Written answers

Thursday, 1 April 2010

  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 9: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding provided by his Department to drug rehabilitation centres over the past three years; the location...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 10: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of meetings he or his Department have had with the gardaí and the Department of Justice and Law Reform in...
    • Official Languages Act
      Question 11: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the plans he has to review the operation of the Official Languages Act 2003; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 12: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he is committed to acquiring a permanent decentralisation site for his Department in County Mayo; and if he will...
    • Placenames Database
      Question 13: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will provide an update on the progress on his Department's work in relation to placenames; and if he will make a...
    • Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla
      Question 14: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Comhionannais agus Gaeltachta cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir leis an bhFoclóir Leictreonach Béarla/Gaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sé...
    • Departmental Responsibilities
      Question 15: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the responsibilities his Department now holds in the areas of equality, human rights and integration; and if he will...
    • Community Development
      Question 16: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding provided to the various RAPID areas over the past three years; the breakdown of such funding;...
    • Charities Regulation
      Question 17: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the timeframe for the commencement of the Charities Act 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14162/10]
    • Community Development
      Question 18: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amounts of grants provided under the two programmes of grants for community and voluntary organisations during the...
    • Irish Language
      Question 19: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the plans he has to promote a national debate, to include the population at large, on the draft 20 year strategy on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 21: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the effect that the recent re-configuration of portfolios will have on the budgetary forecasts of his Department; if...
    • Security of the Elderly
      Question 22: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will consider a house alarm as part of the community support for older people; and if he will make a...
    • Irish Language
      Question 23: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount and list of events for which his Department provided funding as part of Seachtain na Gaeilge; and if he...
    • Gramadach na Gaeilge
      Question 25: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad iad na teagmhálacha a bhí aige le hoifigigh sa Roinn Oideachais agus Eolaíochta maidir le gramadach na Gaeilge a...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 27: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of meetings that the steering group, established to develop proposals on the national substance misuse...
    • Teorainneacha Gaeltachta
      Question 35: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Comhionannais agus Gaeltachta cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir leis an reachtaíocht ar an sainmhíniú nua ar an rud is Gaeltacht ann agus...
    • Charities Regulation
      Question 36: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the timeframe for the commencement of the Charities Act 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14315/10]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 37: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding provided by his Department to rural tourism in the past three years; and if he will make a...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 39: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will report on the recent ministerial meeting of the British-Irish Council on the Misuse of Drugs; and if he...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 40: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of money provided under the dormant accounts fund in the past three years; the amount of money not drawn...
    • Community Development
      Question 41: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans for the operation and development of the various community-based schemes operated by his Department in...
    • Na hOileáin
      Question 48: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Comhionannais agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil aon iarratas faighte ina Roinn maidir le soilse poiblí a chur ar fáil ar na céanna ar na hOileáin seo,...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 49: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the role of peer groups and families in tackling addiction; if the pilot short-stay respite programme for...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • EU Directives
      Question 50: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when and the way the Services Directive will be transposed into Irish law; if the directive will apply to casual trading...
    • International Exhibitions
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will clarify the position in relation to the Shanghai International Exhibition 2010; the investment, size and purpose...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 39 of 4 March 2010, when a reply will issue. [14429/10]
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of training courses provided directly by FÁS or sourced by FÁS for each year from 2003 to 2009; and if he will...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of community employment scheme places supported by FÁS for each year from 2003 to 2009; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the Exchequer contribution to FÁS for each year from 2003 to 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14439/10]
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of unemployed persons interviewed by FÁS for each year from 2003 to 2009; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Finance
    • EU Funding
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the current economic climate, he will prepare an updated National Strategic Reference Framework for Ireland, setting out the policy...
    • Industrial Relations
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14317/10]
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide updated figures for the cost of a Dáil Inquiry and six tribunals (details supplied); the figures provided by the cost comparison...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that would be collected from a universal social contribution using a set of criteria (details supplied) in tabular form; the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on allowing for a VAT refund or disregard for works carried out on homes to adapt them to make them more accessible for disabled persons in...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to resolve the difficulties being experienced by a group (details supplied) that includes a significant number of citizens of...
    • National Solidarity Bond
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the National Solidarity Bond announced in Budget 2010; the details of same; the position regarding same; and the timescale for its...
    • Insurance Industry
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding house insurance; if there is any legislation or procedure with insurance companies regarding offering insurance, any...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 165 of 23 March 2010, if he will make a statement detailing the respective sets of assumptions and reference...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 16 February 2010, if the computer difficulties have now been resolved; if he will provide an...
    • Humanitarian Assistance Scheme
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 10 March 2010, if he will amend the terms of the scheme to allow the community welfare officer to...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue accruing to the State from VAT in each of the past five years with a breakdown by the various rates of VAT. [14412/10]
    • Mortgage Arrears
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reply to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14423/10]
    • State Properties
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the delay in the Office of Public Works deciding on an alternative use of a premises (details supplied) in Dublin 11; if in view of...
    • Departmental Reviews
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Finance the number and subject of and value of programmes considered for value for money reviews completed in each of the past three years; the number that...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing modifications to the pension scheme of a company (details supplied) to enable persons who have contributed to this...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14316/10]
    • Vaccination Programmes
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify her announcement in January 2010 regarding the HPV vaccination programme for girls currently in first year; if the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the processing of medical cards applications; if existing cards are still valid until the renewal process...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the psychiatric services operating on the north side of Dublin; the structural or organisational changes taking place; the reason a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the services to which persons suffering from multiple sclerosis are entitled and specifically if she will detail those available in the...
    • Prescription Charges
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the implementation of the 50 cent prescription charge. [14383/10]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of ear, nose and throat consultants that are attached to Temple Street Children's Hospital, Dublin 1; if her attention has...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the need for a grant allocation to improve the child care facilities at the old national school at...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason all outstanding payments have not been issued under the nursing home refund scheme to a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of individual posts, advertised or placed in public competition under the terms of the Recruitment and Appointment Act 2004,...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reply to a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14425/10]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 23 February 2010 when a reply will issue. [14428/10]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the implications of the cessation of the National Childcare Investigation Programme 2006 to 2010; and the new arrangements for funding...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14463/10]
  • Department of Transport
    • Public Transport
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on changing the law to designate specific spaces on public buses and trains for wheelchair users only, to ensure they are not left behind...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will consider introducing modifications to the pension scheme of a company (details supplied) to enable persons who have contributed to this...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support the case of a person (details supplied). [14355/10]
    • Immigration Matters
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is correct that a person can no longer describe themselves as Tibetan on Garda National Immigration Bureau cards; if...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether the importance of having a strong and independent Human Rights Commission; and if he will ensure the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will restore funding for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14334/10]
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will publish the report of the committee to review the house rules, including the complaints procedure, in respect...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has obtained a lease on some or all of premises (details supplied) in Dublin 1; the purpose for which the premises...
    • Drug Courts
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 427 of 23 March 2010, the outcome of persons who were referred to the Drugs Court...
    • Sentencing Policy
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the data available on the consistency of sentencing for crimes of a similar profile; and his plans to ensure that the...
    • Recidivism Rate
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the statistics of the extent of re-offending among people who have been convicted to jail sentences; the measures of...
    • Rights of Entry
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the protections available to prevent the entry into Ireland of persons from abroad who have criminal records and would...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for a certificate of naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Prison Building Programme
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to a report in a newspaper (details supplied) that he has abandoned plans to replace St. Patrick's...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review travel documentation for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the concerns that have been expressed about the operation of the Land and Conveyancing...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • European External Action Service
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress made to date by the EU in developing the European external action service under the provisions of the Lisbon treaty; and if he...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [14350/10]
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number, location and funding allocated to projects under the sports capital programme in 2006, 2007 and 2008 in tabular form;...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Inland Waterways
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14318/10]
    • Sports Funding
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his Department has received an application from a sporting organisation (details supplied) in County Donegal; and...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied) regarding an issue under the remit of his Department. [14400/10]
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the total expenditure by his Department from the proceeds of the Dormant Accounts Fund in 2009 and the likely...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of applications for funding from various groups throughout County Kildare received in his Department in...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the extent to which he proposes to offer assistance towards the drugs task force programme in 2010; the way this...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of groups, bodies or agencies that received funding from his Department in the past 12 months; the extent...
    • Strategy Statements
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his priorities for his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14457/10]
    • Community Development
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his proposals to liaise with urban and rural support groups involved in social regeneration; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position of the amalgamation of the Combat Poverty Agency and the Office of Social Inclusion; if the officials have moved to...
    • Anti-Poverty Strategy
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of research projects being undertaken by the new integrated division in determining poverty and its effects; the areas...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was assessed for jobseeker's allowance; the way his Department assessed their...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an appeal of a decision to refuse mortgage interest supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an application for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the reason...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an application for contributory pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [14363/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the benefits available to a person (details supplied). [14364/10]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 is entitled to a non-contributory State pension. [14366/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an application for social welfare payment in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [14367/10]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason an exemption on rehabilitative grounds was not extended to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 to allow them to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons on jobseekers benefit for a period of 12 to 15 months for each of the past 12 months; the number of these...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will give an update on applications for non-contributory pension by persons (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans in view of recent media reports about the possible extension of the free travel scheme to visiting EU nationals over the...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the provisions available for recipients of contributory State pensions who for reasons of ill health are unable to collect their...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Social Affairs how a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 was told by his Department on 16 March 2010 that they owed his Department a sum of money; his...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the value to date of urgent needs payments awarded to flood victims in each county; the number of applicants involved; the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will ensure that a payment in respect of a person (details supplied) is up to date and awarded in full; and if he will...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the role and activities of the Affordable Homes Partnership; if he will detail its...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Donegal; when works will commence; and...
    • EU Directives
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps that are being taken to ensure the 2008 directive on the protection of the environment through...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when, further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 395 and 396 of 17 November 2009, a reply will issue; and if he...
    • Programmes for Government
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will reply to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14417/10]
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will reply to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14418/10]
    • Homeless Persons
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will reply to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14419/10]
    • Planning Issues
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will reply to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14420/10]
    • Fire Safety Inspections
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will reply to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14422/10]
    • Housing Grants
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce grants for the replacement of old windows in houses; and if he will make a statement...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of social houses provided in each year from 2003 to 2009; if he will divide these figures into...
    • Dublin Docklands Development Authority
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way the financial affairs of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority were monitored and supervised by...
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a foreshore licence will be issued to a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Pest Control
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the problem caused by mink in the wild in areas such as Connemara, County Galway, where...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the way he plans to keep the substantially greater matching funds that are now accruing to REP scheme three and REP scheme...
    • Sugar Beet Sector
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the procedures involved for a group of farmers who wish to produce sugar beet on a commercial basis; and if he will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding payments for REP scheme four on a county basis; his views on whether in the present difficult banking...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when farm retirement will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a REP scheme four payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the work of a group (details supplied) in Dublin 11, and its role in improving...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application by a school (details supplied); and if she will expedite this application. [14312/10]
    • School Curriculum
      Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the cost of enabling all schools to offer transition year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14320/10]
    • Literacy Levels
      Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the amount allocated by her Department for literacy initiatives and teaching at primary level; the amount allocated for...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science when emergency funding will be awarded in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry. [14342/10]
    • School Staffing
      Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 248 of 25 March 2010 regarding the teacher supply panels and in particular the...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the application of new regulations requiring the provision on in-class disabled toilet facilities...
    • Traveller Education
      Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science her views on reversing the cutbacks to traveller education centres around the country; if she will examine the work done...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 197 and 198 of 24 March 2010, the way the supports provided to primary schools...
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if the name of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal by her Department in 1979, conferred any legal rights to...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the qualification criteria for the back to education allowance in view of the recent announcements in relation to the...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if a decision has been taken on alternative accommodation for a special school (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the importance of an initiative (details supplied) for third level education in terms...