Written answers
Tuesday, 18 May 2010
- Department of Health and Children
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications received under the fair deal scheme to date; the number of applications that have been processed to date; the...
- Health Services
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to develop a strategy on the diagnosis, treatment and care of people with Alzheimer's Disease; and if she will make a statement...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide details on the hospital accident and emergency units that will close or limit opening hours as a result of health...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied with the Health Service Executive collection and reporting of outpatient waiting lists; the action she will take to...
- Health Care Professionals
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will give urgent consideration to the wholesale emigration of newly qualified nurses and the loss to the Irish health service of...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will introduce legislation to regulate and inspect home care services; the estimated cost of regulating home care services; and if...
- Health Services
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which policy within the Health Service is shared, directed or dictated by or between her Department and the Health Service...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on reports that disability service providers in the West are struggling to provide basic services due to funding cuts; if her...
- Health Service Systems
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on reports that the €60 million Health Service Executive Integrated Patient Management System which manages confidential...
- Health Service Reviews
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date by which the inquiry team set up by the Health Service Executive to investigate the non-reporting of nearly 58,000 X-rays and...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when colon cancer screening will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20220/10]
- Hospital Staff
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding staff discussions at Roscommon Hospital and Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway; her plans to change...
- Mental Health Services
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of additional fully-staffed child and adolescent mental health teams that will be provided in 2010; and if she will make a...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if building work has begun at any of the eight co-location sites in view of her plan to free up 1,000 public beds through the co-location...
- Adoption Services
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce tracing mechanisms for adopted persons by way of amendment to the Adoption Bill; if not, if and when she will...
- Health Policy
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the self-care movement which has considerable political support in the UK and which has the potential...
- Hospital Services
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the future role and development of Ennis General Hospital, County Clare; if same will continue as an acute...
- Parliamentary Questions
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of parliamentary questions received by her Department since the commencement of industrial action by employees; the number and...
- Health Services
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will commission a report into the long-term health effects of the withdrawal of the dental and optical benefit schemes; and if she...
- Hospital Staff
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of unfilled non-consultant hospital doctor posts in hospitals here; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Irish...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the closure of 52 beds in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9. [19996/10]
- Hospital Staff
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the audit of the work of a consultant radiologist in the north east who has been placed on clinical leave; the number of...
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made to date on replacement of branded drugs with their generic counterparts in order to save money; if she will ensure that...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of beds closed to date in view of the Health Service Executive plans to close 1,100 inpatient hospital beds in 2010; the...
- Health Insurance Providers
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the VHI fulfilled its legal obligation to achieve solvency by the end of March 2010; if the EU Competition Commissioner has contacted...
- Hospital Services
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of operations cancelled to date in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20260/10]
- Care of the Elderly
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the policy and procedures in place to ensure that Health Service Executive facilities for older persons are upgraded, when so required by...
- Suicide Prevention
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the provisions she is making to improve direct access to services that are not simply based on medication but allow for talking therapies...
- Misuse of Drugs
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when legislation to ban the sale and distribution of substances sold in head shops and to provide for the closure of head shops will be...
- Medical Compensation Scheme
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, during her visit to New Zealand she examined their no-fault compensation scheme for injury as a result of medical negligence or...
- Health Services
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had with the Health Service Executive regarding proposed further cuts to the home help service; and if she will...
- Health Services
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will instruct the Health Service Executive to withdraw its recent circular 008/10, of 26 April 2010, to dentists which cuts dental...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 476 of 19 January 2010, the result of the discussions between her Department and the Health Service...
- Health Service Reviews
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she can confirm that all X-rays in hospitals are reported by consultant radiologists; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the drug rehabilitation services in this county are adequate to cater for the problem of addiction in our towns and...
- Hospital Services
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the rationalisation of hospital laboratory services; if she will confirm that the Association of Clinical...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of adults and children residing in residential centres for people with disabilities; the list of these centres; when she will...
- Health Service Properties
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans, in conjunction with the Health Service Executive, to purchase or lease any further property in Cootehill, County Cavan for the...
- Health Service Expenditure
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the proposal to cut a further €200 million from the Health Service Executive budget in order to provide for possible shortfalls...
- Medical Cards
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will address the issue raised with her by an association (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had with the Department of Finance in relation to possible incentives for general practitioners and other health...
- Occupational Diseases
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will address the needs of former miners who have chronic health problems as a result of mining; if they can be treated as special...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the swine flu H1N1 vaccination programme has concluded; the amount of money spent on the vaccine programme; if there are excess...
- Medical Cards
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons with a full medical card and a doctor only medical card at the end of April 2010; and if she will make a statement...
- Health Care Professionals
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will give consideration to the difficulty for newly-qualified physio and occupational speech and language therapists getting...
- Mental Health Services
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if money raised from the sale of psychiatric institutions will be ring-fenced for mental health services; if that funding will be...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress she has made to date drafting legislation to control the use of sunbeds; if she plans banning them completely; and if she...
- Community Welfare Service
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when it is intended to transfer the community welfare service from her Department to the Department of Social Protection; the elements...
- Health Services
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken or proposes to take to speed up the process of medical card and rent or mortgage support applications with...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made on the commitments made to sufferers of cystic fibrosis; the timeframe for the completion of the...
- General Practitioner Co-operatives
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will consider new ways to provide diagnostic services through general practitioners in view of the waiting times for X-rays, MRI...
- Departmental Reports
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects to receive the report of the Special Group she established to examine the way in which the health services should be...
- Departmental Staff
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has carried out a review or made any changes following the finding of the Department of Finance which indicated inefficiencies in...
- Health Services
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify the rights of TDs and Senators, under legislation, to have regular briefings by the Health Service Executive in...
- Disability Act
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she and her officials have had with the Health Service Executive in relation to the progress to date of Part 2 of the...
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason Ireland continues to be blacklisted by the Russian authorities in relation to adoptions from the Russian Federation arising...
- Foster Care
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to an article (details supplied) which revealed that Health Service Executive's Dublin North-East region...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made to date in drafting the proposed National Vetting Bureau Bill; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Ambulance Service
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that private and public ambulance services are appropriately subject to standards inspection, vetting of staff and...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will give details of the proposed national awareness campaign around the dangers associated with so called legal highs, including...
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a detailed account of the commitment given to forward post-placement reports to the Russian Ministry of Education...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Household Medical Expenditure
Question 130: To ask the Taoiseach the amount that each household is spending on doctors annually based on the household budget survey 2004 to 2005 adjusted for medical inflation or whatever...
- Pension Provisions
Question 139: To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons in his Department and Office, including any Departments and Offices under his aegis, employed in the civil and public service who are in...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if, in view of his speech on the Competition Act Amendment Bill 2010, he will provide a full list of all Competition...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of persons employed in Forfás, FÁS, Office of Director Corporate Employment, Enterprise Ireland, Industrial...
- EU Directives
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will provide an update of the Irish legislative position regarding the implementation of the Unfair Commercial...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will expedite redundancy payments in respect of a person (details supplied). [20084/10]
- Employment Rights
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will support a matter (details supplied). [20425/10]
- Enterprise Stabilisation Fund
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of companies in counties Cavan and Monaghan that have applied to date for assistance under the €100 million...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when redundancy payment will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
- Legislative Programme
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the sections of legislation which the Director of Corporate Enforcement has raised as requiring modification; and if he...
- EU Directives
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of investigations that have taken place under the provisions of the Market Abuse (Directive 2003/6/EC)...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement is satisfied that it has an adequate number of staff in order to...
- Industrial Development
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the schemes used by his Department or its agencies specifically to attract technology companies to the Dublin Docklands...
- City and County Enterprise Boards
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of businesses in Waterford city that have been approved for funding by the city enterprise board in 2009 and to...
- Grant Payments
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of applications under the propel programme received from Waterford city; the number of jobs projected to be...
- Pension Provisions
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of persons in his Department and office, including any Departments and offices under his aegis, employed in the...
- Department of Finance
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce new regulatory rules for the banking sector concerning risk management, compliance, liquidity management and general control...
- Official Engagements
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has met representatives of the International Monetary Fund in 2007, 2008 and 2009; the dates and times of meetings for each year; and if he...
- State Banking Sector
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the subscription agreement signed with Anglo Irish Bank in 2009; if he will confirm, as per Anglo Irish Bank's annual report,...
- Tax Yield
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of hotels that have claimed tax relief under the seven-year exemption on construction costs in each of the past five years; the amount of...
- Pension Provisions
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money in the National Pension Reserve Fund in each year since the fund was established; the amount of money which has been withdrawn...
- Health Insurance Providers
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance the solvency reserves of each of the health insurers here; if each of them meet the Financial Regulator's requirements; and if he will make a...
- Motor Fuels
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of revenue lost to Irish tax and customs annually as a result of laundered fuel being sold illegally in the Twenty-six...
- Civil Service Staff
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in terms of whole time equivalents employed in the Civil Service prior to the introduction of the moratorium; the estimated...
- Tax Code
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is in receipt of the appropriate tax free allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Stations
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the purchase by the Office of Public Works of a site in Portlaoise, County Laois for the purpose of the construction of a new...
- Tax Code
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of capital allowances provided to landlords of private residential property and commercial property in each of the past seven years; and...
- House Prices
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 119 of 11 May 2010, when the Central Bank undertook its final stress test on the financial system prior to the...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of the disabled drivers appeals board scheme for 2008 and 2009; the number of appeals that were received, granted or refused; the number of...
- Tax Collection
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Finance the excise duty received for tobacco products from 2005 to 2009 and the first quarter of 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20161/10]
- Counterfeit Products
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of seizures of counterfeit clothing, counterfeit medicine and counterfeit DVDs from 2005 to 2009 and the first quarter of 2010; and if he...
- Tobacco Product Seizures
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cigarette seizures from 2005 to 2009 and the first quarter of 2010; the monetary value of these seized cigarettes; and if he will make...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to bring Health Information and Quality Authority within the remit of the Office of the Ombudsman under the Ombudsman Amendment Bill 2008...
- Departmental Properties
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an explanation for the suggestion this week that there are vacant offices in the town of Navan, County Meath, costing €50,000...
- National Lottery
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Finance the surplus available to the Exchequer after payment of prize money and administration costs from the National Lottery for each of the past five...
- Tax Code
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a refund of medical expenses claim in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- State Banking Sector
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will publish the full list of the bond holders involved in Anglo Irish Bank in view of the fact that Anglo Irish Bank is now in State...
- Tax Code
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider approving a specific tax credit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork in view of the special circumstances....
- State Banking Sector
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Finance if Anglo Irish Bank has hard and soft copy details of each individual outstanding loan made by the bank; if there are any outstanding loans...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to take account of the new local authority charge for residential properties which is not covered in Section 97(2) of the Taxes...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to assist those companies with borrowings of less than €5 million that do not come under the National Asset Management Agency...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Finance the mechanism that exists for Dublin based civil servants to transfer to the Cork or Kerry region within the civil service; to whom such...
- Tax Code
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a person who is employed in the UK but lives in Ireland with their family and who wishes to pay income tax in Ireland rather...
- Peat Silt Deposits
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to an incident at farmland (details supplied) outside Athlone, County Westmeath, on which deposits of peat silt were...
- Public Service Staff
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost in wages of those currently employed in the civil and public service and also in receipt of a state pension. [20483/10]
- Pension Provisions
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans regarding the way in which retirement increases for existing public service pensioners are awarded. [20489/10]
- Labour Court Recommendations
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that approval to implement a Labour Court recommendation (details supplied) will issue. [20552/10]
- Tax Clearance Certificates
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange for the issue of a tax clearance certificate in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Staff
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Finance the timeframe for the recruitment of 1,000 third and fourth level graduates to provide additional capacity and skills across the public service and...
- Tax Code
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans on extending the 12 month period of grace during which a person is exempt from capital gains tax on the former family home when a new...
- Pension Provisions
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in his Department and office, including any Departments and offices under his aegis, employed in the civil and public service...
- Department of Health and Children
- Child Care Services
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider the decision to refuse payment for child care in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Health Insurance Providers
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the European Commission on the solvency requirements for the VHI; the financial implications to the State of...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the staffing arrangements that have been made to administer the cervical cancer vaccine in the coming year both in the holiday period...
- Medical Compensation Scheme
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, during her visit to New Zealand, she examined its no fault compensation scheme for injury as a result of medical negligence or...
- Hospital Services
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of operations cancelled to date in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20719/10]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19905/10]
- Patient Charges
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the anticipated income from the statutory inpatient charge and the statutory outpatient charge to date in 2010; if she will provide a...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to media reports which suggest that the hours of operation of the accident and emergency departments...
- Health Services
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reassurances she will give to persons in County Limerick who have family members attending a charity (details supplied) in view of...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if applicants for the nursing home support scheme who have been in a nursing home for over three years before applying for the scheme...
- Medical Cards
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be determined; and if she will make...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) will be provided with a hearing test, first applied for on 20 April 2009; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in accessing speech and language therapy sessions in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare;...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 221: 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. [19956/10]
- Health Services
Question 222: 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. [19957/10]
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will deal with the following matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19961/10]
- Medical Cards
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the grounds for refusal of the appeal of an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if an oral...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [19975/10]
- Health Services
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20016/10]
- Health Service Staff
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will lift the staff moratorium at a charity (details supplied) in County Galway which is having a direct impact on the retention...
- Medical Cards
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their over-70 years medical card; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to implement the findings of a recent report funded by the Family Support Agency, which recommended that she set up 37...
- Mental Health Services
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an investigation will be conducted into the death of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients awaiting cancer treatment services, including pre-operative, surgery and post-operative services, in the greater...
- Health Service Staff
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to reduce health service employees by 5,740 by 2012; if she will provide a breakdown of the categories of staff included in...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she proposes to take any action regarding the correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Mental Health Services
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children on waiting lists for psychological services; her plans to expand the number of councillors that would be...
- Health Services
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when construction will commence on the proposed primary care centre at Glenamaddy, County Galway (details supplied); the amount of...
- Hospital Services
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a surgical procedure at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the recommendations that the Office of Tobacco Control has made to her Department for tackling the consumption of illicit and...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 1 December 2009 the position regarding an appointment for a surgical procedure at Cork...
- Health Services
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if provision of additional speech and language sessions will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
- Medical Cards
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20311/10]
- Health Services
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when residential care will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Medical Cards
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will be awarded in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the full extent of support services available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Services
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a rheumatology outpatient department review appointment will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
- Health Services
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be accepted onto a drug rehabilitation course; and if she will make a statement...
- Hospital Services
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Kildare regarding their stay in the Adelaide and Meath...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she or the Health Service Executive have carried out a detailed cost analysis before making the decision to provide the HPV vaccine...
- Substance Misuse Strategy
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the below cost selling of alcohol in off-licences that is widely consumed by young persons; if she will initiate public...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the communications that have taken place between her Department, the Health Service Executive and an organisation (details supplied)...
- Mental Health Services
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to combat depression and isolation amongst members of the farming community; and if she will make a statement on...
- Child Protection
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the recent report of the special rapporteurs on child protection appointed arising from the...
- Nursing Home Support Scheme
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [20383/10]
- Hospital Services
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in having an appointment arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [20385/10]
- Health Services
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange to have a person (details supplied) considered for long term care at a hospital in County Cork. [20388/10]
- Health Insurance
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce risk equalisation legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20394/10]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [20413/10]
- Medical Cards
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [20421/10]
- Departmental Investigations
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the non-statutory report into the death of a person (details supplied) at a nursing home in County Dublin; if she...
- Health Services
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in providing assistance to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [20474/10]
- Medical Cards
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will issue on an appeal for a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [20476/10]
- Missing Persons
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the possible roll out of a 116000 EU wide hotline for missing children. [20486/10]
- Medical Cards
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will include products (details supplied) in the prescribed list of products available on the medical card which are used by...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for mobility allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if she will...
- Youth Services
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are vacancies on the National Youth Work Advisory Committee; if so, if a recommendation has being made by a nominating...
- Medical Cards
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason persons (details supplied) in County Mayo are being assessed for a medical card under the national income guidelines instead...
- Health Services
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of home help hours allocated in County Waterford for each year since 2005 and to date in 2010; the number of persons...
- Hospital Services
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the full extent of facilities available at Naas General Hospital, County Kildare; the extent to which this is in accord with the...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons in long-stay care or beds in both the public and private sectors throughout the country; the total such...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which patients have to wait for hip operations at all relevant public and private hospitals, excluding Tallaght Hospital,...
- Medical Cards
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of medical card holders in each of the regions throughout the country in each of the past five years to date; and if she will...
- Health Services
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of orthodontic treatment requirements identified in the course of school medical examinations in each of the past five years...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the full extent of expenditure to date including associated costs in respect of the new National Children's Hospital; and if she will...
- Hospital Services
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients dealt with or procedures provided at or through the entire public and private hospital sectors in each of the...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of hospital wards or beds currently closed in both the public and private health sectors at the present time for whatever...
- Health Insurance
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent private health care insurance costs and premiums have increased in each of the past ten years to date in 2010; the extent to...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received a fair deal application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; when the application will be...
- Health Services
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take immediate steps to have a detailed assessment carried out for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if...
- Hospital Services
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take steps to have a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath immediately admitted to the Ear, Nose and Throat...
- Medical Cards
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review her decision to refuse a medical card to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement...
- Hospital Services
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of occupational health departments here; the locations of same, per hospital and on a county basis; and if she will make a...
- Pension Provisions
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons in her Department and Office, including any Departments and Offices under her aegis, employed in the civil and...
- Department of Transport
- State Airports
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 72 of the 6 May 2010, when he expects his Department's consideration of the Dublin Airport Authority's...
- EU Regulations
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the delays and cancellations in relation to the rights and options under the EU regulation 2004 in acting upon refunds,...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of persons in the National Roads Authority, Road Safety Authority, the Medical Buerau of Road Safety and any other agency under the...
- Road Network
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Transport the support he will provide to Cork County Council to proceed with the construction of the western relief road in Carragaline, County Cork; the...
- Search and Rescue Service
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Transport the role of the Air Corps in providing the Marine Search and Rescue Coast Guard Helicopter Service; the funding provided to the Air Corp, in each...
- State Airports
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of air traffic movements, taking account of the directional split at either end, on each runway at Dublin and Cork airports for each of...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 10 February 2010, when he plans to reach a decision on the proposals to improve taxi services for...
- Traffic Management
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Transport if animal rescue ambulances can use the quality bus corridors when transporting sick or rescued animals to and from their veterinary units such as...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will consider a proposed project (details supplied) under his Department's smarter travel initiative. [20378/10]
- Pension Provisions
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of persons in his Department and Office, including any Departments and Offices under his aegis, employed in the civil and public...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform (1 comment)
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he is taking to alleviate the problems facing Granard, County Longford regarding the delay in providing the...
- Visa Applications
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for a visa to visit Ireland in respect of a person (details supplied); if same will...
- Deportation Orders
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will grant leave to remain in respect of a person (details supplied). [19892/10]
- Registration of Title
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19912/10]
- Asylum Applications
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress that has been made on an application for residency in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- Visa Applications
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an official from his Department will meet with a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [19981/10]
- Residency Permits
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision on an application for long-term residency will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Visa Applications
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 232 of 5 May 2010, the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a holiday visa;...
- Crime Levels (1 comment)
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of domestic violence incidents that the Garda Síochána responded to in each of the past five years; and if he...
- Garda Stations
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 401 of 23 March 2010, the progress made to date; and if he will make a statement on...
- Garda Transport
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cars in the Garda fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20031/10]
- Departmental Bodies
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons employed in the Human Rights Commission, the Legal Aid Board, the National Disability Authority, the...
- Visa Applications
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an appeal for a visa in respect of a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Appointments
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a...
- Asylum Applications
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Limerick can have their application expedited. [20109/10]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to introduce legislation to abolish or modify fee farm grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Citizenship Applications
Question 337: 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 County Cork; and if he...
- Residency Permits
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for family reunification in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 340: 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 County Kildare; and if...
- Asylum Applications
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for subsidiary protection in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship or naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Residency Permits
Question 343: 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 Dublin 1; and if he will...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 344: 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 Laois; and if he...
- Asylum Applications
Question 345: 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 Galway; and if he...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 346: 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 County Cork; and if he...
- Deportation Orders
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will revoke on humanitarian and human rights grounds the deportation order of a person (details supplied) who has...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the planned development of the new prison at Thornton Hall; and the timeline for the completion of...
- Asylum Applications
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application in respect persons (details supplied); and when a decision on this application will...
- Legal Costs
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the legal costs incurred to date by the publicly funded Commission as a respondent in a case (details supplied) lodged with...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to representations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20381/10]
- Asylum Applications
Question 353: 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 Cork. [20396/10]
- Prison Accommodation
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 582 of 20 April 2010, the number of hours the prisoners referred to have out of their...
- Sexual Offences
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the remarks made by a person (details supplied), he will consider the creation of commissions of inquiry...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to introduce amending legislation on the matter of the age restrictions as pertaining to An Garda Síochána,...
- EU Directives
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his policy in relation to the EU anti-trafficking directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20479/10]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of citizenship applications awaiting a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20480/10]
- Visa Applications
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a visa application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; when a decision will...
- Gaming Industry
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will undertake to carry out a survey into the prevalence of problem gambling; the supports in place for persons with...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will issue on an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Temporary Release of Prisoners
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons currently on temporary release from prison; the offences for which those persons currently on...
- Asylum Applications
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 312 of 16 February 2010, when a response may be expected; and if he will make a...
- Immigration Procedures
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 313 of 16 February 2010, when a response may be expected; and if he will make a...
- Garda Stations
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the evaluation process for the provision of a new Garda station at Castleisland, County Kerry, has been completed; if...
- Garda Investigations
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he has taken to address white collar crime this year; his plans to address it in future; and if he will make a...
- Pension Provisions
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons in his Department and office, including any departments and offices under his aegis, employed in the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Passport Applications
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will expedite a passport application in respect of a person (details supplied). [20104/10]
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of money given by Irish Aid to all Irish non-governmental organisations for the years 2008 and 2009; the predicted amount for...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Departmental Agencies
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the number of persons in Tourism Ireland, Fáilte Ireland, Irish Sports Council, the National Museum of Ireland, the Irish Film...
- European Council Meetings
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if she will provide a table of attendance of tourism Ministers, junior Ministers or officials at each of the Education, Youth and...
- Pension Provisions
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the number of persons in her Department and office, including any Departments and Offices under her aegis, employed in the civil...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the balance of the Dormant Accounts Fund; if the Dormant Accounts Fund will be wound up; if...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of persons in Údarás na Gaeltachta, An Foras Teanga, Waterways Ireland, the Western Development...
- Inland Waterways
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress that has been made on the reopening of the Ulster Canal as already agreed from Belturbet to Clones; if...
- Caiteachas Roinne
Question 380: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an eol dó go bhfuil fógra iomarcaíochta tugtha ag Glór na nGael do sheachtar dá gcuid fosaithe de bharr na...
- Pension Provisions
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of persons in his Department and office, including any Departments and Offices under his aegis, employed...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding entitlement to rent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
- Social Insurance
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the introduction of the proposed employer's PRSI scheme; when same will come into operation; and if he will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 is entitled to supplementary welfare; if the person's State pension will be affected by any...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 386: 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. [19894/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the fuel allowance will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [19920/10]
- Flood Relief
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of money allocated to persons in Limerick city and county from the humanitarian assistance scheme for flood victims as...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite an appeal against a decision not to award disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who are eligible for family income supplement but who are not availing of the scheme; the number of persons who have...
- Pension Provisions
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a matter (details supplied). [19976/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a child dependant will be added to a farm assist payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [20060/10]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will receive a response on their invalidity pension appeal. [20107/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is not entitled to medical appliance benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20108/10]
- Social Insurance
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in awarding an application for optical benefit in respect of a person (details supplied); and when optical...
- Family Support Services
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 73 of 20 April 2010, the additional moneys and resources that will be put into employment and...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 401: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a child benefit appeal will be resolved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; when the child benefit payment...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person who has been awarded jobseeker's allowance for over two years can now opt to get their payment lodged to their bank account,...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the length of time in respect of disability allowance or similar payment the appeals process will take in the case of a person (details...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason carer's allowance was refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 414: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal for an invalidity pension will be heard in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to change the time from 12 months to six months waiting for persons who want to avail of the back-to-education allowance in view...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 416: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 104 of 6 May 2010, when will the required amendments to the Civil Registration Act 2004 come before...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [20519/10]
- Department of Defence
- Pension Provisions
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding members of the Air Corps who may be considering retirement in 2010, 2011 or generally; their pension entitlements; their lump...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 423: To ask the Minister for Defence if there will be a Defence Forces cadet class in 2010; if the public sector recruitment freeze will have any impact on a cadet class for 2010; and...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of persons in Coiste an Asgard and any other agency under the remit of his Department in terms of wholetime equivalents employed prior to...
- Departmental Staff
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of persons within the Defence Forces in terms of wholetime equivalents employed prior to the introduction of the moratorium; the...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 428: To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 319 of 5 May 2010, if he will confirm whether it was his Department or Dublin County Council that introduced...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Grant Payments
Question 430: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when hen harrier scheme payment will be awarded in respect of a company (details supplied); and if he will...
- Foreshore Licences
Question 431: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a decision will be made on a foreshore licence application in County Mayo to facilitate the Killala...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 432: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will seek to amend the conditions preventing former home owners from applying for an affordable house...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 433: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the quantity, in miles, of condemned piping that was bought in Britain and laid in County Donegal; if this...
- Voluntary Housing Sector
Question 434: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when letters of approval will be issued to voluntary housing associations following an announcement (details...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 435: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when approval will be given for a new water scheme (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 436: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons employed in Private Residential Tenancies Board, the Environmental Protection Agency,...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 437: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of staff employed by local authorities in terms of whole time equivalents employed prior to the...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 438: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the support he will provide to Cork County Council to proceed with the lower harbour sewerage scheme in...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 439: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to develop a standard scheme of letting priorities across each local authority; the timescale for...
- Election Management System
Question 441: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the guidelines or statutory requirements in place in relation to the recruitment, training and remuneration...
- Recycling Policy
Question 442: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to bring forward legislation obliging the manufacturers of drinking cans, disposable bottles and...
- Planning Issues
Question 443: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is a timeframe in legislation within which planning conditions attached to granted retention...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 444: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to provide additional funding to Westmeath County Council to enable it to commence two...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 445: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress he has made to date on a housing strategy for persons with mental health issues; and if he will...
- Building Regulations
Question 446: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to legislate for or regulate the construction industry with respect to the structural engineering...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 447: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funding will be made available for the reconstruction of the old people's dwellings (details supplied)...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 448: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding Adare sewerage scheme, Adare, County Limerick. [20357/10]
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 449: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to lift the 20 year clawback for affordable housing homeowners who are in negative equity; and if...
- Local Authority Expenditure
Question 450: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding being spent on renting offices from the private sector in Navan, County Meath, for...
- Urban Regeneration Schemes
Question 452: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if amended plans have been submitted regarding the Northside and Southside Regeneration of Limerick; if not,...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 453: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money so far expended on promoting and advertising the home choice loan scheme; and the planned...
- Water Services
Question 455: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will assist Limerick City Council in addressing serious water pressure problems in a housing estate...
- Farm Planning Schemes
Question 456: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a proposed new cap of €5 million on Dúchas farm plans will mean that there will be no new applicants...
- Foreshore Licences
Question 457: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding an application for a foreshore licence (details supplied) in County Cork. [20532/10]
- Motor Taxation
Question 458: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons, countrywide and in County Meath, who are paying car tax every three months, six months...
- Planning Issues
Question 459: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in the context of the Planning and Development Bill 2009, it is proposed to extend the periods of...
- Public Sector Recruitment
Question 460: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his response to a request from a local authority seeking an easing of restrictions which are preventing the...
- Planning Issues
Question 461: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to rectify an anomaly arising under the provisions of the Planning and Development Act 2000 in...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 462: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding allocated to Waterford City Council for social housing in each of the past five years to 2009;...
- Rental Accommodation Scheme
Question 463: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of families that have been housed in Waterford city under the rental accommodation scheme in each...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 465: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of homes in Waterford City that have been made available for social housing under the long-term...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 466: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding provided to Waterford City Council under the affordable housing scheme in each of the past five...
- Housing Grants
Question 467: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding provided to Waterford City Council under the housing adaptation grant for people with a...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Fisheries Compensation Schemes
Question 474: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide the names and addresses of the 20 drift net and draft net licence holders who have not been...
- Grant Payments
Question 476: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider providing grant aid towards solar energy for first time buyers or young persons building...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 477: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the areas, by county, that will be covered when digital terrestrial television is introduced; if he will...
- Missing Persons
Question 478: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider the introduction of the EU recommended hotline number for missing persons 116000; and if he...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 479: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding renewable energy feed in tariff price; if he and or his Department have received...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 482: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the unsatisfactory national broadband service in an area (details supplied)...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Meat Imports
Question 484: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the tonnage of meat that has been imported in each of the past four years on a category basis that is beef, chicken and so...
- Grant Payments
Question 485: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be allocated single payment scheme entitlements from the national...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 486: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of persons employed in Teagsc, An Bord Bia, Marine Institute, An Bord Iascaigh Mhara, the Sea Fisheries...
- Grant Payments
Question 487: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be awarded a payment; the reason for the delay; and if he will...
- Departmental Offices
Question 488: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the decision to relocate his Department offices at Dockgate Street, Galway City to Mellows...
- Grant Payments
Question 489: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their suckler cow welfare scheme payment for 2009. [20477/10]
- Animal Welfare
Question 490: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the problem of uncontrolled horses in urban areas, particularly parts of Dublin; the...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 491: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of REP scheme 4 applications received to date; the number accepted; the number not accepted; and if he will make...
- Grant Payments
Question 492: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive payment under REP scheme and the suckler cow scheme; and if he...
- Farm Waste Management
Question 496: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in view of the operation of the farm waste management scheme and the level of grant aid approved, he has given...
- Pension Provisions
Question 497: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of persons in his Department and office, including any agencies and offices under his aegis, employed in the...
- Department of Education and Science
- Redundancy Payments
Question 498: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when the full redundancy payments, as recommended by the Rights Commissioner, will be awarded to two former employees of...
- Third Level Qualifications
Question 499: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if in view of the response (details supplied) to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 27 April 2010 she will amend the FETAC...
- Psychological Service
Question 500: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if a psychological review will be undertaken in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 501: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if an unemployed person who participates in a FÁS placement programme but who is not in receipt of any social welfare...
- Job Losses
Question 503: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of job losses in Waterford city in the past four years and to date in 2010; and if she will make a statement...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 504: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons in Waterford city who have received an offer of training from FÁS each month in 2009 and to date...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 506: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will accept the recommendations of the Labour Court regarding pensions for community employment scheme...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 508: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if there has been a change in policy whereby the guideline that children should be performing at or below the second...
- School Accommodation
Question 509: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an application for a devolved grant by a school (details supplied) in County Limerick;...
- School Staffing
Question 510: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will grant a full-time learning support and resource teacher to a school (details supplied) in County Limerick;...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 511: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills his views to allowing participants on the work placement programme who lose their jobseeker's benefit while in the...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 512: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons in the State Examinations Commission, the Higher Education Authority, the National Education...
- School Staffing
Question 513: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school teachers in terms of whole-time equivalents employed prior to the introduction of the...
- Third Level Staff
Question 515: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons in terms of whole-time equivalents employed in third level institutions prior to the introduction...
- School Closures
Question 517: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Schemes
Question 518: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason 19 fee-paying schools will receive €1 million from her Department's summer works scheme; if her attention...
- Departmental Staff
Question 520: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in issuing a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 with an income levy certificate; if she...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 521: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify the position in which students who had applied for a higher education maintenance grant who already...
- An Ghaeilge san Ardteist
Question 522: To ask the Tánaiste agus Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cad é ainm agus seoladh gach meánscoile sa tír a bhfuil níos mó ná deich ndalta inti ag fáil díolúine ó...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 525: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a new post leaving certificate college in Drogheda, County Louth as recommended by County Louth...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 526: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the final outcome of the National Council for Special Education review of special needs assistant positions in primary...
