Written answers
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Medical Service
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Defence if the centralised medical command structure recommended for the medical services by consultants (details supplied) has been established; if not,...
- Defence Forces Promotions
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of promotions by rank and appointment that have occurred within the Defence Forces since 20 January 2010; the number of acting up...
- Naval Service Patrols
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of patrolling days undertaken by Naval Service vessels in each year from 2005 to 2009; the planned number for 2010; if he has had...
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Defence if, in view of the drop in the numbers in the Defence Forces, there are signs that there are difficulties in maintaining a credible organisation; and...
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to review the resources and equipment available to the Defence Forces in view of the recent weather conditions; and if he will make a...
- Overseas Missions
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding requests from the EU or UN for Irish troop deployments on peacekeeping or peace enforcement missions at various locations; the...
- Military Archives
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Defence if reports have been commissioned into the status and needs of the military archives; if the current premises are suitable for the protection, usage...
- Departmental Estimates
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will make a statement on his Department's Estimate for 2010. [9190/10]
- Irish Red Cross
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Defence when he will introduce legislation regarding the Irish Red Cross; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9184/10]
- Irish Language
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Defence the Irish language initiatives that have been undertaken in the Defence Forces since 1 January 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Commemorative Events
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress reported regarding the projects relating to the 2016 commemoration of the 1916 Rising at the Oireachtas consultation group report on the...
- Courts-Martial
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the investigation being carried out into the allegation that a member of the Naval Service was supplying information on patrol...
- Defence Forces Training
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent of physical education facilities in each Defence Forces establishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9171/10]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Defence the level of payroll savings achieved by his Department in 2009 arising from retirements from the Defence Forces and the enforcement of the embargo;...
- Naval Service Vessels
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for vessel replacement in the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9193/10]
- Defence Forces Reserve
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Defence the level of recruitment into the Reserve Defence Force since 1 January 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9173/10]
- Defence Forces Operations
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of occasions on which the Army Ordnance Corps has been called out to deal with suspicious devices during 2009 and to date in 2010; the...
- Defence Forces Review
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Defence if the Value for Money and Policy Review of the Reserve Defence Force has commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9174/10]
- Ministerial Transport
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Defence the review he plans to carry out on ministerial transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9178/10]
- Civil Defence
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Defence the arrangements he has made for the preparation of a third Strategic Plan for the Civil Defence Organisation in respect of the period 2011 to 2014;...
- Departmental Properties
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for the Military Barracks, Waterford City; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9181/10]
- Overseas Missions
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress that will be made in 2010 regarding the Reserve Defence Force serving with the Permanent Defence Forces on overseas missions; and if he...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- EU Funding
Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the European Globalisation Fund for a company (detail supplied) in County Limerick can be used to...
- Illegal Imports
Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on banning the importation of goods originating from settlements in the West Bank that are illegal...
- Company Closures
Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of enterprises, commercial and manufacturing that went into liquidation in County Galway during...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons involved in FÁS community employment schemes in County Galway for each of the years...
- Company Closures
Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the order of priority of various types of creditors in relation to the proceeds of a company liquidation....
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding FÁS courses offered to people in receipt of jobseekers payments and who are required...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason for her decision to prevent FÁS from facilitating term time arrangements for its employees; if...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance if a proposed development of 19 houses in a rural village in County Kilkenny will be liable for 80% windfall tax as proposed in Budget 2010; and if...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the reform of the Financial Regulator and the Central Bank; when he plans to publish legislation regarding same; and if he...
- Road Network
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance the person who has responsibility for the upkeep and maintenance of the bridge over the River Suck at River Street, Ballinasloe, County Galway; the...
- International Agreements
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance if he can confirm whether a loan of up to €2 billion is being granted to the International Monetary Fund from Central Bank of Ireland resources...
- State Banking Sector
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance when the Director of Corporate Enforcement will publish his report into the ongoing investigation into Anglo Irish Bank. [9497/10]
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the names of the heads of investigations being carried out by the Financial Regulator and when such reports will be forthcoming....
- Departmental Staff
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to resolve the work to rule by staff in the Department of Social and Family Affairs. [8910/10]
- Public Sector Pay
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a matter (details supplied). [9671/10]
- Department of Health and Children
- Medical Cards
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will be made awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [9388/10]
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if independent adoptions in Mexico will be recognised in Irish adoption law in view of the fact that they are under the Hague...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will supply an insulin pump to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16. [9364/10]
- Hospital Services
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made to date in implementing the recommendations of the Health Information and Quality Authority report for Ennis General...
- Medical Cards
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application for a medical card will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied). [9389/10]
- Health Services
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to combat increasing difficulties health workers are faced with in reaching sex workers. [9396/10]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she supports any service here which distributes sterile injecting equipment, paraphernalia, condoms and other items to sex workers;...
- Health Services
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the recent National Advisory Committee on Drugs report which recommended the provision of adequate funding of drug...
- Mental Health Services
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps that she has taken to address the mental health crisis among asylum seekers. [9409/10]
- Medical Cards
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has had no response from the Health Service Executive in relation to their...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will order an immediate inventory into the products sold in head shops; if she will check whether these products comply with...
- Health Services
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a matter (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9628/10]
- Departmental Reports
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 358 of 16 September 2009, the position regarding same. [9633/10]
- Child Care Services
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No 250 of 20 October 2009, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [9634/10]
- Hospital Procedures
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 26 November 2009, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [9635/10]
- Hospital Records
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if persons who have had symphysiotomies in a hospital (details supplied) in County Louth are entitled to receive their medical records...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Homeless Persons
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of homeless asylum seekers; the services available to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9408/10]
- Deportation Orders
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedures that are in place to effect the removal of a parent and their children from the jurisdiction in situations...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the National Property Services Regulatory Authority Bill; when the Bill is expected to come before...
- Extremist Groups
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if Ireland is now becoming a base or recruiting ground for right-wing extremist groups following recent events in Venezuela...
- Illegal Sex Industry
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the organisations his Department funds which provide projects or services to people involved with or affected by the sex...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Emigrant Support Services
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will engage in discussions on the plight of Irish immigrants of long-standing residency in the United States; and if he will make a...
- Counterfeit Passports
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will call in the Israeli ambassador following the assassination of a Hamas leader. [9393/10]
- Nuclear Disarmament Initiative
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the additional sanctions that are being considered by the European Union against Iran; and the existing sanctions and the effect same has...
- International Trade
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking to ensure that US sanctions against Cuba are not preventing full and open trade between the EU and the USA; and if he...
- Departmental Functions
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a review of management structures, governance and decision making frameworks was last carried out. [9500/10]
- Departmental Staff
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there are clear derogations of responsibility between staff grades across his Department, in Iveagh House and other relevant offices; and...
- Diplomatic Representation
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the last time he reviewed the embassy network with a view to decreasing the footprint in non-strategic countries, for example, Nigeria,...
- Departmental Functions
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which his Department examined opportunities to outsource or co-source back office functions like finance, procurement and...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the percentage expenditure allocated to the Department that has been freed up through the implementation of efficiency measures such as...
- Departmental Functions
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the average cost of entertainment per function, hosted by his Department. [9508/10]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the average stipend in addition to core salary for those civil servants who are working overseas. [9509/10]
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Tourism Industry
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to the comments by the chief executive officer of Tourism Ireland that the current economic climate...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs cathain a bheidh an chéad toghchán eile d'Údarás na Gaeltachta ann; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a rent allowance application will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied). [9390/10]
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of applications received by the Money Advice and Budgeting Service system in 2009; if this was an increase or decrease...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding a claim for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an appeal against the decision to refuse their application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an application for family income support in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will open an appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in respect of the rate of disability allowance they have...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made on an appeal for a non-contributory State pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 188: 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...
- Parliamentary Questions
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, in view of the parliamentary questions to which responses have not been provided due to industrial action, if answers will be...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding jobseeker's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Defence the strength of the Army, Air Corps and Naval Service; the way these compare with the established level in each case; his plans for recruitment to...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Defence the date on which his Department is expected to move into the new departmental headquarters; the costs that are budgeted for to facilitate the...
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Defence the strength of the Army by rank and gender; the degree to which this has fluctuated in each of the past three years and to date in 2010; his plans...
- Defence Forces Training
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Defence the degree to which specific training is provided to assist in a rapid response in the event of a natural disaster or terrorist attack; the degree...
- Defence Forces Properties
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of overholders currently in military accommodation; the degree to which efforts are being made to negotiate with the relevant local...
- Air Corps Recruitment
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Air Corps cadets accepted in each of the past three years and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9652/10]
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Defence the estimated expenditure for the upgrading of vehicles and equipment in the current year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9653/10]
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Local Authority Housing
Question 206: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the plans of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council for the redevelopment of an estate...
- Planning Issues
Question 207: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of the new Environment Protection Authority regulations pertaining to percolation tests for once...
- Recycling Policy
Question 208: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on extending the subsidy scheme used plastics and recycling collections whereby a subsidy is paid...
- Town Status
Question 209: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Question No. 522 of 16 February 2010, the position regarding the two towns (details supplied) in...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 210: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding his Department has provided towards the public offices (details supplied) in County...
- Local Authority Boundaries
Question 211: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on the terms of reference of Limerick local government committee, the composition of which...
- Archaeological Sites
Question 212: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Question No. 195 of 29 April 2009, the outcome of the site inspection; and if he will make a...
- Derelict Sites
Question 215: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the rules in place governing vacant private dwellings which are in bad repair and have become eyesores in our...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 216: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of each local authority government grant allocated to every local authority in 2006 to 2008,...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 217: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the grants available for the maintenance of private water pumps and wells; if assistance is available for the...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Post Office Network
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding a post office (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a REP scheme payment will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make...
- Department of Education and Science
- Special Educational Needs
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special needs assistants that have been withdrawn from classrooms to date in 2010 as part of the national review of...
- Strategic Innovation Fund
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will report on the distribution of funds under the strategic innovation fund announced in December 2005; the amount of the...
- Higher Education
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he expects to receive the report of the Hunt Committee on Higher Education, originally due in late 2009. [9370/10]
- School Accommodation
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support a matter (details supplied). [9391/10]
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on correspondence (details supplied). [9392/10]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will respond to a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9412/10]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the schools that were built in 2006, 2007 and 2008; the locations of same; if they have a rain harvesting system in place; and if he...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the proposal by County Cork Vocational Education Committee and a local steering committee to establish a...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the planned refurbishment work and a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [9424/10]
- School Accommodation
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review a decision to refuse funding to a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [9429/10]
- School Transport
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a report on school transport will be published; when the recommendations will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 263 of the 11 November 2009, when a decision will issue in respect of a project (details...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide an update on a summer works scheme application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon. [9486/10]
- Student Support Schemes
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the details of new funding to be made available for school books and cultural activities in 2010; and if he will make a statement on...
- Preschool Services
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 18 February 2010, if he will confirm that only one pre-school facility in Dublin has such...
- School Curriculum
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to include politics as an examinable subject in the secondary school curriculum; his plans to introduce politics in the...
