Written answers

Wednesday, 20 January 2010

  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of staff, per grade, within his Department; if the number of staff in his Department is comparable with defence ministries in states with...
    • Air Accident Investigations
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will make a statement on the outcome of the preliminary investigation into the crash of a Pilatus PC-9 in Connemara on 12 October 2009. [1997/10]
    • Riot Control
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that the military police detachment force responsible for the security of Leinster House and Government Buildings is of sufficient...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount expended in 2009 and the amount planned for 2010 for expenditure on the Reserve Defence Force; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of money raised by the recent sale of six Air Corps Alouette helicopters; the way this money will be used; if he is satisfied that the...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Defence when he expects normal recruitment into the Defence Forces to commence again in view of the his statement on 24 November 2009; the steps he will take...
    • Medical Corps
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Defence if, in view of the stated fact in the Defence Services Review that the medical corps is experiencing difficulties in meeting the health needs of the...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Defence if the steering committee has been established to oversee and manage the value for money review of the Reserve Defence Force; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that military officers are still residing in containers in Cathal Brugha Barracks, Dublin, in which for...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Defence if Irish participation in MINURCAT is scheduled to continue beyond its expiry date in March 2010; the cost involved in the termination of Irish...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Defence the bodies or agencies, operating under the aegis of his Department, to which the terms of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest...
    • Medical Corps
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of medical staff within the Defence Forces; the number who have a psychiatric qualification; the number in each category serving in a...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Defence when he will announce the new chairperson for the Irish Red Cross; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1985/10]
    • Naval Service Vessels
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for vessel replacement in the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1994/10]
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the insurance payment of €3.8 million arising from the loss of [i]Asgard II[/i]; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Search and Rescue Service
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of patrolling days undertaken by Naval Service vessels in each year from 2005 to 2009; the planned number for 2010; if he has had...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Defence the level of payroll savings achieved by him in 2009 arising from retirements from the Defence Forces and the enforcement of the embargo; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of personnel in his Department to whom the full public service pay cuts provided for by the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public...
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the investigation being carried out into an allegation that a member of the Naval Service was supplying information on patrol...
    • Defence Forces Operations
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Defence the precise nature, composition and operational structures of the national emergency plan; the number of times activated in 2009 and to date in...
    • Bomb Disposal Unit
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Defence the discussions he has had with the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform in regard to the 78 hoax callouts of the explosive ordinance...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Defence if members of the permanent Defence Force are in receipt of family income supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1975/10]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Defence the proportion of GDP was spent on the Defence Forces in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1979/10]
    • Defence Forces Strength
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of personnel currently serving in the Defence Force; the number in each service, army, naval service and air corps; and if he will make a...
    • Naval Service Vessels
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Defence the repair work recently carried out to the hulls of the [i]LE Emer[/i] and the [i]LE Aoife[/i]; the length of time that each vessel was out of...
    • Court of Inquiry Report
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Defence if the report of the court of inquiry into the accident at Kilworth Camp, County Cork, in June 2009 has been forwarded by the commanding officer;...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of appointments that have been filled to date in view of the recent decision to approve 50 promotions at senior level within the Defence...
    • Defence Forces Training
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of personnel in respective ranks who attended training camps in 2009 in the integrated and non-integrated Reserve Defence Forces...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Force members who have retired or resigned over the past 18 months; the number of commissioned officers, non-commissioned...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Defence the savings that will accrue to his Department arising from the public service pay cuts applied by the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public...
    • Army Equitation School
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Defence if the Army equitation school will continue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1981/10]
    • Commemorative Events
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress reported in the projects relating to the 2016 commemoration of the 1916 rising at the Oireachtas consultation group report on 2...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Defence the main equipment purchases and deliveries of new equipment and vehicles scheduled over the coming six months; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Defence the legislative programme for his Department for 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1986/10]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will make a statement on his Department's Estimate for 2010. [1988/10]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Websites
      Question 129: To ask the Taoiseach the number of websites his Department provides; the annual cost of maintaining each site; the number of unique visits each site received for 2009, or for a...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Apprentice Work Placements
      Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of apprentices who are within six to 12 months of completion of their apprenticeship but are...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding community employment schemes; the length of time a person can remain on them; if she...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of visits by IDA Ireland personnel with potential investors to a town (details supplied) in County...
    • Employment Action Plan
      Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of unemployed persons interviewed by FÁS under the national employment action plan in 2009 who...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of placement officers working in each FÁS office, on a part-time and full-time basis; the number...
    • Job Clubs
      Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs clubs here; the amount of funding each club has received for each year since 2007; the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the purpose of the FÁS communications unit; the way this unit helps the unemployed; the number of staff...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the allocation of funding and assistance available to businesses in Carrick-on-Shannon and Leitrim village...
  • Department of Finance
    • Departmental Websites
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of websites his Department provides; the annual cost of maintaining each site; the number of unique visits each site received for 2009,...
    • Public Sector Pay
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of public servants earning less than €30,000 who work in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2248/10]
    • Tax Code
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of commuters who claimed tax relief on annual travel cards in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2249/10]
    • Public Sector Pay
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Finance if the combined rates as per the table in circular 145/09 could be used to apply the recent pay cuts for work sharing civil servants' actual incomes...
    • Price Inflation
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the cost of many services provided by the public service increased last year, while the cost of services provided by the private sector...
    • Public Sector Pay
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Finance if the recent public sector pay cut applies to those who are exempt from the public sector pension levy; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; if he will continue to be employed; the way he was informed that he was...
    • Tax Code
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the issue of the tax treatment of couples on old age pensions in a manner that could be regarded as discriminatory and outline...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to prevent the reoccurrence of flooding in south Galway; his views on the need for compromise between State agencies in order that works...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a matter (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [2567/10]
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Finance if, any agency, organisation or body in receipt of State funding should be included under the Freedom of Information Act; the range of bodies,...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will approve the appointment of a chief medical officer for the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown area, a position which has been vacant...
    • Health Services
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the working relationship between the Health Service Executive and a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of websites her Department provides; the annual cost of maintaining each site; the number of unique visits each site received...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on an application for a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
    • Health Services
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in providing occupational therapy for a child (details supplied) in County Kildare. [2273/10]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the relationship between the Health Service Executive and a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Cards
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the dedicated hotline for Deputies queries regarding over 70 years medical card applications; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the new accident and emergency department will be completed at a hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a specialist will be in place at a hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2322/10]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the withdrawal of a medical card by the Health Service Executive in the case of persons (details supplied) in...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; if their application for the fair deal will be approved and...
    • Health Services
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the difficulties with the orthodontic services in Dublin area; if he will explain the reason for the waiting list; the...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the actions she has taken to advertise the early childhood care and education scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Cards
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the criteria involved in the decision to remove the issuing of medical cards to older persons from local health board offices to...
    • Health Services
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of home helps provided by the Health Service Executive in Galway city and county; the number of persons benefiting from this...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the time scale for the proposed disposal of property at a hospital (details supplied) in County Galway; if there is a current valuation...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the original contract cost for the provision of the new health centre at a hospital (details supplied) in County Galway; the expenditure...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the bed capacity of University College Hospital, Galway, Merlin Park Hospital, Galway and Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, County...
    • Patient Statistics
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the increased number of patients treated in each speciality following the designation of University College Hospital, Galway as a centre...
    • Health Services
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funds provided by the Health Service Executive to service providers in County Galway for each of the years 2007, 2008 and 2009 for...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if plans are in place to sell lands at a location (details supplied) in County Donegal; when the land will go on the market; her views...
    • Water Fluoridation
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of the water fluoridation programme in 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2557/10]
    • Bio-Monitoring Programme
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when in 2010 the bio-monitoring programme to measure fluoride levels in the general population, as outlined in the renewed programme for...
    • Health Services
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No 105 of 4 November 2009, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [2564/10]
    • Laboratory Services
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify remarks made by her in Dáil Éireann on 8 December 2009 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Laois in order that there is no reduction in home help hours....
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if payments to nursing homes under the fair deal scheme are made from the date of application for the scheme or from the date of...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if phase 3C of Naas General Hospital in County Kildare has been included in the revised capital programme 2007 to 2013. [2593/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the adult and child psychology service in County Kildare is operating at 25% of the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that persons living in County Kildare with arthritis have to wait for up to three years to...
    • Health Services
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if financial assistance or otherwise will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
  • Department of Transport
    • Rural Transport Services
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount spent on rural transport in south Tipperary every year since 2004 to date in 2010; the number of routes that are funded by his...
    • Departmental Websites
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of websites his Department provides; the annual cost of maintaining each site; the number of unique visits each site received for 2009,...
    • National Transport Authority
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Transport when the National Transport Authority will be up and running; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2250/10]
    • Air Services
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Transport the efforts that have been made to resolve the breakdown in negotiations between an airline (details supplied) and the Shannon Airport Authority...
    • Road Network
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has satisfied himself that the works carried out on Portumna Bridge over the River Shannon are adequate for the volume of traffic using this...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Transport if extra funding will be allocated to local authorities to repair roads damaged during recent bad weather; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Safety
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to address the road safety issues that will now arise as a result of roads damaged during the recent bad weather; and if he will make a...
    • Public Transport
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Transport the current usage of public transport; the targets he has for the future use of public transport; the steps taken to encourage the use of public...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Departmental Websites
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of websites his Department provides; the annual cost of maintaining each site; the number of unique visits each...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps taken to deal with the issue of organised begging; if legislation is planned to allow the Garda deal with this...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the monthly costs, including a detailed explanation of the way the figures are calculated, for policing the Corrib gas...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the circumstances surrounding the importation of explosives here by a Slovak national; the action he has taken to have this...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí of each rank located at each station in both Galway city and county for each of the years 2006, 2007,...
    • Road Safety
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of road traffic accidents recorded by the Garda Síochána, including the number of persons injured and killed,...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has acquired or is in the process of acquiring a property (details supplied) in County Limerick for use...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide a copy of correspondence to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick confirming their permission...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí in each Garda division on 31 December 2009; the population covered by each Garda division per census...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the Committee Stage amendments to the Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009 and the Property Services (Regulation Bill)...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Departmental Websites
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of websites his Department provides; the annual cost of maintaining each site; the number of unique visits each site received for...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding a passport application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason he has not sought the deployment of 130 personnel from the rapid response team to provide assistance in Haiti as opposed to...
    • Lost Property
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; if he will follow up on this matter; and if he will make a statement...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the circumstances surrounding the importation of explosives here by a Slovak national; the action he has taken to have this matter...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Departmental Websites
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of websites his Department provides; the annual cost of maintaining each site; the number of unique visits each site...
    • Local Development Programme
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the funding provided to a programme (details supplied) in County Laois in 2010, for the ongoing implementation of the sports...
    • Abbey Theatre Players
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the annual grant awarded by him or with expenditure from his Department to the Abbey Theatre, Dublin; the reason, in this time of...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress that has been made in the provision of the new swimming pool in Loughrea, County Galway; the cost of this project; the...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Departmental Websites
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of websites his Department provides; the annual cost of maintaining each site; the number of unique visits...
    • Community Development
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the decision to discontinue the greater Blanchardstown development project; if her attention...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Departmental Websites
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of websites her Department provides; the annual cost of maintaining each site; the number of unique visits each site...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she has assessed the impact of cutting off children's allowance at 18 years of age; the impact this has had on child poverty;...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an appeal against the decision to refuse an application for mortgage relief in respect of a person (details...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the employer job PRSI incentive scheme; the location where and the way to apply; when it will be available;...
    • Tax Code
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will clarify the issue of the tax treatment of couples on old age pensions in a manner that could be regarded as...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost to date to her Department for the provision of assistance to flood victims in County Galway; the average financial...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if emergency fuel allowance payments will be awarded to fuel allowance recipients in view of the long spell of cold weather; and...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Websites
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of websites his Department provides; the annual cost of maintaining each site; the number of unique visits each site received for 2009,...
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Defence the impact of the abandonment of the plan to decentralise Defence Force Headquarters staff to the Defence Forces Training Centre at the Curragh,...
    • Defence Forces Staff
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of military dental hygienists employed in the Defence Forces; his views on whether this number is adequate; if consideration has been...
    • National Emergency Plan
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Defence the definition of a natural disaster or emergency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2602/10]
    • Search and Rescue Service
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Defence if the army, navy and air corps have access to adequate rescue personnel, craft and equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2607/10]
    • Overseas Assistance
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Defence if unilaterally or in conjunction with his EU colleagues, consideration has been given to the setting up of a Europe wide disaster response force...
    • Defence Forces Training
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the training of apprenticeships for the Defence Forces; the number of such apprentices trained on an annual basis in the past...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which vehicles, crafts, technology, equipment and training is updated on an annual basis in respect of the army, navy and air corp;...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Departmental Websites
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of websites his Department provides; the annual cost of maintaining each site; the number of...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is entitled to compensation for the designation of their lands...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding grants for central heating and insulation in view of the fact that a council (details...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding turf cutting in bogs located in areas of special area of conservation in counties...
    • Emergency Management Framework
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to deal with weather conditions similar to those experienced over Christmas 2009 and early new year...
    • Waste Management
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 280 of 17 December 2009, the reason he did not address the issue...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of house owners registered with Galway County Council and Galway City Council on the private...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to alleviate potential flooding reoccurring in south Galway; the funds he is providing for these...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funding will made available to commence work on a scheme (details supplied); the provisional completion...
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps that have been taken to establish an investigation into the flooding of Cork city in November 2009;...
    • Water Services
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide details in tabular form of the amount spent each year for the past ten years on the...
    • Special Protection Areas
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will sign the order allowing for the provision of a facility (details supplied) in Dublin 1 following a...
    • Emergency Planning
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his role in the co-ordination of efforts to address the severe weather conditions; if a Cabinet sub-committee...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details of the new grant scheme to improve energy compliance for old houses; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Websites
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of websites his Department provides; the annual cost of maintaining each site; the number of unique...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views in the context of the preparation of an offshore renewable energy development plan and the...
    • Broadcasting Legislation
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland will allow complaints to be made by ordinary members of the public,...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the provision of broadband facilities in Kilglass, County Roscommon. [2321/10]
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of wind farm projects nationally currently at gate three status; the number of these projects in...
    • Energy Regulation
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the case of retailers designated DG6 who fall into the category of low...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Departmental Websites
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of websites his Department provides; the annual cost of maintaining each site; the number of unique visits each...
    • Special Protection Areas
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is entitled to compensation for the designation of their lands as a special...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the delay in issuing payment to a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the installation aid scheme;...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the proposed new animal health and welfare Bill; the stage it is at; if the heads of the Bill have...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers in County Galway that were participants in the REP scheme in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009; the number...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the names of pork processors in County Galway that received compensation through his Department from the contamination of...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers in County Galway who are participants in REP schemes in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009; the numbers who...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers in County Galway that have received assistance or financial support from his Department following the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the REP scheme four payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the first instalment of payments under the farm waste management scheme due to be paid in the beginning of 2009 have been...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of persons who received payments under all REP scheme categories in County Mayo for 2007, 2008 and 2009; the...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Departmental Websites
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of websites his Department provides; the annual cost of maintaining each site; the number of unique visits each site...
    • Schools Building Programme
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the allocation for primary and post primary school building in 2010; if he will provide an overview of the 2009 schools building...
    • Summer Works Scheme
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support an application under the summer works scheme by a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork. [2266/10]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students in 1996, 2007 and 2008 who were on vocational training opportunity schemes and qualified for higher education...
    • School Staffing
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding special needs assistants for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; the number of SNAs that are in the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he intends to continue the practice of nominating a student to the Grangegorman Development Agency, Dublin; and when this...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the increase in fees and cuts in support for PhD students in third level institutions; the way he proposes to increase...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools in County Galway who benefited under the summer works scheme in 2008 and 2009; the number of offers for which...
    • School Textbooks
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will regulate the use of recommended basic text books at second level in order that the current costs of providing text books...
    • School Transport
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will reconsider his demand for a once off payment of school bus transport and revert to the per term payment in view of the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average or standard cost per square meter area for the rent of prefab class rooms paid by his Department for each of the years...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date of discussions with the representatives of the boards of management of Protestant schools; and if he will make a...
    • School Services Staff
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 96 of 17 September 2009, if the exemption has been extended beyond 31 December 2009 to allow...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if tenders have been invited for the construction of the new national school in Ardclough County Kildare. [2588/10]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 15 October 2009, his views on the proposals from the board of management to allow the...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the purchase of the site for a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare has been completed; and if a design team has been...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a new contract has been signed for the completion of the new school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and the details of same...