Written answers
Thursday, 6 May 2010
- Department of Education and Science
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 12: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to support disadvantaged children in the classroom; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Schools Patronage
Question 13: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will instruct her officials to recognise Educate Together as a patron at second level; if her officials will award...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 14: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the provision she expects to make in the current year to meet the requirements as set out by the various school...
- Schools Patronage
Question 15: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when she expects the ten schools that are shortlisted for a transfer of patronage to occur; if she will hold the...
- School Curriculum
Question 16: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take in order to make science subjects more appealing to secondary school students in view of...
- Departmental Funding
Question 17: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the situation regarding the funding of Protestant schools, particularly in the Border...
- School Curriculum
Question 18: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her views on the report of the expert group on future skills needs regarding the level of achievement in mathematics...
- Ministerial Meetings
Question 20: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her views on the audit of assets of the 18 religious teaching orders in view of the Ryan report; if the religious orders...
- Legislative Programme
Question 21: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when she expects to publish the draft amendments for the Student Support Bill 2008 in order that Committee Stage can be...
- School Curriculum
Question 22: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether the recent low uptake of science subjects by secondary school students is a direct result of cutbacks...
- School Staffing
Question 24: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider the decision regarding the abolition of the supply panel in view of the fact that this panel has...
- School Curriculum
Question 25: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether it is appropriate for children in vocational education committee schools to be segregated during...
- School Accommodation
Question 27: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision not to open any new Gaelscoileanna in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Transport
Question 29: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her plans in relation to promoting environmentally friendly school transport; her views on whether parents should be...
- School Curriculum
Question 30: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the way the innovation taskforce's aim of substantially raising the levels of competence and attainment in mathematics and...
- State Examinations
Question 31: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the procedures that have been put in place to ensure that the incident which occurred during the leaving certificate...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 33: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will reverse the decision in budget 2010 to remove eligibility to the student maintenance grant for those availing...
- State Examinations
Question 34: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to address the ongoing concern about grade inflation at second and third level institutions; and...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Redundancy Payments
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when redundancy payment will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a...
- Job Creation
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the numbers of jobs that have been created in the mid-west region by the Industrial Development Authority in counties Clare,...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if a redundancy payment application from the social insurance fund will be prioritised in respect of a person (details...
- State Agencies
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 30 March 2010, if full details are now available. [18548/10]
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax treatment of sales of digital products that only exist in virtual form which are downloaded directly to hardware; and if he will make a...
- Tax Collection
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax revenue received from a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18453/10]
- State Agencies
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will allocate additional funding to the customs services to purchase additional dogs in order to crackdown on the amount of drugs coming into...
- Public Sector Staff
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Finance the proposed reduction, by sector, in public sector numbers targeted in the draft public service agreement. [18499/10]
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Finance the properties in counties Waterford, Kilkenny and Carlow that have been transferred in the National Asset Management Agency; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Finance when a document will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [18523/10]
- Disabled Drivers
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Finance when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be given approval to purchase a new vehicle under the disabled driver-disabled passenger tax...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18541/10]
- Department of Health and Children
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of Government run canteens operating in Government buildings in her Department and its agencies; the number of commercially...
- Health Services
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are plans to rationalise the Now Doc service in the western and north western regions; the implications, if any, for centres...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the promised capital re-development of Ennis General Hospital, County Clare; when the project will commence and be...
- Departmental Properties
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Service Executive is to be permitted to construct a primary care centre and...
- Adoption Services
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will intervene in and resolve the case of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [18501/10]
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if, in view of the medical circumstances their request...
- Health Services
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18507/10]
- Adoption Services
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the group of 20 couples who are in the process of adopting a child from Vietnam; the reason there has been a delay...
- Mental Health Services
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the calls of an association (details supplied) to provide age appropriate mental health services for children and in...
- Public Hygiene
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are health regulations governing the practice of spitting in public on the street; if so, the way in which same is enforced and...
- Hospital Procedures
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for a surgical procedure in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
- Hospital Services
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the completion of the review of X-rays at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24; if she will give assurances that...
- Hospital Procedures
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a surgical procedure will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Medical Cards
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Question No. 135 of 24 February 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [18622/10]
- Department of Transport
- Pension Provisions
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to a reply to a parliamentary question in Dáil Éireann on 5 July 1973 (details supplied); the reason this...
- State Airports
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Transport when he expects the Lynxs cargo project at Shannon Airport to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18461/10]
- EU Funding
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent of EU funding received for the provision of road, rail, air and seaport transport facilities or installations in each of the past three...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Garda Operations
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if Operation Slope is still active; the number of persons arrested and charged to date; the number of gardaí involved; and...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be processed without...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding approval of a closed circuit television system for Ballina town centre, County Mayo; and if he will...
- Child Abduction
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the concept of a Europe-wide hotline for missing children; if such an arrangement is envisaged for this...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [18520/10]
- Garda Vetting
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding Garda clearance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if their application...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 11 February 2010 the position regarding an application for residency or...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Passport Applications
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding a passport application in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will ensure that the necessary paper work...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a charitable organisation (details supplied) received funding from Irish Aid or other State agencies; the amount of such funding each year...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Funding
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if an application for national lottery funding of other funding has been received from an organisation (details supplied) in...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the number of applications approved under the sports capital programme for 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 on a county basis in...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Scéimeanna na mBóithre
Question 97: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil liúntas airgid curtha ar fáil i meastacháin na bliana seo le haghaidh scéimeanna na mbóithre áise, cad é...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Irish Language
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the expenditure per year by his Department for the preparatory course for Irish language lawyer-linguist positions in...
- Rail Services
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will continue to support the provision of a rail stop at Crusheen, County Clare; if so, the communications he...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 27 April 2010, the list of each implementing body; the number of places...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18418/10]
- Pension Provisions
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on application for contributory pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [18460/10]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will amend the Civil Registration Act 2004 to allow grieving Irish families whose loved ones died abroad to be able to register...
- Pension Provisions
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for a non-contributory old age pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of eligibility for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied ) in County...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for aircraft replacement in the Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18486/10]
- Departmental Agencies
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 356 of 30 March 2010, if full details are now available. [18546/10]
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Motor Taxation
Question 114: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons who bought hybrid cars prior to July 2007 when the...
- Game Sanctuaries
Question 115: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans, whether by the direct legislation route or indirectly through the use of his power, to regulate or...
- Archaeological Sites
Question 117: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the forthcoming procedure involved following the submission of the Tara complex to UNESCO for possible...
- Fire Stations
Question 118: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make funds available to Galway County Council to enable a fire brigade station to be set up in...
- Natural Heritage Areas
Question 119: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will give details of the UN-mandated responsibilities and restrictions on local communities living in...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 120: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding an application submitted by Limerick County Council for the hospital sewerage scheme....
- Litter Pollution
Question 121: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding spitting in public on the street; the law regarding same; if it is prohibited under...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 122: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 125 of 4 March 2010, the reason a person (details supplied) in County...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 124: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide additional resources to South Dublin County Council to allow for the provision and...
- Environmental Policy
Question 125: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a comprehensive statement on his policy to tackle climate change; if he will confirm the...
- Planning Issues
Question 126: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in the proposed issues paper on the retail planning guidelines, he will look at the potentially negative...
- Building Regulations
Question 127: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which the Building Control Act is effective to deal with the issues for which it was...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 128: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 798 of 20 April 2010, the precise nature of the projects approved and...
- Building Energy Ratings
Question 129: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 621 of 23 March 2010, if he has received complaints about the building...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18451/10]
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason for the delayed announcement on the renewal energy feed in tariff price for miscanthus; if his...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 372 of 30 March 2010, if full details are now available; and if he will...
- Sustainable Energy Projects
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 665 of 23 March 2010, the price at which Sustainable Energy Ireland...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of Government-run canteens operating in Government buildings in his Department and its agencies; the number of...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on fishermen's concerns that seals are damaging fish stocks in area 6A; his further views on the Conservation of...
- Grant Payments
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when persons (details supplied) in County Kerry will received arrears of REP scheme four payments. [18446/10]
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Grant Payments
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the REP scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Afforestation Programme
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the total area of land throughout the country currently owned by Coillte; the extent to which the entire area is under...
- Grant Payments
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their payment under REP scheme four; and if he will make a...
- Department of Education and Science
- Departmental Funding
Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm reports from attendees at the labour market activation fund briefing on 18 March 2010 that two...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she has received an application for refurbishment and extension from a school (details supplied); when the application...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the selection procedure for appointing teacher training college board members on the Teaching Council; the reason all...
- Departmental Funding
Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the details of all private colleges that have received funding from the special education support...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a new Gaelscoil for a school (details supplied) in County Galway in view of the...
- Tax Code
Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will support the case of a person (details supplied). [18422/10]
- Schools Recognition
Question 152: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her views in relation to correspondence (details supplied); her plans for the provision of secondary school education in...
- School Accommodation
Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide Gael coláiste schools for secondary education for pupils who are attending the number of primary...
- School Transport
Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if she will grant...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be allocated to a school (details supplied) in Kilkenny City; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Public Service Pay
Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to pay reductions in the university sector, if she will agree to make an exemption for European Commission funded...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number and names of all primary schools in County Donegal that have applied for extensions, refurbishment or...
- State Examinations
Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will arrange with her Department to have a leaving certificate issued to a person (details supplied) in respect of...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the basis upon which the assessment of a special education needs officer is made; if she will further indicate whether...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which her Department has advanced the various development stages in respect of a school (details supplied)...
- School Placement
Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when school place will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare at a school; and if she will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the time elapsed to date since application for permanent classroom facilities was deemed required at a school (details...
- School Accommodation
Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the necessary temporary accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare to accommodate...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school building project for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when an application for large scale capital funding was submitted to her Department by a school (details supplied) in...
- School Accommodation
Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the likely time scale for the granting of funding to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of increased...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the development since 9 of November 2009 regarding the building project for the new national school at Kill, County...
- School Accommodation
Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date regarding the building works at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1444 of 16 September 2009, the position regarding a school (details supplied) in...
- Departmental Funding
Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for major capital funding by a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in the past six months in respect of a school building project (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
- Education Welfare Service
Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the relevant section of her Department has engaged in follow up support and report in respect of a...
- School Medical Examinations
Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the extent and frequency of school medical examination on a county basis in each of the past five years to date in 2010;...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which higher education grants have been paid up to date or otherwise by vocational education committees or...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs teachers and special needs assistants available at primary and secondary level schools in...
- Capitation Grants
Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which funding available to, or provided by his Department directly is likely to meet requirements at...
- Bullying in Schools
Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the extent, if any, of incidents of school bullying brought to her attention of which she or her Department otherwise...
- School Discipline
Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of children expelled from primary or second level schools throughout the country, on a county basis, in each...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of places available at primary and second level schools throughout the country, on a county basis, for...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which pupil-teacher ratios in the classroom or class sizes have altered at primary schools throughout the...
- Radon Gas Levels
Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the extent, if any, to which the threats of radon gas exists at either primary, second level schools or colleges...
- Psychological Service
Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which requests have been made on a county basis for psychological assessment and or follow up procedures at...
- School Accommodation
Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of children at primary and second level on a county basis here that are accommodated in prefabricated...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the intended expenditure on school or college buildings at primary, second or third level throughout the country in 2010;...
