Written answers
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Employment Support Services
Question 48: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will categorise the 2,600 companies who made an application under the second round of the employment...
- Job Losses
Question 49: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the prediction made by FÁS that an additional 87,000 workers will lose...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 50: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made to date in merging the Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency; and if she...
- EU Directives
Question 51: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of EU directives for which her Department has responsibility that remain to be implemented; the...
- Employment Support Services
Question 52: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons participating on the work placement programme; the numbers who have expressed an...
- EU Funding
Question 53: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress that has been made on the application for funds from the European Globalisation Fund for former...
- Retail Sector
Question 54: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the significant number of closures of retail outlets and the consequent...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 55: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the membership of the working group developing the youth framework for young persons and early school leavers;...
- Grocery Industry
Question 56: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the code of practice for the grocery sector; if and when she will be meeting the...
- Job Creation
Question 57: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures she is taking to assist indigenous enterprises to retain and create employment to compensate for...
- EU Directives
Question 58: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position and timeframe for the transposition of the services directive; and if she will make a statement...
- National Minimum Wage
Question 59: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has received any report from the Labour Court in regard to a possible change in the national minimum...
- Departmental Functions
Question 60: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she is considering the restructuring of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 61: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports that she has made available to support apprentices who have been unable to complete their...
- Industrial Development
Question 62: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the changes that she will implement in relation to the policy of the Industrial Development Authority...
- Grocery Industry
Question 64: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to a recent report produced by an organisation (details supplied) which shows...
- International Trade
Question 65: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to publish a new Asia strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11322/10]
- Departmental Agencies
Question 66: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she is considering any changes to the structure, role or organisation of FÁS; if FÁS will remain within...
- Departmental Procurement
Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the fact that a number of Government Departments are falling well short of meeting the targets...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 68: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of claims for redundancy payments waiting to be processed within her Department at the latest date...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 69: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the recent publication of the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on internal control...
- Company Closures
Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the decision to close a company (details supplied) in County Louth with...
- Job Losses
Question 72: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when her Department was notified of the intention of a bank (details supplied) to close its retail network;...
- Unemployment Levels
Question 73: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to figures produced by the Central Statistics Office which show that young...
- Employment Rights
Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when it is intended to publish anti-victimisation legislation designed to protect those who choose to join a...
- Unemployment Levels
Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the unemployment problem in County Kerry; her plans through State agencies...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the fact that the collapse in the number of registered apprenticeships could lead to serious...
- Industrial Development
Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she is taking to support enterprise development in the midland and western regions; and if she will...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans for a co-ordinated programme of actions on competitiveness. [5241/10]
- Job Creation
Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her most recent contacts with an airline (details supplied) regarding the possible location of up to 300...
- Industrial Disputes
Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the report of the inquiry into the dispute between a union (details supplied) and employers in...
- Departmental Staff
Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff employed in her Department; the number of staff dedicated to labour market issues; and if...
- Departmental Funding
Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of companies that have applied to date for assistance under the €100 million enterprise...
- Industrial Disputes
Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will use the powers available to her under section 38 of the Industrial Relations Act 1990 to request...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she, in consultation with FÁS, will examine the prospect of extending the community employment scheme to...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the work of the company law review group; the timeframe for the publication of...
- Industrial Disputes
Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the increase in the number of days lost to strike action in 2009, which according to the latest...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures she has introduced to ensure that viable small and medium sized enterprises are not put out of...
- Job Losses
Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the announcement of the loss of 175 jobs at a company (details supplied) in...
- Departmental Funding
Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the labour market activation fund will issue its calls for proposals; the length of time interested...
- Employment Action Plan
Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons aged 18 years to 24 years who are in receipt of jobseeker's benefit and jobseeker's...
- Export Credit Insurance
Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has completed her consideration of providing medium term export credit insurance in the context of the...
- Consumer Protection
Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the draft consumer rights directive; if she is satisfied that the existing rights of...
- Unemployment Levels
Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she will take to combat the downturn in the economy with particular reference to the need for an...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when she will publish legislation to amend the Competition Acts to uphold the right of certain freelance...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will make a statement on the findings of the report commissioned by her Department on the FÁS science...
- County Enterprise Boards
Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she is taking to support the role of county enterprise boards; and if she will make a statement on...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- North-South Bodies
Question 109: To ask the Taoiseach the number of North and South bodies in operation; the number and names of board members on each body; the remuneration received by each member; and if he will...
- Departmental Transport
Question 111: To ask the Taoiseach the amount his Department paid annually for car mileage since 2007 to date in 2010; the amount paid to cover rail and bus tickets separately; and if he will...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Redundancy Payments
Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 17 February 2010, when payments will issue; and if she will make...
- Company Closures
Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a company (details supplied), which went into liquidation in December 2008, had repaid the grant extended...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the contact she or the Irish Ambassador has had with a company (details supplied) or the Singapore Government...
- Job Losses
Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her strategy for former workers at a company (details supplied) to return to work through education and job...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, further to Parliamentary Question No. 81 of 21 January 2010, the reasons the staff complement of the...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will consider correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Redundancy Payments
Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the correct redundancy payment as recommended by the Rights Commissioner, on 27 October 2009, will be...
- Grocery Industry
Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the proposals she has to introduce new regulations for the food supply chains in order to provide proper...
- Occupational Injuries
Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to introduce a compensation scheme for persons who suffer or have died of asbestosis related...
- Community Employment Scheme
Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to increase community employment places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8251/10]
- Departmental Agencies
Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of employment service officers and clerical staff in each FÁS employment office in the State at...
- Local Employment Service
Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of local employment service staff in each LES office in the State at year end 2006, 2007, 2008 and...
- Departmental Reports
Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she conducts studies or surveys of the experiences of job seekers who interact with the public employment...
- Employment Support Services
Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the OECD report Activation Policies in Ireland published in January 2009 which found that...
- EU Funding
Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding received by her Department from the European social funds in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010; the...
- Employment Support Services
Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she is taking to maintain employment in a project (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties which have arisen as a result of budgetary cutbacks to...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding a claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the work placement programme which is being operated in conjunction with FÁS which places an...
- Work Permits
Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permits issued in each of the past five years to date in 2010; and if she will make a...
- Job Creation
Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of additional jobs created in County Kildare in each of the past 12 months to date in 2010; and if...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of additional community employment schemes provided or proposed in 2010; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 137: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if all schemes operated by her Department are adequately funded; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Job Creation
Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the discussions she has had with potential investors in the past 12 months; the number of jobs created...
- Employment Support Services
Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to set up any new schemes to combat unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it is intended to allocate any additional funding to FÁS to facilitate the financial adequacy of the...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to take any specific steps to improve competitiveness in the economy; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Transport
Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount her Department paid annually for car mileage since 2007 to date in 2010; the amount paid to cover...
- Business Regulation
Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it is legal for a business advertising through leafleting door to door to omit its business name and...
- Job Creation
Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new jobs that were created in the Information Age Park, Ennis, County Clare in 2009; the net...
- Department of Finance
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the figures produced by an organisation (details supplied) on the mortgage market in 2009...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance if an assessor has been appointed in relation to Anglo Irish Bank, pursuant to the Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Act 2009; and if not, when this...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance when vacant positions will again be offered by the Office of Public Works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11107/10]
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance the credit guidelines that he plans to issue to the banks as a result of the new powers given to him under the National Asset Management Agency...
- Tax Code
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a tax refund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11188/10]
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11192/10]
- Tobacco Smuggling
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to put in place a national tobacco anti-smuggling strategy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11196/10]
- Tax Collection
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Finance when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive their entitlements under a tax rebate application; and if he will make a statement...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Finance if he was contacted and informed by a bank (details supplied) prior to the payment of bonuses to staff as reported in December 2009; and if he will...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Finance if the salary and remuneration ceilings recommended by the report of the Covered Institution Remuneration Oversight Committee only apply to the most...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received a response from the industry and consumer panels of the Financial Regulator following the proposal by his Department to establish...
- Tax Yield
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax take on alcohol in respect of excise duty on beer, spirits, wine and cider in each month of 2009; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Liquor Licences
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of beer, spirit and wine off-licences issued in 2007, 2008 and 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11237/10]
- Tax Code
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Finance the basis on which the projected loss of €90 million to the Exchequer in 2010 and in subsequent years arising from the reduction in excise duty on...
- Company Closures
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses, both individuals and companies, that notified the Revenue Commissioners that they had ceased trading and operations due to...
- Flood Relief
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works has received an application from a local authority for flood alleviation works in a village (details supplied) in...
- Tax Yield
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money that was collected in stamp duty from 2000 to 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11406/10]
- Tax Code
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange for a tax certificate to be issued to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 for the purposes of fulfilling qualifying criteria...
- State Properties
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on removing the tall railings dating from the late twentieth century between the car park at the Kildare Street side of Leinster House and...
- Tax Collection
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of vehicle registration tax paid in each revenue office here in the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of installing and administering the new system for electronically recording the attendance of Members and Senators in Leinster House....
- Public Service Contracts
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Finance the necessary criteria for building contractors to be given the opportunity to submit tenders for public contracts. [11508/10]
- Local Authority Housing
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received requests from the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to make representations to banks, financial...
- Industrial Disputes
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address the non-answering of parliamentary questions submitted to several Government Departments; if his attention has been drawn to...
- Programme for Government
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of recent comments by a person (details supplied) regarding mortgage arrears, it is intended to set up the proposed group to advise on...
- Departmental Transport
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount his Department paid annually for car mileage since 2007 to date in 2010; the amount paid to cover rail and bus tickets separately; and if...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Finance the factors that would be considered in the review of decentralisation in 2011 whereby decentralisation which was planned for a number of places,...
- Public Sector Staff
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the staffing embargo within a college (details supplied) particularly in relation to the sports facilities; if the issue has...
- Department of Health and Children
- Food Labelling
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take regarding the description and labelling of Northern Ireland produced food at a supermarket (details supplied) as...
- Drug Treatment Programme
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number, names and locations of all drug treatment services and projects in the Dublin 1 and Dublin 7 areas and which are statutory...
- Misuse of Drugs
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action that is being taken towards head shops door to door advertising their wares and the provision of a delivery service for...
- Health Services
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a physiological assessment will be arranged for a child (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Sponsorship of Sporting Events
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the work and progress of the working group on sports sponsorship by the alcohol industry; when she expects to receive a report and...
- Hospital Services
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting time for blood testing in hospitals in the greater Dublin area; the reason for the delay in such a routine and vital...
- Health Services
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Louth will receive assistance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11194/10]
- Nursing Home Accommodation
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive is withdrawing funding for respite beds in private nursing homes nationally or if the withdrawal of such...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the financial aid that is allocated from the Health Service Executive or her Department to each individual child with special needs in...
- Medical Cards
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will re-examine the refusal of a general practitioner visit card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if...
- Mental Health Services
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a ring-fenced fund in respect of victims of abuse within the health service, including electroconvulsive therapy and...
- Adoption Services
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the legislation relating to adoption processing through Dáil Éireann will make provision for those parents already approved within...
- Health Services
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made by the Health Service Executive in developing a patient level costing system here, similar to the German...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 334 of 2 February 2010 and 153 of 10 February 2010, when this matter will be addressed; and if...
- Mental Health Services
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the fact that the construction and fit-out of the new units at a hospital (details supplied) in County Dublin for persons...
- Medical Cards
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 3 February 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [11432/10]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if payments have started across the country for approved applicants to the fair deal scheme; if every Health Service Executive region...
- Health Services
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [11458/10]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ask the Health Service Executive to supply an insulin pump to persons (details supplied) in Dublin 16. [11460/10]
- Health Services
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the level of support available to assist a person (details supplied) in County Cork to remain in their home; if...
- Mental Health Services
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of all planned changes in mental health service provision, including transfer of admission units and the closure of day...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to bring forward amendments to the Adoption Bill 2009 regarding certain matters raised by various groups (details supplied)....
- Mental Health Services
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the child psychiatry service in counties Laois and Offaly is suspended to all routine...
- Medical Cards
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application for a medical card will be decided on in respect of a person (details supplied. [11491/10]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when orthopaedic shoes will be granted to a person (details supplied). [11492/10]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application under the fair deal by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Services
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the new critical care unit at the Mid-West Regional Hospital, Limerick, will be operational; if transfer of services from Nenagh...
- Children in Care
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to a query (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11548/10]
- Departmental Transport
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount her Department paid annually for car mileage since 2007 to date in 2010; the amount paid to cover rail and bus tickets...
- Medical Cards
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No 139 of 4 February 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [11701/10]
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 140 of 4 February 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [11702/10]
- Medical Cards
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 144 of 4 February 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [11703/10]
- Department of Transport
- Road Network
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made to date on the development of the N2/A5 - Monaghan to Derry and Donegal; the route selection Clontibret to Moy Bridge, including...
- Job Losses
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Transport his strategy for former workers at a company (details supplied) to return to work through education and job opportunities; if he is contributing...
- Rail Network
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has been briefed by Irish Rail on any proposals for a heritage service on the Rosslare-Waterford rail line; and if he will make a statement...
- Air Services
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on correspondence (details supplied) sent to his Department on 24 February 2010; the reason that no regulatory or operational framework...
- Road Safety
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the number of serious road traffic accidents that have occurred on the new M9, between Carlow and Kilkenny,...
- Air Services
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of air traffic controllers employed by the State; the wage bill; the rates of pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Marine Safety
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to construct new coast guard stations at Valentia, County Kerry and Malin Head, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Appointments
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Transport the persons who represent his Department on the Grangegorman Development Agency consultative forum; the number of times these persons have...
- Rail Network
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Transport the recent discussions that he has had with Irish Rail and the Railway Procurement Agency in relation to the development of a line (details...
- Air Services
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11536/10]
- Departmental Transport
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount his Department paid annually for car mileage since 2007 to date in 2010; the amount paid to cover rail and bus tickets separately; and...
- Rail Services
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Transport the opening date of the western rail corridor; his views on whether the seasonal flooding at Ballycar and Newmarket-on-Fergus in County Clare will...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Employment Rights
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he plans to reform the regulations governing foreign student employment; the regulations in place pre-2000, post-2000,...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will consider the case of a person (details supplied) who has applied for naturalisation; and if he will make a...
- Crime Levels
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the United States overseas security advisory council's report advising American tourists of the rising crime...
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the process by which an existing holder of a publican's licence renews the licence, including court appearance and...
- Public Order Offences
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of offences committed under sections 4, 5 and 6 of the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 in the years...
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the guidelines to facilitate the commencement of test purchasing as provided for in section 14 of the Intoxicating...
- Crime Prevention
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to address the concerns of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford regarding security of homes in rural...
- Residency Permits
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for leave to remain in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [11182/10]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the application for citizenship in respect of persons (details supplied). [11183/10]
- Residency Permits
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the residency applications in respect of persons (details supplied). [11184/10]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the citizenship applications by persons (details supplied) in Dublin 17. [11185/10]
- Garda Stations
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will address public concern in a town (details supplied) in County Donegal caused by the temporary closure of the...
- Garda Disciplinary Proceedings
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he has taken to address a submission (details supplied) regarding bullying at work by a member of An Garda...
- Garda Deployment
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an appointment will be made to the vacancy at the Bridewell Garda station, Dublin 7, for the post of crime prevention...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application for a scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway has been received; if so, the...
- Visa Applications
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on criticisms from an organisation (details supplied) that the tourist visa system operated by his Department is...
- Sexual Offences
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a sex offenders register here and if he intends to implement an all-Ireland sex offenders register;...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he...
- Residency Permits
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a Garda national immigration card will be returned to a person (details supplied) while consideration takes place of...
- Residency Permits
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress to date in the determination of residency or citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Road Traffic Accidents
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of road traffic accidents that have been investigated by the Garda since the new M9 motorway, between Carlow and...
- Pension Provisions
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in the payment of retirement pension to a prison officer (details supplied) in County Laois, who...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [11461/10]
- Deportation Orders
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the numbers of asylum applicants and others who were deported from the State during the week beginning 1 March 2010; their...
- Probation and Welfare Service
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to plans to open a prisoner rehabilitation facility in an area (details supplied) in Dublin...
- Identity Documents
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are photographic identity documents that can be provided to persons who do not drive or have occasion to require a...
- Departmental Transport
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount his Department paid annually for car mileage since 2007 to date in 2010; the amount paid to cover rail and bus...
- Airport Security
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount spent by his Department with particular reference to operations of the Garda Síochána, in providing security...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Human Rights Issues
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress of democratic and political reform in Zimbabwe; the position regarding human rights repression in Zimbabwe and the recent...
- Departmental Transport
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount his Department paid annually for car mileage since 2007 to date in 2010; the amount paid to cover rail and bus tickets...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will support a club (details supplied) in Dublin 3 in 2010. [11210/10]
- Tourist Accommodation
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he expects to produce legislation as part of implementation of the Towards Competitiveness and Distinction, a framework for...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the payment of a grant to a club (details supplied) in County Cork under the sports capital grant programme....
- Tax Code
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will arrange a meeting of all interested parties to discuss and progress the issue of remote gambling and taxation, to include...
- Departmental Transport
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount his Department paid annually for car mileage since 2007 to date in 2010; the amount paid to cover rail and bus tickets...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Tourism Industry
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the voices of anger that have been expressed in the German media by disappointed...
- European Year of Volunteering
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the steps he will take to support the European Year of Volunteering 2011; if he will establish a committee to oversee...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will respond to a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11230/10]
- Community Development
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the proposal for a new local and community development programme structure in Waterford city (details...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of local drugs tasks forces here; the funding granted to each task force in each of the past three years...
- Departmental Transport
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount his Department paid annually for car mileage since 2007 to date in 2010; the amount paid to cover rail and...
- Department of Defence
- Commemorative Events
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has plans in place to mark the centenary of the founding of the Irish Volunteers in 2013; if so, the details of these plans; and if he will...
- Postal Voting
Question 345: To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will allow reservists to have a postal vote, the same as their Permanent Defence Force colleagues, in view of the fact that...
- Departmental Transport
Question 346: To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount his Department paid annually for car mileage since 2007 to date in 2010; the amount paid to cover rail and bus tickets...
- Army Nursing Service
Question 347: To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason members of the Army nursing service do not have right of access to the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces; the way members...
- Airport Security
Question 348: To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent by his Department with particular reference to Army costs in providing security at Shannon Airport in 2003, 2004,...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Waste Management
Question 349: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of waste tyre collectors licensed; the locations to which these collectors bring the waste tyres;...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 351: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the provision of a sewerage treatment system for Clifden, County Galway. [11181/10]
- EU Directives
Question 352: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will commit to preserving the integrity of areas designated special areas of conservation and restrict...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 353: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a new sewerage plant application (details supplied) in County Kildare. [11249/10]
- Local Authority Housing
Question 354: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the guidelines he has issued to local authorities in relation to whether or not to include disability...
- Rental Accommodation Standards
Question 355: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to update landlord and tenant legislation for a clearer set of obligations in respect of the...
- Building Control Act
Question 356: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the unintended consequence that will follow the enactment and...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 357: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of tenant purchases of local authority houses in each of the past ten years in Dublin; the number...
- Water Services
Question 358: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce a revitalised small water schemes programme in 2010; and if he will make a statement on...
- Architectural Heritage
Question 360: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide necessary funding to restore and refurbish Killarney House, Killarney, County Kerry in...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 361: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce some form of grant assistance for hardship cases in order that lead piping in those...
- Cycle Facilities
Question 362: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will list every local authority that is participating in the cycle to work scheme; if he has had...
- Planning Issues
Question 363: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if local authorities had the legal power prior to 2000 under planning legislation to amend a development...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 365: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the water services investment programme 2010 to 2012 will be published. [11555/10]
- Homeless Persons
Question 366: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support a campaign (details supplied) in 2010. [11683/10]
- Departmental Transport
Question 367: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount his Department paid annually for car mileage since 2007 to date in 2010; the amount paid to cover...
- Natural Heritage Areas
Question 368: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when work on a management plan for the Burren, County Clare, will commence; if the terms of reference for the...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Telecommunications Services
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding project Kelvin which was to have been completed by end of 2009; the stage of its...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will support a matter (details supplied). [11135/10]
- Energy Resources
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the energy affordability strategy will be published in view of the recent statement (details supplied)...
- Broadcasting Services (1 comment)
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason for his failure to ensure a contract to deliver digital terrestrial television; when that contract...
- Inland Fisheries
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the deliberations he has had with Fermoy Town Council, County Cork, in regard to the repair of the fish pass on...
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the remuneration package of the chief executive of An Post for each of the years 2007, 2008 and 2009. [11254/10]
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he will take to address ESB wind farm establishment (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has received correspondence in relation to the closure of Postbank from a union (details supplied); the...
- Departmental Transport
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount his Department paid annually for car mileage since 2007 to date in 2010; the amount paid to cover...
- Grant Payments
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures that are available to prevent inflating the price of the work to the level of grants supplied by...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Food Labelling
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he will take regarding the use of taxpayers' money to promote Northern Irish food under the Bord Bia label; and if...
- Departmental Properties
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to provide extra facilities and improvements at a location (details supplied) in County Donegal. [11494/10]
- Movement of Animals
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding temporary cattle movements particularly in the context of agricultural shows; if these movements will...
- Grant Payments
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a single farm payment will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a...
- Agri-Environment Scheme
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the details of the new agri-environment scheme; if he will provide a copy of the guidelines to this Deputy; if the...
- Grant Payments
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of year one and year two REPs 4 applicants in County Mayo that have received their payments; and if he will...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will re-engage a project (details supplied) in 2011; the amount of money that will be spent on this project; and if he...
- Grant Payments
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on their application under the installation aid...
- Crop Losses
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to introduce a compensation package for the horticulturist or nurseries industry which has lost a considerable...
- Grant Payments
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive payment under the installation aid scheme; and if he will make...
- Animal Welfare
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the proposed Animal Health and Welfare Bill; when it is proposed to publish this Bill; and when it is...
- Fisheries Policy
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he expects to publish the interdepartmental group report on the coastal sector; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Animal Welfare
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the conditions governing the authorisation of eight transporters of live dogs; the way these provisions are policed; the...
- Grant Payments
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive payment in respect of their application for installation aid....
- Animal Welfare
Question 401: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of pet passports that were issued to each authorised transporter of live dogs for export in 2005, 2006, 2007,...
- Live Exports
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action that is taken to allow live breeding sheep stock exports to Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on...
- Food Industry
Question 404: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the strategy he is following in the allocation of the funds announced in budget 2010 for the improvement of the food...
- Crop Losses
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if compensation was awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Galway as a result of the loss of 25 acres of fodder...
- Grant Payments
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an installation aid appeal in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he...
- Departmental Transport
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount his Department paid annually for car mileage since 2007 to date in 2010; the amount paid to cover rail and bus...
