Written answers
Thursday, 13 May 2010
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Garda Vetting Services
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take about the delays experienced by those seeking Garda vetting which is resulting in the loss of job...
- Irish Prison Service
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to reform the prisoner gratuity scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19438/10]
- Tobacco Smuggling
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps the gardaí are taking to deal with the continuing problem of the sale and distribution of smuggled cigarettes,...
- Prison Committals
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people that were imprisoned for failure to pay fines and civil debts to date in 2010; and if he will make a...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made over recent months on the Thornton Hall project; if consideration has been given to rethinking the project...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding his response to head shops; and if the Bill he has discussed with the media will alter the currently...
- Youth Crime
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the reported significant increase in juvenile crime, with the number of juveniles charged with criminal...
- Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if all sections of the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009, have been brought into operation; the number of occasions on...
- Garda Investigations
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, arising from a written submission made by the Garda Sergeant at Celbridge on 25 June 2008 concerning the closure of a...
- Irish Prison Service
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the overcrowded conditions in prisons here in view of the recent resignation of a prison governor (details...
- Bench Warrants
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of bench warrants that are outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19404/10]
- Garda Strength
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of the 170 Garda promotions, for which Cabinet approval has been given to fill vacancies arising from the many...
- Prisoner Releases
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to reform the remission regime in prisons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19408/10]
- Crime Levels
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the recent figures from the Central Statistics Office showing significant increases in 12 of the 16 main...
- Garda Operations
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action the Gardaí plan to take in regard to the continued operation, especially in the Dublin area, of gaming arcades...
- Probation and Welfare Service
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether the reduction in the number of probation officers and community service supervisors resulting from the...
- Crime Levels
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of times that the Army bomb disposal unit has been called out to deal with suspect devices to date in 2010; and...
- Temporary Release of Prisoners
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners that were given temporary release in 2009; the number of same that have gone on to re-offend; and if...
- Drugs in Prisons
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners that have tested positive for drugs in Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, to date in 2010; and if he will make...
- Prison Committals
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners currently incarcerated; the number on short term, daily or other forms of release on a monthly basis...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of money that has been spent on the Thornton Hall project to date in 2010; the way in which this money has been...
- Drugs in Prisons
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the call made by the Irish Prison Officers' Association for more sniffer dogs to prevent...
- Legal Code
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on sacerdotal privilege; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19453/10]
- Garda Transport
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda personnel engaged in providing driver and security services to the members of the Government, members of...
- Departmental Reports
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to bring forward legislative proposals to change the law on debt enforcement in view of his speech to a Law Reform...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress that has been made in respect of proposed amendments to the law on maintenance; and if he will make a statement...
- Inquiries into Garda Activities
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has read the report Breakdown of Trust - A Report on the Corrib Gas Dispute; and if he will accede to the earlier...
- Crime Levels
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gun murders that took place in 2008; the number of these that have resulted in prosecutions; the number of...
- Prison Committals
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the annual average cost of keeping a person in prison; his views on whether the cost of committing approximately 4,500...
- Crime Statistics
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions that took place in relation to selling alcohol to persons under 18 years of age in 2009; the...
- Garda Equipment
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when arrangements will be made to instruct members of An Garda Síochána that it is not necessary to take a longhand note...
- Drug Seizures
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drugs seizures that have been made to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19445/10]
- Detention Centres
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the Report of the Expert Group on Children's Detention Services which recommends the development of...
- Guardianship of Children
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to update the laws on guardianship having regard to the changes in society since the principal piece of...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to legislate to restore the offence of misprision of felony; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19596/10]
- Prison Building Programme
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the timeline he has agreed for the completion of the Thornton Hall project including the envisaged start date for building...
- Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the degree to which all the various elements of the 2009 legislation under the various Acts passed to combat organised...
- Crime Levels
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of recorded cases of so-called tiger robberies, in which staff or relations of staff of financial institutions...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prison cells in Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, that house more prisoners than their capacity is designed for; and if...
- Garda Deployment
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of additional gardaí that have been assigned to deal with the increased terrorism threat in recent months; and...
- Prison Committals
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners committed to jail during 2009 for non-payment of fines; the proportion of the total number committed...
- Garda Deployment
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí assigned to the Garda fraud squad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19449/10]
- Joint Policing Committees
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied with the operation of the local policing committees; the numbers of such committees established to date;...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the latest information available to him about the progress made by the Smithwick tribunal established by resolution of the...
- Commercial Rent Reviews
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the membership and terms of reference of the working group to look at the issue of commercial rent reviews; when he expects...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the call from ADVIC, the advocacy group for families and friends of murder victims, for...
- Prison Committals
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons that were imprisoned for failure to pay fines and civil debts in 2009; and if he will make a statement...
- Garda Strength
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the strength of An Garda Síochána at the latest date for which figures are available broken down by full members, those...
- Garda Training
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the main findings of the recent Report on Training and Development in An Garda Síochána; the steps that are being taken to...
- Legislative Programme
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to bring in legislation in respect of a Good Samaritans Bill; when he expects to bring this Bill before Dáil...
- Weapons in Prisons
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of weapons or objects fashioned to act as weapons or otherwise dangerous objects that have been confiscated in...
- Law Reform
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of a newspaper article written by the President of the High Court announcing the establishment by him of a...
- Garda Civilianisation
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement detailing the impact of the new employment control document on the long-promised civilianisation...
- Temporary Release of Prisoners
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed by a judge at the decision to allow the temporary release of a...
- Garda Investigations
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that adequate resources are being directed towards tackling prostitution; and if he will make a statement...
- Treatment of Prisoners
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the article in a newspaper (details supplied) of Monday, 26 April 2010 regarding...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress in of the major review of gambling announced by him in May 2010; when he expects the process to be concluded;...
- Garda Deployment
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of community gardaí assigned in each Garda division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19413/10]
- Garda Resources
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the recommendations contained in the latest report of the Garda Inspectorate on resource allocation that will be implemented...
- Electronic Monitoring
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost of the proposed pilot scheme to electronically tag a number of offenders; if the decision to pursue the use of...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the concerns raised by the retiring Governor of the Dóchas centre, Dublin, particularly about the level of...
- Garda Equipment
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will comment on reports that gardaí are using their personal laptops for work purposes; his views on whether such a...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of rapes recorded in 2008; the number of these that have resulted in prosecutions; the number of these that have...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the recommendations of the special group on the public service numbers and expenditure report that he plans to implement...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners in jails at the latest date for which figures are available; the number of occasions during the past...
- Garda Recruitment
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members of the Garda Reserve recruited to date; the stations to which they have been allocated; the number of...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he envisages a judicial council will be established; the role of this body; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Prison Seizures
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of mobile phones that have been seized in Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, to date in 2010; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of times the working group on commercial rents has met to date; the consultations the group has engaged in with...
- Magdalene Laundries
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to provide support to the survivors of the Magdalene Laundries; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Redundancy Payments
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the reason for the delay in processing redundancy claims by the Employment Appeals Tribunal, which is currently running at...
- Job Creation
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the degree to which his Department, FÁS and other relevant Departments and agencies intend to interact in the rebuilding of...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the position regarding a redundancy payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [19792/10]
- Property Management Companies
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the position regarding a management company (details supplied); if this company is still registered; if this company has...
- Banking Sector
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the progress made to date with the introduction of loan schemes or loan guarantee schemes for the small medium enterprise...
- Departmental Staff
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his salary cost; the number and grades of staff in his Department on a comparable or higher salary; the amounts in each...
- Work Permits
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his plans to reform the work permit schemes for migrants; if his attention has been drawn to the exploitation of migrant...
- Department of Finance
- Flood Relief
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of correspondence and other communications between his Department, the Office of Public Works and Cork County Council in connection with...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will postpone the intended introduction of VAT on the sale of affordable houses, the operation of shared ownership schemes and local authority...
- Tax Code
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will remove VAT on local authority provided leisure activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19745/10]
- Social Partnership
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of holding the recent social partnership talks in the Croke Park Conference Centre; the way the rate was negotiated; if the cost is being...
- Credit Union Movement
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the group of experts established by him and the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to work on the response to the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance his salary cost; the number and grades of staff in his Department on a comparable or higher salary; the amounts in each case; the remuneration...
- National Pensions Reserve Fund
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of the assets and liabilities at 31 December 2009 of the funds listed in Schedule 1 of the Financial Measures...
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Services
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will appoint an official of her Department who will take a lead role in an initiative to provide an out-of-hours general...
- Hospital Services
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will carry out an immediate investigation into the case of a person (details supplied) in County Laois who had an operation in...
- Health Services
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will withdraw the HSE circular of 26 April 2010 regarding the dental treatment services scheme in view of its impact on medical...
- Hospital Transport
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide transport or a transport voucher to a person (details supplied) in County Longford to take them to and from the...
- Occupational Diseases
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress arising from a meeting held on the 5 May 2010 between her Department officials and retired coal miners; if her Department...
- Medical Cards
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 64 of 6 May 2010, when a comprehensive reply will issue; if her attention has been drawn to the...
- Hospital Procedures
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 63 of 6 May 2010, when a comprehensive answer will issue; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Medical Cards
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 186 of 27 April, 2010, when a comprehensive answer will issue; and if she will make a statement on...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when further correspondences to her Department in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth will be addressed; and if she...
- Hospital Services
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to have a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath admitted for a surgical procedure; and if she will make...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the services to which MS patients are entitled and, in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11, if the district nurse will...
- Children in Care
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the campaign of an organisation (details supplied) to include a legal entitlement to aftercare in the Child Care Amendment...
- Medical Cards
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 whose application for an over 70 years medical card took ten...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of ear, nose and throat consultants attached to Temple Street Children's Hospital Dublin 1; if her attention has been drawn...
- Medical Cards
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are statistics available for the period of time for which medical cards are issued; if a greater number of cards are now only...
- Health Service Staff (1 comment)
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 140 of 29 April, 2010, the steps she is taking to secure non-consultant hospital doctor cover for...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an applicant will be facilitated (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19822/10]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her salary cost; the number and grades of staff in her Department on a comparable or higher salary; the amounts in each case; the...
- Health Services
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to plans to reduce services to an organisation (details supplied) in County Limerick and the impact that...
- Hospital Services
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) and their general practitioner are unable to get the results of their X-ray from a consultant at...
- Department of Transport
- Departmental Staff
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Transport his salary cost; the number and grades of staff in his Department on a comparable or higher salary; the amounts in each case; the remuneration...
- Planning Issues
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Transport the legislation that allows the National Roads Authority to erect motorway signage gantries without applying for planning permission; and if he...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Legal Aid Service
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the total amount paid to solicitors under the legal aid scheme for criminal cases in the past year for which figures are...
- EU Directives
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to implement Council Directive 2003/9/EC, laying down minimum standards for the reception of asylum seekers,...
- Crime Levels
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of burglaries committed in the Meath Hill and Drumconrath area, County Meath, in each of the past four years;...
- Residency Permits
Question 144: 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...
- Garda Equipment
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the degree to which all Garda stations throughout the country have been provided with pulse and or other up to date...
- Crime Levels
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the degree to which witness or jury intimidation has been detected in the past two years; and if he will make a statement...
- Missing Persons
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons currently recorded under the heading of missing persons; the extent to which their cases are being...
- Crime Levels
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which serious crime figures have fluctuated in each of the past two years to date in 2010; and if he will...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent of prison cell overcrowding at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19763/10]
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to extradite criminals currently living on the proceeds of crime outside this jurisdiction; and if he will make a...
- Crime Levels
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent of guns or other lethal weapons seized in each of the past 12 months to date in 2010; if evidence exists that...
- Drugs in Prisons
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which illegal drug operations continue to be conducted by persons serving sentences in prison; and if he will...
- Garda Investigations
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the file has been closed in respect of the Brinks Allied cash in transit robbery 1994-1995 at Clonshaugh, Dublin; the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his salary cost; the number and grades of staff in his Department on a comparable or higher salary; the amounts in each...
- Court Procedures
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he proposes to take arising from a recent Supreme Court decision (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Visa Applications
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding visa applications in respect of persons (details supplied); when a decision will be issue; and if he...
- Garda Recruitment
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when applications will be accepted for new recruits to An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Citizenship Applications
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20; and if he...
- Refugee Status
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the decision to revoke refugee status in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 18; and if he will...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 18; and if he...
- Residency Permits
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if extended leave to remain will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for refusal of citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a...
- Residency Permits
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if...
- Asylum Applications
Question 174: 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; and if he will...
- Residency Permits
Question 175: 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 Kildare; and if he...
- Garda Investigations
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a driver's licence has not been returned to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Prisoner Complaints Procedures
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will investigate the circumstances surrounding the arrest of a person (details supplied) and who, it is alleged,...
- Garda Operations
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if consideration has been given to requiring the Garda to give a reference number or complaint number to members of the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Departmental Staff
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his salary cost; the number and grades of staff in his Department on a comparable or higher salary; the amounts in each case; the...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Rail Network
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 630 of 20 April 2010 when he expects a decision to issue in respect of funding...
- Departmental Staff
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his salary cost; the number and grades of staff in his Department on a comparable or higher salary; the amounts in...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been refused a medical appliance on the grounds of insufficient contributions....
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 185: 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. [19727/10]
- Pension Provisions
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress arising from a meeting held on the 5 May 2010 between his Department officials and retired coal miners; if his Department...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when supplementary welfare allowance will be reinstated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal will be heard in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [19780/10]
- Departmental Staff
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his salary cost; the number and grades of staff in his Department on a comparable or higher salary; the amounts in each case; the...
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if additional funding will be provided to the Money Advice and Budgeting Service in Tallaght, Dublin 24 to deal with the extra pressure on...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review an anomaly affecting the self-employed (details supplied). [19876/10]
- Department of Defence
- Reserve Defence Force
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Reserve Defence Force who completed annual training in 2009; the number of same that were paid a gratuity; the expenditure on the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Defence his salary cost; the number and grades of staff in his Department on a comparable or higher salary; the amounts in each case; the remuneration...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Fisheries Protection
Question 198: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on fishermen's concerns that seals are damaging fish stocks in Area 6A; his further views on the...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 199: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of non-residents per local authority area who made payments under the non-principal private...
- Grant Payments
Question 200: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when an outstanding hen harrier payment will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Departmental Staff
Question 201: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his salary cost; the number and grades of staff in his Department on a comparable or higher salary; the...
- Tax Collection
Question 202: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reasons for changing the month in which the non-principal private residence tax falls due from October to...
- Fire Stations
Question 203: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the situation regarding proposals for a new fire station at a location (details supplied) in County Cork; if...
- Planning Issues
Question 204: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a person whose family home has been purchased under a compulsory purchase order and who then applies for...
- Tax Code
Question 205: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will issue a full response to a query regarding a non-principal private residence tax (details...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Energy Conservation
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the mureas insulation scheme in County Roscommon; the number of applications received to...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the need for Eircom to provide an upgrade in the phone exchange in Rush,...
- Compensation Schemes
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress arising from a meeting held on the 5 May 2010 between officials from his Department and retired...
- Electricity Generation
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total consumption of electricity in 2007, 2008 and 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Telecommunications Services
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason broadband service provided to a person (details supplied) in County Galway is of such inferior...
- Departmental Staff
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his salary cost; the number and grades of staff in his Department on a comparable or higher salary; the amounts...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Direct Payment Schemes
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 480 of 23 February 2010 the reason his Department has not made contact with a person...
- Grant Payments
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if an application for review of penalties applied in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be...
- Installation Aid Scheme
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when installation aid will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [19797/10]
- Grant Payments
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the forestry premium will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [19799/10]
- Departmental Staff
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his salary cost; the number and grades of staff in his Department on a comparable or higher salary; the amounts in each...
- Grant Payments
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the delay in the REP scheme 4 payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; when payment...
- Department of Education and Science
- EU Funding
Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding available from the European Commission under the European Globalisation Fund in respect of former...
- Psychological Service
Question 223: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when a date will be set for an educational psychology assessment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Child Protection
Question 224: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the criteria and guidelines for one teacher primary schools regarding the requirement for a second adult to be on the...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 225: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is a delay in the processing of grant applications by the County Dublin Vocational Educational Committee...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 226: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if he will support a matter (details supplied). [19726/10]
- School Services Staff
Question 227: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that her Department is not breaching national legislation which expressly prohibits employers from...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 228: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her proposals for the future of FÁS with particular reference to the need for direct accountability to her office and...
- State Examinations
Question 229: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if provision will be made to accommodate a student (details supplied) in County Cork who was forced to miss a Leaving...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 230: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason the standard of primary degree needed for the post-graduate medical course at University of Limerick applies...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 231: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 25 March 2010 and No. 263 of 29 April 2010, if home tuition will now be...
- School Enrolments
Question 232: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if there are proposals to close or merge a school (details supplied) in county Sligo; and if she will make a statement on...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 233: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the proposed improvements at a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a...
- Schools Recognition
Question 235: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a group's (details supplied) proposals and application; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 236: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her salary cost; the number and grades of staff in her Department on a comparable or higher salary; the amounts in each...
- Third Level Scholarships
Question 237: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Offaly, who is a fluent Irish speaker attending a school in County...
