Written answers
Wednesday, 21 April 2010
- Department of Defence
- Naval Service Vessels
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for vessel replacement in the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15623/10]
- Overseas Missions
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces are likely to be redeployed to Chad in the foreseeable future; and if there are any requests from the United Nations for their...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will consider raising the age limit for recruitment in 2010 by one year in view of the fact that there was no recruitment to the Defence Forces...
- Commemorative Events
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress reported regarding the projects relating to the 2016 commemoration of the 1916 rising; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Defence the total value of goods or equipment purchased by the Defence Forces from Israeli companies; the steps taken before such contracts are awarded to...
- Army Barracks
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of barracks in use by the Defence Forces, Reserve Defence Force and Permanent Defence Force in April 2010; the number of unused barracks;...
- Army Operations
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of occasions on which the Army Ordnance Corps has been called out to deal with suspicious devices during 2009 and to date in 2010; the...
- Departmental Investigations
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has received the Marine Casualty Investigation Board's draft report on the loss of Asgard II; if so, when his Department will submit its...
- Search and Rescue Service
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Defence the role he envisages for the Air Corps regarding the Search and Rescue Helicopter Service. [15604/10]
- Defence Forces Reserve
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Defence the 2010 programme for the Reserve Defence Force. [15613/10]
- Air Corps Operations
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Defence the role he envisages for the Air Corps regarding the servicing of the Garda helicopters. [15605/10]
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Defence further to the recent decision to approve 50 promotions at senior level within the Defence Forces the number of such appointments that have been...
- Naval Service Patrols
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on whether the cuts to the number of patrolling days available to the Naval Service undermines the objective of reducing the inflow of...
- Courts-Martial
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the investigation being carried out into an allegation that a member of the Naval Service was supplying information on patrol...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to review the restriction on any new development around Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel, County Dublin, in view of the fact that several...
- Overseas Missions
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for members of the Reserve Defence Force to serve overseas with the Permanent Defence Force in 2010. [15614/10]
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans regarding the future strength of the Defence Forces; his further plans to increase the numbers over the foreseeable future; and if he will...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress made regarding the new military courthouse in the Curragh, County Kildare; the cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Defence his Department's Estimate for 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15621/10]
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Defence the total number of personnel who have left the Permanent Defence Force in the first quarter of 2010; the total strength of the Defence Forces....
- Overseas Missions
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will clarify the roles of the seven Irish soldiers currently reported to be in Afghanistan. [13340/10]
- Industrial Relations
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of meetings he and his Department have had with the Representative Association for Commissioned Officers and the Permanent Defence Forces...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Defence the details of the 2010 recruitment process for personnel to bring the numbers in the Defence Forces to the required figure of 10,000 as provided for...
- Court of Inquiry Report
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Defence if the director of legal services has concluded his consideration of the report of the court of inquiry into the accident at Kilworth Camp, County...
- Army Equitation School
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Defence the 2010 programme for the Army equitation school. [15610/10]
- Naval Service Vessels
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the posting of detailed information on the Internet about the movements of Naval Service vessels...
- Courts-Martial
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of courts-martial that took place during 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively; the number ongoing at present; and if he will make...
- Departmental Funding
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Defence the level of funding by the State of the Representative Association for Commissioned Officers, RACO, and the Permanent Defence Forces Other Ranks...
- Military Archives
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress made regarding the location of a more suitable premises for the military archives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15617/10]
- Navigation Systems
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on whether jammers available for purchase via the Internet pose a security threat to global positioning system navigation systems at sea;...
- Naval Service Patrols
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Defence the tasks carried out by the Naval Service within the revised patrol patterns for the first quarter of 2010. [15616/10]
- Overseas Missions
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Defence the advice available to him, his Department and the international community prior to withdrawal of peacekeeping forces from the western Balkans; if...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Job Creation
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the number of foreign direct investment greenfield projects assisted by the Industrial Development...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when redundancy payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on...
- Job Creation
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in respect of State assisted jobs created in County Wicklow and in County Carlow in each of the years 2005 and...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action he will take on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15920/10]
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person can claim tax relief for medical expenses on a Med 1 form in respect of private tuition for an autistic child in circumstances in which...
- Indebtedness Report
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the report on indebtedness of the Joint Committee on Social and Family Affairs and in particular its key recommendations. [15854/10]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of art works purchased by the OPW over the past ten years; the cost of each individual work of art; the locations at which...
- Codes of Conduct
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will take steps to amend the statutory code of conduct on mortgage arrears to rectify the shortcoming by which the moratorium period commences...
- Mortgage Arrears
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that borrowers remain liable for any outstanding debts and related costs following the repossession of their homes in a...
- Tax Collection
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can receive a P21 Balancing Statement in respect of 2008; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Flood Relief
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the provision of funding in respect of flood relief works following a request from Wicklow County Council; the details of...
- Tax Collection
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a matter (details supplied). [15921/10]
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many mortgage protection policies are written in such a way that a redundant person covered by the...
- Flood Relief
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance when permanent levees to replace the temporary levees which were erected by the Office of Public Works at Shannon Banks, Corbally, County Limerick...
- Tax Code
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a submission (details supplied). [15976/10]
- Department of Health and Children
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 126: 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; if not, the deadline to finalise...
- Hospital Services
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to reports that the intensive care unit and associated anaesthetic cover is to be removed from the Mid...
- Medical Cards
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made on resolving the issue of chiropody charges to medical card holders; and if she will make a statement on...
- Hospital Staff
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an operator will be appointed to a new community hospital facility (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received a request from an organisation (details supplied) for permission to extend the nursing support and care service...
- Hospital Services
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite a surgical appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement...
- Health Services
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide an update on the proposed primary health care centre at Corduff, Dublin 15, specifically identifying the proposed...
- Land Usage
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm the proposed use of lands (details supplied) owned by the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement...
- Organ Transplants
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of double lung transplants carried out to date in the specialised unit at the Mater Hospital, Dublin; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in relation to the promised Cystic Fibrosis Unit at St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin; and if she will make a statement...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of Irish patients on the waiting list for lung transplants at the Mater Hospital Dublin and at hospitals outside of Ireland;...
- Hospital Services
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a surgical procedure will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
- Medical Cards
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Department of Transport
- Search and Rescue Service
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason he chose to hire private contractors to provide search and rescue facilities when the Air Corps possesses six helicopters suitable to...
- Road Network
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the Leinster orbital route; if he has examined the feasibility study produced by the National Roads Authority; and if he will make a...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Garda Stations
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a contractor has been appointed to build a new Garda Station in Castleisland, County Kerry; when work will commence; and...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will use his veto to prevent the admission of Israel as a member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development until...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will advocate a policy of boycott, divestment and sanction against Israel by Ireland and the EU in protest against the...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Cultural Institutions
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sports and Tourism her views on the storage conditions for works of art owned by the State; her views on the storage facilities for works of art in...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork did not qualify for supplementary welfare allowance; and if he will make a...
- Pension Provisions
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be approved a State contributory pension. [15866/10]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a carer's allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be finalised. [15907/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an application for rent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will raise the age limit for recruitment to the Defence Forces in 2010 by one year in view of the fact that there was no recruitment in 2009....
- National Emergency Plan
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Defence the chain and sequence of command and operational structures governing the national emergency plan; the way in which such plans are likely to be...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Defence the cost of using private security firms to secure Defence Force's barracks each year for the last three years. [16002/10]
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Defence the optimum strength of each of the Defence Forces at present and in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16086/10]
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Defence the number and category of aircraft available to the air corps; the extent to which training, equipment and technology is comparable to that of...
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of positions to be filled at all ranks throughout the Defence Forces at the present time; the length of time such posts have been vacant;...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Local Government Charges
Question 182: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will address the concerns of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 regarding the early demand for...
- World Heritage Sites
Question 183: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the roles, responsibilities and restrictions on local communities in which a World Heritage Site is located;...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Information and Communications Technology
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if fibre-optic cable, lit and unlit, is currently available within County Galway; the owners of this fibre; if...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive payment under their REP scheme four application; and if he will...
- Bovine Disease Controls
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will clarify the position regarding an entitlement to payment under a herd number (details supplied); if in view of...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be awarded their REP scheme 4 grant; and if he will make a statement on...
- Installation Aid Scheme
Question 189: 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...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive payment under their REP scheme 4 application; and if he will...
- Installation Aid Scheme
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 497 of 2 March 2010, when an application will be processed in respect of a person...
- Afforestation Programme
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if an application will be approved for additional acreage for inclusion in the forestry premium scheme in respect of a...
- Department of Education and Science
- Special Educational Needs
Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if she will support a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [15881/10]
- Institutes of Technology
Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the application by Waterford Institute of Technology for upgrading to become the University of...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science her plans to ensure that the Teaching Council recognise that Engineering Degrees and PHDs are a suitable background to...
- Fee Paying Schools
Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science her policy regarding the funding of capital building projects for private fee-paying schools. [15898/10]
- School Accommodation
Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the number of prefabs being rented for schools in County Laois; the schools which are availing of rented prefabs; the...
