Written answers
Thursday, 11 March 2010
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Beef Quality Assurance Scheme
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is monitoring the operation of the quality payments system in meat factories; if an evaluation has been undertaken of...
- Afforestation Programme
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he will take to meet the target of planting 10,000 hectares of forestry per year; when he now expects to reach this...
- Official Engagements
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the meetings and discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2009; the main items...
- Grant Payments
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason there is continuing delay in the making of REP scheme payments; when all outstanding payments will be made; and if...
- Restructuring of Sugar Industry
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in view of the overhaul of the EU sugar regime, the amount of money which was sanctioned by the European Union to upskill and...
- Food Industry
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has studied the Equity for Farmers in the Food Supply Chain report by the IFA; the steps he will take to address the...
- Farm Waste Management
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the numbers of farmers paid under the farm waste management scheme; the number yet to be paid; the number of penalties...
- Alternative Farm Enterprises
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the incentives provided by his Department to grow myscanthus grass as an energy crop; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding ongoing European Commission discussions in relation to the review of eligibility criteria for...
- Sheep Production
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the funding that is allocated to the new grassland sheep scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11847/10]
- Food Industry
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on whether there is a need to improve the functioning of the food supply chain; and if he will make a statement on...
- Porcine Salmonella
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he is taking to reduce the level of salmonella infection in the pig herd here; and if he will make a statement on...
- Cereal Sector
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the way he proposes to assist recovery in the grain sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11967/10]
- Alternative Farm Enterprises
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress that he is making in meeting bioenergy scheme targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11937/10]
- Departmental Committees
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the process of public consultation that will be undertaken by the 2020 committee; when he expects the committee to complete...
- Dairy Sector
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will ensure that the European Commission will not release dairy intervention stocks in a manner that will jeopardise...
- Alternative Farm Enterprises
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of hectares planted in the production of biofuels; the breakdown of the crops planted; the number of hectares of...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the animal welfare Bill will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11978/10]
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason that putting in clover is not part of the agri-environment options scheme in view of the fact that it mitigates...
- Dairy Industry
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress that has been made to date by the high level group on milk; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Animal Identification Scheme
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the way the roll-out by his Department of the electronic tagging system for sheep is progressing; and if he will make a...
- Official Engagements
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there are plans for the newly appointed Agriculture Commissioner to visit Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Agri-environment Scheme
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will review the eligibility criteria for applications to the new agri-environment scheme in view of the fact that the...
- Farm Household Incomes
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the initiatives that he is introducing to tackle the collapse in off farm employment for part time farmers reported by...
- Common Fisheries Policy
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the principal features of his proposals on the reform of the EU Common Fisheries Policy; and if he will make a statement on...
- Common Agricultural Policy
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the negotiating process in relation to the future of the CAP after 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Dairy Industry
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he supports the continuing need for the use of market vegetable measures to deal with a volatile dairy market; and if he...
- Sheep Production
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the new grassland sheep scheme will include both upland and lowland sheep farmers; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Beef Imports
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the level of Brazilian beef imports imported here in 2009; if he is satisfied that such imports pose no threat to consumer...
- Agri-environment Scheme
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the cost of planners will be covered in natura and commonage areas for farmers who apply for the new agri-environment...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the proposed Forestry Bill; the legal issues still to be addressed; when he will be in a position to...
- Sheep Production
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he is taking to support the sheep industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11806/10]
- Harbours and Piers
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress that has been made for the provision of a new pier at Cromane, County Kerry; the amount that has been spent to...
- Beef Imports
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the level of Brazilian beef imports here in 2009; if he is satisfied that such imports pose no threat to consumer health in...
- Agri-environment Scheme
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers he expects will join the new agri-environment options scheme. [12016/10]
- Alternative Farm Enterprises
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the average grant available per acre for miscanthus growers; and if he will provide financial incentives for these. [12029/10]
- Food Industry
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he is taking to combat food price inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12031/10]
- Agri-environment Scheme
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he anticipates the formal approval of the EU Commission for the new agri-environment options scheme; and if he will make...
- Food Labelling
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action he is taking to regulate the labelling of food as Irish when anecdotal evidence suggests that tenuous connections...
- Departmental Reports
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he plans to publish the interdepartmental group report on the coastal sector; the resources that will be allocated to...
- Agri-environment Scheme
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will review the eligibility criteria for applications to the new agri-environment options scheme in view of the fact...
- Food Industry
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will, in conjunction with the Department of Education and Science, seek to put in place incentives for those within the...
- Beef Exports
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he is taking to enhance the live cattle trade to Britain; the numbers exported in 2009; the reason this was...
- Agri-environment Scheme
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of funding that was spent on the agri-environment options scheme in 2010. [12017/10]
- Horticulture Sector
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the actions that are being taken to promote consumption of the potato which has dropped amongst younger consumers; and if he...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers that have been paid REPS 4 to date on a county by county basis. [12024/10]
- Agri-environment Scheme
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the basis on which applicants for the new agri-environment options scheme will be classified into category 1 and category 2...
- Sheep Production
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will confirm details of the grassland sheep scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11846/10]
- Bovine Disease Controls
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his reaction to Belgium's request to raise the cattle age limit for BSE testing from 48 to 60 months. [12027/10]
- Agri-environment Scheme
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will allow a farmer finishing his REP scheme three contract in September to join the new agri-environment options...
- Bovine Disease Controls
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he expects the ban on specific fluke treatment in dairy cows to be lifted. [12026/10]
- Animal Welfare Regulation
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide an update with regard to animal transport regulation proposals at EU level; and his policy regarding same....
- Afforestation Programme
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to provide high rope adventure courses in any of our forests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11989/10]
- Agri-environment Scheme
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the new agri-environment options scheme specifications will be issued; and his plans to have discussions with the farm...
- Food Industry
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the report of the Irish Farming Association entitled Equity in the Food Chain. [12015/10]
- Afforestation Programme
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the initiatives that he is undertaking to promote farmer participation in forestry in view of the new opportunities presented...
- Agri-environment Scheme
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason he has deviated from the whole farm approach in the new agri-environment options scheme on lowland farms. [12023/10]
- Food Labelling
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the measures that are in place to ensure that non-organic food is not mislabelled; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Agri-environment Scheme
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he expects to announce details of a new agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11850/10]
- Grant Payments
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on recent suggestions of the introduction of a flat rate single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he or Coillte have had any meetings, discussions or correspondence with organisations (details supplied); the nature of...
- Grant Payments
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 331 of 13 November 2007, the number of applications and the amount applied for in...
- Beef Sector
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will support the call by the ICMSA to give suckler discussion groups equal support to that awarded to dairy discussion...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Work Permits
Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permits that have been approved every year since 2005; the areas of work in which these...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the nature of training programmes provided in 2008, 2009 and 2010 in tabular form; the breakdown by training...
- Industrial Development
Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of enterprises built at a location (details supplied) in County Donegal; if the units are complete...
- Employment Support Services
Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an application will be made by an employer to enter the employment subsidy scheme where that employer was...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding redundancy payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
- Industrial Relations
Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the delay in having claims processed by the Employment Appeals Tribunal in...
- EU Funding
Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position and timeframe regarding the European globalisation fund for the former workers at a company...
- Department of Finance
- Tobacco Smuggling
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement confirming reports in a newspaper (details supplied) on 22 February 2010 that the customs service is seriously concerned...
- Carbon Costs
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance if the cost of carbon is included in the budget allocations for specific capital investments; if so, the capital investments that are included in the...
- Capital Investment Programme
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance when the review of the capital investments programme promised in the revised programme for Government 2009 is due to start; the duration of that...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a matter (details supplied). [12090/10]
- Tax Code
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the application of VAT to e-books; the annual Exchequer revenue derived from the application of VAT on e-books; if he plans...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance the guidance or instructions that have been given to financial institutions regarding bonus payments to staff; if such guidance or instruction is...
- Departmental Staff
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the granting of term time this year to civil servants or to staff in various State agencies, specifically, if a decision not...
- Pension Provisions
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance the way a public service pension will be calculated for a person who has approximately seven to eight years service prior to 1995 and approximately...
- Tax Code
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the reduction in excise duty on alcohol as announced in budget 2010 has been passed on to the consumer; and if he will make...
- Department of Health and Children
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an agreement is in place to administer the back to school clothing and footwear allowance in 2010; and if not, the deadline she is...
- Health Centres
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the proposed primary health care centre (details supplied) in County Donegal. [12049/10]
- Medical Cards
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the medical card renewal application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if she will make...
- Health Service Agencies
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 20 January 2010, the reason Health Service Executive section 39 funded organisations have...
- Children in Care
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if relevant information will be supplied to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if patients who have established rights to beds in public long stay nursing homes are subvented beds in private nursing homes, can apply...
- Health Services
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there has been a delay in recognising the rights of dental technicians to deal directly with the public in the provision of...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in circumstances where a child has purchased a home jointly with their parent but the parent has undertaken none of the payments...
- Medical Cards
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to proposals in relation to cutbacks in the medical card scheme (details supplied); if so, the decision...
- Hospital Services
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 3 December 2009, when the applicant will be facilitated at another hospital to have their...
- Adoption Services
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if adoptions from Hague ratified contracting states, when such adoptions are legislated for and administered in line with the Hague...
- Misuse of Drugs
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the need for protocols governing the administering of methadone to persons in Garda custody; and if she will make a...
- Nursing Home Inspections
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has conducted an audit of public long stay geriatric facilities, including community hospitals, regarding their compliance with...
- Departmental Staff
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the post of senior community development officer is not being retained in south Tipperary; if her attention has been drawn to...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide additional beds and employ extra nurses at Longford/Westmeath Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath, to cater for...
- Prescription Charges
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding plans for a 50 cent prescription charge; and when these plans will be implemented. [12138/10]
- Community Care
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the services which patients with multiple sclerosis are entitled to in relation to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who is...
- Medical Cards
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 whose application for an over 70 years medical card took ten...
- Mental Health Services
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the psychiatric services operating on Dublin's northside; the structural or organisational changes that are taking place; if she will...
- Health Service Staff
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the position of an orthodontist is vacant in the Kilkenny area for the past three years; when this appointment is likely to...
- Medical Cards
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork was correctly assessed in view of their...
- Child Care Services
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of pre-school services in operation here; the number of pre-school providers participating in the free pre-school year in the...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding day care services at a home (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if she will give assurances that the...
- Departmental Reports
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to her letter of 4 February 2010 in relation to Parliamentary Question No. 357 of 16 September 2009, when the Health Service...
- Department of Transport
- Harbours and Piers
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the provision of a pontoon at a location (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Road Network
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the review of road spending (details supplied) as outlined in the Renewed Programme for Government 2009; when this review...
- State Airports
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Transport if Aer Lingus has any plans to have the maintenance work that is currently being done on Aer Lingus aircraft in France brought to and done in...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Garda Recruitment
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 257 and 259 of 2 March 2010, if the Intergovernmental Agreement on Police...
- Vetting of Personnel
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in processing a Garda vetting application in the vetting unit in respect of a person (details...
- Garda Stations
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a Garda station (details supplied) in County Mayo; the progress that has been made in constructing a...
- Registration of Title
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the proposal by the Property Registration Authority to destroy hundreds of thousands of...
- Visa Applications
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will renew the visa of a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that the Labour Court ordered that they be...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved. [12110/10]
- Garda Reserve
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons serving in the Garda Reserve; when he plans to hold the next recruitment drive for new Garda...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Human Rights Issues
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will raise the matter of the detention of a person (details supplied) with the Chinese Government. [12096/10]
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- National Theatre
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding discussions between Abbey Theatre staff on the possible closure of its workshops, specifically the number of...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of money that has been given by his Department to local and regional drugs task forces since they were...
- Community Support for Older People
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the organisations in Dublin operating the scheme of community support for older people. [12165/10]
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Code
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if it is the case that a person who has paid the health levy for the initial part of the year is entitled to a refund of the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the records of jobseeker's allowance awarded to a person (details supplied) since January 2008. [12070/10]
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason an exemption on rehabilitation grounds was not extended to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 to allow them...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will provide details for each of the past 12 months of the number of persons who were on jobseeker's benefit for 12 to 15...
- Pension Provisions
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person who has eligibility for a partial public service pension from approximately seven to eight years service prior to 1995...
- Social Welfare Offices
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the security that is in place at the Hanover Street social welfare office, Cork, to protect customers and staff from disorderly...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average time taken by her Department to process claims for jobseeker's allowance or benefit to completion; the way she plans...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Property
Question 173: To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has sanctioned evictions of residents of his Department's housing (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of statements...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 174: To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of any forthcoming recruitment campaigns for the Permanent Defence Forces in 2010; when they will occur; the numbers he is...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 175: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the erection of wind turbines, for commercial and industrial purposes; the...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 176: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a proposed scheme (details supplied) in County Donegal. [12047/10]
- Planning Issues
Question 179: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a person applying for planning permission must establish peer title to the lands before planning...
- Building Regulations
Question 180: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that all measures relating to consumer protection regarding housing construction are...
- Special Areas of Conservation
Question 182: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding turf cutting on bogs in special areas of conservation in counties Roscommon and...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Horse Racing Industry
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the number of thoroughbred horses here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12055/10]
- Grant Payments
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when REP scheme payments will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [12074/10]
- Teagasc Training Services
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason agriculture students on work experience to obtain a green certificate in farming are expected to live on €3.20...
- Grant Payments
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps that he has taken to clear all outstanding payments due to farmers arising from various schemes; if his attention...
- Food Industry
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the extent that he has compared the prices paid to the beef, dairy, lamb and pig producers here to the prices charged to the...
- Livestock Numbers
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of animals in the dairy herd; the degree to which this has fluctuated over the past five years; and if he will...
- Afforestation Programme
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the land under forestry in this country on 31 December in each of the past five years; the extent to which further...
- Dairy Industry
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has compared prices paid to the producer in the dairy sector here to those prevailing in other EU member states in...
- Farm Input Costs
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the degree to which he has compared farm input costs here to those in other EU member states with particular reference to...
- Cereal Sector
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the extent to which cereal prices to the producer here are comparable to the prices prevailing in other EU member states;...
- Food Labelling
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of instances in respect of which checks by his Department have uncovered labelling or other documentation which...
- Department of Education and Science
- Schools Building Projects
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the construction of a new school (details supplied), already planned, will now be expedited in view of its total destruction; and...
- School Accommodation
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress that has been made on plans for a secondary school for the Stepaside Leopardstown area of County Dublin; and if he will...
- School Enrolment
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has plans to alter the age at which pupils may enrol in primary schools now that the provision of a pre-school year up to the...
- School Property
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if schools are at liberty to dispose of lands for purposes other than education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12086/10]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the contract has been signed for the recommencement of the building of the national school at a location (details supplied) in...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12094/10]
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding Longford Vocational Education Committee, which has played a major role in the education of the persons of...
- State Examinations
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford who is sitting their leaving certificate in 2010 has been refused a reader...
- School Accommodation
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the results of the demographics of the determination of the number of placements needed for a catchment area (details supplied); and...
- School Placement
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria for the right of a child to obtain a placement in a secondary school within the area of the child's own place of birth;...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the 78 projects announced as commencing construction in 2009 which have completed the tendering process; the...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has a residence card here has not received an education grant; and if he...
- School Accommodation
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide funding in respect of the monthly cost of renting prefabs for a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon....
