Written answers
Thursday, 29 April 2010
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- On-farm Investment Schemes
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he expects to be in a position to announce details of on-farm investment schemes for the pig and poultry sectors; and if...
- Common Agricultural Policy
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the issues most likely to impact on the agriculture and food sector in the context of the current review of the Common...
- Common Fisheries Policy
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views in relation to the EU Commission's Green Paper on the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy; and if he will make a...
- Domestic Abattoirs
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has a national strategy aimed at developing local abattoirs in each county across the country; and if he will make a...
- Live Exports
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he is taking to enhance the live cattle trade to Britain; the numbers exported in 2009; the reason this was...
- Fishing Industry Development
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the opening of commercial bass fishing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16936/10]
- Single Payment Scheme
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the penalties imposed on the single farm payment for area discrepancies and cross compliance; if he will break down the cross...
- Cereal Sector
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his priorities in the area of tillage sector reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16988/10]
- Carbon Tax
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the likely impact of carbon tax on agriculture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16888/10]
- Single Payment Scheme
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on whether farmers in some areas will receive a lower single farm payment on foot of changes to mapping...
- Grant Payments
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the delays in processing REP scheme payments in the County Kerry area, with an estimated...
- Dairy Sector
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on whether market management measures have a continued role to play in relation to the dairy sector,...
- Fertiliser Use
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the Teagasc fertiliser use survey report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16908/10]
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount that has been paid out to REP scheme farmers to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Beef Industry
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide a full breakdown of the beef carcass classification results since 15 December 2009 based on the Meat...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers that have qualified for the early retirement scheme under the hardship provision announced by him; and...
- Carbon Tax
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on whether the introduction of a carbon tax will have a serious cost competitiveness impact on farm business; and...
- Rural Development
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the new rural development schemes as announced by him in summer 2009 will actually be open for applications from...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on introducing greater flexibility in the application process for the agri-environment option scheme; and if he...
- Horse Breeding Industry
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has made a decision in relation to the ownership of the Irish draft horse stud; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Common Agricultural Policy
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has plans to engage in a comprehensive process of consultation with interested stakeholders in relation to the future...
- Electricity Generation
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has plans to develop a co-ordinated strategy with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government on...
- Common Agricultural Policy
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16699/10]
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of REPS 4 plans that have been rejected to date per county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16895/10]
- Animal Welfare
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he intends to review his decision to exempt all commercial dogs being transported out of Ireland from having a pet...
- Ministerial Functions
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the Minister within his Department who now has distinct responsibility for food; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Committees
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the timescale for the 2020 strategy committee to complete its work to draw up a long-term strategy for the agri-food,...
- Cattle Prices
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on cattle prices at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16887/10]
- Animal Diseases
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the effect of receiving official recognition of Ireland's Aujeszky's disease control and eradication status; and if he will...
- Natura 2000 Sites
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will be in a position to clarify the payment of €150/ha in nature areas under the agricultural environmental...
- Animal Diseases
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will introduce a national vaccination programme for bovine viral diarrhoea; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Common Fisheries Policy
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position he will be taking during negotiations on the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy. [16698/10]
- Departmental Programmes
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the time frame for the conclusion of the research needed to gain approval of the operational programme for fisheries; and if...
- Animal Welfare
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the further steps that he envisages to enhance co-operation on animal health issues on an all-island basis; and if he will...
- Food Industry
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the impact that grounding of flights as a result of volcanic ash has had on agricultural exports; and if he will make a...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of REP scheme payments that are still outstanding in counties Cavan and Monaghan; when he hopes to have such...
- Sheep Production
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps which he is taking to support the sheep industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16859/10]
- Cereal Sector
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the precarious situation grain farmers are in as a result of the decision by a company...
- Installation Aid Scheme
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the plans he has to deal with hardship installation cases locked out of the scheme in budget 2008; and if he will make a...
- Fallen Animal Charges
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the way he plans to address increasing fallen animal charges in the interest of small farmers; and if he will make a...
- Sheep Production
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the basis on which payments under the recently announced grassland sheep scheme will be made; and if he will make a statement...
- Dairy Industry
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his policy to prevent a repeat of 2009 in the dairy sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16929/10]
- Single Payment Scheme
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the changes made to the eligible farmland areas for the purpose of applications for the single farm payment; the way he sees...
- Live Exports
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is actively supporting the re-opening of the north African live export trade; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to ensure that all farmers receive their 2010 REP scheme payment by the end of October 2010; and if he will make a...
- Commercial Semi-State Bodies
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he or officials in his Department have had any discussions with Coillte and or Bord na Mona about a possible merger or...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is satisfied that the new agri-environment options scheme will be an attractive scheme for former REPS 3 participants;...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the proposed Forestry Bill; the legal issues still to be addressed; when he will be in a position to...
- Animal Diseases
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps that were taken by his Department following the diagnosis of the first cases of bovine neonatal pancytopaenia in...
- On-farm Investment Schemes
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he expects to be in a position to announce details of the various on-farm investment measures, which will be funded by...
- Departmental Committees
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason he has not established the farmers' charter monitoring committee and to set out his Department's level of...
- Afforestation Programme
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans for the development of a sustainable forestry sector in view of its importance to farmers to the economy and to the...
- Dairy Industry
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views in relation to the continued need for the use of market management measures in the dairy sector in view of the...
- Food Industry
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the extent to which the six day stoppage of all flights into and out of Ireland due to volcanic ash has affected the export...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the delay in paying REPS 4. [16700/10]
- Job Creation
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of jobs that were created in the agricultural sector in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Food Industry
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the net value to the Irish Exchequer from food and beverage exports from 2008 to date in 2010; and if he will make a...
- Dairy Sector
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on restructuring in the dairy processing sector; the way he proposes to encourage, assist and facilitate this...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has any proposals to create marine protected areas in the seas around the Irish coast; if he plans to introduce...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is satisfied that measures have been taken to ensure that the agricultural and environmental options scheme will...
- Beef Imports
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is satisfied with the rate at which Brazilian authorities are clearing farms to export beef to the EU in view of the...
- Food Industry
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the break-up of Glanbia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16919/10]
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the level of funding that is available for persons who will join the new agri-environment options scheme in 2010; and if he...
- Grant Payments
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 14 of 11 March 2010, the progress that has been made in dealing with the problems that...
- Afforestation Programme
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the value of the annual forestry premia to forestry owners here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16783/10]
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding spouses of early retirement scheme applicants who have deceased during the period of the pension; if...
- Farm Inspections
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will implement a warning system rather than an immediate penalty for farmers who are inspected by his Department on...
- Food Industry
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the implementation of a statutory code of practice to ensure transparency in the grocery sector pricing model;...
- Animal Welfare
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the benefits that he believes will arise from the recently agreed all-island animal health and welfare strategy; and if he...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Redundancy Payments
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a redundancy payment will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a...
- Work Permits
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to a campaign by Migrants Rights Centre Ireland for a change in the way in which the work...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding a statutory redundancy application in respect of a person (details supplied): when they will receive...
- Department of Finance
- Licensed Premises
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of six-day publican licences issued in the State; if he has any proposals to facilitate the upgrading of same; and if he will make a...
- Stability and Growth Pact
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with the German Chancellor or her officials or with the representatives of the other EU member states or institutions...
- Flood Relief
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the flood alleviation and flood prevention programme in respect of various river catchment areas; the extent to which plans...
- Tax Code
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance if a tax exempt approved body must, in order to comply with the provisions of section 235 of Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, include in its rules and...
- Banks Recapitalisation
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance the way the promissory notes issued to Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide Building Society are to be treated by EUROSTAT for the purposes of...
- Pension Provisions
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance the system of regulation for additional voluntary contribution schemes; if legislation covering AVCs allows participants to reduce the amount of...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has reviewed the pension arrangements of top management within the covered institutions as recommended by CIROC in its report in February...
- Money Laundering
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he alone or in conjunction with his EU colleagues has provided or intends to provide adequate protection against money...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the issue of competitiveness in the economy has been addressed to date, with particular reference to the need to be in a...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the projections as set out in budget 2010 remain on target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17553/10]
- Banks Recapitalisation
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the banks to be in a position to provide the necessary working capital to the business community in agriculture, industry and the...
- Mortgage Arrears
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made in the matter of new provisions to assist persons who through no fault of their own have fallen into arrears and who...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance the full extent of debt so far acquired under the National Asset Management Agency; the current, expected or realisable values of the property; the...
- National Debt
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance the full extent of the national debt in each of the past five years to date in 2010; the cost and means of servicing the debt; the projected costs...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance the implications arising from the recent decision by EUROSTAT in respect of off-balance sheet accounting; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Code
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received correspondence (details supplied) from the County Managers Association in relation to concerns of local authorities in relation...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected discount to be applied by the National Asset Management Agency on the takeover of loans by NAMA in tranche 1 in relation to Anglo Irish...
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Services
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied). [17380/10]
- Registered Medical Practitioners
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17435/10]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme (1 comment)
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if any new applications to the nursing home support scheme since 27 October 2010 have received payment. [17344/10]
- Medical Cards
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review her decision to refuse a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make...
- Health Services
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [17378/10]
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 314 of 2 February 2010, the supports that will be put in place for a person (details supplied)...
- Hospital Services
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment. [17392/10]
- Health Services
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17396/10]
- Medical Cards
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make...
- Health Services
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to a meeting (details supplied) the progress made to date; when it is planned to reopen this facility; and if she will make a...
- Medical Cards
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [17421/10]
- Hospital Services
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange a transfer of a person (details supplied) in County Longford from Longford/Westmeath Regional Hospital, Mullingar to...
- Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding medications covered and available under the medical card scheme and drugs cost subsidisation scheme; the way a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will refer to the waiting list for ear, nose and throat consultant outpatient appointments at Temple Street Hospital, Dublin 1...
- Medical Cards
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the processing of medical card applications; if existing cards are still valid until the renewal process,...
- Medicinal Products
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is proposing to introduce a scheme called reference pricing and generic substitution for all prescription drugs here; if same...
- Medical Cards
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review a decision to refuse a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she...
- Health Services
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount paid by the Health Service Executive to a Parkhouse family practice at the Brookfield health centre, the general...
- Hospital Services
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to remove 24 hour anaesthetic cover from Ennis and Nenagh hospitals in July 2010 and to phase out critical care thereafter;...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the community hospital in Cobh, County Cork in relation to the fair deal nursing home support scheme; if she will...
- Health Service Staff
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to secure non-consultant hospital doctor cover for smaller hospitals like Roscommon County Hospital and...
- Health Services
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made to date on the development of palliative care services in County Roscommon; when all existing facilities will be fully...
- Child Care Services
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the preschool allowance eligibility will be extended to September which is the beginning of the school year in view of the greater...
- Hospital Services
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the arrangements that will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to have a hip operation; and if she will...
- Medical Cards
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if consideration will be given to the issue of a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
- Hospital Charges
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take other than the issue of a medical card to alleviate hardship arising from hospital charges in the case of a...
- Medical Cards
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card issued in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare applies to him or her only or if their spouse and...
- Health Services
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the follow up of support or assistance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Health Insurance
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent that private health care insurance costs and premiums have increased in each of the past ten years to date in 2010; the...
- Health Services
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 72 of 25 February 2010, the position regarding same. [17573/10]
- Hospital Services
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if arrangements will be made for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to have an operation at Naas Hospital, County Kildare;...
- Department of Transport
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Parliamentary Question No. 360 of 23 March 2010, if he will further respond; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17357/10]
- Driving Tests
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Transport the policy changes that he is considering in regard to the regulation of driving instructors; his views on making it mandatory for a learner...
- Air Services
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Transport the legislation under which airline companies can restrict the size and weight of hand and stored luggage on commercial passenger aircraft; and if...
- Motor Vehicle Registration
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of instances in which incorrect ownership details were recorded in the registration of motor vehicles; if this information has been...
- Road Network
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which his Department has had a role in cost benefit analysis in regard to the choice of route for a road project (details supplied)...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- International Agreements
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on Ireland's non-membership of the Schengen agreement; the reason Ireland did not join in this agreement at the...
- Residency Permits
Question 165: 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 Dublin 6. [17541/10]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will process an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [17338/10]
- Residency Permits
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Crime Levels
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons who have been convicted of murder and who are out on parole up to 31 December 2009; and if he will...
- Visa Applications
Question 171: 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...
- Vetting of Personnel
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if Garda vetting of persons who work with children could be standardised in order that when a person transfers to another...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application for naturalisation will be processed without further delay in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Visa Applications
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a spousal visa application has been refused twice in respect of a person (details supplied). [17425/10]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a naturalisation application by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved. [17427/10]
- Visa Applications
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is possible for a person to obtain a visa on medical grounds (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for Irish citizenship through naturalisation will be processed in respect of a person (details...
- Passport Applications
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a UK citizen who is more than 20 years resident here and married to an Irish citizen is entitled to an Irish passport;...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 180: 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...
- Internet Security
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide details of discussions he has entered into with third parties regarding Internet censorship and Internet...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the protection that exists in law against forced marriage, both for adults and for children; his plans to introduce a...
- Residency Permits
Question 185: 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 Dublin 15; and if he will...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he...
- Residency Permits
Question 189: 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 Louth; and if he...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 190: 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 Kildare; and if...
- Residency Permits
Question 193: 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 Louth; and if he...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 194: 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 Cork; and if he...
- Residency Permits
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has resided...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 196: 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 Kildare; and if...
- Residency Permits
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedures to be followed to facilitate citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the...
- Garda Investigations
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the follow-up of support or assistance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- International Agreements
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on upgrading EU-Israeli relations; if he will oppose Israel's accession application to membership of the Organisation for Economic...
- Compensation Claims
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [17434/10]
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Departmental Funding
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will support the case of a person (details supplied). [17381/10]
- Community Development
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of new projects approved under the rural social scheme on a county basis since the start of 2010; the...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the closure of head shops; when legislation will be brought forward to tackle this blight; the...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) did not receive their back to school clothing allowance. [17369/10]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made in relation to the jobseeker's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not been paid their rent subsidy payment; and if he will make a...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a decision has not been reached on an appeal received by the appeals office on 11 December 2009 in respect of a person...
- Departmental Staff
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons in whole time equivalent terms employed in the social welfare appeals office in each of the past five years...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an application for unemployment assistance or supplementary welfare will be authorised for payment in respect of a person...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Reserve
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount paid in allowances, over and above salary, to Permanent Defence Force personnel employed with the Reserve Defence Force and Slua Muirí...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Air Pollution
Question 219: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will investigate a matter (details supplied). [17580/10]
- Local Authority Charges
Question 220: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that no constitutional issues arise with regard to the non-principal private residence...
- Waste Management
Question 221: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 362 and 370 of 30 March 2010, the reason effluent which is not...
- Building Regulations
Question 223: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17420/10]
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 224: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will make money available to the Health Service Executive in County Offaly to enable the completion...
- Voting Rights
Question 226: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the voting rights of a UK citizen who has been resident here for more than 20 years and is married to an...
- Architectural Conservation
Question 227: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will list the various grant schemes run by his Department and agencies under the remit of his...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 228: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason a village (details supplied) has been excluded from the water services investment programme in...
- Litter Pollution
Question 229: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 57 of 22 April 2010, if he will provide a breakdown of the take up of...
- Planning Issues
Question 230: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, under the Planning and Development Act 2000, a person is entitled to a refund of the fees paid to An Bord...
- Plastic Bag Levy
Question 231: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of income generated from the plastic bag levy over the past five years; the number of bags that...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which alternative energy incentivisation exists and is set to continue; and if he will make a...
- Energy Conservation
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding an application for the warmer homes scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the planned delivery of broadband to an area (details supplied) in County Offaly; when broadband will be...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Food Labelling
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if food labelling throughout the retail sector here fully and accurately reflects the country of origin and compliance with...
- Food Industry
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the extent to which he and other EU Ministers have prepared a plan for the agricultural and food production sector to play a...
- EU Fisheries
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the full extent of fish and fish product exports from the European Union on a country basis; the extent of imports...
- Grant Payments
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number and value of farm payments owed to farmers on a county basis throughout the country at the present time; when...
- Farm Output
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the extent of growth in the beef, lamb, pigmeat, poultry and dairy sectors in each of the past five years to date in 2010;...
- Common Fisheries Policy
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in the context of the review of the Common Fisheries Policy, the full extent of fishing and over-fishing that has taken...
- Food Industry
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the extent to which he has examined the prices paid to producers and charged to the consumer in the beef, dairy, lamb,...
- Dairy Sector
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the extent to which he has monitored trends and production level in the dairy sector and its potential to compete on home...
- Crop Losses
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the extent to which the losses incurred by nursery growers from the severe winter frost have been calculated; if it is...
- Grant Payments
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when all 2009 REPS 4 payment will be awarded; the number of farmers that have applied for REPS 4; the number of these...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 836 of 20 April 2010, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that latitude...
- Grant Payments
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not received their REP scheme payment; and if he will make a...
- Department of Education and Science
- Schools Building Projects
Question 259: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application for extension and building by a school (details supplied) in County Louth; and if...
- Irish Language
Question 260: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if she will support a matter (details supplied). [17379/10]
- Early School Leavers
Question 261: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the policy that the National Education Welfare Board is implementing on children leaving school before the age of 16...
- School Staffing
Question 262: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the staffing arrangements for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the proposed staffing arrangements for September...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 263: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 25 March 2010, if she will refer this Deputy to the relevant section to...
- School Accommodation
Question 264: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the efforts that are being made to resolve the accommodation impasse at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 265: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a new school (details supplied); the stage of the project; when it is expected that students will...
- School Enrolments
Question 266: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the number of children attending national schools and the number attending second level schools in Lucan, County Dublin;...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 267: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the proposed new school building for a school (details supplied) in Lucan, County Dublin; and if...
- School Enrolments
Question 268: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the number of Traveller children attending national schools nationwide by school patron; the percentage of Traveller...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 269: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if she will immediately put in place the qualifying conditions for FETAC and HETAC courses for September 2010 in order...
