Written answers
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Fisheries Protection
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he expects the EU Norway negotiations in relation to mackerel fishing to be concluded; and if he will make a statement...
- Bovine Diseases
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason agricultural laboratories are not available for bovine viral diarrhoea, infectious bovine rhinotracheitis and...
- Pension Provisions
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the discussions he has had with the Department of Social and Family Affairs regarding a change to State pension arrangements...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will commence discussions on the new REP scheme to replace REP scheme four; and the details for same. [3860/10]
- Fisheries Protection
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is satisfied with the outcome of the December 2009 EU Fisheries' Council; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Organic Farming
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in view of the recent re-opening of the organic farming scheme with a new requirement, farmers will be required to...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if farmers will be in a position to apply for new REP scheme before 1 March 2010. [3861/10]
- Lost at Sea Scheme
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person or organisation, other than him and his Department officials or persons directly involved with the drawing up of...
- Tillage Sector
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his forecast for tillage farmers in 2010, in particular the grain sector in light of losses incurred over previous years;...
- Food Labelling
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will raise the need for more comprehensive labelling legislation at an EU level on foot of the interagency group...
- Grant Payments
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of REP scheme four farmers who have been paid since he promised payments would commence from mid December 2009....
- Crop Losses
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has been involved in the compilation of an application to the EU Solidarity Fund for compensation for farmers and...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of factory ships of international origin that have been brought to shore since the Sea-Fisheries Protection...
- Bee Population
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there is a national strategy for the future of the bee population here. [3886/10]
- Afforestation Programme
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the percentage of the country covered by forestry; the targets for further forestry development; and the incentives...
- European Council Meetings
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the outcome of the January 2010 Council of Agriculture Ministers meeting regarding the functioning of the European food...
- Beef Industry
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will report on the operation of the new quality payment system at meat factories; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Funding
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason unspent common agricultural policy funds being distributed to discussion groups is singularly aimed at the dairy...
- Food Industry
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in view of Bord Bia's export performance and prospects report, he is satisfied that the value of Irish food and drink...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the input his Department has had in the drafting of the proposed climate change Bill; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Fur Farming
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he anticipates compensation for fur farmers will be required if the programme for Government commitment to proceed with a...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has spent his full allocation of REP scheme funding of €369 million in 2009. [3858/10]
- Animal Identification Scheme
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he is taking to reverse the plans for the electronic tagging of sheep; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Fishing Industry Development
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of fishing boats registered; the estimated number employed on same; and the estimated number of onshore jobs in...
- Common Agricultural Policy
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the possibility of retaining the single farm payment in the Common Agriculture Policy negotiations. [3866/10]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action taken by his Department to ensure a co-ordinated approach to animal health and welfare legislation between here...
- Food Industry
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the consultations he has had with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment regarding the proposed introduction of...
- Animal Diseases
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the incidence of Johne's disease as notified to his Department in 2009 and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement...
- Food Safety Standards
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action he will take on foot of the report by the interagency group established to consider the pork dioxin contamination...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will consider including dogfish in allowable by-catch for gill netting fishermen; and if he will make a statement on...
- Live Exports
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he is taking to develop the live cattle trade to Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3676/10]
- Land Values
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the fact that agricultural land values in Leinster and Connaught have fallen by more than...
- Grocery Industry
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on a code of practice in the grocery sector here which will ensure that food producers here are paid an...
- Fishing Quota
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the final decision will be reached on mackerel quotas for 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3748/10]
- Crop Losses
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the assistance he will provide for potato growers adversely affected by recent weather conditions; and if he will make a...
- Beef Industry
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will introduce initiatives aimed at encouraging bull beef production; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Crop Losses
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the extent of the damage caused to potato crops as a result of the recent very cold weather; the impact of same; and if he...
- Rural Development
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the maximum number of participants that will be allowed to join the new agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a...
- Provision of Allotments
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will introduce a national policy on the promotion of allotments; if funding is available for the promotion of...
- Fishing Industry
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the introduction of an ombudsman for fisheries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3804/10]
- Grant Payments
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of REP scheme four applicants that have to be paid on a county basis; if his attention has been drawn to the...
- Common Agricultural Policy
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his position, as conveyed to his EU colleagues, in the context of the common agricultural policy review and world trade...
- Dairy Sector
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will pay out Ireland's proportion of the €300 million EU dairy fund; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Food Security
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in view of his recent statement to the world food summit that one person in every six is now food insecure and that the...
- Sheep Sector
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the value of the new grassland sheep scheme over the period 2010-2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3685/10]
- Road Repairs
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the instigation of a grant system to encourage landowners to drain water from public roads. [3883/10]
- Agri-Food Industry
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when will his Department's 2020 Strategy be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3693/10]
- Farm Waste Management
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the proportion of the total funding in respect of the farm waste management scheme that has been paid to date; and if he...
- Common Fisheries Policy
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has approved Ireland's submission to the EU Commission, regarding the reform of the common fisheries policy; and if he...
- Dairy Sector
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the high level group on dairying; and his further views on whether a voluntary contract will stabilise milk...
- Grant Payments
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when all REP scheme four payments will be awarded; and if his attention has been drawn to the hardship endured by delays in...
- Common Agricultural Policy
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the way in which greater simplification can be brought to the common agricultural policy in the context of the...
- Grant Payments
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers paid for REPS 4 on a county basis. [3889/10]
- Agri-Food Sector
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the impact he envisages that the new EU Commissioner Designate for Agriculture will have on the 5% land area target for...
- Rural Development
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will announce details of a new agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3678/10]
- Grant Payments
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount paid to farmers under the fodder aid scheme announced in November 2009; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Dairy Sector
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the outlook for the price of milk in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Organic Farming
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans for farmers here in view of the continued growth in domestic demand for organic products and the scale of the...
- Rural Development
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the investment schemes for conversion of poultry house, pig welfare, dairy hygiene and sheep fencing will be...
- Grocery Industry
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in view of the commitment in the revised programme for Government to implement a code of practice to develop a fair...
- Horticulture Sector
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the extent of the damage caused to vegetable crops as a result of the recent cold weather; the impact of same; and if he...
- Dairy Sector
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will announce details of the €45 million investment support scheme aimed at helping young dairy farmers to adjust...
- Cattle Prices
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the fact that cattle prices here are projected to fall this year; and if he will make a...
- Rural Development
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the maximum payment per participant under the new agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Grant Payments
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is satisfied that adequate funding has been made available to those farmers who were badly affected by the recent...
- Crop Losses
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if supports will be put in place for potato farmers following the poor yield brought about by the recent bad weather. [3867/10]
- Sheep Losses
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the heavy sheep losses in mountainous regions as a result of the cold weather; and if he...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of funding he will provide for the new REP scheme in 2010. [3859/10]
- Farm Assist Scheme
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has a co-ordinating role with Department of Social and Family Affairs regarding farm assist. [3864/10]
- Rural Development
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of funding that will be available in 2010 for those participating in the new agri-environment scheme; and if he...
- Common Fisheries Policy
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the timeframe for the completion of the common fisheries policy review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3885/10]
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the agencies under his remit are working on scientific solutions to reducing methane emissions within the agricultural...
- Equine Registration
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on submissions from a society (details supplied) in relation to the ownership of the stud book. [3873/10]
- Milk Quota
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of new entrants into the dairy sector for the years 2008 to date in 2010. [3869/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has a co-ordinating role with the Department of Social and Family Affairs regarding family income supplement. [3863/10]
- Common Agricultural Policy
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the discussions that have taken place at EU level on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy after 2013; and if he will...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the restrictions on whitefish fishing off County Donegal, introduced at the December 2008 fisheries...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if it is proposed to increase funding to Animal Health Ireland for its multi-annual programme. [3870/10]
- Animal Feedstuffs
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the inter-agency review group report on the dioxin contamination incident here in December 2006; and if he is...
- Food Labelling
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the extent to which he directly or in conjunction with his EU colleagues will ensure rigorous enforcement of food...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Food Imports
Question 192: To ask the Taoiseach the value of goods imported here from the West Bank during the period 2006 to 2009; and the main types of food produce that were imported from this region....
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Grant Payments
Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if grants are available to unemployed persons seeking to set up businesses in the area of insulation and...
- County Enterprise Boards
Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason the chief executive officer of Mayo County Enterprise Board did not reply to correspondence...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the location of the 12 companies in County Donegal that IDA Ireland supports; the number of jobs in each; and...
- Enterprise Stabilisation Fund
Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications that were received from County Donegal for support under the enterprise...
- Employment Subsidy Scheme
Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications that were received from County Donegal for support under the employment subsidy...
- Trade Relations
Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will respond to a query (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4099/10]
- Job Losses
Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which persons who were made redundant by a company (details supplied) can avail of funds being...
- Job Creation
Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the grants and other assistance available to unemployed persons seeking to set up their own business; if...
- Department of Finance
- Flood Relief
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the various flood alleviation measures that are taking place in County Waterford; the measures that will be included in phases one,...
- Tax Code
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Finance the liability for a sibling who inherits a family home; if there are circumstances in which such a tax would not apply; and if he will make a...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage savings, in view of public service reforms, that have been achieved by the public service recruitment moratorium in 2009; if 3%...
- Tax Code
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Finance the way mortgage relief at source is applied; and the number of years a householder can claim this relief on their mortgage. [4091/10]
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has reached an agreement with the banks to allow persons to alter the terms of their mortgage to interest-only repayments for periods of 12...
- EU Funding
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has made an application for emergency funding under the EU solidarity fund for persons affected by flooding here; and if he will make a...
- Tax Code
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Finance when a tax refund will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has submitted all relevant and requested information...
- Departmental Staff
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of whole time equivalents serving in the Houses of the Oireachtas in the grades of Secretary General, Deputy Secretary General, Assistant...
- Department of Health and Children
- Food Safety
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which traceability standards are applied throughout the catering industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Service Staff
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Meath can avail of early retirement or retire on ill-health grounds, if offered, without loss...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow who applied to the Health Service Executive in Naas,...
- Hospital Services
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the concerns being expressed that the transfer of cancer services from Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24...
- HSE Expenditure
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a directive has been issued, or is proposed to be issued, to the Health Service Executive as to the way certain bodies assisted with...
- Hospital Services
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) will be given a date for an MRI scan. [3919/10]
- Medical Cards
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will issue on an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she...
- Health Services
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the support available to cancer patients in accessing treatment in view of the transport costs incurred; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to relocate the Mid-Western Regional Maternity Hospital, Limerick to the Dooradoyle site; the timeframe for same; if her...
- Hospital Services
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment date for an operation at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24;...
- Medical Cards
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; the reason for the delay in...
- Health Services
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 21 October 2009, the reason correspondence (details supplied) has not been responded to by...
- Mental Health Services
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the establishment of a new children's mental health coalition; if she will act on their...
- Medical Cards
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [4094/10]
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to address the legal loophole which allows so called head shops to sell products with serious psychiatric side...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the fact that a nursing home (details supplied) closed down almost a year ago and the commitment given that a review of...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting time for financial assessments under the fair deal nursing scheme on county basis, as of the 8 January 2010; and if she will...
- Medical Cards
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications made under the fair deal nursing home support scheme since its commencement; the number of such applications...
- Department of Transport
- Departmental Staff
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of whole time equivalents serving in his Department and the Road Safety Authority in the grades of Secretary General, Deputy Secretary...
- Road Network
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has offered any additional assistance to South Dublin County Council to deal with road issues throughout Dublin south west following the...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Asylum Applications
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an asylum application (details supplied). [3926/10]
- Garda Investigations
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the re-opening of the investigation into the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- Firearms Certificates
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of legally held handguns that have been licensed since the enactment of the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous...
- Commissions of Investigation
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for deciding not to make available to the public any further copies of the Murphy Report; if his attention has...
- Visa Applications
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a visa to visit here when they had previously visited on a visa without...
- Residency Permits
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a residency status and the right to work without a work permit in the case of persons (details...
- Asylum Applications
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for asylum in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
- Residency Permits
Question 252: 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 Wicklow; and if he...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Departmental Staff
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of whole time equivalents serving in the his Department in the grades of Secretary General, Deputy Secretary General, Assistant...
- Diplomatic Representation
Question 254: 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. [4082/10]
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Security of the Elderly
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding allocated in 2009 under the community support for the elderly scheme in tabular form on a county basis;...
- Rural Development
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the steps he will take to expand the rural social scheme, which has been important in helping to deal with the...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford who...
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons who availed of the services of the Money Advice and Budgetary Service in County Waterford in 2009; and if...
- Pension Provisions
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to investigate the administrative mistake made in her Department and reported in a newspaper (details supplied); and if...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the projected savings from the decision to ask all child benefit and one parent family payment claimants who live here but work in...
- Civil Registration
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on amending the Civil Registration Act 2004 to facilitate the registration of deaths of Irish citizens who died abroad;...
- Pension Provisions
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made on a contributory pension application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is in receipt of their full entitlement to a rent supplement; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she is satisfied with the fact that even though the number of appeal decisions made by an appeals officer following an oral...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when mortgage support will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Department of Defence
- Pension Provisions
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will increase the pension rank of former members of a unit to take into account a 2007 claim for payment which was awarded and backdated for...
- Overseas Missions
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Defence if the Irish Army will be used to assist the earthquake victims in Haiti. [4131/10]
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Local Authority Charges
Question 278: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the cost of water metering on farm families that use water from public water supplies; and...
- Foreshore Licences
Question 279: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1068 of 6 October 2009, when a foreshore licence will issue in respect...
- Farm Waste Management
Question 280: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his policy on the disposal of hedge clippings from agricultural holdings; and if he will make a statement on...
- Flood Relief
Question 281: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 295 of 17 December 2009, when he expects to receive a report on the...
- Planning Issues
Question 282: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether there should be restrictions on the right of persons to apply for retention when the...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 283: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Donegal; the stage the project is at;...
- Fire Stations
Question 284: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to provide a new fire station at a location (details supplied) in County Donegal; the stage the...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 285: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount spent through his Department on the purchase of private residential properties for use as social...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 288: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are a number of local authorities that do not have a...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 289: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide an additional €100,000 funding to a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County...
- Turbary Rights
Question 290: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to facilitate turf cutters on the 32 raised designated bogs; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 291: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons on local authority housing lists in counties Longford and Westmeath; and if he will...
- Building Regulations
Question 292: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that inadequate pipework installations routinely happened in the...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 294: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will ensure that South Dublin County Council has support to deal effectively with issues relating to...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Building Regulations
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many households are not benefiting from upgrades to their...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent of bio-fuel production in train throughout the country; the degree to which adequate processing and...
- Energy Conservation
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of households that participated in the warmer homes scheme during 2009 on a county basis; and if he...
- Gas Cylinders
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the price regulations in place for bottled gas cylinders; and if prices of these cylinders are to decrease in...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reasons a parish (details supplied) in County Galway has almost no broadband facilities; if such facilities...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- EU Funding
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has been involved in the compilation of an application to the EU Solidarity Fund in respect of compensation for...
- Poultry Industry
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will publish the results of the poultry meat analyses carried out in November 2009; and if he will make a statement...
- Grant Payments
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their payment under REPS 4; and if he will make a statement on...
- Direct Payment Schemes
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [3907/10]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will oppose the introduction of climate change legislation here which would increase costs to farmers and restrict...
- Road Network
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will seek the repair of rural roads which have become impassable and have prevented farm families from tending to...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will expedite a REPS 4 application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
- Grant Payments
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a payment under REPS 4 will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a...
- Direct Payment Schemes
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when an application will be reviewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when guidelines will issue on the way applications to REP scheme plans that cannot be progressed due to the biodiversity...
- Grant Payments
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Question No. 391 of 8 December 2009, when an application will be finalised in respect of a person (details...
- Agricultural Exports
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the extent in value and volume of beef, lamb, pigmeat and dairy produce exported in each of the past five years to date in...
- Food Industry
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the extent of new markets established for Irish beef, lamb, pigmeat and diary products in 2009; the markets lost, if any, in...
- Sugar Beet Industry
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the degree to which all those previously involved in sugar beet growing for sugar production purposes have been compensated...
- Food Industry
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans for the development and expansion of the fruit and vegetable industry here; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Deer Farming
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the extent of deer farming here in comparison with other EU member states; the way the price paid to the producer compares...
- Sugar Beet Industry
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the extent to which sugar beet production continues in each of the EU member states including Ireland; and if he will make a...
- Food Prices
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the extent to which the prices paid to the producer and charged to the consumer here compare with the prices for milk and...
- Laboratory Testing
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the extent to which the full scale of intended or expected laboratory facilities at Backweston, Celbridge, County Kildare...
- Food Labelling
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is satisfied that the enforcement of food labelling is sufficiently stringent to protect the integrity of the food...
- Food Safety Standards
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the extent to which food imports here or to other EU member states are subjected to regular or spot checking to ensure...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the areas of land under the various forms of bio-fuel production; the extent to which trends are monitored on an ongoing...
- Farm Waste Management
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the range of incentives available to the agri-sector for pollution control here; the way this compares with the best and...
- Food Security
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the extent to which he has, at EU level, established the principle of self-sufficiency or food security within the EU; the...
- Farm Household Incomes
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he has taken or proposes to take to ensure that incomes to the farming sector are stabilised having regard to the...
- Alternative Farm Enterprises
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the degree to which he has attempted directly or in conjunction with his EU colleagues to utilise set aside lands for...
- Food Industry
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the €9.5 million allocated in budget 2010 to support the food industry to enhance the competitiveness of the industry...
- Department of Education and Science
- Schools Building Projects
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made on the tender for the construction programme in respect of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- School Transport
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the value for money on the school transport scheme report, due to be completed at the end of 2009, has been published; and if he...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an appeal against a decision to disallow an application for a third level grant in respect of a person (details...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a new school (details supplied) in County Donegal; if a site has been identified; if the site...
- School Staffing
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason redundancy has not been awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement...
- Schools Recognition
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the circumstances of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if permanent recognition will be given to this school...
