Written answers
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to findings of The Poor Can't Pay Coalition that identified that the social welfare payments of...
- Employment Support Services
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of job facilitators; the average waiting times to access support from a job facilitator; and if she will make a...
- National Carer's Strategy
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans for carers following the decision not to publish the National Carer's Strategy. [9012/10]
- Social Insurance
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action she is taking to improve social security for self-employed persons. [8901/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average processing time it takes in respect of a claim for jobseeker's benefit to be dealt with. [9007/10]
- Social Welfare Fraud
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she is satisfied with the method of recording and calculating fraud control savings; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Public Services Card
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the details on the public service card with photo ID to be rolled out from 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Code
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to update guidelines regarding the habitual residency rule to ensure a consistent approach by all deciding officers....
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average time it takes to process social welfare appeals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8978/10]
- Pension Provisions
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the contributory pension of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [2693/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will make a statement on the delays in processing applications for habitual residency, job seeker's allowance, medical cards...
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she is satisfied with the capacity of the money advice and budgetary service to negotiate on person's behalf with financial...
- Humanitarian Assistance Scheme
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to formalise the system of allocating financial support resulting from extreme weather events. [8927/10]
- Pensions Provisions
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the continued delay in arriving at a decision on the national pensions framework. [8919/10]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to use the impending Social Welfare Bill to reform family income supplement to ensure that all low income families...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of families eligible for the family income supplement; the number of families in receipt of the family income...
- Employment Support Services
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the discussions she has had with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment regarding amalgamating parts of FÁS activation...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to reform the one parent family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8948/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the cumulative effects of cuts to social welfare payments for families that have more than one...
- Social Insurance
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on reviewing the changes made in the treatment benefit scheme in budget 2010 to ascertain whether savings will be made...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps she is taking to reduce the cost of the one parent family payment by ensuring that all parents capable of making...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons who have been refused a social welfare payment on means test grounds in each of the past three years; the...
- Employment Support Services
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the additional supports that have been given to job facilitators to deal with the increased demand for access to support; and if...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the discussions she has had with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government regarding a faster transfer of...
- Humanitarian Assistance Scheme
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the funding made available to the humanitarian assistance scheme for flood claims; the number of applications for support; the...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to use the impending Social Welfare Bill to ensure the cost of illness benefit and other disability payments can be...
- Departmental Staff
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps she has taken to ensure that services to the public are not affected by the work to rule in her Department. [8911/10]
- Civil Registration
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will amend the Civil Registration Act 2004 to permit the registration or recording of deaths here as it is considered by...
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the waiting times to access Money Advice and Budgeting Service money advisers; and if she will make a...
- Social Insurance
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the balance of the social insurance fund; the balance in 2008 and 2009; the estimated balances for the next three years; the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the details of the new maximum rent supplement amounts. [8926/10]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to ease restrictions on the unemployed in accessing temporary work and returning to jobseeker payments once that work...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on increasing the payments given to persons who are caring for the sick and disabled due to the increase in cost...
- Civil Registration
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to use the impending Social Welfare Bill to change legislation to provide for the compulsory registration of fathers on...
- Social Insurance
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps she is taking to deal with the excessive waiting times for PRSI refunds. [8916/10]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for not awarding child benefit directly to fathers when that is the expressed wish of both parents. [8917/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason there was no fuel allowance made available to social welfare recipients in winter 2009 in view of the recent weather...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on increasing the payments given for guardians payment in view of the additional costs incurred by relatives who have...
- Maintenance Payments
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that maintenance orders are not being enforced by the courts; and the estimated costs...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps she will take to shorten waiting times in respect of child benefit applications. [8915/10]
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Innovation Fund
Question 134: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on progress made in raising capital for the Innovation Fund Ireland announced in December 2008; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 135: To ask the Taoiseach the policy of his Department regarding staff who donate blood during normal working hours; if staff are required to clock out when giving blood; if measures...
- Data Protection
Question 136: To ask the Taoiseach the cloud computing systems that are currently in use in his Department; the safeguards that are in place in respect of personal information and public data...
- Workers' Remittances
Question 137: To ask the Taoiseach the workers' remittances into and out of here for each of the past five years by intra-European and extra-European remittances; and if he will make a...
- Dáil Reform
Question 138: To ask the Taoiseach the number of times and dates when the working group on Dáil Reform has met since it was established; the proposals it has put forward; and if he will make a...
- Central Statistics Office
Question 139: To ask the Taoiseach the EU or UN meeting or conference, since 2004, in which the Central Statistics Office has participated in relation to the collection of statistics; and the...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 140: To ask the Taoiseach the amount he has spent on hiring or use of outside consultants in 2007, 2008 and 2009 in tabular form; if he is satisfied that this practice represents good...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Employment Rights
Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an employer still has not paid the holiday element of the...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will expect to receive a redundancy payment; and if she...
- Labour Market Activation Fund
Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the new €20 million retraining fund for persons made redundant within the past two years;...
- County Enterprise Boards
Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if funding or grants are available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare through any of the State...
- Globalisation Adjustment Fund
Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her Department will fund the 20 applications from former employees of a company (details supplied) for a...
- Employment Subsidy Scheme
Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to expand the employment subsidy scheme in view of the fact that the expansion of the scheme was...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the payment of statutory lump sum redundancy in respect of a person (details supplied)...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the budget available to Enterprise Ireland in 2009 and 2010 to assist business intending to invest in...
- EU Directives
Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when she will transpose the services directive into legislation; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Airport Development Projects
Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will report on her meeting with the chief executive officer of an airline (details supplied); if she...
- Departmental Records
Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will assist in the case of a person (details supplied) in obtaining their requested records from their...
- Job Losses
Question 152: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs that have been lost in 2010 to date; the number of jobs that were lost in 2009 in a...
- Job Creation
Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs that have been created in 2010 to date; the number of jobs that were created in 2009 in a...
- Unemployment Levels
Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to visit County Kerry in order to assess the unemployment situation in that county with a view to...
- Job Creation
Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Industrial Development Authority or FÁS backed jobs created on a county basis over the past...
- Official Engagements
Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will accept an invitation from Fermoy Town Council, issued in autumn 2009, to discuss the matter of...
- Job Creation
Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created by the IDA Ireland each year in Ireland over the past five years; and if she will...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount she has spent on hiring or use of outside consultants in 2007 to 2009 in tabular form; if she is...
- Department of Finance
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8727/10]
- Company Closures
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses across all sectors that have advised the Revenue Commissioners that they have ceased trading in each month of 2009 and in...
- Flood Relief
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8716/10]
- Tax Code
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has received all of his entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8733/10]
- Public Sector Pay
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance the way the reduction in public service salaries, announced in budget 2010, is being applied to public servants who are job-sharing; and if he will...
- Car Scrappage Scheme
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reply to correspondence (details supplied). [8828/10]
- Disabled Drivers
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of a person that has been refused upon appeal on an application under the disabled drivers scheme, they will be independently assessed...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his officials or agencies have been involved in discussions between a bank (details supplied) and other banks regarding the establishment...
- Tax Code
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Finance when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive their tax rebate for 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8847/10]
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a provision in the heads of legislation of the new banking commission that a regulatory regime that is proportionate as appropriate...
- Public Sector Pay
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for cutting the pay of research staff of third level educational institutions in view of the exceptional employment status of research...
- Pension Provisions
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that widows who returned to the public service post 1995 are treated less favourably for pension...
- Public Sector Pay
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 26 January 2010 and No. 187 of 9 February 2010, when a person (details supplied) will be exempt from...
- Banking Sector
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Finance if he or any member of his staff met with representatives of a company (details supplied) to discuss their loan application to Anglo Irish Bank and...
- Sports Funding
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of surplus funds generated by the National Lottery in 2009 that was provided to the Exchequer; the proportion of this funding that was...
- Tax Code
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that the below cost selling of alcohol results in retailers claiming a refund of VAT on the product from the Revenue...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount he has spent on hiring or use of outside consultants in 2007, 2008 and 2009 in tabular form; if he is satisfied that this practice...
- Garda Recruitment
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will lift the ban on public sector recruitment for Garda personnel in the interests of public safety; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Health and Children
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to regulate and ban substances sold in head shops; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8747/10]
- Health Services
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding funding in 2010 for dental treatments under the medical card scheme; the length of time she expects the funding...
- Public Sector Pay
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if persons at an equine centre (details supplied) should be exempt from public service pay cuts; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Service Staff
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will lift the embargo on nursing staff recruitment to enable nursing staff to be replaced at Belmullet District Hospital and...
- Pre-school Services
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received correspondence from parents of children attending a centre (details supplied) in County Kildare under the early...
- Health Service Staff
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will lift the ban on public sector recruitment for health and ambulance personnel in the interests of public safety; and if she...
- Health Services
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Letrim. [8641/10]
- Pharmacy Regulations
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures she has taken to ensure that pharmacists pass on reductions in the cost of medicines to consumers; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the shortage of nursing care in the Legan, Colehill, Forgney and Carrickboy areas of County Longford despite a 24%...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the daughters of women who have had cervical cancer will be given the HPV vaccine as a priority; and if she will make a statement on...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will issue on the nursing home loan (ancillary State support) portion of the nursing home support scheme application in...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in a repayment under the Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Thalidomide Survivors' Compensation
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support an association (details supplied) in their efforts for justice and compensation. [8710/10]
- Health Services
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied). [8711/10]
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the expected date for the signing of the Hague Convention into law; the countries to which the Hague Convention will apply; the...
- Adoption Services
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applicants that have submitted their papers and are awaiting a decision on their request for a declaration of suitability...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce legislation requiring labels on alcohol products to warn of the dangers of drinking during pregnancy; and if she...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications under the nursing home support scheme received each month since it was established; the number awaiting...
- Hospital Services
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 3 December 2009, if the applicant will be facilitated at another hospital to have their...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the age limit for cervical cancer vaccine; if it will be extended to other age groups; the way a person can register for the uptake of...
- Home Help Service
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of home help hours that will be provided per month over the course of 2010 in County Donegal; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Services
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a medical procedure has been postponed in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if she will make a...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on the nursing home support scheme application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo....
- Health Service Staff
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons employed in the health service who are job sharing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8825/10]
- Pre-school Services
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reply to previous correspondence (details supplied) regarding the early childhood care and education scheme; and if she will...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the Trinity College Dublin report, a cost and outcomes analysis of alternative models of care for young children with...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applicants in receipt of a home care grant in 2008 and 2009; the number of new applications approved during those years in...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Louth will receive payment under the Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006; and if she will make...
- Health Services
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the rising cost of day care for Alzheimer's patients in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the terms of her contractual obligations in relation to the public use of privately operated beds in co-located hospitals in cases in...
- Medical Cards
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding setting new income thresholds in respect of medical card eligibility for 2010. [8870/10]
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received the report of the Adoption Board on its investigation into the mediation agency dealing with Vietnamese intercountry...
- Health Service Staff
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a number of acting community welfare officers who have permanent status with the Health Service Executive are retained in their posts...
- Medical Cards
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for an over 70 years medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [9021/10]
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the proposed Adoption Bill recognises direct adoptions from Hague-ratified contracting states where such adoptions are legislated for...
- Health Services
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when placement will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9037/10]
- Medical Cards
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received correspondence from a union (details supplied) regarding medical card processing; her plans to address the concerns...
- Hospital Services
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will get a bed in the Mater Hospital, Dublin. [9044/10]
- Mental Health Services
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 516 and 519 of 19 January 2009, the inappropriate placing of 263 children in adult in-patient...
- Medical Cards
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on their medical card. [9051/10]
- Hospital Services
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork, who has a very rare condition, has to be admitted through...
- Medical Cards
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive their renewed medical card; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Staff
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm the appointment of two specialists to the orthodontic treatment centre at St. Finbarr's Hospital, Cork; when the two...
- Health Services
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a cancelled orthodontic appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be rescheduled; and if she will...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [9086/10]
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 210 of 3 February 2010, when a reply will issue regarding the information sought; and if she will...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 207 of 3 February 2010 when a reply will issue regarding the information sought. [9104/10]
- Legal Fees
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 479 and 480 of 16 September 2009 and Parliamentary Question No. 284 of 2 February 2010 when...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will amend the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 to include a legal entitlement to after care for young people coming out of care...
- Health Service Staff
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 287 of 2 February 2010, when a reply will be issued; and if she will make a statement on the...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 334 of 2 February 2010, when a reply will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if independent adoption is included in the Adoption Bill in view of the fact that there are a number of Irish citizens who have adopted...
- Medical Cards
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding 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 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can change the hospital into which they are booked under the National Treatment...
- Medical Cards
Question 251: 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 Kerry; and if she will make...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for lottery funding by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Mental Health Services
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to a previous parliamentary question, the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny has not had the services of a...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount she has spent on hiring or use of outside consultants in 2007, 2008 and 2009 in tabular form; if she is satisfied that this...
- Assisted Human Reproduction
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 144 of 1 July 2009, her plans to introduce legislation in the area of surrogate parenthood in...
- Health Services
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when speech and language therapy will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Department of Transport
- Rural Transport
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason charges are imposed on the users of a rural transport scheme (details supplied) in County Donegal without consultation and whose users...
- Air Services
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Transport the discussions he has had with an airline (details supplied) on job creation at Dublin Airport; if the Dublin Airport Authority was consulted;...
- Road Network
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received reports on a regular basis on any matter affecting the operation of toll roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Public Transport
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding an application by Bus Éireann for a licence to extend a bus service (details supplied) in County Cork. [8867/10]
- Road Safety
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Transport the parking regulations under the Road Traffic Acts that specify when vehicles must have parking lights illuminated; and when and where it is...
- Road Signage
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has issued guidance to local authorities requiring them to remove signs indicating a special speed limit, or road works speed limit, after...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount he has spent on hiring or use of outside consultants in 2007, 2008 and 2009 in tabular form; if he is satisfied that this practice...
- Cycle to Work Scheme
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will list every local authority that is participating in the cycle to work scheme; if he has had discussions with the local authorities that...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Land Registry
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the Property Registration Authority's move towards the e-conveyancing of land certificates; the...
- Missing Persons
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the implementation of the Emergency Alert systems in respect of missing children as contained in the...
- Security Systems
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on mosquito alarms being used by businesses to deter young people from congregating outside shops; his further...
- Garda Strength
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons who have joined the Garda Reserve in each year since its establishment; the number recruited in...
- Public Order Offences
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [8737/10]
- Garda Investigations
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the Garda investigation into an armed robbery at a post office (details supplied) in County Donegal...
- Firearms Regulations
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the law governing the storage of a licensed firearm; if same is up to the discretion of a Garda District Inspector to...
- Crime Prevention
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to address the problem of elderly persons being targeted by criminals calling to their homes and...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the facilities funded by his Department for the accommodation of refugees or asylum seekers in County Tipperary; and if he...
- Departmental Reports
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 172 of 21 January 2010 and 376 of 2 February 2010, when a reply will issue; and if...
- Departmental Applications
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [8815/10]
- Asylum Applications
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will use his discretion to ensure that a person (details supplied) has their leave to remain in the State and...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [8852/10]
- Courts Service
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 314 of 16 February 2010, if the chief executive of the Courts Service is accountable...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if...
- Residency Permits
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for leave to remain in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the Judicial Council Bill. [9087/10]
- Gaming and Lotteries Act
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made on his Department's review of gambling; if he will publish a report of submissions and deliberations;...
- Residency Permits
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the renewal of residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and...
- Community Policing
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí involved in community policing for each of the past five years; the number proposed for 2010; and if...
- Criminal Responsibility
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the legislation he plans to deal with the developing situation whereby children under the criminal age of 12 are becoming...
- Garda Recruitment
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of all rank retirements in 2009 of gardaí; the subsequent filling of these positions; and if he will make a...
- Passport Applications
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if persons (details supplied) in County Cork are entitled to an Irish passport under the terms of the Irish Nationality and...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount he has spent on hiring or use of outside consultants in 2007, 2008 and 2009 in tabular form; if he is satisfied...
- Community Policing
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of schemes under community policing as provided for under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 that are currently up...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- International Agreements
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the discussions he has had on the Government's position on the new Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and...
- Irish Prisoners Abroad
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [8686/10]
- Diplomatic Residences
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on reports suggesting that a large amount of money is being spent on upgrading the Irish Ambassador to Canada's residence; if this...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has been contacted regarding difficulties concerning the obtaining of visas to permit internationals to work and volunteer in Israel...
- Counterfeit Passports
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason three suspects in the execution of a person, a Hamas commander in Dubai, were in possession of Irish passports; if they were...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that US sanctions imposed on Cuba are preventing donations to fund Cuban medical teams (details...
- Nuclear Disarmament Initiative
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to concerns in relation to the nuclear programme of Iran; the stance he has taken at EU level to ensure that...
- Passport Applications
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of Irish passport holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9048/10]
- Counterfeit Passports
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to impose diplomatic sanctions on Israel until they confirm that they had no involvement in the assassination of a person (details...
- Passport Applications
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding a passport application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount he has spent on hiring or use of outside consultants in 2007, 2008 and 2009 in tabular form; if he is satisfied that this...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding an application under the sports capital grant in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in County...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount he has spent on hiring or use of outside consultants in 2007, 2008 and 2009 in tabular form; if he is satisfied that this...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the steps he will take to deal with the dangers of products sold in head shops; the progress made to date; when a...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of money that remains in dormant accounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8832/10]
- Maoiniú Ranna
Question 325: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an mbeidh airgead á chur ar fáil i mbliana do bhóithre áise ar Oileán Árainn Mhór, Contae Dhún na nGall; agus an...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount he has spent on hiring or use of outside consultants in 2007, 2008 and 2009 in tabular form; if he is...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding entitlement to supplementary welfare allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. ...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when she will publish the revised criteria for the back to education scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. ...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons claiming rent supplement more than 18 months; her views on the speed of transfer of persons from rent...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made on an application for illness benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick;...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will have their appeal on a habitual residence condition decision upheld in order...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision on an application for disability benefit will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Pension Provisions
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 was refused payment for their pension; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Insurance
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8715/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made on an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when social welfare appeal will be heard in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will expedite the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry to qualify for their vocational educational committee...
- Social Insurance
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork who paid social insurance using a PPS number while in employment in 2005,...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding a claim for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she...
- Social Insurance
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Cork has accrued enough contributions to be entitled to a contributory State pension on...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare. [8772/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an illness benefit payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo for a specified period. [8775/10]
- Pension Provisions
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the delay in awarding non-contributory State pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare....
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made on an unemployment assistance appeal application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the maximum length of time a person may claim illness benefit in the circumstances where they were in receipt of illness benefit...
- Pension Provisions
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork is only receiving €160 per week old age pension; and if this application...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when child benefit will be restored in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [8838/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the delay in processing a jobseeker's application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person switching from an invalidity pension to a retirement pension retains their entitlements to the free schemes; and if...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will issue on carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied). [8842/10]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the means by which the value of farmland holdings are assessed in the means test for jobseeker's allowance when no rental income...
- Pension Provisions
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will re-examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork to establish if the full pension entitlement is...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will review the habitual residency clause for persons returning here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9062/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of an association (details supplied) that there appears to be a significant delay...
