
      Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which the monies provided from the European Gobalisation Fund for former Dell and associated...
    • Job Initiative
      Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 222 of 16 September 2009 the status of the mid-west jobs task force...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if changes have been made in community employment schemes following Budget 2010; if so, if a person can...
    • Ethics in Public Office
      Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of each gift, favour and hospitality received, both over and under the value of €650, since May...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the charges levied or set by his Department or agencies for the provision of goods or services to individuals...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason former employees and pension holders of a company (details supplied) are not covered under the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on expanding the role of the registrar of friendly societies in line with the role and function of...
    • Semi-State Bodies
      Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff working in FÁS; the number of staff grouped by grade; the number of staff employed on a...
    • Job Losses
      Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will report on her application for funding under the European globalisation adjustment fund for former...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their redundancy payment. [1884/10]
    • Semi-State Bodies
      Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of site visits to County Mayo conducted by Industrial Development Authority in 2008 and in 2009;...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Mayo; the number of units that are available at...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 211: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way a person on a FÁS course with child dependants is to be compensated for the cut in child benefit....
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 212: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff in her Department, broken down by division and section, annually since 2007 to date in...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recently introduced carbon levy as a environmental measure in view of the fact that public transport operators have been forced to...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons that have applied for the position of Secretary General at his Department following recent advertisements; if a person has...
    • National Assets Management Agency
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Finance the purpose of the National Assets Management Agency meetings with county managers and if NAMA had been lobbying to have land rezoned to increase...
    • Tax Code
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Finance the changes to mortgage interest relief outlined in the budget 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48244/09]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Finance if, further to his budget 2010 speech, he will apply the proposed public sector pension reforms to public servants who are due to retire in 2011 and...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an analysis of the numbers of individuals on interest returns made by financial institutions received by the Revenue...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil service staff in his Department; the number of these staff who hold an economics degree; the number of these staff who hold a...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 141 of the 21 October 2009, if the report of the interdepartmental committee on the issues of ethical...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) who is on the central application facility transfer list for transfer to any...
    • Public Procurement
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Finance if the national public procurement operations unit has begun the process of implementing green public procurement principles into government...
    • Tax Code
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to a query regarding the calculation of income tax liability (details supplied). [48366/09]
    • Public Sector Expenditure
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Finance the course of action recommended by the European Central Bank regarding the measures that need to be taken to reduce our borrowings by €4 billion...
    • Tax Code
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain the application of section 19 of the 1994 Finance Act; the rationale for the introduction of this section; if this section is...
    • Public Relations Contracts
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of public relations incurred by Anglo Irish Bank in the past two years by company and contract price in each case; if tenders were sought;...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of a report (details supplied); when he expects this report to be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48442/09]
    • Tax Code
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in the interest of balanced regional development, the adjustments he will make in the Finance Bill to abolish the air travel tax applying to...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons earning between €26,000 to €27,480; the amount of money raised by the Exchequer from the health levy from persons earning...
    • Tax Code
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount refunded under section 848A of the Tax Consolidation Act 1997 in 2008; the details of the amounts received, brought down, benefits,...
    • Public Sector Schemes
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48543/09]
    • Excise Duty
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to losses incurred by a small wholesaler of wines and spirits (details supplied) as a result of the downward change...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of whole time equivalents serving in the grades of chairman, commissioner, assistant secretary general, higher principal officer,...
    • Tax Code
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated saving that would occur from the standardisation of all pension tax reliefs at 20%; his views on the recent report by the Economic and...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Finance when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will receive compensation for extensive damage to their lands. [48615/09]
    • Tax Code
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the impact of tax individualisation on a married couple, when one of the partners, due to a personal disability is not in a...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Finance if the cuts in pay provided for in the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009 applies to employees of organisations...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1008/10]
    • Tax Collection
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in tabular form analysed by county registered as tax exiles for the year 2006, 2007 and 2008; the amount of tax paid by these...
    • Revenue Investigations
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person who passes information to the Revenue Commissioners which results in an investigation and possible tax liability by a third party will...
    • Courts Service
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 1 December 2009, the stage of the process that the proposed extension to the Waterford court house has...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the proposed pensions insolvency payments scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1043/10]
    • Excise Duty
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the duty drawback relief which on 9 December 2009 was to be made available to those holding stocks of alcoholic drinks was withdrawn,...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the sale of a property to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1051/10]
    • Public Sector Expenditure
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Finance if his decision to cease performance bonus payments to certain grades in the civil and public service includes the cessation of such payments to...
    • Tax Code
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the VAT margin scheme that was introduced in budget 2010 imposes credit flow problems and cash flow problems on vendors of...
    • Public Sector Expenditure
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Finance the Departments and grades of the 600 managers and senior civil servants who will be exempted from the salary cuts outlined in budget 2010; and if...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 215 and 223 of 16 September 2009, the reason the €41 million of imports from Israel in 2008 did not...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Finance the protection that is provided to employees by legislation when a pension scheme (details supplied) is wound down; and if he will make a statement...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Finance when funding will be approved for the second phase of the Fermoy flood relief scheme in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Sector Remuneration
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of public servants who received sanction from him to receive fees on top of their normal salary for sitting on state boards, commissions...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Finance the savings outlined in the report of the special group on public numbers and expenditure programmes which were accepted in budget 2010 for his...
    • Tax Code
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will exclude the surcharge on undistributed investment income under section 440 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 to construction and...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange a refund of stamp duty to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1287/10]
    • Banking Sector Investigations
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the progress of the investigations into certain transactions at Anglo Irish Bank; if he is satisfied with the progress and pace of...
    • National Debt
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the amount of borrowing expected to be undertaken by the National Treasury Management Agency during 2010 and the current spread, in...
    • Union Subscriptions
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is the practice to deduct union dues from the payroll of civil servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1346/10]
    • Tax Code
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Finance if a general practitioner registrar working in the community and participating in a recognised training programme is eligible to claim work related...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to allow alcohol distributors and wholesalers to claim back the excise paid on products in their warehouses prior to the reduction in...
    • Tax Code
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Finance if companies and sole traders can claim VAT back on corporate dining; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1349/10]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of retired public servants who have made a voluntary surrender of all of some of their pension; if they are former Oireachtas Members,...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue collected from the health levy and the income levy in 2009; the estimate of same for 2010; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to provide a relocation grant for the victims of the flooding in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1394/10]
    • Tax Code
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to have Annex III of the EU VAT Directive amended to include road safety products and thereby reduce the rate of VAT applicable on such...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Finance when construction work will commence on flood defence works at a location (details supplied) in County Laois, particularly in view of the urgency of...
    • Registerable Interests
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of each gift, favour and hospitality received, both over and under the value of €650, since May 2007 to date in 2010; and if he will...
    • Court Accommodation
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Finance if the plans for the Waterford Courthouse were completed and received by the end of 2009 as was previously indicated; and if these plans are...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Finance if aerial surveys of flood affected areas in counties Roscommon and Leitrim have been completed, including hydrometric information; if this...
    • Tax Code
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties caused to the drinks distribution companies here as a result of the withdrawal of the drawback...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Finance when a person (details supplied) in County Longford will receive a refund of emergency tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1845/10]
    • Flood Relief
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Finance when works at a location (details supplied) in County Mayo will commence. [1895/10]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a copy of the report that was completed on the Cairn Centre, Kiltimagh, County Mayo which was being looked at for...
    • Customs Service
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Finance if a second x-ray container scanner has been delivered to the Customs Service; if not, the stage of the process; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Revenue Cutter Service
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of revenue cutters that are currently in service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1926/10]
    • Tax Code
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many persons who should still be entitled to mortgage interest relief since 2009 have been cut off...
    • Customs Service
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of customs checks which took place at each airport, including small and private airports, here in 2009 in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Capital Projects
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of all new national development projects from 2008 onwards that are designated for funding in Budget 2010; the funding...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Finance the assets and liabilities at 31 December 2009 of the covered pension funds listed in Schedule 1 of the Financial Measures (Miscellaneous...
    • Public Sector Pay
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Finance the mechanism for calculating public sector pay cuts, announced in budget 2010, for those with a job-sharing work arrangement; if the percentage pay...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on reports in a newspaper (details supplied) that the model of small and medium enterprises loan guarantees being operated successfully in...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff in his Department, broken down by division and section, annually since 2007 to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Pre-school Services
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make an exception to the age criteria of the early childhood care and education pre-school scheme and allow a child (details...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of grant funding allocated to a project (details supplied) in County Cork. [1383/10]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will grant an oral appeal hearing to a person (details supplied) in County Cork who is seeking renewal of their medical card; and...
    • Prescription Charges
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the workings of the new prescription charge scheme; when it will be introduced; if it needs legislation; or will it be done by...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date on which the fair deal scheme commenced for persons who are already in a nursing home; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting time at Cork University Hospital for a consultation in the ophthalmology clinic; the guidelines whereby persons over 65...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the pay bill for each job title for all staff employed by the Department in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48256/09]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for an over 70 years medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway....
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application under the State support nursing home subvention in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Health Services
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the criteria used by the Health Service Executive to determine if orthodontic treatment required by a child is covered by the Health...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48261/09]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the case being made by the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Rochestown Avenue, Dún Laoghaire,...
    • Health Services
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in arranging an appointment for a child (details supplied) in County Cork. [48267/09]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a list of all job titles of employees employed by her Department in 2008; the jobs that are front-line staff; the...
    • Health Services
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [48294/09]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of Civil Service staff in her Department; the number of these staff who hold an economics degree; the number of these staff...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford. [48330/09]
    • Services for the Homeless
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding available for homeless services nationally for each year from 2000 to date in 2009; the amount of funding that will be...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the level of section 39 funding allocated per county is allocated on the basis of the population of the county; the basis on which it...
    • Infectious Diseases (1 comment)
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if Lyme disease will be a notifiable illness in order to increase public awareness and assist in the speedy diagnosis and treatment of...
    • Prescription Charges
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the application of the prescription charge for persons under the long-term illness scheme who may have multiple...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [48498/09]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Longford will be admitted to hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48476/09]
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for mobility allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she...
    • Health Services
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a child (details supplied) will be given a follow-up appointment after their school eye-sight test; and if she will make a...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not been called for a medical examination in respect of their application...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 338: 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). [48504/09]
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when back to school and clothing allowance will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied). [48505/09]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of pay savings of €695 million as outlined in the health Estimates for 2010 including general pay reductions and higher...
    • Health Services
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the dental treatment services scheme; the number of persons eligible for the DTSS for each of the past five years; the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the Health Service Executive economy savings of €106 million in view of the health Estimates for 2010; and if she will...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of agencies funded by her Department; the funding provided to these agencies for each of the past five years, including 2009;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of non-pay expenditure reductions of €3.5 million by her Department and its directly funded agencies in view of the health...
    • Hospital Charges
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the savings of €75 million in private income collection for hospitals in view of the health Estimates for 2010; the...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the fact that the annual full year allocation for the fair deal scheme in 2008 was €110 million and that the annual full...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applicants for the fair deal scheme to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48517/09]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of additional home care packages €10 million will provide; her views on the fact that these packages will be targeted at...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons eligible for the full medical card in 2009; the cost for same; the estimated number of persons eligible for the...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way the €20 million allocated for the continued implementation of the national cancer control programme will be allocated; the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the €17 million to support suitable projects that demonstrate innovation in service delivery; and if she will make a...
    • Cost of Medicines
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the recent discussions with the representative bodies of the drug manufacturers to achieve reduction in drug prices of €141 million;...
    • Health Insurance
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will give details of the updating of the health insurance levy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48527/09]
    • Health Services
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated cost of alcohol-related harm to the health services; her views on the cut in alcohol excise duty, the implications this...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the service available to medical card patients seeking dental treatment as a result of the cap on dental treatment spending for medical...
    • Health Services
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [48530/09]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her support for financial investment in respect of the microbiology laboratory in Waterford Regional Hospital, County Waterford; and if...
    • Health Services
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will except to be given an appointment for orthodontic treatment. [48578/09]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will waive an outstanding bill regarding hospital admission costs in view of the delays in processing a medical card in respect...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 370: 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 Cork; and if she will make...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the availability of a treatment (details supplied) under the drugs payment scheme; if there are limitations on...
    • Health Services
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive is engaging licensed transport providers with the relevant public liability insurance to provide patient...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the impact of the workplace compensation scheme for psychiatric nurses since its introduction; the cost to the health authorities in...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the availability of a drug (details supplied) without prescription; if she has any plans to designate the drug as...
    • Health Services
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a Health Service Executive lease or a contractual arrangement with parties at the address (details supplied) in County...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will renew a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will be notified of the availability of a bed in Tallaght Hospital; if consideration...
    • Health Services
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on a matter (details supplied) in Dublin 4. [48632/09]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the cancellation of an appointment for a scan in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the assessment criteria used by the community welfare officer for a supplementary welfare allowance application in the case of a married...
    • Health Services
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive orthodontic treatment. [48647/09]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will fulfil the commitment made to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick in her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 336...
    • Health Services
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there will be any improvement in 2010 regarding the two to three-year wait for the 3,500 patients awaiting routine dermatological...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the conditions at the Mid-Western Regional Maternity Hospital, County Limerick; if necessary funding...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to new research showing that the incidence of cervical cancer in British women aged 20 to 24 years and...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive their full reimbursement under the drugs payment scheme; and if she will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons waiting for a colonoscopy at the end of 2009 in each of the acute hospitals; the number waiting for three months...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when screening for colon cancer will be introduced; the progress that has been made in identifying funding for this programme; and if...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if in-hospital medical cover will be removed from a hospital (details supplied); if she will ensure that this proposal is not...
    • Health Services
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average number of patients waiting on public dental services in each Health Service Executive health clinic in County Meath. [1100/10]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount each hospital in an area (details supplied) has been penalised or awarded under the Health Service Executive case-mix award...
    • Health Services
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a decision was made to reject the application made by a person (details supplied) in County Cork for a back to school...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 333 of 17 June 2008, if she will provide the corresponding figures for 2009 and 2010; and if she...
    • Hospital Acquired Infections
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the recent research findings concerning copper and its potential to prevent nosocomial infection...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will have their fair deal nursing home subvention application approved; and if she will...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the decision to centralise the issuing of medical cards for the over 70s, return the issuing and review of these...
    • Tax Code
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way a person may avail of the tax relief on health insurance for people aged over 50 years; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [1198/10]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical procedure in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork, which was scheduled and subsequently cancelled, could...
    • Pre-school Services
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an early childhood care and education scheme grant will be paid in respect of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if persons who have undergone an organ transplant operation are automatically entitled to a medical card. [1245/10]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the savings outlined in the report of the special group on public numbers and expenditure programmes which were accepted in budget 2010...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department or the Health Service Executive provides funding for a conference (details supplied); if she, her Ministers of State...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons approved in each primary, community and continuing care area under the fair deal scheme in December 2009; the...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the acceptance of financial donations from general medical services patients constitutes a breach of contract; the steps she has...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of outpatient appointments in the Health Service Executive south in 2009 in which the patient did not show up; if she will...
    • Health Services
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children in Cork city and county awaiting orthodontic treatment or awaiting assessment for orthodontic treatment; the...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of community welfare officers working in the area of the Health Service Executive south in County Cork broken down by each...
    • Health Services
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding her plans to develop a primary care centre in a town (details supplied) in County Cork. [1337/10]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children and adolescents awaiting intervention services by a service provider (details supplied) in County Cork; and the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Louth will receive treatment; the reason Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, or its consultant has not...
    • Health Services
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the provision of adequate services in County Laois for persons suffering domestic violence, with particular reference to...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take on foot of the recommendations of the vaccine damage steering group; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 63 of 2 July 2009, the position regarding the construction of this project. [1395/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 2 July 2009, the position regarding the implementation of the report of the universal...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the necessary supports will be provided in order that a consultant neurologist (details supplied) can provide the full service to...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if mobility allowance will be reinstated in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if and when a medical card application will be renewed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if home help hours allocated to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be upheld and continue for 2010; and if she will make...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 431: 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. [1442/10]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action taken following an assessment by the Health Service Executive through Beechpark Services in the case of a person (details...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons over 70 years in receipt of medical cards in County Clare as of the 31 December 2009; and if she will make a...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position between the Health Service Executive and the health unions regarding the incentivised early retirement scheme; if she has...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will look favourably on a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of beds in Dublin south designated for older persons; the locations of these beds; the average waiting time to access one of...
    • Pre-school Services
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of pre-school establishments that are participating in the new pre-school scheme which commenced in January 2010; the number...
    • Ethics in Public Office
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of each gift, favour and hospitality received, both over and under the value of €650, since May 2007 to date in 2010; and...
    • Health Services
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will be provided with their necessary treatment; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 199 of 10 November 2009, the position regarding Baltinglass Hospital, County Wicklow (details...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in finalising an application for renewal of a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; her...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when persons who are in need of disabled drivers or passengers primary certificates will be evaluated or assessed by the Health Service...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money spent by the Health Service Executive for the leasing of properties in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Charges
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the charges set by her in respect of inpatient and outpatient hospital care and for visiting an accident and emergency department; if...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if front-line services for persons who live with multiple sclerosis will be retained; her plans for multiple sclerosis services in the...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the substances that have been added to the list of scheduled substances under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 on the basis of evidence that...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if alternative facilities in Naas, County Kildare will be arranged in respect of the provision of swine flu vaccination in view of the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 449: 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. [1772/10]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has to wait for a year for back surgery; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons on a waiting list (details supplied); the number of persons waiting nationally to avail of such services. [1881/10]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if a decision will be...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that medical cover is retained in a hospital (details supplied). [1966/10]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if a decision will be...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the maximum care package will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application under the health repayment scheme will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when construction work will begin on a project (details supplied) in County Donegal; the plans that have been put in place for this...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to a situation at the Mid-West Regional Hospital in Limerick; if her attention has further been drawn to...
    • Hospital Procedures
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 26 November 2009, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [2155/10]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 250 of 20 October 2009, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [2156/10]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 383 of 16 September 2009, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [2157/10]
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 357 of 16 September 2009 and 158 of 1 December 2009, if the meeting referred to between her...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 470: 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. [2160/10]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff in her Department, broken down by division and section, annually since 2007 to date in 2010; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 472: 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. [2200/10]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications for an assessment of need that have been received each year respectively following the commencement of Part 2...
    • Mental Health Services (1 comment)
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if all beds in the eight bed in-patient facility for child and adolescent psychiatric patients in St Stephen's, Cork, are operational...
    • Health Services
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children aged 5 to 18 years awaiting speech therapy services in each Health Service Executive area; the shortest, longest...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children aged 5 to 18 years awaiting child psychology services in each Health Service Executive area; the shortest,...
    • Health Services
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children aged 5 to 18 years awaiting occupational therapy services in each Health Service Executive area; the shortest,...
  • Department of Transport
    • Landing Rights
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Transport if all military and other aircraft operated by external State authorities file flight plans when overflying or landing here; and if there are...
    • Road Network
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will review the allocation for funding available to local authorities for county and local roads, in view of the recent freeze and the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of civil service staff in his Department; the number of these staff who hold an economics degree; the number of these staff who hold a...
    • Driving Licences
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to work with the United States authorities to apply mutual recognition to full drivers licences between our respective States; and if he...
    • Taxi Regulation
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the High Court judgments of 1978 (details supplied); his views on their relevance to the issue of taxi...
    • Landing Rights
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of civilian aircraft which requested permission to overfly or land here and in particular at Shannon Airport in 2007, 2008 and 2009...
    • Rail Network
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the newly built arches of the Broadmeadows Viaduct at the Estuary, Malahide, County Dublin have...
    • Public Transport
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether it is appropriate to reduce funding for public transport operators which will lead to a further reduction in services at a...
    • Coast Guard Service
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Transport if funding has been ring fenced and available for the Doolin unit of the Irish Coast Guard which is expected to go to planning permission shortly;...
    • Road Safety
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Transport the body responsible for the assessment of the risk posed to motorists by icy conditions on a motorway and for making the decision to close or not...
    • Road Network
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide funding to Westmeath County Council to resurface a road (details supplied), which has deteriorated to such an extent that it is...
    • Sustainable Travel
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Transport when he received an application for funding to develop sustainable modes of transport including cycle tracks and walkways in the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Transport the savings outlined in the Report of the Special Group on Public Numbers and Expenditure Programmes which were accepted in Budget 2010 for his...
    • Road Network
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of the exceptional circumstances that apply, he will give consideration to an application by Cork County Council for a specific...
    • Rural Transport Services
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 9 December 2009 his plans for the rural transport initiative; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Airport Security Measures
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to introduce body scanners at airports here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1429/10]
    • Parking Regulations
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Transport his proposals to improve the problem of parking wholly or partly on footpaths in urban areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1489/10]
    • State Airports
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of meetings he had with the Dublin Airport Authority in 2009; the communications he has had with the Dublin Airport Authority in...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of agencies and companies under the remit of his Department; the salary of each chief executive or head of each agency or company; the...
    • Ethics in Public Office
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Transport the details of each gift, favour and hospitality received, both over and under the value of €650, since May 2007 to date in 2010; and if he will...
    • Road Safety
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the national road safety implications of a reported significant increase in the numbers of motorists who are cancelling their motor...
    • Road Network
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the Galway city bypass; if the Galway city bypass is currently the subject of legal proceedings between his Department and...
    • Coast Guard Service
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Transport when he received the consultants' report commissioned by the Irish Coast Guard Service on the need for an emergency towing vessel; if this report...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of whole time equivalents serving in his Department in the grades of secretary general, deputy secretary general, assistant secretary...
    • Public Transport
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of private bus operators licensed annually since 2000; the number of daily services provided by each; the number providing services to...
    • Fuel Rebates
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Transport the value of fuel rebates that CIE has received annually since 2000 broken down by its subsidiary companies (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Free Travel Scheme
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of compensation received annually since 2000 by CIE broken down by company (details supplied) for transporting passengers with free...
    • School Transport
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Transport the value of payments made to Bus Éireann annually since 2000 for the school transport scheme; the details and the value of any other school...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount received by each subsidiary of CIE annually under the National Development Plan 2000 to 2006; the reason for each payment; the amount...
    • Public Transport
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Transport the funding allocated to a green route (details supplied) in County Cork for each of the years 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010; the amount spent by the...
    • Rail Services
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing disruption to commuter services on the Ennis-Limerick rail service in County Clare; if this ongoing...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of staff in his Department, broken down by division and section, annually since 2007 to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Child Support Payments
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if provisions are in place to ensure that a person who leaves the State is obliged to continue paying child support to a...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when legislation will be published to amend the Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993 with specific...
    • Stardust Disaster
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will fulfil his commitments in relation to redress, a public apology and a commemoration for the victims and...
    • Report on Racism
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to implement the recommendations contained in the Joint Committee on European Affairs report on racism against...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason work permits prior to 2006 were not taken into account when calculating reckonable residency in the State for an...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of civil service staff in his Department; the number of these staff who hold an economics degree; the number of...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of crimes recorded, broken down by category, in each county for every month from December 2007 to November 2009;...
    • Firearms Licences
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the inconsistency across Garda administrative units in the issuing of firearms licences...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 174 of 3 December 2009 and 258 of 17 November 2009, if he will provide the...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost to the taxpayer in legal fees for a court case (details supplied); if he will amend the legal restrictions which...
    • Garda Duties
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to introduce an annual check up for all members of An Garda Síochána aged over 35 years in order that they...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if persons under 35 years who applied to join An Garda Síochána before the public sector recruitment moratorium will...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) will receive approved certificate of naturalisation and confirmation of Irish citizenship....
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for residency on humanitarian grounds made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork...
    • Magdalene Laundries
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a meeting (details supplied); if he will confirm that the Department of Justice, Equality and Law...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for residency made by a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be decided upon. [48577/09]
    • Refugee Status
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will issue on an application for a declaration as a refugee in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he plans to include private members' gaming clubs and casinos within the scope of the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will investigate the handling of correspondence in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; if, in view...
    • Child Protection
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that the gardaí have the necessary powers to deal with the phenomenon of young persons begging on the...
    • Road Traffic Regulations
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda Commissioner has raised with him the reason that car owners are entitled to blacken out windows within their...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
    • Personal Debt Management
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will receive the final report of the Law Reform Commission on debt management and debt enforcement; and if he will...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on Operation House; the scope of same; the number of personnel assigned to the operation and its...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support the case of a person (details supplied). [1067/10]
    • Drugs in Prisons
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the sanctions imposed on prisoners who have had illegal drugs confiscated from them by the prison authorities. [1088/10]
    • Mandatory Sentencing
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans regarding mandatory sentencing for break-ins on old age pensioners and vulnerable persons in their homes; and if...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for refusal of a certificate of naturalisation to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will...
    • Undocumented Residents
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the estimated number of undocumented persons resident here; the nationalities represented; and if he will make a statement...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the total number of reported crimes, broken down by category, that were dealt with by a Garda station (details supplied) in...
    • Web Resources Policy
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his official policy on citing a website (details supplied) as a source of information in the drafting and publication of...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [1219/10]
    • Garda Security Escorts
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [1220/10]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the savings outlined in the Report of the Special Group on Public Numbers and Expenditure Programmes which were accepted in...
    • Compensation Claims
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of legal actions for compensation taken against the State and An Garda Síochána, jointly or separately, for...
    • Community Projects Funding
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the funding allocations for probation projects, often called community projects, for all counties in the midlands and west....
    • Immigration Controls
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has identified evidence of marriages here whose purpose appears to be to circumvent Irish immigration laws; the...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to introduce new laws to prohibit vagrancy and begging in public places; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí in Cork City and county at the rank of sergeant, inspector, superintendent, chief superintendent and...
    • Garda Complaints Procedures
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if and when a person is the subject of a complaint to An Garda Síochána and the person believes the complaint to be false...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support the case of a person (details supplied). [1416/10]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in possession of a residency card from Belgium may use this card to stay...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of robberies reported in the Clare garda division for 2009; the number of armed robberies for the same period;...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for leave to remain in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry on...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the residency or leave to remain and work here in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the decision to deport in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding residency or citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; when the...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he...
    • Ethics in Public Office
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of each gift, favour and hospitality received, both over and under the value of €650, since May 2007 to date...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [1528/10]
    • Prisoners' Hardship Fund
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an allowance or payment was made to prisoners prior to Christmas 2009; if so, the amount and purpose of the allowance or...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average waiting time to process renewal of temporary leave to remain in the State under Section 3 of the Immigration...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average waiting time to process applications for revocation of deportation orders under section 3 of the Immigration...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average waiting time to process applications for subsidiary protection in accordance with the European Communities...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average waiting time to process visas; the number of applications awaiting a decision; the number received, approved...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average waiting time to process EU treaty rights applications for residence by non-European Economic Area family...
    • Refugee Status
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average waiting time to process travel documents, 1951 convention travel documents, issued to persons granted a...
    • Immigration Clearance Letters
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average waiting time to process foreign adoption immigration clearance letters issued in respect of approved foreign...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average waiting time to process Irish-born child pre-2003 family dependant applications made by non-European Economic...
    • Refugee Status
      Question 622: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average waiting time to process applications pertaining to persons granted refugee status here who are seeking family...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 623: 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 Kildare; and if he...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 625: 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 Kildare; and if he...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 626: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
    • Travel Documents
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when travel documents will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 631: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will give consideration on humanitarian grounds for extended residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 632: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made to date in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if an extension of residency will be...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 633: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 2 December 2009 in respect of persons (details supplied) wherein it was...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 636: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship and family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied)...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 638: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a travel document renewal will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 639: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 640: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the address of a deportation order in 1999 that was sent out to in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24;...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 642: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the circumstances in the matter of residency and permission to remain in the case of...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 644: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether, in relation to applications for long term residency, it is fair and right that applicants are being...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 646: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding Garda living quarters in a location (details supplied) in County Mayo; the plans to repair or...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 647: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the application for refugee status by persons (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and when a...
    • Prison Committals
      Question 648: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons committed to prison for non-payment of fines in each of the years 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. [1936/10]
    • Firearm Certificates
      Question 649: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the conditions an applicant must meet to have a licence renewed (details supplied). [1964/10]
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 650: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 651: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of murders recorded in which a firearm was used in each of the years 2006 to 2009, inclusive, and to date in...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 652: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of reserve gardaí in the Kerry division; the districts they are assigned to; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 653: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of staff in his Department, broken down by division and section, annually since 2007 to date in 2010; and if he...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 656: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for leave to remain in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if...
    • Refugee Status
      Question 657: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency or leave to remain here in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 658: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 206 of 26 November 2009, if the applicant (details supplied) in Dublin 15 has...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Good Friday Agreement
      Question 659: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, pursuant to the bilateral Good Friday Agreement 1998, there is a facility whereby citizens of the Irish Republic with familial...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 660: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of Civil Service staff in his Department; the number of these staff who hold an economics degree; the number of these staff who...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 661: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the outcome of his meeting with a person (details supplied) regarding the failure to provide documentation to the Commission of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 662: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of the cuts of the Irish abroad emigrant support programme to the United Kingdom; the impacts he expects this may have on front...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 663: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding a matter (details supplied). [1068/10]
    • Official Engagements
      Question 664: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 286 of 8 December 2009, if he will provide further information on the new landmark Irish arts centre...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 665: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the location of each Irish embassy and consular offices globally; the number of staff employed in each; the cost to the State for each in...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 666: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will summon the Iranian ambassador to his offices to discuss the trial of seven imprisoned Baha'is in Iran in view of the fact that...
    • Live Animal Exports
      Question 667: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many councils in England have adopted policies, including licence conditions for pet shops,...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 668: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support a matter (details supplied). [1221/10]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 669: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the savings outlined in the report of the special group on public numbers and expenditure programmes which were accepted in budget 2010 for...
    • Passport Fees
      Question 670: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No 166 of 30 October 2008, if there has been any change to this position; and if he will make a statement...
    • International Agreements
      Question 672: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of persons here who took up working holiday visas in 2009 under the agreements with Argentina, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong,...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 673: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support the case of a person (details supplied). [1417/10]
    • Emigrant Supports
      Question 674: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has assisted the Redleg people of Irish slave decent in Barbados, St. Vincent, Grenada and other Caribbean states; and if he will...
    • Ethics in Public Office
      Question 675: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of each gift, favour and hospitality received, both over and under the value of €650, since May 2007 to date in 2010; and if...
    • Election Management System
      Question 676: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support the campaign on votes for Irish emigrants in view of the fact that 115 countries already support this view; and if he...
    • Humanitarian Relief
      Question 678: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in view of the recent earthquake in Haiti, he will assist and make a funding contribution for aid for the victims affected; and if he...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      Question 679: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the possibility of resumption of Middle East talks between Israel and Palestine; if he will report on his discussions with his...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 680: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will respond to a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1855/10]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 681: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of staff in his Department, broken down by division and section, annually since 2007 to date in 2010; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Sports Funding
      Question 682: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if funding will provided to an organisation (details supplied) in County Roscommon for a project; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 684: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his policy on eco-tourism projects which are using sustainable technology which would bring investment into the local economy; and...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 685: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will abide by the recommendations of the Dalton report on the appointment and tenure of members of the board of Bord na gCon;...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 686: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of Civil Service staff in his Department; the number of these staff who hold an economics degree; the number of these...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 687: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when a club (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive the remainder of the sports capital moneys. [48446/09]
    • Irish Horseracing Industry
      Question 689: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has investigated the possibility of attracting the World Equestrian Games to Ireland; the impact this would have; and if he...
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 690: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the reduced price travel scheme announced in budget 2010 will apply to the over-55 years or over-65 years; if the scheme is for...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 691: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the savings outlined in the report of the special group on public numbers and expenditure programmes which were accepted in budget...
    • Ethics in Public Office
      Question 692: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the details of each gift, favour and hospitality received, both over and under the value of €650, since May 2007 to date in 2010;...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 693: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of staff in his Department, broken down by division and section, annually since 2007 to date in 2010; and if he will make...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Departmental Records
      Question 694: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if a report on a project (details supplied) will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 695: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of Civil Service staff in his Department; the number of these staff who hold an economics degree; the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 696: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will support the appointment of an independent mediator to resolve the issue regarding an organisation (details...
    • Security of the Elderly
      Question 697: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the personal alarm scheme for older persons will be restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Grant Payments
      Question 698: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if a Pobal grant will be awarded to an organisation (details supplied); when this grant will be delivered; and if he...
    • Community Development
      Question 699: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the steps he is taking to address the red tape associated with the draw down of Leader programme funding from the...
    • Community Development
      Question 700: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will support a project (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [1218/10]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 702: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the savings outlined in the Report of the Special Group on Public Numbers and Expenditure Programmes which were...
    • Community Development
      Question 703: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the rationale that has been used in making cuts to community development partnerships; if an analysis of outcomes and...
    • Ethics in Public Office
      Question 705: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the details of each gift, favour and hospitality received, both over and under the value of €650, since May 2007 to...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 706: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the contracts will be renewed for persons that are in the Tubbercurry section of his Department; the number of...
    • Community Development
      Question 708: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the status of the decision to close a community development project (details supplied) in Dublin 12; if his attention...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 712: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of staff in his Department, broken down by division and section, annually since 2007 to date in 2010; and...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 713: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of rent supplement paid to the private rental sector for housing in Dublin in each of the past five years; the number...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 714: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the pension contributions made by an Irish national working in the United Kingdom are transferable should that person return to...
    • Registration of Births
      Question 716: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will require the General Register Office to provide, on request, birth certificates with the Irish language versions of...
    • Registration of Deaths
      Question 717: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the procedures regarding registration of deaths; the situation regarding the registration of deaths of citizens killed abroad and...
    • Civil Registration Service
      Question 718: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of marriages here involving non EU nationals and non Irish EU citizens in each of the years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007,...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 721: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of dental applications made on behalf of multiple customers without their knowledge regarding the treatment benefit...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 722: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on the model for pension provision advocated by an organisation (details supplied) and the extent to which this model...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 724: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14 is entitled to an old age pension at the age of 65 years; if not, if they are entitled...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 725: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of civil service staff in her Department; the number of these staff who hold an economics degree; the number of these...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 726: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [48328/09]
    • Social Insurance
      Question 727: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 728: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if Newcastlewest, County Limerick will be included in the current compensation scheme for flooding victims. [48336/09]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 729: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if same will be dealt with. [48337/09]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 730: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) who is on the central application facility transfer list for...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 731: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the delay in an appeal for jobseeker's benefit being determined in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      Question 739: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on the fact that those convicted of social welfare fraud are not given sentences appropriate to the crime of stealing...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 741: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the categories of data and information her Department has supplied the Private Residential Tenancies Board in view of the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 743: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made or a date for an oral hearing will be given on an appeal against the decision to refuse their...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 744: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many welfare recipients were surprised to find that they were not due their...
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
      Question 746: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons in Cork City and county who have availed of the services of Money Advice and Budgetary Service in 2009....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 747: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [1141/10]
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
      Question 748: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons in County Mayo that have availed of the services of Money Advice and Budgetary Service in 2007, 2008 and...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 749: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to introduce a system in which persons entitled to free travel who cannot avail of public transport for hospital...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 751: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of households and payments that have been delayed due to poor weather conditions; the facilities that are available to...
    • Health Services
      Question 753: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will extend the home help income exemptions on schemes of the Health Service Executive to those employed privately as home...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 754: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the 2010 budget reduction of 4% to social welfare is deducted on a "gross" or "net" basis, in view of the fact that in some...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 755: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 756: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the savings outlined in the Report of the Special Group on Public Numbers and Expenditure Programmes which were accepted in budget...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 757: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of money paid out to date under the humanitarian assistance scheme for those affected by flooding in County Clare; and...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 758: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of revenue collected from self-employed PRSI Class C in 2009; the estimate of same for 2010; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 760: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of Irish citizens denied a social welfare payment in 2009 based on failure to satisfy the habitual residence condition....
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 761: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will respond to the issues raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in County Cork regarding the distinction...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 762: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when lone parents appeal will be heard in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 763: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons in receipt of mortgage interest supplement with a breakdown by duration at intervals of three months; if she...
    • Ethics in Public Office
      Question 767: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the details of each gift, favour and hospitality received, both over and under the value of €650, since May 2007 to date in...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      Question 768: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the estimate by her Department of the level of fraud in each of the areas of payment in percentage and in actual amounts for each...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 770: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will review the implementation of the dental treatment benefit scheme for 2010; if she will confirm that the scheme will be...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 771: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when social welfare payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 772: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a domiciliary care allowance appeal will be heard in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 773: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of applications for domiciliary care allowance received and the number refused by her Department since it took over the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 776: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a date will be set for an oral hearing in respect of an appeal in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork;...
    • Registration of Births
      Question 777: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon can not be issued with a birth certificate in Irish; if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 778: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons receiving a weekly or monthly social welfare assistance or benefit by book payment; the number of these book...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 779: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the inflexibility of current social security arrangements whereby a person who has employment...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 781: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a release date has been sought for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo to enable the person's request for a lateral...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 782: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an assessment by another medical officer will be carried out to finalise the disability allowance appeal in respect of a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 784: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a disability appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [1892/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 788: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to provide an additional fuel allowance instalment to assist low income families in heating their homes in view of the...
    • Anti-Poverty Strategy
      Question 790: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress being made on her strategy to end poverty by 2016 as set out in the Programme for Government. [1944/10]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 791: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to make further cuts to social welfare rates in 2011. [1945/10]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 793: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a carer's allowance appeal will be heard in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [1963/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 796: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and awarded jobseeker's allowance now that all the necessary...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 797: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an appeal for carer's allowance will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [2005/10]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 802: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [2010/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 803: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons in receipt of incapacity and lone parent benefits for each year since 2000 to date in 2010; the percentage...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 804: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of interview referrals to FÁS under the national employment action plan in 2009; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 805: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of staff in her Department, broken down by division and section, annually since 2007 to date in 2010; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 806: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons currently in receipt of widow or widowers pensions on foot of self employed contributions; the number of...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 807: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of instances wherein her Department initiated an appeal where a deciding officer has previously awarded a payment in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 808: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of applications for various social welfare payments that have been disallowed on the grounds of failure to meet...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 809: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of appeals processed by her Department in respect of carer's allowance in each of the past three years to date in 2010;...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 812: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the practice of issuing forecasts of contribution entitlements in respect of old age pension applications has been...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 814: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of applications for back to education allowance received, granted or refused in each of the past five years to date in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 820: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of compensation received annually since 2000 by CIE broken down by company, Dublin Bus, Bus Éireann and Iarnród...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 821: To ask the Minister for Defence the insurance compensation received following the sinking of the [i]Asgard II [/i]and the manner in which it will be utilised; the status of the...
    • Reserve Defence Force
      Question 822: To ask the Minister for Defence the number signed up with the Reserve Defence Force; the number at the end of 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2005; and if he will make a statement...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      Question 823: To ask the Minister for Defence if, upon the lifting of the embargo on recruitment in the Permanent Defence Forces, consideration will be given to recruiting a percentage of...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 825: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Civil Service staff in his Department; the number of these staff who hold an economics degree; the number of these staff who hold a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 828: To ask the Minister for Defence the savings outlined in the Report of the Special Group on Public Numbers and Expenditure Programmes which were accepted in budget 2010 for his...
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 829: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for the future of a site (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1338/10]
    • Ethics in Public Office
      Question 830: To ask the Minister for Defence the details of each gift, favour and hospitality received, both over and under the value of €650, since May 2007 to date in 2010; and if he will...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 831: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of whole time equivalents serving in his Department in the grades of secretary general, deputy secretary general, assistant secretary...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      Question 833: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of working days in 2009 that he was physically present in his Department in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2228/10]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 834: To ask the Minister for Defence in view of the announced deadline for the decentralisation of Defence Force headquarters to the Curragh, County Kildare, in December 2009, the...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Grant Payments
      Question 835: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a hen harrier payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 836: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the National Monuments Bill; when he will deliver this Bill to Cabinet. [48468/09]
    • Litter Pollution
      Question 837: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of litter fines that were served in the first six months of 2008; and the number that were paid....
    • Emergency Planning
      Question 838: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will institute a review of the State's response time and lack of planning during both the recent flood...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 839: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the proposed legislation or guidelines pertaining to dog breeding and dog welfare planned for 2010; and if he...
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 840: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an application (details supplied) was made to his Department...
    • Emergency Planning
      Question 841: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the meetings of the National Emergency Co-ordination Committee held in October, November, December 2009 and...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 842: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the legal or competition impediments for local authorities who might wish to waive council business rates or...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 843: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on reinstating the disabled person's grant for those who have limited access in their own homes;...
    • Natural Heritage Areas
      Question 845: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when payment for the sale of a bog will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 846: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will reimburse the €700,000 which has been spent to date by Clare County Council on the recent...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 847: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of Civil Service staff in his Department; the number of these staff who hold an economics degree;...
    • Sustainable Development Strategy
      Question 848: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support a matter (details supplied). [48340/09]
    • Planning Issues
      Question 849: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the increases in the cost of allotment rental; his plans to bring in...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 850: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action plan for the implementation of regulations that require all timber used in Government, semi-State...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 851: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of a recent incident involving the collision of a vehicle and a deer during a Ward Union hunt, he...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 852: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to review the residential density guidelines with a view to reduce density to provide for more...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 853: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will appoint an inspector to investigate the contract for an incinerator (details supplied) in Dublin...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 855: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce a waiver in relation to the €200 non principal private residence charge in the case of...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 856: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will appoint the professional conduct committee to deal with matters in relation to the architectural...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      Question 857: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will announce the level of funding for Limerick regeneration for 2010; when this funding will become...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 859: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received correspondence from a council (details supplied); the steps he has taken to address the...
    • Litter Pollution
      Question 860: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to place a levy on chewing gum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48620/09]
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 862: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has carried out an analysis of legal costs and fees paid by all local authorities for the years 2005 to...
    • Water Services
      Question 863: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will publish the Water Services Investment Programme 2010 to 2012; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 864: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has concluded the examination of Waterford County Council's revised preliminary report for the...
    • Road Safety
      Question 865: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money that has been spent on salt importation in December 2009 and January 2010 on a county...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 866: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount he expects to spend on carbon credits for 2009 and 2010; his views on whether it is appropriate to...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 867: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he had a meeting with animal welfare activists in his Department in the weeks leading up to the vote on...
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 868: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the process involved in the consideration of a foreshore licence application by his Department, from the...
    • River Basin Management
      Question 869: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will be implementing and funding the river basin management plan for the River Shannon, which he...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 870: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to bring forward legislation in relation to stalled developments and unfinished housing estates...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 871: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects a decision to be made on a project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Emergency Planning
      Question 872: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government whether an agency declared the current spell of extreme weather to be a major emergency in view of the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 873: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the savings outlined in the report of the special group on public numbers and expenditure programmes which...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 875: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the specific costs, including signage, brochures, launches, consultations, advertisements, public relations,...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 876: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to achieve European targets in respect of carbon emission reduction; if he will report on the...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 877: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if turf cutting is now prohibited on the 32 designated bogs on which the derogation has lapsed; and if he...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 878: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if planning permission would have been required to build a housing estate on land in South Dublin in 1961;...
    • Emergency Planning
      Question 880: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will instruct local authorities to upgrade their emergency plans in view of the recent adverse weather;...
    • Seanad Reform
      Question 882: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his report on Seanad reform has been finalised; his plans to publish legislation on Seanad reform; and if...
    • Ethics in Public Office
      Question 883: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of each gift, favour and hospitality received, both over and under the value of €650, since May...
    • Local Authority Schemes
      Question 884: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the arrangements which compel persons who purchase a home from their local authority under...
    • Local Authority Schemes
      Question 886: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Monaghan County Council previously informed mortgage holders...
    • Waste Management
      Question 887: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm that there is to be an increase in the landfill levy from February 2010 to €30 per...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 888: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money collected nationally in 2009 under the non-principal private residence charge; and the...
    • Natural Heritage Areas
      Question 890: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 286 of 17 December 2009, the number of hectares in each county that are...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 892: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the non principal private residence charge imposes a...
    • Motor Vehicle Registration
      Question 893: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the trade plates that are not accepted in Northern Ireland; his view on whether the €260 fine plus clamping...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 894: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number and location of full-time and retained fire fighting units in 2008 and 2009; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 895: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount allocated to local authorities under the national retrofit programme in 2009; the amount of the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 896: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of the proposed scheme for inspection of domestic septic tanks; when the scheme is expected will...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 897: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when consent and advice will be given by his Department in order that works will proceed at a location...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 898: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has technical information to back up his wide ranging assertions and recent statements affecting...
    • River Basin Management
      Question 899: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that all rivers, streams and watercourses left to their own...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 900: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the legislative framework to give effect to the incremental purchase scheme that was provided in the Housing...
    • Water Charges
      Question 903: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to reintroduce household water charges; and the timescale envisaged. [1937/10]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 905: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of whole time equivalents serving in his Department in the grades of secretary general, deputy...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 906: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will limit the number of planning applications on a site (details supplied) in County Kerry to four...
    • Water Services
      Question 907: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount allocated to each local authority in the 2007 to 2009 Water Services Investment Programme for...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 909: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of staff in his Department, broken down by division and section, annually since 2007 to date in...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Grant Payments
      Question 911: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the organisations who administered funding under the €5 million salmon hardship fund; the amount for which...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 913: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to evaluate the legislation that prevents fishing for eel here; if his attention has been drawn to...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 914: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for the electoral division of a location (details supplied) in County Mayo under the national...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 915: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of Civil Service staff in his Department; the number of these staff who hold an economics degree;...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 916: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when broadband will be available in an area (details supplied) in County Donegal in view of the details of his...
    • Inland Fisheries
      Question 917: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the public consultation process has been concluded regarding the total allowable catch for wild salmon and...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 918: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when broadband will be available in a town (details supplied) in County Leitrim. [1149/10]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 921: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the savings outlined in the report of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 922: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a fishing group (details supplied) in south Tipperary could be granted a licence to fish for at least one...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 923: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he will take to support renewable energy projects on farms; the grant aid or supports provided to...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 924: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 801 of 9 July 2009, the position regarding same; and if he will make a...
    • Ethics in Public Office
      Question 926: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details of each gift, favour and hospitality received by him, both over and under the value of €650,...
    • Departmental Charges
      Question 927: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the charges levied or set by his Department or agencies for the provision of goods or services to individuals...
    • Television Licence Fee
      Question 928: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the charge for a television licence; if this has increased in 2007, 2008 or 2009; the revenue raised from the...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 929: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will reconsider the fee in tariff price paid for renewable electricity from biomass in view of the fact...
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 931: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount allocated to the home energy saving scheme in 2009; the amount of the budget that was spent; the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 933: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of staff in his Department, broken down by division and section, annually since 2007 to date in...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Farm Inspections
      Question 934: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farm inspections carried out in 2009 on a county basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 935: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be awarded outstanding payments including REP scheme four, disadvantaged...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 936: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of civil service staff in his Department; the number of these staff who hold an economics degree; the number of...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 937: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their payment under REP scheme four; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 939: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has any plans to replace veterinary inspectors with trained auxiliary staff from his Department to carry out post...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 940: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive their REP scheme three payment; and if he will make a...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 943: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 449 of 13 October 2009, when he will make a determination on an application (details...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 944: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Sligo receives their 2009 REP scheme payment; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Pigmeat Sector
      Question 947: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the beneficiaries of the pork dioxin contingency fund; the moneys allocated to each beneficiary; the applications pending;...
    • Fur Farming
      Question 948: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the advice and recommendations contained in a submission (details supplied) to management at his Department regarding the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 949: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a meat supplier, which has had the advantage of State aid, is permitted to open butcher shops, selling below...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 950: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of funding paid out to date arising from recent flooding from the scheme administered by his Department for aid...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      Question 951: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the salmon aquaculture licence at an island (details supplied) in County Clare was revoked in December 2006 following a...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 952: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not yet received their REP scheme four payment; when payment will...
    • National Reserve
      Question 953: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will clarify the situation regarding young farmers' eligibility to apply for entitlements on an annual basis from the...
    • Horticulture Sector
      Question 954: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will support potato growers in County Donegal whose enterprises have been devastated by the Christmas 2009 weather...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 955: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide details of the number of REP scheme four applicants that have been approved in tabular form on a county...
    • Beef Quality Assurance Scheme
      Question 957: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he is taking to address the anomaly within the Bord Bia quality assurance beef herd scheme in which marts are not...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 958: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give a breakdown of the distribution of the 2010 piers and harbours building budget; if he will further give a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 960: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the savings outlined in the Report of the Special Group on Public Numbers and Expenditure Programmes which were accepted in...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 961: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reasons for non-payment of 2009 Disadvantaged Area Payment to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Live Exports
      Question 965: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he is taking to enhance the live cattle trade to Britain; the numbers exported in 2009; the reason this was...
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 966: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has reviewed his decision to close all administrative offices of his Department in Kilkenny city; his views on...
    • Ethics in Public Office
      Question 967: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the details of each gift, favour and hospitality received, both over and under the value of €650, from May 2007 to date in...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 968: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the Animal Welfare Bill will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1550/10]
    • Departmental Charges
      Question 970: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the charges levied or set by his Department or agencies for the provision of goods or services to individuals or businesses;...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 971: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a REP scheme 4 payment will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 973: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of technical agricultural officers upgraded to supervisory agricultural officers up to 31 December 2009 involved...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 975: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the status of an application for the farm improvement scheme in respect of a person (details supplied). [1854/10]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 978: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a meeting will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo with his officials. [1888/10]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 979: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason an application for an allocation from the national reserve, under category D, offshore island farmers, was...
    • Sugar Beet Sector
      Question 980: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if all payments due under the sugar beet compensation scheme have been made; the amount paid to date; the amount that...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 981: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the value to date of fodder replacement payments made to flood victims and the number of applicants involved; and if he will...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 982: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of Exchequer funding spent on a project (details supplied) in County Donegal to date in 2010; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 984: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of staff in his Department, broken down by division and section, annually since 2007 to date in 2010; and if he...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 985: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the school building programme of a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Youth Services
      Question 986: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if sufficient funding will be provided for services (details supplied) in Dublin 8 who provide vital and essential services to the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 988: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the new responsibilities given to Enterprise Ireland to market Ireland as a destination for under and...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 993: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the areas that have been identified as having the greatest need for new post primary education; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Building Projects
      Question 994: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 41 of 1 December 2009, the areas within Cork city identified as having a need for a primary...
    • School Staffing
      Question 995: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason he has abolished the supply panel scheme for primary teachers in Budget 2010; the amount of money expected to be saved from...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Board
      Question 996: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the spouse of a person would be entitled to apply to the Residential Institutions Redress Board but who is now deceased can apply...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 997: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the costing to date for the two primary schools at a location (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 998: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of playing fields available at a site (details supplied) in County Wexford for the primary schools and the new secondary...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1000: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress on the construction of a new school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Higher Education Building Projects
      Question 1003: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the higher education building projects that will utilise capital expenditure left over from the 2009 allocation; the sums involved...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      Question 1004: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the capital projects that will receive funding in 2010 from the moneys allocated in the budget 2010 for public private partnerships;...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1005: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has removed the eligibility for students who receive the back to education allowance to apply for higher education maintenance...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1007: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will acknowledge all relevant work experience and pay all incremental credit under the scheme for special needs assistants in...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1008: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of Civil Service staff in his Department; the number of these staff who hold an economics degree; the number of these...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1009: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that PhD students who have been eligible for the local authority grant in previous years...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 1010: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will appoint a representative from Dublin Institute of Technology students union to the board of the Grangegorman Development...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 1011: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the application for a school refurbishment grant by a school (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1013: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the timeframe in place for new school building projects announced for County Meath for the year 2010; and if he will make a statement...
    • Public Procurement
      Question 1015: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the details of changes in the tendering process for the supply of computer services and hardware to schools; if his attention has...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 1016: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a matter (details supplied); if the pay rise directed by the Labour Court in February 2009 will be awarded;...
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 1017: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the arrangements he has made with the chief executive officer of the Higher Education Authority to resolve the difficulties that have...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1018: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a child (details supplied) in County Leitrim will retain their special needs assistant at their school; and if he will make a...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1021: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason Donegal Vocational Education Committee will not grant a person (details supplied) in County Donegal a higher education...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 1022: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the details of the agreement made when schools (details supplied) in County Wexford were amalgamated in 1967; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1023: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress on the development of a school (details supplied) in County Cork; if funding is still in place; and if he will make a...
    • Victims of Child Abuse
      Question 1024: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the continued funding of the organisations (details supplied) regarding the services they provide to victims...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1025: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the priority status promised to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare in respect of the building of an autistic...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 1026: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support a matter (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [48554/09]
    • Departmental Meetings
      Question 1028: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason his officials (details supplied) failed to attend a meeting organised by the Department of Justice, Equality and Law...
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 1029: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to an issue at Galway Mayo Institute of Technology where Fáilte Ireland removed funding to students...
    • School Transport
      Question 1030: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the case of a child (details supplied) in County Limerick regarding free school transport. [48590/09]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1031: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has any plans for an all-Irish post primary gaelscoil in south Louth and east Meath area; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1033: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the student maintenance grant awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be reduced in 2010 as a result of...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 1034: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [1000/10]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1035: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if 14 primary schools were built and four extensions or refurbishments of primary schools were carried out in 2009. [1001/10]
    • Residential Institutions Redress Board
      Question 1038: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans regarding allocating a proportion of the new funds promised by the 18 religious teaching orders indemnified by the...
    • Education Welfare Service
      Question 1040: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the National Education Welfare Board has received correspondence (details supplied) about children failing to attend school; the...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1042: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will establish the current number of outstanding applications for grants which have to date in 2010 not been awarded by the...
    • Third Level Sector
      Question 1043: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he expects the review of the third level sector to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1039/10]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1046: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason third level grants and the millennium fund are being cut; if he plans to reverse these cuts; his views on whether these...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1047: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the proposed building project at a school (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement...
    • School Transport
      Question 1049: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 332 of 1 December 2009, the position regarding same; if he has had further contact from the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1050: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 404 of 15 December 2009, if the five further construction school projects identified by him...
    • School Patronage
      Question 1051: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the ethos and organising bodies of the patrons of schools (details supplied); the religious ethos to which these schools adhere; the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1052: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding his decisions made during 2009 in relation to Protestant fee paying schools; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 1053: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 498 of 13 October 2009, the comparative average rental costs in respect of prefabs for the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1054: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has revised the band rating of a school (details supplied) in County Cork which has requested capital funding; and if he will...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1055: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision on an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford regarding a post leaving certificate...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1058: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the request for a school extension by a school (details supplied) in Dublin 6w; and if he will make a...
    • Language Schools
      Question 1059: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the legislation and regulations that are in place governing the operation of language schools by private organisations for foreign...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1060: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide details of any financial support that will be offered to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1062: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will expedite the provision of the new school in Ballinamore in County Leitrim, in view of the fact that the current school,...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 1064: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made on an application for capital grant aid under the summer works scheme 2010 by a school (details...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1065: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of applications for education grants in 2009; the number of applications processed by 30 September 2009; the number...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 1068: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the savings outlined in the Report of the Special Group on Public Numbers and Expenditure Programmes which were accepted in budget...
    • State Examinations
      Question 1071: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the revenue generated in 2009 to the State Examination Commission from examination fees; the estimated income in 2010; and if he will...
    • Trade Union Subscriptions
      Question 1072: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if union dues are collected from the payroll of teachers and lecturers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1356/10]
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 1073: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress that has been made in acquiring a school site (details supplied) in Dublin 15. [1358/10]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1074: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made on the provision of an extension for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15. [1359/10]
    • School Staffing
      Question 1077: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm receipt of an application for a contract of indefinite duration in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • State Examinations
      Question 1078: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will establish a time scale for the introduction of physical education as an examination subject; and if he will make a...
    • Child Protection
      Question 1080: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if it is the policy of his Department's inspectorate to examine child protection policies and related files or to accept the...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 1081: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will make additional funding available for repairs to the plumbing or heating systems in schools affected by the poor weather...
    • Health and Safety Issues
      Question 1082: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there has been a change in the responsibilities of boards of managements in relation to the discretion exercised as to whether a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1083: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he attention has been drawn to the case of a school (details supplied) in which a child who has been assessed as having a need for...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 1086: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will make emergency funds available to schools in which damage was caused by flooding from burst pipes during the recent...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 1087: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the recently announced information and communications technology infrastructure grant for schools, he will allow...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1089: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress of building works on a school (details supplied) in Dublin 6; the amount of funding received by the school in the 2008...
    • Ethics in Public Office
      Question 1090: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the details of each gift, favour and hospitality received, both over and under the value of €650, since May 2007 to date in 2010;...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1091: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made on the appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny for the maintenance grant under the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1092: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the establishment of a new children's mental health coalition; if he will act on their...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1094: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application by a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon to the primary school building unit in view...
    • Third Level Charges
      Question 1095: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the revenue generated for each third level by the registration fee in 2009; the anticipated revenue from this charge in 2010; and if...
    • Early School Leavers
      Question 1096: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students who dropped out of second level education in Cork city and county prior to sitting the leaving certificate for...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1097: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will respond to a safety report on a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; his views on whether this report illustrates...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1098: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the options available in respect of pursuing a higher diploma in education in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo;...
    • Education Welfare Service
      Question 1099: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the advice his Department will give to the National Education Welfare Board on the appointment of a new chief executive officer when...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1100: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in accepting a tender for a building project at a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if the contractor...
    • School Staffing
      Question 1101: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reasons 180 newly qualified teachers will not be probated this year; his plans regarding same; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 1102: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the recommended laptop will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork in order to facilitate the completion of...
    • Child Protection
      Question 1103: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 466 of 10 November 2009, if he will supply this Deputy with a list of the 700 primary schools...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1104: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if third level fully accredited part time courses will be grant assisted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1826/10]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1106: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the schools capital building programme 2009 in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Waterford; and...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1110: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made on an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny for a post leaving certificate...
    • School Transport
      Question 1111: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will take responsibility for the erection of bus shelters outside schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1958/10]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1112: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will be able to proceed with its new building project; if he has ordered that...
    • Research Funding
      Question 1113: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there is a risk that universities here and researchers will lose their access to on-line scientific and humanities journals as a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1114: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application has been received for the development of phase two of a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork; the...
    • Adult Education
      Question 1116: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the nature and level of grant aid which is available to a mature person who wishes to return to education, and in particular to...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1117: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a new school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1120: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of staff in his Department, broken down by division and section, annually since 2007 to date in 2010; and if he will make...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1121: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made regarding the continuation of the new school project at Kill, County Kildare since 5 November 2009; if it is...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1122: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the expert group on the education of children with emotional and behavioural disorders was established by the National Council...
    • School Transport
      Question 1125: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the value of payments made to Bus Éireann annually since 2000 for the school transport scheme; the details and the value of any...

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