Written answers

Wednesday, 10 February 2010

  • Department of Transport
    • Public Transport
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the recent release through a freedom of information request of costings for major public transport projects including the...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Transport the consultancy fees paid to an operator for terminal two at Dublin Airport; when an operator will be selected; and if he will make a statement on...
    • National Emergency Plan
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Transport the representation from his Department with the office of emergency planning in his absence during the recent weather crisis; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Parliamentary Question No. 50 of 9 December 2009, the salary scales of the chief executives within all bodies, companies and agencies...
    • Rail Services
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason he has decided to opt out of new EU regulations on increased consumer protection rights for rail passengers; his views on the fact that...
    • Road Safety
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the national road safety strategy; the priorities for 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6569/10]
    • Air Services
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to introduce a no strike clause for air traffic controllers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6543/10]
    • Road Safety
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on national road safety in view of the recall of thousands of vehicles by a number of global car manufacturers including 26,000 vehicles...
    • State Airports
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the cost cutting plans by the Dublin Airport Authority; the communications he has had with the Dublin Airport Authority on this issue;...
    • Security at Ports
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has instigated a review, in conjunction with the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, of security at our national ports in view of...
    • Road Safety
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding plans for mandatory alcohol testing at accident scenes; when legislation will be enacted; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Port Development
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the recent appointment of the new chairperson to the board of Dublin Port; the qualifications and relevant maritime experience...
    • Travel Trade Sector
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the number of closures of travel agent and tour operator businesses and of the implications that this has for...
    • Road Safety
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has reviewed the new Central Statistics Office figures that show a persistent increasing trend in the recorded incidents of drug driving; if...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Transport if the 1998 EU Convention on driving disqualifications is fully operational between Ireland and the UK; the offences covered by the new order; and...
    • Port Development
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Transport the measures he is taking to address the falling trade at our national ports including the recently reported 10% drop in trade at Dublin Port in...
    • Road Network
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to increase the funding to local authorities to enable them to repair the roads that have been damaged by the recent bad weather; and if...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will introduce the legislation for the graduated driver licence scheme as mandated under action 72 of the Road Safety Strategy 2007 to 2012...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of civil and public servants that have signed up for the cycle to work scheme; the cost of the scheme to date in 2010; when the...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has requested that the Railway Procurement Agency carry out feasibility studies of light rail lines for Cork, Galway and Limerick; the...
    • Public Transport
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he will take regarding the proposals by Bus Éireann to make up the 250 workers redundant and alter or discontinue up to 100 routes...
    • Weather Emergencies
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Transport the contingency plans that are in place in the event of damage to our transport infrastructure arising from further extreme weather conditions;...
    • Parking Regulations
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will amend the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations 1997 to allow local authorities more flexibility in the way they deal with...
    • Road Network
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Transport the new role for the National Roads Authority as the manager of the non-national road network on a non-statutory basis; the powers that have been...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will publish the report into the collision between a LUAS tram and Dublin Bus on O'Connell Street, Dublin 1; the reason there has been...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of bodies and agencies under his aegis; and his proposals for the rationalisation of same. [6493/10]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 152 and 153 of 26 November 2009, if he has given full consideration to the proposals to improve taxi...
    • Public Transport
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Transport the alternative methods of transport that will be made available to those affected by the latest cuts to Bus Éireann routes across the country....
    • Transport 21
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Transport the objectives set out in Transport 21 in respect of road, rail, air and sea transport; the way this is likely to be reflected at local or...
    • Cycle Facilities
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the new €10 million cycle route from Portobello to Clontarf in Dublin; the cost of the cross city cycle route; when it will...
    • Air Services
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has been briefed by the Government-appointed directors to Aer Lingus on the recent agreement between staff and management on a cost cutting...
    • Ferry Services
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the proposed operation of a new Swansea to Cork ferry service from March 2010; the supports he has given this new ferry...
    • Rail Services
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the implementation of the recommendations in the CIE commissioned report on alleged irregularities in the procurement process...
    • Airport Security
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is currently reviewing all security procedures and protocols at airports here in conjunction with the Department of Justice, Law and...
    • State Airports
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Transport if preclearance facilities are now fully operational at Shannon Airport; the security measures that are in place to monitor private aircraft using...
    • Road Safety
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has studied the impact of the 30 km/h speed limit in particular areas of Dublin city; if traffic movements, health and safety or other...
    • Cycle Facilities
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made to date on the implementation of the national cycling policy framework; the cost of implementing this strategy to date; and if...
    • Air Services
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the recent resolution of the air traffic controllers' dispute at Dublin Airport which caused the closure of Dublin, Cork and...
    • Road Network
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the €1.115 billion allocation for the national roads programme 2010; the new road projects that will begin in 2010, 2011...
    • Airport Development Projects
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Transport the estimated opening date for terminal two at Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6436/10]
    • Road Network
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has directed the National Roads Authority, under section 41 of the Roads Act 1993 or otherwise, to upgrade and maintain the N17 on the...
    • Airport Security
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Transport the legislative protections he is putting in place regarding the use of full body scanners at airports to ensure their use does not interfere with...
    • Public Transport
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on public transport fare structures and whether lower fares would encourage more commuters to use public transport rather than private...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of training places for young persons that were provided by FÁS at the end of December 2009; and...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Collection
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated loss to the Revenue Commissioners of tax due as a result of liquidations, receiverships and examinerships in each of the past four...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance the plans the Office of Public Works has for the town of Athlone, County Westmeath and its environs in view of the flooding recently experienced in...
    • Tax Code
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to abolish or reduce further stamp duty on second-hand property in view of the low activity in the residential property market; and if he...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 159 of 3 February 2009, if the County Galway joint working group is considering flood mitigation measures in...
    • Public Procurement
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance the savings the national public procurement operations unit achieved on projects in which it was involved; the running costs of the unit; and if he...
    • European Investment Bank
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance the funding that has been made available by the EU to provide a flow of credit through financial institutions to small and medium enterprises in the...
    • Civil Service Staff
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the standing down of the committee on performance awards which had allowed Secretaries General to assign assistant secretaries...
    • Public Sector Pay
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance the date that it was decided to reduce the pay cuts for certain senior public servants; and the discussions that took place prior to this decision....
    • Tax Code
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person with a long-term illness can claim tax relief associated with travel to and from hospital appointments in lieu of a free taxi or if the...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Medical Cards
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person who is the holder of a doctor only medical card is obliged to pay the health levy despite the fact that this person's total...
    • Health Services
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied). [7021/10]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 334 of 2 February 2010, when this matter will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the renewal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the need to have a second consultant neurologist appointed to the north west and based in Sligo...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she has taken to review the Mental Health Act 2001, to update this in line with the new Convention on the Rights of Persons...
    • Controlled Substances
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the procedure for banning a substance sold in head shops. [7096/10]
    • Adoption Services
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the need to have a proper tracing service for persons who have been adopted from abroad, similar to the service that is...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons treated in hospitals here, in tabular form, in each of the past four years that had no fixed abode when presented...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [7105/10]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of bed days used by patients with diabetes who were treated for foot ulcerations which did not require full or partial lower...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the initial cost of the cervical cancer vaccine was stated to be €16 million but the cost announced in January 2010 was...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost each year to send cervical smear tests to the USA for laboratory analysis; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a back to school allowance. [7119/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Cavan will undergo a medical procedure; and if same will be expedited. [7121/10]
    • Children in Care
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action the Minister of State with responsibility for children has taken since meeting with persons (details supplied) on 6 October...
    • Health Services
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the hourly cost of the Health Service Executive-administered home help inclusive and exclusive of the cost of administering the scheme;...
    • Respiratory Diseases
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons suffering from respiratory conditions here; the research undertaken to identify the cause or causes of the...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied regarding the adequacy of respite care for parents and carers of children and adults with special needs in County...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of nurses employed throughout the public health service; the number in 2000; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the degree to which all the facilities available at Naas General Hospital, County Kildare including theatres, staff requirements,...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of MRSA and [i]clostridium difficile[/i] or other hospital based infections that have been reported on a monthly basis in...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to extend community based mental health services in County Kildare and throughout the country; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of school medical examinations carried out at primary and second level in each of the past five years; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the current economic climate she will consider raising the income thresholds in respect of eligibility for medical cards;...
    • Health Services
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons currently in receipt of home help in County Kildare; the number who received such help in 2008; the extent to...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting period for heart or hip replacement surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7274/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to meet the requirements of cystic fibrosis sufferers with a view to bringing the quality of service here into...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied with the strength of the ambulance service throughout the country; her plans for increasing staff levels, equipment...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if adequate accident and emergency staff are available at all hospitals throughout the country; her plans to address this matter in the...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if and when a permanent bed might be made available in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to obtain a place at...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 193: 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...
  • Department of Transport
    • National Roads Authority
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has had recent meetings with the National Roads Authority; the details of these meetings; if the matter of tolling was raised during these...
    • Heavy Goods Vehicles
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Transport the legislation that exists at a local, national and European level to facilitate the banning of heavy goods vehicles from towns and villages; the...
    • Rail Services
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Transport if persons with disabilities have adequate access to a train service between Limerick and Dublin; if his attention has been drawn to the fact many...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Garda Divisional Headquarters
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if proposed plans to relocate the Cork north divisional Garda headquarters will go ahead, as outlined in An Garda...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if resources will be allocated for refurbishment works on Fermoy Garda station, County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of heroin seized in County Mayo in 2007, 2008 and 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7053/10]
    • Crime Levels
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of incidents when hospital patients have reported property stolen that have resulted in a Garda investigation;...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of land holdings exceeding ten hectares registered in the Property Registration Authority; and if he will make a...
    • Peace Commissioners
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of peace commissioners appointed in County Kilkenny; the locations to which they are appointed; and the current...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is at least a six-month delay in mapping at the Property...
    • Private Security Authority
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the way the Private Security Authority has over-regulated the electronic security sector...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions for aggravated and non-aggravated burglaries in 2009; the sentences that were handed down for...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties many Irish born child residence permit holders are having renewing...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied); when the certificate of...
    • Motor Vehicle Registrations
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether any change to the format of car registration plates, that would entail the year of registration being...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of student visa applications to Ireland in 2008 and 2009 by country of application; the number of applications...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when long-term residency or citizenship will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Clár Forbartha Áitiúil
      Question 219: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil cinneadh déanta nó á dhéanamh maidir le deireadh a chur leis an Chlár Forbartha Áitiúil don Chuimsiú...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the names of all drugs task force co-ordinators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7180/10]
    • Community Development
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will report on his Department's contacts with the West Tallaght Resource Centre, Dublin; the rationale behind...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 222: 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...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 230: 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. [7045/10]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way the habitual residency condition affects older Irish emigrants returning to live here; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if arrears of unemployment benefit will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [7050/10]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons working in social welfare centres in County Donegal in February 2010. [7061/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an application for jobseeker's payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the conditions for eligibility for the back to education allowance; the options for funding available to a person who has no means...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made on an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath;...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the maximum amount the spouse of a disability benefit claimant can earn before losing their child dependant increase. [7220/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a reduced rate payment of €189.70 has been sanctioned in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow....
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 21 May 2009, the number of advocacy resource officers employed across the citizens...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if this application will be awarded; and if she...
  • Department of Defence
    • Naval Service Vessels
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of money received in respect of the insurance claim for [i]Asgard II[/i]; the way this money has been spent; and if not, the way he will...
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Defence if the dispute (details supplied) in County Cork regarding the transfer of land in his Department's ownership has been resolved; the position...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of persons serving in the Defence Forces in receipt of family income supplement. [7201/10]
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • National Parks
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the investment by the Office of Public Works in a facility (details supplied) in County Donegal; the number...
    • Air Quality
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, arising from air pollution monitoring outposts throughout the country, he has noticed an increase in any...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an application has been made for the upgrading of a sewage treatment plant at a location (details...
    • Election Management System
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason a website that gives demonstrations on the way to use voting machines is still maintained by his...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has taken action to secure possession of a building (details supplied) in County Wicklow in order that...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the legal entitlement of local authorities to regulate quarries which were in...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when Cork County Council will be notified of funding for its water services investment programme 2010 to...
    • Building Control Act
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will suspend the progress of Part 3 of the Building Control Act 2007 to allow further investigation and...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the promised legislation to reform the law on noise pollution. [7195/10]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the qualifying criteria for receiving pension enhancements of local authority workers under Circular 12/9 in...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for the appointment of an angling representative on the inland fisheries committee; and if he will...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made in the provision of broadband to rural areas under the national broadband scheme; the areas...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Timber Products
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the role and progress made towards the outlawing of the illegal trade in tropical wood here; and if he will...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers in receipt of a single farm payment in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7066/10]
    • EU Regulations
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action he will take to ensure that the EU regulation 2006 applies to the commercial export of live dogs; and if he will...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their REPS 4 payment. [7223/10]
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when an application for fodder relief will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the terms of the vocational training opportunities scheme and back to education allowance have been aligned and in respect of the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1025 of 19 January 2010, if he will review the file associated with this project to establish...
    • Post-Leaving Certificate Courses
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of post-leaving certificate places for young persons that were provided at the end of December 2009; and if there was an...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support the case of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [7052/10]
    • School Staffing
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the schools in which additional teachers are to be employed in County Galway; the location of the schools involved; when they will be...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the overcrowding at a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if his further attention has been...
    • State Examinations
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on correspondence regarding supports in respect of a person (details supplied); if he will review the case; and if he will...
    • Educational Projects
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support a project (details supplied) in Dublin 17. [7196/10]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7209/10]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application by a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of employees who applied for the cycle to work scheme in his Department; if changes have been made to the scheme or if the...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will respond to the progression criterion that the education agencies here apply when processing third level grant...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application for home tuition in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Cork. [7257/10]