Written answers
Tuesday, 27 April 2010
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Postal Services
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has changed his approach to the roll out of the postcode system here; and if he will make a statement on...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the detail of all new finds of oil, gas or coal off the Irish coast or offshore. [16587/10]
- Energy Resources
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details of plans to develop a natural marine energy research centre in Cork Harbour adjacent to the National...
- Energy Prices
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his policy in relation to ensuring competition in the gas market; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Energy Conservation
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the smart metering project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16651/10]
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the financial assistance provided by his Department to support ocean energy for the past three years; and the...
- Energy Resources
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is actively pursuing the need to put in place an energy supply and security treaty with the UK; and if he...
- Fuel Poverty
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the recent finding of the fuel poverty action research report on the effectiveness of domestic...
- Energy Conservation
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the national energy efficient retrofit programme will be launched in view of the difficulties there have...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the implications of the broadcasting levy; his views on whether it will impact adversely on staffing levels of...
- Electricity Generation
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he plans to introduce a carbon windfall profits tax on energy generation here; if so, when he will take...
- Fuel Poverty
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the timeframe for the energy affordability strategy; the form that this strategy will take; the way he plans to...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on digital terrestrial television here; when he expects the signing of the contract...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department will be financially supporting a new biogas anaerobic digester in conjunction with Bord Gáis,...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount that has been spent on digital audio broadcasting radio here; if he will give details of the position...
- Energy Prices
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the discussions he has had with the regulator with a view to ensuring that electricity consumers can directly...
- Energy Resources
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on Ireland's use of liquefied natural gas; if he will address concerns that risks associated with LNG...
- Electricity Generation
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the co-firing targets including the three peat burning stations in the midlands and the...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, in view of the invitations for oil and gas prospectors to apply for licences to drill in the north west and...
- Electricity Generation
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, further to Parliamentary Question No.108 of 2 March 2010, the total number of customers who have signed up to...
- Postal Services
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the tender process for a postcode system has been suspended; his views on the Joint Oireachtas...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to introduce legislation to facilitate the development of offshore wind energy; the timeframe for the...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of the metropolitan area networks around the country that remain unconnected to the backbone...
- Energy Prices
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the new measures he will take to ensure Ireland's cost of energy is tackled in view of concerns expressed by the...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to roll out combined heat and power plants fuelled by biomass in public buildings across the country....
- Telecommunications Services
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way he plans to combat the digital divide; if he is satisfied that persons who wish to learn to use the...
- Electricity Transmission Network
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the North South interconnector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16648/10]
- Telecommunications Services
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when it is expected to see the proposed one-stop-shop for State owned broadband; and if he will make a statement...
- Electricity Generation
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on proposals on a European supergrid; the implications that this would have for Ireland; the work that...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the annual accounts for 2008 of the Central Fisheries Board have been published and laid before Dáil...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which high speed broadband coverage is currently available throughout the country; the areas...
- Mobile Telephony
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the responsibilities retained by him as opposed to those exercised by ComReg regarding mobile telephones; and if...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the national broadband scheme; the cost of the scheme to date and the overall expected...
- Energy Resources
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the fuel mix here; the percentage of fossil fuels that were imported in 2009; and if he...
- Energy Conservation
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the recommendation that has been implemented from the National Energy Efficiency Action Plan published in 2009;...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding legislation for geothermal energy here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Telecommunications Services
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of businesses connected to each metropolitan area network by town; the cost of each connection; his...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding combined heat and power and the soon to be introduced carbon tax; and if he will make a...
- Energy Conservation
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department or its agencies are considering introducing a pay as you save scheme for energy efficiency;...
- Energy Resources
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of biofuels in the market here; the percentage that is imported; the locations from which they...
- Energy Conservation
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of money allocated for home insulation grants and the greener home schemes in the years 2006, 2007,...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 106: To ask the Taoiseach in view of the fact that Justice For Magdalenes has demonstrated the State's complicity in referring women to the Magdalene laundries, will he enter into...
- Departmental Committees
Question 108: To ask the Taoiseach the dates of each of the meetings of the Cabinet sub-committee on social inclusion in 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; and when the next meeting is scheduled....
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will accept the Labour Court recommendation regarding pensions in respect of community employment scheme supervisors;...
- World Expositions
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of companies participating in the Irish pavilion at Expo 2010 in Shanghai; the nature of businesses covered by...
- Employment Support Services
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of formal jobs clubs in counties Sligo, Kilkenny and Carlow in the years 2006, 2007, and 2008; the number of...
- Work Permits
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the number of work permits being issued has diminished since the current economic climate began; the numbers of permits...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding a refund of a redundancy payment (details supplied). [16414/10]
- Departmental Programmes
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of tenders received in respect of the market activation fund; when a decision will be made on those tenders; the...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason State agencies such as FÁS can engage the services of schools of motoring driving instructors when such...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons participating in community employment schemes; the numbers of same who are in receipt of other social...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their redundancy payment. [16518/10]
- Industrial Development
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the priority that has been given to the midlands region under the new strategic plan aimed at attracting foreign direct...
- Employment Rights
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if employers are legally entitled to lay off employees due to lack of work while employing subcontractors to carry out...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when payment of statutory redundancy will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will support the case of an international Irish sports person (details supplied) who is not allowed to continue to...
- Loan Guarantee Scheme
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a procedure will enable an application to be made for the loan guarantee to be made. [16861/10]
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide details of the number of persons in County Meath attending FÁS training courses; the number of persons...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost increase implications in respect of all energy sources affected by the carbon tax; his expenditure proposals for the revenue accruing from...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of senior and subordinated debt outstanding at Anglo Irish Bank; the total amount of senior and subordinated debt outstanding at Anglo...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance the legal status of the relationship framework, signed on 8 July 2009, between the Minister and Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Limited; the conflicts...
- Tax Code
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount refunded to date in 2010 to car dealers in respect of the car scrappage scheme; the amount still owed to car dealers in respect of same;...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance his views regarding a matter (details supplied); the action he proposes to take to address the content of same; and if he will make a statement on...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration is being given to the State undertaking a valuation of a bank's (details supplied) art collection; if he will require the bank, in...
- National Lottery
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money collected by the national lottery for the lotto draw on 14 April 2010 which had a jackpot of €16.7 million; if he is committed...
- Tax Code
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider the situation regarding VAT refunds on wind turbines for use at farm or other levels in view of the fact that VAT is refunded...
- Public Service Contracts
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason post-doctoral researchers contracted to third level institutions in receipt of public funding have been included in recent public sector...
- Tax Collection
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is entitled to a refund of inheritance tax. [16724/10]
- Flood Relief
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works will approve a funding application in respect of a drain (details supplied) in County Mayo (details supplied). [16743/10]
- Tax Code
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 166 of 9 March 2010, if he will now issue a tax certificate to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 for...
- Flood Relief
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will approve an application for funding from Roscommon County Council under the minor flood mitigation works scheme; the total cost of the...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received complaints regarding the practices of a bank and a building society (details supplied) in the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and...
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Services
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will allow students (details supplied) stay in their present accommodation and school in order for them to complete their leaving...
- Misuse of Drugs
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is any legal barrier to making certain combinations of substances illegal until they have been assessed by the EU and national...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of cases of domiciliary care allowance that were rejected in 2008; the number of appeals in 2008; the number of appeals that...
- Health Services
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved for the home care package. [16311/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of rent supplement for clients of Roselawn health centre in Dublin 15; if there are cases when...
- Hospital Services
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the numbers of cancer patients from each county who have received treatment at St. Luke's Hospital, Dublin, over the past five years in...
- Health Services
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the success to date of the new fair deal arrangement in freeing up beds of persons whose discharge was delayed due to the lack of an...
- Medical Cards
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a medical card. [16363/10]
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an appointment of a nomination by the Irish Vocational Educational Association will be made in respect of the national youth work...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children who have been assessed and diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorder in the mid-Leinster region in the past five...
- Health Service Staff
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of posts currently vacant, including those where therapists are on maternity leave, on the early intervention team in County...
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to include the medical certificate requirement for drivers over 70 years on the medical card in view of the fact that this...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive will make provision for the reopening and maintenance of the swimming pool at a premises (details...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the continuing delay in bringing forward the Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm the number of Health Service Executive special care units; the names, addresses and contact details of each unit;...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when heads of a Bill, an amendment to the Mental Health Act 2001, seeking the deletion of section 59B, will be put to the Houses of the...
- Departmental Investigations
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the inquiries she has made into the circumstances surrounding an alleged burglary of 15 Health Service Executive laptop computers at the...
- Children in Care
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will inquire from the Health Service Executive the reason for the decision made to close down the emergency HSE unit for troubled...
- Adoption Services
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the long waiting lists encountered by adult adopted children tracing birth parents through the Health...
- Medical Cards
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16493/10]
- Health Services
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for a Health Service Executive home help service (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the fact that...
- Hospital Services
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Longford will have a surgical procedure carried out at Tullamore Hospital, County Offaly; and...
- Medical Cards
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [16511/10]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Longford will be called for an appointment with a consultant neurologist at Tallaght...
- Nursing Home Services
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of public beds available in nursing homes in the Dublin 8, 10 and 12 areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- National Lottery Funding
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond favourably to a request for lottery funding by a club (details supplied) in County Limerick in view of the work...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an allocation made to a school (details supplied) in County Limerick is inadequate and...
- Nursing Home Services
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the facts regarding the non-statutory report into the death of a person (details supplied) at Leas Cross Nursing Home, County Dublin; if...
- Prescription Charges
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans, if any, to change the policy of charging 50 cent for each item on prescriptions in view of the hardship this is causing...
- Hospital Services
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for a CAT scan to Mayo General Hospital. [16697/10]
- Medical Cards
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the lack of synchronisation between the Health Service Executive medical card lists and the national primary...
- Hospital Services
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients from County Donegal who are awaiting breast reconstruction services at University College Hospital, Galway; and...
- Health Services
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 239 of 30 March 2010, when a reply will issue. [16758/10]
- Magdalene Laundries
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to a letter from Justice For Magdalenes, first submitted on 8 February and again on 29 March 2010; if she will...
- Health Services
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17. [16814/10]
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of fair deal applicants; the average processing time for applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16818/10]
- Health Services
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway is not in receipt of physiotherapy; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be admitted for a surgical procedure in view of the fact the person has been...
- Hospital Services
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the carrying out of surveillance mammograms for treated breast cancer patients will resume at Sligo General Hospital; the reasons...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the cohort of schoolgirls who were supposed to receive the cervical vaccine this year will now receive it; when vaccination will...
- Health Services
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to open a drugs treatment centre in Ennis, County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16883/10]
- Preschool Services
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 257 of 20 April 2010, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that children may start primary...
- Department of Transport
- Air Services
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Transport the discussion he has had with Irish airlines regarding the impact of the closure of air space caused by the volcanic ash cloud; if he has...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding an application by Loughrea, County Galway under the smarter travel competition; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Transport if the National Transport Authority has responsibility for raising its own funds for capital spending projects; if he or his Department provides...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which he or his Department provides funding to Iarnród Eireann for capital expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Airport Development Projects
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Transport the efforts being made to resolve a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16841/10]
- Air Services
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Transport in view of the recent volcanic ash crisis, which resulted in airports closing down across Europe and the knock-on financial implications for...
- Rural Transport Services
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Transport the estimated number of transport providers participating in the rural transport initiative annually for the past three years; and if he will make...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Vetting of Personnel
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 has to wait for their Garda clearance to be approved in view of the fact...
- Visa Applications
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average processing times for citizens from each of the following countries (details supplied) obtaining holiday visas...
- Prison Service Staff
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will clarify the position in relation to the requirements of successful candidates for employment as prison officers...
- Employment Rights
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to introduce paternity leave along the lines available in other European countries; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
- Court Procedures
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [16337/10]
- Prison Staff
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost of prison to court escorts in each of the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; and if he will make a...
- Internet Security
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has had investigations made into the possibility of Internet blocking, blocking file-sharing sites; if legislation...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are protocols prepared by his Department which would allow residents groups to set up closed circuit television...
- Departmental Communications
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the special e-mail address Inis Oireachtas Mail service will be operational again; and if he will make a statement on...
- Vetting of Personnel
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Irish citizens who are required by a prospective employer located and...
- Children in Care
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the protocol, if any, in existence regarding communications between An Garda Síochána and the Health Service Executive in...
- Residency Permits
Question 244: 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 Limerick; and if...
- Misuse of Drugs
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans in place to tackle the selling of dangerous substances to human health in head shops; and if he will make a...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 488 of 20 April 2010, the responsibilities of his Department in respect of...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 249: 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 County Louth; and if he...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [16706/10]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review his decision not to grant naturalisation to a person (details supplied) in Galway; and if he will make a...
- Residency Permits
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) can apply for a scheme in view of a letter which was submitted to his Department. [16752/10]
- Misuse of Drugs
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to any banned or illegal substances being detected in head shops; if such substances were...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will expedite an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will...
- Crime Levels
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of crimes recorded in the area of Knockcommon and the surrounding townlands in County Meath; the number of...
- Garda Deployment
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí assigned to Duleek Garda station, County Meath; the number of hours the station is open every week;...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Human Rights Issues
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the potential accession of Israel to the OECD; if he will provide assurance that Israel's proposed accession to the OECD is...
- Passport Applications
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support the case of a person (details supplied). [16343/10]
- Human Rights Issues
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the most recent developments in the case of a person (details supplied) who was arrested in Iran on 9 July 2009; and if he will make a...
- Diplomatic Representation
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a letter of support will issue to a company (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16559/10]
- Visa Applications
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has held discussions with the US Government regarding the position of Irish citizens who may have extended their 90 day visitor visa...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 601 of 20 April 2010, if he will provide a breakdown of the purpose of the €8 million provided by...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if she intends to launch a sports capital programme for 2011; the reasons there has been no programme since 2008; and if she will...
- National Library
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, further to Parliamentary Question No. 627 of 20 April 2010, the type of technical functions proposed to be merged; the effect that...
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when grant aid might be available through her Department to allow the re-opening of the swimming pool programme; and if she will...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the drawdown of sports capital grants (details supplied) to an organisation in Cork. [16731/10]
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of persons employed in the national advisory committee on drugs; the job titles in each case; and if he...
- Community Development
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 164 and 165 of 31 March 2010, if he will provide a breakdown of the number...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans in relation to the proposal by the European Commission that the EU should set a target of reducing poverty by 25% by...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath;...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if an appeal for carer's allowance will be opened in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [16325/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to restore entitlements to persons to offset some of the cost of dental treatment from their PRSI contributions; the...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the decision on an appeal has not been made known to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [16369/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will have their application for domiciliary care allowance assessed and approved;...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for an oral hearing to finalise their carer's allowance appeal....
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the savings that would be made from ending payments of one parent family payment, disability allowance, disability benefit and...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will issue on an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Limerick. [16472/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an application for a jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford;...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will issue on an application to appeal against the refusal of disability allowance in respect of a person (details...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of money paid out in rent supplement from January to December 2009; the percentage of single persons and the percentage...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when disability allowance appeal will be heard in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will review the cut in disablement pension which affects persons over 65 years; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be finalised. [16726/10]
- Pension Provisions
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is entitled to a state contributory pension based on their working partnership with...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of Irish citizens born here who were refused payment for failure to satisfy the habitual residence condition over the...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if an appeal has been opened on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in respect of a carer's allowance refusal....
- Pension Provisions
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and awarded the State non-contributory pension. [16762/10]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if an appeal has been opened in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [16763/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of cases of domiciliary care allowance that have been rejected in the first quarter of 2010; the number of appeals in...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the conditions ODD, ADHD, sensory integration dysfunction and dyspraxia or a combination of these conditions are considered by...
- Flood Relief
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Galway is entitled to payment under the humanitarian assistance scheme being administered...
- Pension Provisions
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when State contributory pension payments will be restored to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [16884/10]
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the arrangements that are in place in his Department for the analysis of the impact of policy on poverty; and the way in which the...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Tax Code
Question 308: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the liability date for payment of non-principal private residence tax is 31 March 2010 when the...
- Foreshore Licences
Question 309: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a decision will be made on a foreshore licence application in County Mayo to facilitate the Killala...
- EU Funding
Question 310: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will investigate the funding options around the EU JESSICA programme and the possibilities of sourcing...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 311: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans regarding the purchase of carbon credits in the future; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Residential Housing Output
Question 312: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of housing units for which planning permission was granted in County Laois between the years 2000...
- Waste Management
Question 313: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support a proposal (details supplied). [16338/10]
- Local Government Charges
Question 314: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the persons liable to pay the second home tax; if property has to be in the name of individuals for them to...
- Departmental Reports
Question 315: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the value for money study in relation to the water services investment programme being...
- Archaeological Sites
Question 316: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans regarding the provision of a museum, heritage centre or an interpretative centre at the Woodstown...
- Building Regulations
Question 318: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support a matter (details supplied). [16437/10]
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 319: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 222 of 11 February 2010, if he will respond to the substantive issue...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 320: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has received an application for funding in respect of sewage treatment works at locations...
- Special Areas of Conservation
Question 323: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the interdepartmental group on cessation of turf-cutting in designated areas is due to report; if he...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 324: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of vacant affordable housing stock for each local authority; and if he will make a statement on...
- Foreshore Licences
Question 326: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding an application (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on...
- Noise Pollution
Question 327: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on introducing legislation to ban all contractors working after 9 p.m. in residential areas; and if...
- Waste Disposal
Question 328: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm and name the 20 sites that have been identified in the north of Ireland that contain...
- Animal Welfare
Question 331: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a commitment to a complete ban on the snaring of badgers in view of the fact that some 7,000...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 332: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to review the existing legislation, including the 1990 Derelict Sites Act to empower local...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Telecommunications Services
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when broadband will be available in an area (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if he will make a...
- Electric Vehicles
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report on the first stage of the roll out of the charging points for electric cars; when the...
- Energy Conservation
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, further to Parliamentary Question No. 912 of 19 January 2010, if he will review the matter on further evidence...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when a full broadband service will be available in Kinnitty, County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the national emission targets are likely to be achieved on time without a detrimental economic impact; and...
- Digital Hub
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which the digital hub project is progressing with original intentions and objectives, costs or...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will indicate the number of companies or individuals involved in the production of ethanol or bio-diesel;...
- Postal Services
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of the introduction of post codes; the way in which this will be funded; and if he will make a...
- Television Licence Fee
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent of the TV licence fund reserve; the annual income from TV licences; the way in which it is spent;...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of wind farms contributing to the national grid; the amount of electricity generated thereby; the...
- Postal Services
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline his preferred options for the future development of the postal services; and if he will make...
- Prospecting Licences
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of oil, gas or other mineral exploration licences issued on an annual basis from 2005 to date in...
- Natural Gas Grid
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when products from the Corrib gas field will become available to Irish consumers; and if he will make a...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has had discussions at EU level on the matter of the future development of the telecommunications sector...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of complaints received or submitted to the various regulators associated with his Department in each...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his preferred options for the future development of the public and private broadcasting sectors; the degree, if...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Departmental Properties
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the total amount of money returned to the Exchequer by Teagasc for each of the years 2007, 2008 and 2009, following the sale...
- Afforestation Programme
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will indicate by species the number of hectares of trees planted in each of the past five years; and if he will make a...
- National Flock
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the size of the national sheep flock at the end of each of the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 in tabular form; and if...
- Tax Code
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on whether farmers here can absorb the impending carbon levy on agricultural diesel and whether the food industry...
- Crop Losses
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of persons in County Galway who applied for compensation under the crop damage compensation scheme to date; when...
- Grant Payments
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when an application under the installation aid scheme from a person (details supplied) in County Cork was received; when the...
- Domestic Abattoirs
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the responsibilities of his Department and of local authorities in the licensing and supervision of abattoirs; and if he...
- Grant Payments
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive the first instalment of their REPS 4 payment. [16512/10]
- Crop Losses
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the compensation scheme for potato...
- Commonage Division
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if three shares can be allocated to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [16769/10]
- Grant Payments
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he plans to award the outstanding moneys due to sheep farmers under the 2009 uplands sheep scheme; the amount...
- On-farm Investment Schemes
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he expects to be in a position to announce the detailed application criteria for the €8 million sheep grant aid...
- Grant Payments
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason the cow welfare scheme 2009 has not been awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and...
- Department of Education and Science
- Adult Education
Question 371: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if a person who is qualified as a solicitor and has been made redundant recently can now avail of retraining at Fetac...
- School Accommodation
Question 372: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if funding will be provided for extra accommodation in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if...
- State Examinations
Question 373: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if her Department has not issued any certificates for those students who have successfully completed the leaving...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 374: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding supports at a school; if she will reinstate these supports; and...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 375: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application for a summer works scheme in respect of a school (details supplied); and if she...
- State Examinations
Question 377: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the number of students registered to take Irish in their leaving certificate examination in each of the past three...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 378: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the amount of the €579 million investment in school building under the school building and modernisation programme...
- Educational Projects
Question 379: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the financial assistance she can give to the initial set up of a book rental scheme to commence in September 2010; and...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 380: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the band rating of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16; the prospects for funding in the current year in view of...
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 381: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if her Department will make provision for the reopening and maintenance of the swimming pool at a premises (details...
- Institutes of Technology
Question 382: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if the draft strategic plan for the Grangegorman Dublin Institute of Technology project has been approved; and if she...
- School Enrolments
Question 383: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the projected growth in primary school enrolment between 2008/09 and 2014 in the following areas in Dublin 15 including...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 384: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the circumstances surrounding the post of special needs assistants in primary schools; the number and location of...
- School Enrolments
Question 385: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the number of children between the ages of five years and 16 years attending a recognised primary or post-primary...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 387: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the building project at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 8; the band level of the school;...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 389: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application under the summer works scheme 2010 by a school (details supplied) in Cork city....
- Schools Building Projects
Question 391: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a second level gaelscoil serving counties Louth, Meath and north County Dublin....
- Third Level Examinations
Question 394: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science her views on whether University College Dublin has the right to hold examinations for evening students during the...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 395: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if she will consider correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16562/10]
- School Staffing
Question 396: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if she has plans to review the abolition of supply panels in view of their importance in areas of disadvantage and the...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 397: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if all summer works scheme announcements for 2010 have been made yet; if not, when they will be made; if she will...
- School Management
Question 398: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the guidelines that are provided to patrons of primary schools on the qualifications of persons being appointed as...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 399: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the number and value of higher education grants paid in each of the past three academic years, for which figures are...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 401: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm that all new school buildings approved by her Department have physical education halls as part of...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 402: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if she will respond to a letter from Justice for Magdalenes, dated 29 March 2010 (details supplied); if she will commit...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 403: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application for large capital funding by a school (details supplied) in County Offaly; when...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 406: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 919 of 20 April 2010, if she will publish the education (patronage) Bill in draft...
- School Staffing
Question 407: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 918 of 20 April 2010, if she will provide the name, address, patron and roll...
- School Patronage
Question 408: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 923 of 20 April 2010, her views on establishing, without prejudice, a national...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 409: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 920 of 20 April 2010, she will now publish the draft amendments and...
- School Accommodation
Question 410: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 915 and 916 of 20 April 2010, she will publish the results of the pilot...
- School Patronage
Question 411: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 957 of 20 April, 2010, she will define the precise areas, including ordnance...
- Higher Education Strategy
Question 412: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science when she will publish the report into third level strategy chaired by a person (details supplied); and if she will make...
- State Examinations
Question 413: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 939 of 20 April 2010, the date on which she forwarded her query to the State...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 414: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 906 of 20 April 2010, the steps a person, who has not got refugee status but has...
- School Staffing
Question 415: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if the draft contract of indefinite duration for long-serving unqualified teachers has been cleared by her Department's...
- State Examinations
Question 416: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the body responsible for determining or changing Central Applications Office points into universities; the role of the...
- School Transport
Question 417: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the number of CIE school buses in operation annually in the past five years; the cost of operating this service annually...
