Written answers
Tuesday, 25 May 2010
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of clients dealt with by the money advice and budgeting service for each of the past five years; the number of new clients to...
- Social Insurance
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the balance of the social insurance fund for each of the past ten years; the projected balance for the next three years; the expected...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action he is taking to reduce the waiting period for social welfare appeals. [21591/10]
- Departmental Staff
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of job facilitators; the average waiting times to access a job facilitator; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Public Service Cards
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the details of the public service card with photo ID to be rolled out from 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21653/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of mortgage interest supplement; the cost of same; if he will arrange for the collection of figures on the...
- National Carers Strategy
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans for carers following the decision not to publish the national carers strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Pension Provisions
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will give a commitment not to cut the State pension. [21613/10]
- Employment Support Services
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the additional support that has been given to job facilitators to deal with the increased demand for access to support; and if he will make...
- Social Welfare Fraud
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the datasets of other public sector bodies available to his Department for the purpose of anti-fraud data-matching exercises; and the...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to assist households who are experiencing higher fuel costs as a result of the introduction of the carbon levy. [21609/10]
- Social Insurance
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in finalising the details of the PRSI incentive scheme that was announced in budget 2010. [21581/10]
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is satisfied with the capacity of the money advice and budgetary service to negotiate on people's behalf with financial institutions...
- Civil Registration Act
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he expects that the review of the Civil Registration Act 2004 will take place with particular reference to making provision for the...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he plans to amend the qualifying criteria for mortgage interest supplement. [21583/10]
- Pension Provisions
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the details of the implementation of the national pensions framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21625/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting time for the processing of applications across each social welfare payment; the way this compares with 2010 targets;...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide details of the changes he plans to make to the maximum rate of rent supplement. [21612/10]
- Pension Provisions
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will take steps to amend section 7 of the Protection of Employees (Employer Insolvency) Act 1984 to ensure that in situations of...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the savings that would result from changing social welfare legislation to provide for the reimbursement to his Department by insurance...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the support, financial or otherwise, his Department provides to the Citizen Information Services; his plans to increase this support; and...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will make changes to the habitual residency requirement for receipt of many social welfare payments which is acting as a barrier to...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action he is taking to ensure that the PPS number of every landlord is collected and recorded by his Department in respect of every...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Tourism Industry
Question 88: To ask the Taoiseach the number of anglers that visit Ireland each year; the breakdown [i]vis-À-vis[/i] the different disciplines of angling such as sea angling, coarse angling,...
- Interdepartmental Committees
Question 89: To ask the Taoiseach the number of time the Cabinet committee on climate change met in 2009; the number of times it has met to date in 2010; when the next scheduled meeting will...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 90: To ask the Taoiseach the agencies or bodies to which his Department provides funding or in respect of which it is administratively responsible; the bodies and agencies for which his...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 91: To ask the Taoiseach the amount of unspent money returned by his Department to the Department of Finance each year since 2007; the departmental budget for each year since 2007; the...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Loan Guarantee Schemes
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his plans to introduce a loan guarantee scheme to assist small businesses in obtaining credit from banks; and if he will...
- Research and Development
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the requirement for all EU member states to adopt a national action plan setting out...
- Industrial Development
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of visits to the Industrial Development Authority business and technology park in Navan, County Meath that have...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the length of time it is taking for employers to obtain their rebate of payment of statutory redundancy; the maximum waiting...
- Industrial Development
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 12 May 2010, the number of site visits made by agencies under the aegis of his...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the reason for the ongoing delay in processing an application to the insolvent fund within his Department from persons...
- Industrial Development
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of site visits made by the Industrial Development Authority to sites for the purpose of creating new businesses...
- Work Permits
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when a full response will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the agencies or bodies to which his Department provides funding or in respect of which it is administratively responsible;...
- Industrial Development
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he has held discussions in the last 18 months with management of a company (details supplied) regarding the future of...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the amount of unspent money returned by his Department to the Department of Finance each year since 2007; the departmental...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive the result of their redundancy application. [21894/10]
- Work Permits
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the campaign being run by the Migrant Rights Centre to reform the employment permit...
- Industrial Development
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if State supports were provided to a multinational company to help with the construction of a plant (details supplied) in...
- Legal Costs
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the amount spent by his Department on legal advice in relation to the export credit insurance scheme from 2000 to date in...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason there are two different rates of VAT regarding the breeding of horses; his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Collection
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a claim for medical expenses in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement...
- Tax Code
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance if carbon tax will be applied to peat production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21363/10]
- State Properties
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding his interest in the property of a dissolved company which has a burden registered on a property (details supplied); if he...
- Tax Yield
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of VAT received from petrol sales for each of the first four months of 2010 and each of the first four months of 2009 in tabular form;...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will require that the credit review group to issue monthly reports on the scale of bank lending to small and medium enterprises; and if he...
- Semi-State Sector
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to appoint a bord snip to assess costs and propose savings within the semi-State sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Code
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance when he intends to apply VAT to services provided by local authorities such as refuse charges; the amount he anticipates he will raise from this in...
- Tax Collection
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will issue a refund of overpaid taxes in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance if a sole trader or small-medium enterprise who has a performing loan may seek a review from the credit review office where a bank uses a standard...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance the accountancy firms that have been awarded contracts with the National Asset Management Agency since its inception; the value of each of these...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a submission (details supplied) on the Central Bank Reform Bill 2010. [21479/10]
- Tax Collection
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 3 February 2010, the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of employers who have availed of the bike to work scheme on a county basis; the number of employees who have benefitted from the scheme;...
- Tax Collection
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the mortgage interest relief situation of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Code
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that significant supplies of plastic film used for the wrapping of baled silage are being sold from...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance the agencies or bodies to which his Department provides funding or in respect of which it is administratively responsible; the bodies and agencies...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of unspent money by his Department each year since 2007; the departmental budget for each year since 2007; the projects for which this...
- Public Sector Recruitment
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of exemptions requested by Departments and or State agencies to the current moratorium on recruitment and promotion; if he will provide...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Questions No. 100 of 31 March and No. 69 of 28 April 2010, if he will now furnish the details required in respect of the...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent of moneys paid by the banks for the deposit guarantee scheme to date; if he will confirm that this money is ring fenced; the purpose...
- Tax Code
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the Revenue Commissioners' failure to respond to queries from Inland Revenue in the Six Counties in respect of a person (details...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of prosecutions that have been initiated against unlicensed estate agents or letting agents who do not have the required licence under...
- Tax Code
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied) concerning the interaction of the carbon tax and VAT. [21947/10]
- Tax Collection
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance when a one-parent family tax credit will be sorted out in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [22001/10]
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason there is a different calculation between his Department and the Department of the Taoiseach regarding the cost (details supplied) of...
- Tax Collection
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support the case of a person (details supplied). [22115/10]
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Services
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their refund for a eye test carried out in September 2009; and if she...
- Grant Payments
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance will be open for applications for September 2010; if different arrangements...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a grant scheme to aid the purchase of appropriate equipment for such an external play area; the Health Service Executive...
- Health Services
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment for a medical procedure; and if she will make a statement...
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cause or causes for the delay in processing applications for rent or mortgage support; if her attention has been drawn to the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a bed will be made available in respect of a person (details supplied). [21319/10]
- Community Care
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding respite care at the Cottage Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Services
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are plans to close down Baggot Street Community Hospital, Dublin 2, or to reduce the services being provided at present in the...
- Health Services
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Cork, whose appointment for orthodontic treatment at St. Finbarr's Hospital, Cork, was...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of bed days lost at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, County Meath due to delayed discharges for each of the years from 2007 to...
- Medical Cards
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will issue on an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if decisions by community welfare officers to refuse payments are recorded by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason funding has been cut to an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21373/10]
- Vaccination Programme
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the immunisation programme in schools in County Clare for the past two years; the uptake for DTaP/IPV, MMR and BCG...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive will define the standardised approach for the allocation of home help hours and specifically the meaning...
- Medical Cards
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20 has not been granted a medical card. [21386/10]
- Care of the Elderly
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Tobacco-Related Diseases
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the EU countries that have already given effect to Commission Decision No. 2003/641/EC of 5 September 2003 on the use of colour...
- Health Services
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the services in place for adolescents under 18 years who are suffering from drug and alcohol addiction; the number of dedicated detox...
- Hospital Services
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of cancer care services at a clinic (details supplied) in County Waterford; if all contract...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps to be taken by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, with significant disabilities, to establish if they are a victim...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when surgery will be carried out on a person (details supplied) at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24; if arrangements will be made for the...
- Health Services
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding that was allocated to the Health Service Executive for County Clare from 2006 to 2009 for the purposes of...
- Medicinal Products
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will comment on the assertion that the switching of medications from a branded drug such as fosamax or actonel, for treatment of...
- Medical Cards
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved for a medical card. [21571/10]
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of persons (details supplied). [21573/10]
- Medical Cards
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21709/10]
- Health Service Staff
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Kells branch of the Health Service Executive delayed the return to work by a career break employee (details supplied);...
- Water Fluoridation
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the studies that have been carried out on the necessity to continue fluoridation of water here; if studies have been carried out on...
- Hospital Staff
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of urologists treating prostate cancer in the public hospital system here along with their location; and if she will make a...
- Medical Prescriptions
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on doctors writing prescriptions for patients on medical cards month after month, without seeing the patient; her plans to...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the agencies or bodies to which her Department provides funding or in respect of which it is administratively responsible; the bodies...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of unspent money returned by her Department to the Department of Finance each year since 2007; the Departmental budget for...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of public patients waiting for their initial consultation at outpatient clinics; if she will provide a breakdown for each...
- Ambulance Service
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 125 of 18 May 2010, if she will confirm that the Health Service Executive holds copies of, or...
- Child Care Services
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that as of 1 January 2010 the 116000 number reserved by the EU for an EU-wide missing...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received representations from charitable organisations regarding the rate being offered to them by the National Treatment...
- Health Services
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if changes are proposed to prosthetic and orthotic services, which will require referral to a rehabilitation consultant; the reason...
- Adoption Services (1 comment)
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the interim measures she will put in place in respect of foreign adoption applicants who have submitted applications in advance of the...
- Hospital Services
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the former Erinville Maternity Hospital located on Western Road, Cork. [21871/10]
- Medicinal Products
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person is entitled to refuse a prescription from their general practitioner for a generic drug, when the person would strongly...
- Hospital Services
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review a decision not to grant financial assistance to a person (details supplied) in County Cork in respect of hospital...
- Children in Care
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the right to after-care for young people who leave State care (details supplied). [21890/10]
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that at least 40,000 letters were returned to the cervical cancer screening programme in...
- Medical Cards
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive the result of their application for a medical card. [21897/10]
- Health Services
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare may expect to have an assessment for a hearing aid which they applied for in October...
- Hospital Services
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of operations cancelled at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, County Meath, in 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 in tabular form; and...
- Medical Cards
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an appeal for medical card services in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be called for an appointment with a child psychologist. [22105/10]
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if persons who have started dental treatment procedures under the general medical card scheme and are in the middle of a treatment...
- Department of Transport
- Air Services
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an airline (details supplied) is requiring passengers whose flights were cancelled as a result...
- Driving Licences
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the issuing of reminder letters to holders of a driving licence (details supplied). [21387/10]
- Rail Services
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will give details of the discussions (details supplied) he has had regarding the future of the Waterford to Rosslare railway line; the...
- Tuskar Rock Air Crash
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Transport the names of those who attended the meeting at the Ministry of Defence in Brawdy, Wales on the afternoon of the Tuskar Rock accident (details...
- Public Transport
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of public service obligation funding that is allocated to Dublin Bus, Bus Éireann and Iarnród Eireann for 2010; the percentage...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Transport the agencies or bodies to which his Department provides funding or in respect of which it is administratively responsible; the bodies and agencies...
- Air Services
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 647 of 3 November 2009, which stated that the International Civil Aviation Organisation would...
- State Airports
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 5 May 2010, to provide the precise distance the Red Zone in question commences from the threshold of...
- Aviation Safety
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Transport the tests that were carried out by the Irish Aviation Authority prior to the changing of the guidelines on air travel through volcanic ash...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Visa Applications
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21356/10]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason an application for a certificate of naturalisation was refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Residency Permits
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will assist a person (details supplied) in obtaining a new unconditional residency stamp on their new passport....
- Asylum Applications
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will issue on an application for subsidiary protection in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the development of a new prison at Kilworth, County Cork; and if there are any plans to bring to...
- Asylum Applications
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will allow a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 leave to remain in the State due to their medical condition and...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the Thornton Hall prison project, County Dublin; the costs incurred to date both in terms of land...
- Visa Applications
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the spouse of a person who is an Irish citizen (details supplied) was refused a joint spouse visa; the length of...
- Garda Communications
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 13 May 2010, the categories of crime for which the PULSE system generates a...
- Garda Recruitment
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda Síochána is affected by the recruitment ban; if the Garda College will run a course to train new gardaí in...
- Garda Strength
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí who have retired, resigned and left the force over the past 12 months; the breakdown by rank of those...
- Garda Reserve
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the membership of the Garda Reserve for the years 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 on a county basis; and if he will make a...
- Garda Strength
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí for the years 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on...
- Vetting of Personnel
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their Garda clearance; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Commercial Rent Reviews
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [21465/10]
- Visa Applications
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in processing a visa application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if...
- Garda Recruitment
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of serving members of the Garda Síochána who have disabilities; the number of gardaí who have been recruited...
- Garda Stations
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the refurbishment of Fitzgibbon Street Garda station, Dublin 1, is due to start; if he will make available the plans...
- Civil Proceedings
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the recourse that a person (details supplied) has to compensate for being held at an institution in County Tipperary...
- Visa Applications
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the decision to refuse a visa in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the stage of the naturalisation application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [21534/10]
- Residency Permits
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on a stamp four application in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 1. [21730/10]
- Garda Investigations
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a serious assault (details supplied) was not fully investigated by the gardaí, nor any action taken against the...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the agencies or bodies to which his Department provides funding or in respect of which it is administratively responsible;...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions that have been initiated under provisions of the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956; and if he will...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of unspent money returned by his Department to the Department of Finance each year since 2007; the departmental...
- Residency Permits
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied). [21889/10]
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a reply was not issued to correspondence (details supplied). [21914/10]
- Departmental Properties
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 21 January 2010, his plans for the facility; and if he will make a statement...
- Irish Prison Service
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 26 February 2009, if he will provide the corresponding figure for 2009; and...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda has the power, through existing legislation, to confiscate scramblers or motorised bikes which use public open...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Passport Applications
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support the case of a person (details supplied). [21528/10]
- Consular Services
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the support he is providing to a group of Irish citizens (details supplied) who invested in a French lease back scheme that has ended up...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will raise the issue of civilian deaths in Thailand with the United Nations. [21369/10]
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the peace talks in Columbia and the potential for inclusive dialogue with two groups (details supplied). [21370/10]
- Passport Applications
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [21574/10]
- Departmental Investigations
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding his investigation into the illegal use of Irish passports by foreign agents; the outcome of his discussions with the...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the agencies or bodies to which his Department provides funding or in respect of which it is administratively responsible; the bodies and...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of unspent money returned by his Department to the Department of Finance each year since 2007; the departmental budget for each...
- Passport Applications
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of unprocessed applications for passports that are lodged in the passport office; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Emigrant Support Services
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the bilateral or other arrangements that have been discussed between his Department and its counterpart in the United States in respect of...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support a matter (details supplied). [22091/10]
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- National Museum of Ireland
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if she will confirm the allocation of funding for 2009 and for 2010 in respect of a facility (details supplied) in County Mayo....
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport when she intends to resume sports capital grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21527/10]
- Departmental Agencies
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the agencies or bodies to which her Department provides funding or in respect of which it is administratively responsible; the...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport her proposals to support community based art and sport related proposals throughout the country; and if she will make a statement...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the amount of unspent money returned by her Department to the Department of Finance each year since 2007; the departmental budget...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the position regarding the draw down of certain sports capital grants to an organisation (details supplied) in County Cork....
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Ferry Services
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the vessel [i]MV Stenland[/i] has been sold; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this vessel was...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the agencies or bodies to which his Department provides funding or in respect of which it is administratively...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the sums of money which have been allocated to the ten regional drugs task forces; if these moneys have been drawn...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of unspent money returned by his Department to the Department of Finance each year since 2007; the...
- Community Development
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the commercial units at Cerdlann Na Coilte, Dingle, County Kerry are ready to be occupied following their vacation...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when CLÁR funding will be provided to a projects (details supplied) in County Mayo. [21999/10]
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry has not received supplementary welfare allowance. [21899/10]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action he is taking to alleviate the impact of the carbon tax on lower income households; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of unemployed graduates that have participated in the Gradlink programme since its introduction; and if he will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will re-examine the refusal of fuel allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will consider...
- Social Insurance
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the details of the promised scheme to give employers a PRSI holiday for newly created jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the living alone allowance; the cost of same in each of the past ten years; if he will provide a...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if any research has been carried out on the excess costs of living alone; the way this relates to the current level of the living alone...
- Pension Provisions
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has sufficient contributions to qualify for a State contributory pension on reaching 66...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who was receiving disability allowance for 20 years has had their entitlement to...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for unemployment or jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year spend on all payments administered by his Department in 2010 in tabular form; the estimated number of persons...
- Flood Relief
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of the 19 January 2010, the funding made available to date to the humanitarian assistance...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for rent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an oral hearing appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number availing of the farm assist scheme for County Mayo in 2007, 2008 and 2009 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of unspent money returned by his Department to the Department of Finance each year since 2007; the departmental budget for each...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will receive back payment owed to them for the period 7 March to 28 March inclusive....
- Pension Provisions
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of occupational pension scheme contributors who make contributions on a compulsory basis with a breakdown by public and private...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for rent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps he has taken to date or proposes to take to ensure that every effort is made to meet the requirements of those who have become...
- Family Support Services
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for family income supplement received on an annual basis in the past five years to date in 2010; the number...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for back to education allowance received on an annual basis in the past five years to date in 2010; the number...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average length of time currently taken to process an appeal in respect of jobseeker's allowance, unemployment benefit, child benefit...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average length of time currently taken to process an application for unemployment benefit; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Defence when he plans to introduce recruitment again to the Naval and Defence Forces; and if so, the dates and numbers and so on. [21371/10]
- Defence Forces Property
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for digitising the aerial photographic archives of the Defence Forces for publication on the Internet in view of the education and...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Defence the agencies or bodies to which his Department provides funding or in respect of which it is administratively responsible; the bodies and agencies...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of unspent money returned by his Department to the Department of Finance each year since 2007; the departmental budget for each year...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Defence, further to Parliamentary Question No. 428 of 18 May 2010, if he will make available a copy of the executive or administrative Act that introduced...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Defence when a decision on whether there will be a Defence Force cadet class in 2010 will be made; when such a decision will be communicated to the public...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Local Authority Charges
Question 337: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he acknowledges that the non-principal private residence tax is being levied on owners of non-principal...
- Litter Pollution
Question 338: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to review the 1878 Public Health Ireland Act with a view to increasing the fines imposed for...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 339: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has appointed, as proposed in the budget 2010, a bord snip for local government; if so, the members of...
- Planning Issues
Question 340: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the current economic climate, he will consider waiving fingerpost signage fees for businesses...
- Motor Tax
Question 343: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will consider introducing terms of one month road tax for lorries involved in haulage business in view...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 345: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the stage of planning of the Claregalway sewerage scheme, County Galway; if the plan is with his Department...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 349: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will explain the facility that is in place for persons with more than one property who are not in a...
- Housing Adaptation Grants
Question 350: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an application for funding of an extension to facilitate the needs of a person (details supplied) in...
- Local Authority Loans
Question 351: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the nominal value of any loans being considered for transfer from a local authority to his Department and or...
- Planning Issues
Question 352: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a project brief (details supplied) submitted by a local authority for a development;...
- Environmental Protection Agency
Question 353: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the review of the Environmental Protection Agency will be completed; and if he will make a statement on...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 354: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of families that have been housed in County Clare under the rental accommodation scheme in each of...
- Housing Adaptation Grants
Question 356: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding provided to Clare County Council under the housing adaption grant for people with a disability...
- Turbary Rights
Question 359: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 757 of 20 April 2010, when an application will be processed in respect...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 360: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a separated couple are exempt from the non-principal private residence charge when the second residence...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 361: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the agencies or bodies to which his Department provides funding or in respect of which it is administratively...
- Grant Payments
Question 362: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a full response will be issued in respect of representations made on behalf of a person (details...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 363: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of unspent money returned by his Department to the Department of Finance each year since 2007; the...
- House Prices
Question 364: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 30 of 22 April 2010, the timeline for the creation of a comprehensive...
- State Airports
Question 365: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 320 of 11 May 2010 that the designation of public safety zones around...
- Water Services
Question 366: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to have water meters installed in households throughout the country; if these meters will be...
- Waste Disposal
Question 367: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent of public education programmes and other programmes now in place to implement a food waste...
- EU Directives
Question 368: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the implementation of the birds and habitats directive; and if he will make a...
- Pest Control
Question 369: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the arrangements in place for controlling the population of wild mink in the country; the estimated extent of...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 371: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 25 February 2010, the reason a project (details supplied) in...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 372: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 480 of the 20 October 2009, if funding will be provided for a project...
- Legal Costs
Question 373: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of legal proceedings taken against his Department which were settled out of court in the last 12...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Energy Conservation
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the breakdown of the warmer homes scheme by geographical area; the number of applicants for each area in 2009...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the provision of broadband for the Lecklasser, Ballintrillick areas of County Sligo; and...
- Postal Services
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has been in contact with the Data Commissioner in regard to his latest proposal for postcodes; the...
- Electricity Generation
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the electricity consumption each month from January 2006 to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the agencies or bodies to which his Department provides funding or in respect of which it is administratively...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of unspent money returned by his Department to the Department of Finance each year since 2007; the...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that as of 1 January 2010 the 116000 number reserved by the EU for...
- Energy Conservation
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway is not entitled to grant aid under the warmer homes...
- Inland Fisheries
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount spent by the central and regional fisheries board on the Rivers Barrow, Nore and Suir over the past...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Common Fisheries Policy
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reforms to the Common Fisheries Policy that he has made in order to pursue Ireland's interests and in keeping with the...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he intends to publish the Animal Health and Welfare Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21944/10]
- Grant Payments
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a REP scheme payment will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a...
- Irish Horseracing Industry
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will establish a special forum to bring together all sectors of the horse, greyhound and gambling industries to...
- Grant Payments
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of herd owners on an estate (details supplied) who have yet to receive their payments; when he will finish...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 12 May 2010, the number of applications received for inclusion in the new...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the agencies or bodies to which his Department provides funding or in respect of which it is administratively responsible;...
- Grant Payments
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers in County Mayo who have been approved for REPS 4 and are waiting to receive their payments in tabular...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of unspent money returned by his Department to the Department of Finance each year since 2007; the departmental...
- Grant Payments
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 636 of 9 February 2010, when a single farm payment will be processed in respect of a...
- Milk Quota
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the milk quota new entrants scheme; if applications are being expedited in view of the fact that the...
- Grant Payments
Question 401: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the top-up grant will be paid to sheep farmers; the exact amount of this payment; if it will be limited to flocks of...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of applications for REPS 4 on a county basis; the number of applications which were accepted and rejected; the...
- Departmental Research
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if any research has been carried out by his Department or bodies under his aegis into the age profile of farmers; the...
- Crop Losses
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of applications received by his Department for the once-off aid for damaged fodder and the aid for frost damaged...
- Department of Education and Science
- Higher Education Grants
Question 409: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to the withdrawal of assistance towards college fees from the Millennium Partnership Fund from part-time...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 410: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when the full redundancy payments, as recommended by a rights commissioner, will be awarded to persons (details...
- EU Funding
Question 411: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when the 120 former workers of a company (details supplied) will expect to be able to benefit from the EU Globalisation...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 412: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her response to a request from a local authority (details supplied) seeking an easing of restrictions which are...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 413: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills, further to Parliamentary Question No. 61 of 9 March 2010, the number of redundant apprentices who have completed phases...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 417: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if there is any financial support that is be available for a young Irish graduate (details supplied) to participate in a...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 418: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the measures that will be taken to protect the privacy of persons who have submitted papers to the Residential...
- Departmental Reports
Question 419: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when the third level review will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22285/10]
- State Examinations
Question 420: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made in regard to an application for the special accommodation scheme in respect of a person...
- Child Protection
Question 421: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will give assurance that in every school where her Department undertakes a whole school evaluation that her...
- Capitation Grants
Question 422: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the discrepancy in the level of funding provided to voluntary second level schools and those in the...
- Schools Amalgamation
Question 423: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the concern surrounding the proposed amalgamation of two schools (details supplied) in...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 424: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the meetings that are being held in respect of funding of Church of Ireland fee paying secondary schools; if she will...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 425: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the grants available which could provide funding for the provision of sports infrastructure in schools; where a school...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 426: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the assistance she will give to persons (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 427: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the development of further phases of a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork. [21382/10]
- Higher Education Grants
Question 431: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved a third level grant on appeal. [21461/10]
- Summer Works Scheme
Question 432: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application under the summer works scheme for 2010 by a school (details supplied) in County...
- Third Level Fees
Question 433: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if a student, who is allowed sit for examinations by their university, will be prevented from receiving their results or...
- School Staffing
Question 434: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will award a school (details supplied) in County Dublin increased concessionary hours in view of the fact that the...
- Tax Code
Question 435: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Accommodation
Question 436: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will reply to a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21535/10]
- Higher Education Grants
Question 437: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if students participating in the access programme are automatically entitled to a maintenance grant; the number of...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 438: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if there is a specific document setting out the specifications for the internal fit out for a post-primary special needs...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 439: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications in County Clare that have been received under the work placement programme; the number that...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 440: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons in County Clare who have received an offer of training from FÁS each month in 2009 and to date in...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 441: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants employed in primary, special and post-primary schools in County Clare in each of...
- Schools Building Programme
Question 443: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding plans for the building of a new school (details supplied) on a given site; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 444: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the agencies or bodies to which her Department provides funding or in respect of which it is administratively...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 445: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the amount that has been spent specifically on professional development for teachers in the areas of mathematics and...
- School Accommodation
Question 446: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills, further Parliamentary Question No. 530 of 18 May 2010, the prefab contracts that have been bought out by her Department...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 447: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the amount of unspent money returned by her Department to the Department of Finance each year since 2007; the...
- School Staffing
Question 448: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a school (details supplied) in County Limerick can keep its complement of staff for the behaviour...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 449: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her plans to allow mature students who are Irish citizens and currently studying abroad and wish to return home to study,...
- Bullying in Schools
Question 450: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been brought to recent cases of bullying in second level schools, both here and abroad, with tragic...
- School Placement
Question 452: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will deal with a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21880/10]
- School Staffing
Question 453: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 513 and 514 of 18 May 2010, the number of full-time primary school teachers...
- School Placement
Question 455: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if, in the context of an application by a young person (details supplied) to obtain a placement in the autistic spectrum...
- Departmental Properties
Question 456: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the previous Squash Ireland premises on Howth Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3; if her Department has an...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 457: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide a permanent greenfield site to enable a new school to be provided at Curraghmore, Mullingar, County...
