Written answers

Tuesday, 2 February 2010

  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Job Creation
      Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she will take to address the continuing high level of unemployment indicated by the live register...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the efforts she is making to import new industries to County Donegal in view of the high unemployment figures...
    • EU Directives
      Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding and timeframe for the transposition of the Services Directive; and if she will make a...
    • Industrial Disputes
      Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the report of the inquiry into the dispute between a union (details supplied) and employers in...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will explore the possibility of developing a tourism driven walkway and cycleway on the old...
    • Employment Subsidy Scheme
      Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the uptake of the employment subsidy scheme; if exceptions will be made to the regulations of this scheme in...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions she has taken on foot of receiving the research report on acquired disability and employment; and...
    • Work Permits
      Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to review the green card rules; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4872/10]
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on whether there should be a freeze on all Government charges as a first step in developing a...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the consultations she has had with FÁS, community sector groups and unemployment groups prior to Budget 2010...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of redundancies notified to her Department in respect of each year from 2002 to 2009 and to date...
    • Unemployment Levels
      Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures she is taking to address the unemployment crisis in the mid-west region where unemployment is...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her proposals for the rationalisation of bodies involved in the encouragement of enterprise here; and if she...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to increase the number of places on community employment schemes during 2010 in view of the fact...
    • Food Industry
      Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the EU Commission proposal COM(2009)591 on the European food supply chain and marketing will provide for...
    • EU Directives
      Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the draft Consumer Rights Directive; if she is satisfied that the existing rights of...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will reverse her decisions to cut the FÁS allowance for community employment and job initiative...
    • Prompt Payments System
      Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the fact that a number of Government Departments are falling short of meeting the targets set by...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will make a statement on the preliminary report of the National Employment Rights Authority for 2009;...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when it is intended to publish the legislation to amend the Competition Acts 1991 to 2006 to uphold the right...
    • Job Initiative Programme
      Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the introduction of additional social economy and job initiative schemes to help deal with the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of personnel in her Department to whom the full public service pay cuts provided for by the...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action she has taken or proposes to take to improve the industrial cost base here with particular...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when she will publish anti-victimisation legislation, designed to protect those workers who choose to join a...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the members of the new FÁS board; the number of the persons appointed that made an application; if she will...
    • National Minimum Wage
      Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has received a report from the Labour Court in regard to a possible change in the national minimum...
    • Workplace Accidents
      Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will make a statement on the report of the Health and Safety Authority on workplace accidents during...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the timeline for the implementation of the new activation fund in terms of dates; the way proposals will be...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 137: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will make a statement on her Department's Estimate for 2010. [4823/10]
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made to date by the high level action group on green enterprise; when she expects to receive the...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the work of the Company Law Review Group; the timeframe for the publication of...
    • Job Statistics
      Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs in the manufacturing sectors lost here in each of the past ten years to date in 2010 and...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the location of the additional 500 community employment scheme places; if the additional 500 places will be...
    • Labour Inspectorate
      Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of labour inspectors employed by the National Employment Rights Authority; the number of labour...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the criteria that will be attached to the inability-to-pay provision for the hotel, catering and retail...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the changes she has introduced following the publication of the review of wage subsidy scheme; the further...
    • EU Directives
      Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of EU directives for which her Department has responsibility remaining to be implemented; the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when she will publish the legislation promised (details supplied) to clamp down on crony capitalism, to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the recommendations of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes in...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      Question 152: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the figures for foreign direct investment here for each of the years from 2002 to 2009; the proposals she has...
    • Grocery Industry
      Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will make a statement on her proposed code of conduct for the grocery sector. [4838/10]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the savings that will accrue to her Department arising from the public service pay cuts applied by the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has met with the new board of FÁS; the occasions she has met with the new board; the details of these...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when she will publish the company law consolidation and reform Bill, as recommended by the company law reform...
    • Enterprise Stabilisation Fund
      Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of companies that have applied to date in 2010 for assistance under the €100 million enterprise...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the criteria used in making the appointments to the board of FÁS, as announced by her on 22 January 2010;...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Social Partnership Agreements
      Question 161: To ask the Taoiseach if the national wage agreement has any legal or other status to the extent that it applies to private sector employers and employees; and if he will make a...
    • Census of Population
      Question 162: To ask the Taoiseach if it is possible to make further amendments to the 2011 census document (details supplied). [4615/10]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 163: To ask the Taoiseach the value of the union subscriptions collected from payroll by his Department from civil servants in any given year; the breakdown of such by the union or...
    • EU Directives
      Question 165: To ask the Taoiseach if there are EU Directives which require to be transposed into primary or secondary legislation; the list of such directives; the date they were drafted by the...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Venture Capital Programmes
      Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to promote venture capitalism in the market here; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a person who is only signing for credits is entitled to go on a FÁS community employment scheme or a FÁS...
    • Job Creation
      Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs delivered by the Industrial Development Authority in counties Wicklow, Carlow, Kilkenny,...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be awarded their statutory redundancy entitlement; when...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, a person is a new entrant to a FÁS training course, will be able to receive an increase for a qualified...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are plans to split up three-year adult education FÁS courses into three one-year courses in order...
    • Company Takeovers
      Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has received an assessment from the development agencies and the company of a proposed take-over of...
    • Work Placement Programme
      Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the take up rate under the work placement programme with a breakdown by graduate and non-graduate status....
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the additional 16,000 training places for the unemployed in 2010 as announced in Budget 2010;...
    • Loan Guarantees
      Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has considered the introduction of an small and medium enterprise working capital guarantee scheme to...
    • Aviation Industry
      Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the initiatives she and the Department of Transport are taking to secure a successor aviation maintenance...
    • Skill Shortages
      Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plan in place to support PhD students following on from a report by the advisory council for science,...
    • Employment Strategy
      Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her Department's comprehensive employment strategy contains a dedicated strand to consider specific...
    • Product Labelling
      Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the issues surrounding labelling of products from illegal Israeli...
    • Semi-State Bodies
      Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the responsibilities the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement has over semi-State companies...
    • Aviation Industry
      Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made to date in 2010 in finding opportunities to retain the skill base at a company (details...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 26 January 2010, the number of cases in each of the past three...
    • Work Placement Programme
      Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding a course (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5057/10]
    • FÁS Training Courses
      Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the position of persons who are on a waiting list for training courses and...
    • Company Takeovers
      Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will support a matter (details supplied). [5088/10]
    • Imports and Exports
      Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the top 20 countries to whom goods and services are exported; the top 20 countries from whom goods and...
    • Training Programmes
      Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the training grants made available to former employees of a company (details supplied) who lost their jobs....
    • Industrial Relations
      Question 193: 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. [5133/10]
    • Work Permits
      Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permits (details supplied) issued monthly in 2008 and 2009 (details supplied) by sector;...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding redundancy payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [5164/10]
    • Job Creation
      Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created by the Industrial Development Authority in north County Tipperary during the years...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons in north Tipperary who availed of FÁS services in the years 2004 to 2009 broken down...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost of operating the National Employment Rights Authority in 2009. [5283/10]
    • Job Creation
      Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she has taken or proposes to take to encourage job retention and job creation with particular...
    • Cost Competitiveness
      Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason that newspapers here are available on the shelves in other jurisdictions at a considerably lower...
    • Imports and Exports
      Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which imports under various headings have fluctuated throughout the past five years and to date...
    • Job Creation
      Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created in the service sectors throughout Ireland in each of the past five years and to...
    • Cost Competitiveness
      Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the discussions she has had with the business sector with a view to achieving some degree of equilibrium in...
    • Job Losses
      Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs lost throughout the country in each of the past five years and to date in 2010; the number...
    • Small Business Initiatives
      Question 212: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the need for State sponsored initiatives to help small business access credit; the initiatives...
  • Department of Finance
    • EU Directives
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will transpose the EU floods directive into law; the reason he has decided to transpose it by way of statutory instrument without recourse...
    • Public Service Contracts
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in the interests of value for money for the taxpayer, he will alter the prequalification criteria for tendering for public projects in view of...
    • Motor Vehicle Registration
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the format of vehicle registration plates, and in particular of replacing year of registration with the CO2 emissions band of a...
    • Motor Industry
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a family car; and if a family will qualify for the car scrappage scheme where one spouse has owned the car for more than five...
    • Liquor Licensing
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Finance the person whom a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16 should contact in order to renew the wine licence for their business; if he will post them...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received any correspondence from FÁS or from a council (detail supplied) seeking an exemption from the public service recruitment embargo...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will publish the monthly tax and expenditure profiles for 2010. [4460/10]
    • Tax Code
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider refunding VAT to farmers who construct alternative energy generators such as wind turbines on their property in order to provide...
    • National Asset Management Agency Staff
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons employed directly by the National Asset Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4505/10]
    • National Aquatic Centre
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Valuation Office will stand over the valuation of the lease of the National Aquatic Centre which was prepared on the 25 October 2002; and if...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a report submitted by Kilkenny County Council in relation to the works required to prevent future flooding of...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will list the unoccupied dwelling houses owned by the Office of Public Works in the Dublin region; the value of any such properties; and if he...
    • Public Sector Pay
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Finance the regulations he has made on foot of his powers under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009; if so, the details...
    • Tax Code
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) is due a tax rebate for 2009 in view of the fact that they are being taxed as a single person and in fact the person...
    • Site Management
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works has established a working group to develop an approach to the management of the Haulbowline site in County Cork; if...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Finance if, under Statutory Instrument No. 4 of 2010, the pension scheme of companies (details supplied) will be considered participating pension schemes;...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who will take voluntary redundancy; the tax liability that will...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the delay in dealing with a complaint in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if this person's PRSI liability is...
    • Tax Code
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a 9% carbon tax is being imposed on agricultural diesel, while a 4% carbon tax is being imposed on road diesel; and if he will make a...
    • Motor Vehicle Registration
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Finance the regulations that apply to an EU citizen that is domiciled outside Ireland and their car is registered and taxed outside Ireland but who spends a...
    • Public Sector Pay
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to any group or class of public servants where it may be appropriate to utilise his powers under section 6 of the...
    • Banking Sector Investigations
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Finance if civil servants will be freed from the prohibition on commenting on public policy at the proposed banking inquiry and the subsequent Oireachtas...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the continuous flooding at a location (details supplied) in County Donegal; the steps he is taking address the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Finance if a one off housing development which was subject to a rezoning decision is subject to the new rate of capital gains tax introduced in the National...
    • Public Sector Pay
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding civil servants and recent changes in pay and conditions; the reason job sharing staff have taken cuts in wages greater than...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the concern of the Ombudsman that the Irish Red Cross is excluded from the scope of the Freedom of Information...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cities, towns, villages or other locations in urban or rural areas awarded Section 23, urban or environmental renewal or other special...
    • Public Sector Staff
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce another incentivised scheme for early retirement or a three year career break option for public servants; and if he will make...
    • Tax Code
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received a copy of a recent report (details supplied) on the implications of the €10 air travel tax; his views on the conclusions of the...
    • Parking Regulations
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the parking space at work levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2468/10]
    • Flood Relief
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Finance if funding will be provided for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5091/10]
    • Mortgage Arrears
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Finance the initiatives he will put in place in 2010 to provide assistance to homeowners struggling with negative equity and unrealistic mortgage repayments...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will publish the legislation to establish the Central Bank of Ireland Commission; if he will open a consultation period in relation to the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans regarding the drafting of legislation to be included in the Finance Act 2010, which will oblige public bodies to charge VAT on certain...
    • Eurozone Membership
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has carried out any contingency studies or cost benefit analysis on any possible future suspension of Ireland's Euro membership in...
    • Economic Forecasts
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Finance his latest forecast on the timeframe for Ireland to emerge from this recession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5160/10]
    • Income Data
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of people in north Tipperary earning between €0 and €25,000 per annum, €25,000 and €50,000, €50,000 and €75,000; €75,000...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Finance when food relief works will be carried out at a location (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of recent bad flooding. [5299/10]
    • Consumer Credit
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the collection of data on consumer credit and the use of that information for credit rating requires a fresh legislative...
    • EU Funding
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Finance the range of European Union programmes for providing credit to small and medium enterprises and the number of these from which Ireland has drawn...
    • Tax Clearance Certificates
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange to have a C2 clearance tax certificate issued to a person (detail supplied) in County Carlow. [5375/10]
    • Flood Relief
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce supports for home owners who will be refused home insurance as a result of November 2009 flooding; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Youth Services
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if consideration will be given in 2010 to an application for funding in 2009 by an organisation (details supplied) in County Tipperary....
    • Child Care Services
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support an organisation (details supplied). [4495/10]
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Director of Public Prosecutions has determined if the gardaí can prosecute seizures of prescribed drugs which are sold on the...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to a query (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5121/10]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties that a person (details supplied) is facing due to their need for a special bed; the...
    • Traveller Community
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the services available specifically to members of the travelling community; if she will ensure that the budgets for these services will...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of medical cards in each local health office for each month between January and December 2009. [4487/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [4494/10]
    • Preschool Services
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make an exception to the age criteria and allow in respect of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 9 to avail of the free...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a medical card application has not been expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of medical procedures that were carried out abroad each year for the past five years under the patient treatment fund; if...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the consultant at Waterford Regional Hospital has not informed a person (details supplied) in County Carlow that they have...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the financial support her Department will provide to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny to purchase special hearing aids...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to deal with the ongoing concerns regarding head shops and the sale of products which have been described as...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the contract for the construction and fit out of new units at a hospital (details supplied) for persons with intellectual...
    • Health Services
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if home help will not be reduced in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [4584/10]
    • Legal Fees
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 479 and 480 of 16 September 2009, the reason figures were not given for the Mayo and Roscommon...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4590/10]
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding inter-country adoption between Ireland and Vietnam; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4592/10]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and cost of employment of agency staff by the Health Service Executive in the Health Service Executive Dublin mid-Leinster...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will preview her efficiency plans for service plans at St. Luke's Hospital, Dublin; if these plans will result in a contraction...
    • Health Services
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has an entitlement to new glasses. [4673/10]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on the site for the relocation of the Central Mental Hospital, Dundrum, Dublin; the timeframe for the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients in counties Sligo and Leitrim treated for foot ulcerations which did not require a full or partial amputation in...
    • EU Directives
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are EU Directives which require to be transposed into primary or secondary legislation; the list of such directives; the date...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason persons (details supplied) have had their medical cards withdrawn; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4728/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will get their home help; if this home help provision will commence immediately. [4731/10]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will be renewed for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [4732/10]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a child (details supplied) in County Mayo will be given an appointment in Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Dublin 12. [4737/10]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients residing in counties Kerry and Limerick treated for foot ulcerations, which did not require a full or partial...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [4770/10]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting time for the processing of a medical card application in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4780/10]
    • Child Abuse
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans that are in place to make guidelines and procedures issued by her Department regarding suspected child abuse legally binding;...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card application will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the fact that all...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the situation which exists in a special needs school in County Kilkenny, whereby no full-time...
    • Health Services
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene and ensure that home help is not reduced in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [4861/10]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a child (details supplied) in County Cork will be accommodated in a special speech and language class at a school in County Cork, in...
    • Health Services
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if medication will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the recent court decision on human embryos; his plans to bring forward legislation in this area; if preparation...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received a copy of the Children's Mental Health Coalition Manifesto; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4913/10]
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a nursing home support scheme application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if and when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will obtain the swine flu vaccination; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when nursing home subvention will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5018/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when assistance will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the Health Service Executive has taken further...
    • Thalidomide Survivors' Compensation
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of thalidomide victims who reside here; the details of the supports provided for these persons; the details of funds...
    • Fluoride Levels
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in carrying out a study to determine the levels of fluoride in the population; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a new specialised unit for cystic fibrosis patients at St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin 4; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [5063/10]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the appointment of an orthodontist (details supplied) in the Health Service Executive South. [5064/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of out of hours dental care; if there is a facility available to treat patients in north Dublin...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason persons (details supplied) in Dublin 8 were not awarded a medical card; if they can appeal this decision to grant a general...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for their operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Child Care Services
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an application has been approved for a grant towards the provision of child care facilities at a location (details supplied) in...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; the reason for the...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in the aftermath of the ratification of the Adoption Bill a dispensation will apply to couples who receive declarations for adopting...
    • Health Services
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason weekly transport has been withdrawn from an old age pensioner (details supplied) in County Longford to attend Longford...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of diabetes service provision across the north-east region including the role and number of dedicated service providers; her...
    • Preschool Services
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Cork regarding the free preschool year under the early...
    • Community Pharmacy Services
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to reduce the cost of prescription drugs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5176/10]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the intensive care unit at a hospital (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and the future plans for the unit....
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if where a child in first year in secondary school has had the first of the two required cervical cancer vaccination injections...
  • Department of Transport
    • Road Safety
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason the revised traffic signs manual has not been published to date in 2010 despite previously informing Dáil Éireann that the manual...
    • Aviation Security
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is reviewing security measures at airports here in view of the recent security incident involving passengers travelling from Slovakia; and...
    • Rural Transport Services
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Transport if funding will be provided for evening rural bus services in County Laois and the rural transport programme for 2010; and if he will make a...
    • Public Transport
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on a petition (details supplied) that was presented to him in September 2008 in response to his Department's consultation strategy on...
    • EU Directives
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Transport if there are EU directives which require to be transposed into primary or secondary legislation; the list of such directives; the date they were...
    • Coast Guard Service
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Transport the way access for the Achill Coast Guard to the Joint Coast Guard and Fire Brigade Rescue Centre on Achill Island, County Mayo will be progressed...
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on amending the taxi regulations regarding taxi roof signs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4740/10]
    • Road Network
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will make funding available to Mayo County Council to repair the dangerous roads in County Mayo as a result of the recent weather...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to commence section 13 of the Road Traffic Act 2002. [5148/10]
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether the current legal framework for dealing with illegal moneylenders is appropriate; if he proposes to...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received reports on developing a programme of alternative correction or rehabilitation programmes for road...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the renewal of a residency visa in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14; and if he...
    • Sexual Offences
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the Criminal Law Act 1997 section 7(2) and section 176 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006, he will confirm...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will process an application for naturalisation in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Limerick. [4546/10]
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the breakdown of each category of illegal drug seized in the Tralee and Listowel Garda Divisions, County Kerry, over the...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support the proposal to have the death of a person (details supplied) reinvestigated. [4552/10]
    • Registration of Title
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a mapping issue will be dealt with in the Land Registry in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan;...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that gardaí in Dublin South are telling victims of burglary that there has...
    • Land Registry
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the recent report on the shredding of historic and valuable documents, some dating from the late 19th century,...
    • Firearm Licences
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of legally held handguns that have been licensed in each Garda division since the enactment of the Criminal...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 21 January 2010, if correspondence (details supplied) will be noted; and if...
    • Child Maintenance
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to introduce legislation to ensure that child maintenance enforcement orders are processed; and if he will make a...
    • EU Directives
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are EU directives which require to be transposed into primary or secondary legislation; the list of such...
    • Prison Committals
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has data regarding the number of ex-servicemen that are in custody in jails here; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Code
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the powers that the Garda Síochána has in respect of penalising, fining, and confiscating the vehicles of Northern...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 398 and 399 of 24 June 2003, the progress made since that date. [4759/10]
    • Legal Aid Service
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost to the Exchequer to date in 2009 of fees (details supplied) in relation to the ongoing Traveller feud in Tralee,...
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding bullying in the wider public service; if complaints of bullying must be against a named individual...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 172 of 21 January 2010, when a reply will issue; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received a copy of the children's mental health coalition manifesto; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when residency and stamp four will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin 7; and if he will make...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the dates on which the Criminal Justice Surveillance Act, 2009, the Criminal Justice Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 2009 and...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the order for deportation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 382: 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 Louth; and if he...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision for naturalisation will be decided on in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [5089/10]
    • Job Losses
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of employees that have lost their jobs in an establishment (details supplied) since the moratorium on...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No 1419 of 19 January 2010, the definition of acceptable evidence, that an EU national...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on a request (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5147/10]
    • Prison Accommodation
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his view on whether the chronic shortage of prison spaces is impacting on law enforcement; and if he will make a statement...
    • Illegal Dumping
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made to date in pursuing persons who dump diesel sludge in border counties; the number of offences detected;...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5354/10]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the report by an organisation (detail supplied). [5374/10]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Industrial Development
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there is an implementation group working on initiatives considered by the leaders from different sectors at the meeting in Farmleigh,...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of money allocated to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, International Partnership for Microbicides,...
    • Child Abuse
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, subsequent to his meeting with an archbishop (details supplied), he is satisfied that there will be full and frank compliance with...
    • International Agreements
      Question 397: 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. [4697/10]
    • EU Directives
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there are EU directives which require to be transposed into primary or secondary legislation; the list of such directives; the date they...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the European Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo has refused to meet with a person (details...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Tourism Revenue
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the estimated value to the Exchequer of hunting parties coming here every year. [5278/10]
    • EU Directives
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if there are EU directives which require to be transposed into primary or secondary legislation; the list of such directives; the...
    • International Agreements
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will sign up to the Council of Europe's enlarged partial agreement on sport; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the steps he has taken to ensure the control and regulation of head shops and the products they sell. [5385/10]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will support an organisation (details supplied). [4495/10]
    • Rural Transport Services
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if funding will be provided from his Department in 2010 to enable a project (details supplied) in County Laois to...
    • Family Mediation Services
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason for ending community support programme funding of €8,134 to a mediation service (details supplied) in...
    • EU Directives
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there are EU Directives which require to be transposed into primary or secondary legislation; the list of such...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the original allocation of funding for an organisation (details supplied) will be maintained for 2010; and if he...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 21 January 2010, when a reply will issue; and if he will make a...
    • Community Development
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the grant available from his Department to a group (details supplied) in County Offaly in 2010; if his attention has...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Civil Registration
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the mechanism that is available to a person (details supplied) to have their child's surname registered after they are married;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits (1 comment)
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will investigate the Health Service Executive's decision to refuse an application for back to school allowance in respect...
    • Farm Partnerships
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of farm partnerships established to have existed retrospectively by the scope section of her Department since June 2008...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made on a domiciliary allowance in respect of a person (details supplied). [4453/10]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the calculation of the State contributory pension entitlement of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the grounds on which fuel allowance was withdrawn from a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if she will review the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to a previous parliamentary question, when the inspector's report will be completed in respect of a person (details...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the assistance she will provide to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14, who is not entitled to the living alone allowance,...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to review the habitual residence conditions on social welfare entitlements in view of the number of returning Irish...
    • Family Support Services
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that carer's allowance will cease in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will expedite a disability allowance claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding a jobseeker's benefit appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [4509/10]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Wexford whose social welfare record indicates a yearly average of 9.69 contributions,...
    • Social Welfare Benefits (1 comment)
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Louth is considered to be €3 per week over the qualifying limit for mortgage...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if an appeal against her decision to discontinue payment of carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the financial support her Department will provide to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny to purchase special hearing...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin had their jobseeker's allowance payment reduced by approximately €60 per...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be awarded a State transition pension. [4583/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact in 2009, a married unemployed person whose partner was working was in receipt of...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding a review of a pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [4693/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4696/10]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry does not qualify for an old age non-contributory pension; and if she will...
    • EU Directives
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if there are EU Directives which require to be transposed into primary or secondary legislation; the list of such directives; the...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she is satisfied that all outstanding PRSI has now been paid in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 and that...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if an application for jobseeker's allowance has been received in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; when...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made on an application for the household benefits package in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will issue regarding an application for a contributory old age pension in respect of a person (details supplied)...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an application for farm assist in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason her Department is requesting that farm women in receipt of contributory old age pensions reimburse her Department...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the funding options that are available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W in order that they can continue their third...
    • Departmental Information Campaigns
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will produce an information leaflet on the options available to unemployed persons in relation to temporary, casual,...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if rent supplement, back dated to the date of suspension, has been awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, in...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding a person (details supplied) who has a paymaster general pension below the non-contributory rate; if they...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 249 of 21 January 2010, when a reply will issue; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, in view of the errors in calculating the number of Irish citizens refused payments in 2008 under the habitual residence...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of applicants approved under section 110(2) for contributory State pension for farm partnerships to date in 2010; and...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the social welfare entitlements of a person (details supplied) in County Louth. [4912/10]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a disability allowance claim appeal can be opened in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [4918/10]
    • Social Insurance
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the criteria for determination of a partnership status in cases such as the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when child benefit will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Records
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the percentage of applications for social welfare payment that were refused on first instance for failure to satisfy the habitual...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the respite grant for carers will be paid in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5130/10]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry is entitled to a contributory pension. [5163/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to apply for the back to education allowance; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Records
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of applications for farm assist by farmers in north County Tipperary for the years 2005 to 2009; the number of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will take steps to expedite an application for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will take steps to have an application for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has not been awarded illness benefit; and if she will make a statement...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will issue on a pension in respect of a person (details suppled); and when they will receive arrears. [5371/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an application to the Health Service Executive in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork....
    • Flood Relief
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the supports available to persons whose homes were damaged in the November 2009 flooding; the amount that will be provided; the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has not been provided with a companion pass; if the decision to refuse...
  • Department of Defence
    • Sail Training Scheme
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Defence his plan for a replacement sail training vessel for the Asgard II for 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5165/10]
    • EU Directives
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Defence if there are EU Directives which require to be transposed into primary or secondary legislation; the list of such directives; the date they were...
    • Prison Committals
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has data regarding the number of ex-servicemen that are in custody in jails here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4747/10]
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Defence his involvement in the cold response exercises due to be held in Norway from 18 February to 5 March 2010; and the number of military personnel that...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Defence if a contract will be granted to an Israeli company (details supplied) for Irish military equipment; and if so, if the humanitarian situation with...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 475 of 26 January 2010, the region that NATO covers. [4819/10]
    • Marine Accidents
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Defence when the report of the marine casualty investigation board into the sinking of the Asgard II will be published; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Defence Forces Operations
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces received any request for assistance from North Tipperary County Council to help deal with the recent weather conditions. [5268/10]
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Waste Management
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has had discussions with the Northern Authorities or the British Government regarding the dumping of...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the refurbishment work in Kilfinane town centre, County Limerick. [4462/10]
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support a matter (details supplied). [4493/10]
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding application options for a project (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Functions
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the role or function of elected members of a local authority regarding the expansion or curtailment of an...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the timeframe for determining planning cases by An Bord Pleanála; his plans to further expedite the decision...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when two connected projects (details supplied) in County Laois will be approved to go to tender; and if he...
    • Radon Gas Levels
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to address concerns abut high levels of radon in the north-west specifically in counties Sligo and...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on a submission (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4674/10]
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will approve the preliminary report for a scheme (details supplied) and take into account the water...
    • EU Directives
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are EU directives which require to be transposed into primary or secondary legislation; the list of...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of meetings between him and an organisation (details supplied) in the context of legislative...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an organisation (details supplied) in County Cork will be entitled to have an application for financial...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4785/10]
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will furnish a response to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Policy
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has plans to make financial allocations for local authority housing programmes available to Clare...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding requested and granted to each local authority for each of the past 10 years in...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of conservation rangers for County Carlow; his plans for such staffing resources for County...
    • Water Supply Contamination
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1156 of 26 September 2007, if local authorities here have followed his...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will approve a funding application from Dublin City Council for a concierge service for a development...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the arrangements that have been made for compensating farmers for the expenditure involved in replacing...
    • Water Charges
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support a matter (details supplied). [5087/10]
    • Fire Stations
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when an application for funding for a new fire station facility (details supplied) in County Tipperary will...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans for lifting the embargo on the recruitment of staff at local authorities to replace persons who...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the response from a company (details supplied) in County Wicklow to your reply of 30...
    • Hunting Licences
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the provision of a hunting licence for hunt parties in north Tipperary. [5276/10]
    • Animal Breeding Regulations
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans regarding the regulation of puppy farms. [5277/10]
    • Construction Industry
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans for better enforcement of building regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Planning Issues
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the relevant regulations which pertain to application for planning permission to erect wind turbines, with...
    • Animal Welfare Bodies
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if capital or current funding is available for voluntary run services for dog protection; and if he will make...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the estimated implementation costs for the Department of Health and Children and the Health Service Executive...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of broadband suppliers listed on a website (details supplied) that no longer exist; the number...
    • EU Directives
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there are EU directives which require to be transposed into primary or secondary legislation; the list of...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when broadband will be provided in an area (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when work under the warmer homes scheme will be carried out on the home of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 307 of 21 January 2010, when a reply will issue; and if he will make a...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the inclusion of a product (details supplied) in the list of energy efficient equipment in...
    • Prospecting Licences
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the degree of correspondence received from a company (details supplied) regarding a zinc find at the Stonepark...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason Rockcorry village and district, County Monaghan has not been included in the national broadband...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of farmers in north County Tipperary who availed of the warmer homes initiative scheme during 2009....
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on recent calls for the construction of new metropolitan area networks in the five national spatial...
    • Electricity Supply Board
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Electricity Supply Board will be entitled to an indemnity from the State if found to have been...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is pursuing an agreement at EU level for the draft agreement, due to the decision on 2 February 2010, on...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans regarding the granting of permission to allow commercial fishermen to fish for bass at sea; the way he will ensure...
    • Aquaculture Development
      Question 606: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his role in the apparent blocking of grant aid to aquaculture companies here; his views on whether shellfish and fin fish...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive their REP scheme 4 payment; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Food Safety Standards
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a food (details supplied) is on sale in Greece but not here; the criteria for marketing Irish products abroad;...
    • Fishing Fleet Modernisation
      Question 609: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to introduce a decommissioning scheme in 2010 for boats less than 18 metres in length; and if he will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will qualify for REP scheme 4 payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • EU Directives
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of persons that have been prosecuted under the legislation implementing the nitrates directive since its...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide this Deputy with a list of all piers and harbours projects that have been aborted or disengaged in the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the inspection regime being operated by his Department regarding the single farm payments and area based compensatory...
    • EU Directives
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there are EU directives which require to be transposed into primary or secondary legislation; the list of such...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 616: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the REP scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied); when REP scheme payments will be made to farmers in...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the full references on the location at which information can be obtained regarding the rules for the single farm payments...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 622: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a REP scheme four payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan. [5083/10]
    • Animal Identification Scheme
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will delay the introduction of the new sheep tagging system, mandatory electronic identification, for two years as...
    • Food Industry
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 335 of 27 January 2010, the details of the measures geared to improving the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 625: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if money saved on the pigmeat recall scheme will be available to fund a stock and crop hardship fund for farmers and growers...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 627: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers in north County Tipperary who will be eligible for REP scheme in 2010. [5266/10]
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will assist a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4858/10]
    • Adult Education
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the access to education that is available to adult asylum seekers; the Further Education and Training Award Council level courses for...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 631: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of applicants awaiting approval for higher education maintenance grants from Cork County Council; and if he will make a...
    • School Staffing
      Question 633: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will report on progress made in objectively identifying the 200 additional new teaching posts agreed in the Revised Programme...
    • Higher Educational Grants
      Question 634: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Wexford has been deemed a dependant of their...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 635: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if teachers will receive access to the on-line encyclopaedia for schools from their homes; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Traveller Community
      Question 636: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the services available specifically to members of the Traveller Community; if she will ensure that the budgets for these services will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 1123 of 19 January 2010, the schools at which the National Council for Special Education...
    • School Transport
      Question 643: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review the situation whereby students at second level availing of the school transport scheme are charged the full amount...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 644: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the cuts in both mainstream teachers and special needs assistants recommended by a special...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 645: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will indicate the expenditure to date by his Department in developing an education campus at a location (details supplied) in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 647: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special needs assistants that have recently lost their employment following a decision of the National Economic and...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 648: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the Internet service will be restored to a school (details supplied) in County Cavan; his views on the fact that this is unfair;...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 649: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent of the budget cuts to local drugs task force mainstreamed funding in Dún Laoghaire Rathdown; if his attention has been...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 651: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a project (details supplied) in County Donegal will progress to the next stage; his views on whether it makes sense for his...
    • EU Directives
      Question 653: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are EU directives which require to be transposed into primary or secondary legislation; the list of such directives; the date...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 654: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he is satisfied with the access road to a school (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will provide some funding towards the...
    • Schools Patronage
      Question 655: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action he has taken following Educate Together's request to be recognised as a patron for second level schools; when a decision on...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 656: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school building project (details supplied) in County Dublin will proceed to construction; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Staffing
      Question 657: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teacher, principal and deputy principal retirements in the year 2009 by comparison to 2008 and 2007 on a county basis;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 658: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the proposed new national school at a location (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a...
    • Student Support Schemes
      Question 659: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding options that are available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W in order that they may be adequately funded to...
    • Schools Emergency Repairs
      Question 660: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will approve a grant for plumbing services and additional tank capacity in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 662: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made towards the restoration and extension of a school (details supplied) in County Monaghan; his views on whether this...
    • Third Level Courses
      Question 663: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to a recent recommendation from the Higher Education Authority that all plastering courses in the DIT...
    • School Staffing
      Question 664: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary and secondary school teachers registered to teach under the teachers council as against the number who are...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 665: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason delays are occurring in the payment of pensions to part-time teachers, employed by vocational education committees, that...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 666: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the conditions of portacabins being used by a school (details supplied) in County Dublin which are...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 667: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding third level maintenance grants; if there were changes of third level maintenance grants in Budget 2010 or in...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 668: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 329 of 21 January 2010, when a reply will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 669: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the higher education grants payable by the vocational education committees are assessed using the gross income for workers...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 670: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has received a copy of the children's mental health coalition manifesto; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5007/10]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 673: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the special needs assistants at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he will confirm that the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 674: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the date at which the authorities at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare received approval for the establishment of an...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 675: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when classroom assistance will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he has taken any further action on...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 676: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the promised national primary school (details supplied) in Leopardstown, County Dublin will be included in the new school starts to...
    • Transition Year Programme
      Question 678: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if secondary schools have an obligation to allow all students, including special needs students, to do transition year or if they can...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 679: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of education grant appeals outstanding with County Wexford Vocational Education Committee. [5077/10]
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 680: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of grade three staff available to deal with education grant applications in County Wexford Vocational Education Committee....
    • Home Tuition Scheme
      Question 686: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • State Examinations
      Question 687: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students taking part in the Leaving Certificate Applied in 2009/2010 academic year; and the way in which this compares...
    • Flood Damage to Schools
      Question 688: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools damaged by the recent flooding and weather conditions on a county basis. [5270/10]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 690: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the proposed building programme at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; his views on the concern of the...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 692: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has made progress in securing a site to facilitate the building programme of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 693: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special needs assistants employed in schools in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5358/10]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 694: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person who has a primary degree from University College Galway, and who for the past ten years, has been involved in teaching...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 695: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools and post primary schools scheduled for construction in 2010, 2011, 2012 in the school holiday programme;...

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