Written answers

Thursday, 4 February 2010

  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Restorative Justice
      Question 11: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding restorative justice within the criminal justice system; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 12: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of each of the 10 different community sanctions that have been imposed by the courts as part of the provisions of...
    • Maintenance Payments
      Question 13: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to reform maintenance laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5729/10]
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 14: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Assistant Commissioner, who was appointed to examine the Garda investigation file into the 1970 murder of a person...
    • Garda Procedures
      Question 15: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when arrangements will be made to instruct members of An Garda Siochána that it is not necessary to take a longhand note of...
    • Sentencing Policy
      Question 16: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to an article in a newspaper (details supplied) regarding a District Court judge throwing...
    • Cash for Gold Schemes
      Question 17: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether there is a role for gardaí in regulating the cash for gold industry that has recently mushroomed; and...
    • Road Traffic Regulations
      Question 18: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether it is satisfactory that in certain circumstances a garda without a full driving licence is permitted to...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 19: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received a report from the garda authorities regarding the circumstances in which a quantity of explosives was...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 20: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members of An Garda Síochána that retired in 2009; the number of these vacancies that have been filled to...
    • Drugs in Prisons
      Question 21: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the quantity, type and value of drug seizures in each prison here in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Sector Pay
      Question 22: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the savings that will accrue to his Department arising from the public service pay cuts applied by the Financial Emergency...
    • Criminal Liability
      Question 23: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views in respect of the criminal liability of home occupiers that injure trespassers while protecting their home; and if...
    • Garda Telecommunications
      Question 24: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda stations which currently have e-mail facilities and the number which do not; the steps that he is taking...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 25: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the legislative and administrative measures he proposes following the recent majority Supreme Court decision granting a...
    • Prison Population
      Question 26: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of inmates in each of the State prisons here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5693/10]
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 27: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to improve rural policing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5427/10]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 28: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to amend the law in respect of the criteria needed to bring a complaint of rape to trial; and if he will make a...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 29: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the manner the recently enacted gangland legislation will interact with the Irish Youth Justice...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 30: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the progress of the Smithwick tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5745/10]
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 31: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the quantity and values of seizures of heroin, cocaine, cannabis and other drugs here during 2009; the proportion of the...
    • Joint Policing Committees
      Question 32: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if money is to be made available to local authorities to roll out joint policing committees and local policing fora. [5539/10]
    • Sentencing Policy
      Question 33: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans regarding sentencing guidelines for sex offenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5538/10]
    • Crime Levels
      Question 34: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases of murder in which firearms were used in respect of each year from 1998 to date in 2010; the number of...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 35: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí at all ranks who have opted for retirement or early retirement in the past 12 months; the number of...
    • Prison Building Programme
      Question 36: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made over recent months, if any, on the Thornton Hall project; if consideration has been given to rethinking...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      Question 37: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take arising from the report of the Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin;...
    • Prison Committals
      Question 38: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners in jails at the latest date for which figures are available; the number of occasions during the past...
    • Sexual Offences
      Question 39: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the report of the Rape Crisis Network Ireland, Rape and Justice in Ireland, which found...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 40: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if research has been carried out on a mechanism which would ensure traceability of automated teller machines and their...
    • Criminal Legal Aid
      Question 41: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on reports that legal aid applicants are waiting seven months to be appointed a solicitor; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 42: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the investigations that are under way into allegations that a small number of gardaí may have been providing information to...
    • Sexual Offences
      Question 43: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in establishing an all island sex offenders register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5734/10]
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 44: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a Garda file has been sent to the Director of the Public Prosecutions, arising from the seizure of 120 million cigarettes...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 46: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of asylum applications which have been deemed withdrawn in the past five years due to their failure to inform the...
    • Garda Transport
      Question 47: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason thousands of euro are spent on repairing old and unsafe Garda vehicles as replacing them with new vehicles would...
    • Detention Centres
      Question 48: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans for a new national children's detention facility; when such a detention facility will become operational; and if...
    • Joint Policing Committees
      Question 49: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of joint policing committees that have been set up here; the local authorities that have not set up the structure...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications received during 2009 for early retirement from members of the Garda, broken down by rank; the way...
    • Garda Promotions
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the 170 Garda promotions, for which Cabinet approval has been given, will be made to fill vacancies arising from the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on his Department's estimate for 2010. [5587/10]
    • Witness Protection Programme
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons who have acted as witnesses in criminal trials and now have to avail of 24/7 Garda protection; the...
    • Prisoner Releases
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners on temporary release at the latest date for which figures are available; the highest number on...
    • Joint Policing Committees
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to amend the legislation establishing the joint policing committees; the areas in which joint policing committees...
    • Garda Reserve
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the Garda Reserve Force; the number involved; and his proposals for the future of same. [5428/10]
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda personnel engaged in providing driver and security services to the members of the Government, members of...
    • Garda Compensation Scheme
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to reform the Garda compensation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5719/10]
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the creation of 900 civilian posts within the gardaí has resulted in the release of just 144 garda personnel for...
    • EU Directives
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of EU Directives for which his Department has responsibility that remain to be implemented; the directives that...
    • Garda Powers
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if all sections of the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act, 2009, have been brought into operation; the number of occasions on...
    • Organised Crime
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of procedures, actions, prosecutions or other interventions that have been taken since or arising from the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of personnel in his Department, the Garda and agencies for which his Department has responsibility to whom the...
    • Criminal Assets Legislation
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans for the appointment of an expert group to review the operation of the proceeds of crime legislation; if this group...
    • Drugs in Prisons
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drug seizures made in prisons during 2009; the way in which this compares with each year from 2005; his views...
    • Garda Reserve
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members of the Garda Reserve recruited to date; the stations to which they have been allocated; the number of...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the plan for rationalisation of Garda stations in view of the Garda Inspectorate's Resource...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the strength of An Garda Síochána at the latest date for which figures are available broken down by full members, persons...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the criteria used by the gardaí in determining which witnesses may use the entrance to the new Central Criminal Courts...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that there is sufficient Garda personnel in the six Border counties to control the spate of bank and...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the crime figures for the final quarter of 2009, published by the Central Statistics Office; his views on the...
    • Gambling Review
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made on the review of gambling announced by him in May 2009; when he expects this process to be concluded; and...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to calls for a reinvestigation of the unsolved murder of a person (details supplied); if he...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will bring forward legislative proposals to change the law on debt enforcement in view of his speech to a Law Reform...
    • Gangland Killings
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is concerned about the spate of gun murders to date in 2010; the steps that he is taking to deal with the upsurge of...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will support an education course (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [5871/10]
    • Departmental Agencies (1 comment)
      Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff employed by FÁS in 2009, broken down by grade, showing the average salary for each grade;...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the locations of the site visits made by the Industrial Development Authority to County Donegal for each year...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the date the communications unit was established; if the staff were recruited internally or externally; if...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of clients that the jobs club dealt with in 2009; the number of clients that each of the 56 jobs...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 84 of 1 December 2009, if she will provide this information for 2009;...
    • Cross-Border Projects
      Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cross-Border programmes, initiatives, areas of co-operation and so on which her Department is currently...
    • Benchmarking Awards
      Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No 163 of 26 January 2010, the criteria of the staff that were evaluated;...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of companies that are supported by the Industrial Development Authority on a county basis; and if...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding an application for payment of redundancy in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Disadvantaged Areas
      Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she plans to address problems in areas adjacent to the Border Midlands and Western regions; and if she will...
    • Work Placement Programme
      Question 96: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the work placement programme is supposed to provide work experience to 2,000 unemployed individuals in view...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has been investigated by the Health and...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way employment services officers have been employed by FÁS each year from 1997 to 2009; and if he will...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons who took part in an online course provided by FÁS in 2009, an evening course provided...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the regulations that applied in respect of the Magdalene laundries which carried on business activities over...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to ensure that persons in the age group 18 to 25 years, that are in education or training and...
    • Company Closures
      Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the case of a company (details supplied); the companies that have been assisted to...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a spouse of a public servant that worked as a home maker all...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the names of those appointed to the new board of FÁS; the sectors from which each of these new board members...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the establishment of a sub-group on a comprehensive employment strategy. [6002/10]
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the demand for payment under redundancy payments system sent to a person (details...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Yield
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected yield from the carbon tax in 2010; the amount of this money that has been ring fenced to improve energy efficiency, alleviate fuel...
    • Tax Code
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17 who owns one third of a house and looks to buy out the remaining two thirds of the house, which is owned...
    • Cross-Border Projects
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance the cross-Border programmes, initiatives, areas of co-operation and so on which his Department is currently engaging in or about to engage in with...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance if a site has been bought in County Mayo for the purpose of decentralisation of his Department, in particular for the site in Charlestown and the...
    • Tax Clearance Certificates
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5841/10]
    • Tax Code
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on those that may have begun orthodontic treatment prior to budgetary changes in the MED2 system choosing to pay by instalment...
    • Public Service Contracts
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance the companies that received public contracts for specific projects worth €10 million or more from the State since 2004 to date in 2010; and if he...
    • Tax Code
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a post-Budget ready reckoner for 2010. [5884/10]
    • Tax Collection
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance the records that exist for payments of PAYE by Magdalene Laundries; if records of P35 annual statements or its equivalent are available; and if he...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance if, as part of his extension of the State's protection to the banking industry here, he will demand that banks who wish to be regulated should be...
    • Public Procurement
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance the efforts being made across the public sector to ensure synergies are achieved in public procurement; and, for example, if procurement is...
    • Public Sector Staff
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of public servants that were earning more than €40,000 per year and in view of the most recent pay cut find themselves earning less...
    • Tax Code
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the extended mortgage relief announced in Budget 2010; if it will apply to a mortgage that commenced in 2003; the options...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Finance his assessment of the Wad catchment which has twice been the cause of flooding in the past year; the shortcomings in the original interim proposals...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange payment or refund of stamp duty to persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [5951/10]
    • Tax Code
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend the recently introduced system of carbon taxation to ensure that this tax is not applied to fuels that significantly reduce carbon...
    • Mortgage Debt
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance if, further to public comments made (details supplied) he will make a comprehensive statement on the range of measures that he will introduce to...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [5773/10]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the proposals the Health Service Executive have to downgrade the services in Mayo General Hospital, County Mayo; the reason for such...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the construction of the 120 bed facility for cystic fibrosis patients at St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin 4 which...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the length of time it will take to process an application for the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin...
    • Cross-Border Projects
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cross-Border programmes, initiatives, areas of co-operation and so on which her Department is currently engaging in or about to...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application (details supplied) submitted under the nursing home fair deal scheme. [5835/10]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [5852/10]
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of acute hospital beds in the State in January 2010; the number of same in January 2009; the number of public acute hospital...
    • Hospital Charges
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated cost of a public hospital bed for a year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5857/10]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated average cost of a full medical card for a year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5858/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of primary care teams established in the State since 2001; the number of same that operate from one primary care centre; and...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application lodged under the nursing home fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Health Services
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has not been awarded home help hours by the Health Service Executive; and if...
    • Neuro-Rehabilitation Services
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received the Report of Findings of the Muscular Dystrophy Ireland National Survey 2009; her views on the needs identified in...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Adoption Bill 2009 will recognise direct adoptions from Hague ratified contracting states when such adoptions are legislated for...
    • Prompt Payments System
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that agencies under the aegis of her Department, and hospitals under the aegis of the Health Service Executive, are...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Service Executive issued a tender (details supplied) for the procurement of...
    • Preschool Services
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether it is fair and equitable that some children, due to their date of birth, will not be able to avail of the early...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [5930/10]
    • Prescription Charges
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way the proposed charge on medical card prescriptions will be administered; the stage at which the case will be taken; and if she...
    • Preschool Services
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the preschools which will participate in the new free preschool scheme in Dublin 3, Dublin 5, Dublin 9 and Dublin 17; the number of...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 249 of 7 July 2009, if the recently introduced dispensing fee structure agreed by the Health...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will implement the recommendation contained in the Health Research Board publication (details supplied) regarding the merging of...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a national mental health information system will be established in view of the need which was outlined in a Vision for Change; and if...
    • Health Services
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Information Quality Authority, in partnership with other health agencies, has developed a national health information...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied); and when a decision will be made on same....
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of nursing home residents that have applied for and or been approved for the fair deal scheme; the number of these residents...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount being charged per week per resident by the Health Service Executive in public nursing homes; if different charges have been...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the issue of young persons with mental health issues being placed in adult facilities. [6003/10]
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if ambulance transport on a weekly basis will be provided for persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is still possible to investigate, assess or offer assistance to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if she will...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will consider the provision of specific hospice beds to facilitate the densely populated areas of north Kildare; and if she will...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if and when a permanent bed will be made available for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is anxious to obtain a place at...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an emergency medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
  • Department of Transport
    • Road Network
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received correspondence from Youghal Town Council regarding the need for emergency local road repair funding; if such funding will be...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Transport if the parents of a victim of a fatal traffic collision are entitled to have the official CT 68 accident report form released to them; and if he...
    • Aviation Security
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Transport if legislation is required to introduce full body scanners at airports here; if such legislation is required and will be considered; if not, the...
    • Road Network
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Transport if a national audit of roads has been carried out to accurately assess the level of subsidence on roads caused by the recent weather conditions;...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Data Protection
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the legislation regarding data retention; if it is intended to extend data retention to Internet communications; his views...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if or when a visitor's visa will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will allocate additional resources to gardaí at Tallaght Garda station, to allow for an effective response to the...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Court Proceedings
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reply to a query (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5811/10]
    • Firearms Licences
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the introduction of a reduced gun licence fee for persons over 70 years; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the conflicting advice from the website of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the location of the western regional rapid response emergency Garda unit in counties Mayo and Galway; when this unit will...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of his proposal to move the Finglas child and adolescent service to Oberstown, County Dublin; the reason staff...
    • Garda Reserve
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of arrests that have been carried out by members of the Garda Reserve since its establishment; and if he will...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the sanctions that are available when children under the age of 12 years are considered to be involved in unacceptable...
    • Sentencing Policy
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the introduction of mandatory sentencing across a number of serious criminal offences; and if he will make a...
    • Legal Services
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [5938/10]
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime detection rate by Garda division in 2007, 2008 and 2009. [5942/10]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 7 November 2007 the impact that the postponing of certain sections of the...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the Mental Capacity Bill will be published; when he will ratify the UN Convention on the rights of persons with...
    • Garda National Immigration Bureau
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if Garda National Immigration Bureau cards will be renewed in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny....
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for certificate of naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied). [5999/10]
    • Prison Medical Service
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners in Mountjoy Prison, Clover Hill Prison and St. Patrick's Institution, Dublin, suffering from mental...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when citizenship application will be processed in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Dublin; the stage of this...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which medical and other consideration will be taken into account in the matter of residency in the case of a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Questions Nos. 223 of 21 January 2010 and 706 of 3 November 2009, the extent to which favourably or otherwise...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason some means cannot be found to simplify the procedure whereby application for residency and qualification for...
    • Missing Persons
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of women reported missing here since 1975; the extent of ongoing investigation into their disappearance; the...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda stations listed or deemed to require upgrading; the schedule for same; and if he will make a statement...
    • Organised Crime
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of criminal gang leaders detained and charged to date under the terms of the Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of burglaries or break-ins reported to the gardaí in County Kildare relating to premises protected by various...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí who retired in the past 12 months; the number of new recruits in the same period; and if he will make...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí available in each Garda station throughout County Kildare; the degree to which this has fluctuated in...
    • Organised Crime
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action taken to monitor the movement of criminal gang members between this country and other EU and non-EU locations;...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for long-term residency or citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Travel Documents
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if and when a travel document will issue to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when stamp four will issue to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • International Agreements
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when the signing of the Optional Protocol for International Covenant, regarding mental health, will take place. [6003/10]
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Sports Funding
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when the next round of applications for National Lottery funding will be advertised and open for clubs and organisations to apply...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Community Development
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the implications that funding will have on a group (details supplied) in County...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an application for farm assistance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath which was...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision on a carer's allowance appeal will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an application will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will reinstate the entitlement to a State contributory pension to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made on an application for living alone allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason an old insurance number in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork that was used in all Government and...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 is receiving their correct disability payment; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she has received the requested information from the Department of Education and Science; if she is in a position to make a...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the records that exist for payments of social welfare by Magdalene laundries in respect of deductions from wages paid to women...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is not in receipt of child benefit for one of their children; and if she...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be awarded a contributory pension in view of the contributions they have made....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the delay in processing applications for child benefit and early child care supplement in respect of a person...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) will receive their weekly contributory pension. [5883/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding a disability allowance claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when arrears of a one parent family payment will be issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an allocation for contributory State pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on the fact that people are required to be in private rented accommodation for six months before they can receive rent...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an application for a social welfare payment in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and the...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will reinstate the entitlement to contributory State pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will make a statement on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [5952/10]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be entitled to any State transition pension on reaching 65 years or the State...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if she will be approved for...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on whether it is fair that a person who has paid compulsory PAYE contributions for the required length of time but is...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will review the decision to reject the appeal of refusal in respect of mortgage interest supplement in the case of a person...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare qualifies for disability allowance or invalidity pension; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Burial Grounds
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no humanist or secular graveyard in County Donegal;...
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will reply to a query (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Records
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will reply to a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5809/10]
    • Local Authority Grants
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will take action on the Report of Findings of the Muscular Dystrophy Ireland National Survey 2009 which...
    • Waste Management
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce a deposit scheme for glass bottles and jars in order to further encourage their...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the 32 designated bogs, that the 10 year derogation has now expired, are closed to turf cutting; and if he...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the vacant affordable housing stock for each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a scheme (details supplied) in County Limerick. [5955/10]
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the legislation which gives local authorities the ability to charge a €2,000 levy to persons who are...
    • Local Authority Rates
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the need for reform of the local authority commercial rates system; if he will introduce a...
    • Water Supply
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will estimate, in percentage terms, the volume of treated water which leaks into the ground in Dublin;...
    • Sheltered Housing
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of sheltered housing projects anticipated, planned or scheduled at locations throughout County...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide grants to persons that wish to update their heating systems in their homes; and if he will...
    • Tax Code
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has discussed the new system of carbon taxation with the Department of Finance; his views on...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Grant Payments
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a decision will be made on an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the reason for...
    • Crop Losses
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to provide compensation to vegetable growers who have lost their crops due to the recent bad weather and for whom...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Longford will be awarded a REP scheme four payments; and if he will make a...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his Department's annual investments in the Dinish wharf development project at Castletownbere Fishery Harbour Centre, County...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will reinstate funding to a youth service (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5909/10]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if third level colleges have been allowed retain a percentage of the money saved by the public sector pay cuts on their staff; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will approve grant aid to a school (details supplied) in County Mayo for the provision of a temporary prefab sited at the school...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will sanction the application for the rental of temporary school accommodation in respect of a school (details supplied) in...
    • State Examinations
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Meath cannot be awarded a waiver to exempt them from fees for the leaving certificate...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 315 of 18 November 2009, the position regarding the provision of the postgraduate diploma in...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers that have seen an increase in their take home pay as a consequence of cutting their gross pay under €40,000,...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will publish the recent report of consultants employed by his Department to report on the provision of prefabs or temporary...
    • School Completion Programme
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the school completion programmes (details supplied) which are in place. [5940/10]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 331 of 20 January 2010, the closing date for receipt of tenders. [5941/10]
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has issued guidelines to principals of schools informing them that they can only purchase their information technology equipment...
    • School Transport
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the school bus route from south Thomastown, County Kilkenny to the Kilkenny school project, Kilkenny city will be changed to ensure...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person will be retained as a special needs assistant at a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim. [5987/10]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the need for new permanent accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools opened by vocational educational committees; if there are plans for vocational educational committees to...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5996/10]
    • School Curriculum
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the curriculum in primary and secondary schools covers or includes mental health issues. [6001/10]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the degree to which the number of special needs teachers and or special needs assistants will be maintained or increased at all...