Written answers

Wednesday, 2 June 2010

  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 30: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of reports commissioned by his Department since July 1997; the expenditure on reports since that date; the number of reports entirely...
    • Defence Forces Expenditure
      Question 31: To ask the Minister for Defence the areas of the defence budget to which the financial savings from the withdrawal from the UN mission in Chad will be allocated; and if he will make...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 32: To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that sufficient personnel are in place in the Border region in view if the recent information regarding dissident activities; and...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 33: To ask the Minister for Defence if plans have been completed to increase the number of Irish troops serving in Bosnia in view of his previous commitment in the Dáil Éireann during...
    • Emergency Planning
      Question 36: To ask the Minister for Defence his role in the management, co-ordination, activation and implementation of the national emergency plan in the event of terrorist or natural...
    • Defence Forces Review
      Question 38: To ask the Minister for Defence if the final reports from a number of the working groups on the implementation of the Defence Forces medical review, including those on the future...
    • Defence Forces Staff
      Question 39: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans, through scheduled recruitment, to correct the extent to which the Defence Forces have disproportionate ratios of males to females in view...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 40: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has availed of or is availing of the services of a public relations company for Government or constituency business; if the bills for the...
    • Naval Service Vessels
      Question 42: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for vessel replacement for the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23371/10]
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      Question 44: To ask the Minister for Defence if it is intended to recruit cadets for the Army, the Naval Service and the Air Corps, respectively, in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      Question 45: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress made regarding the fitting of roll over protection systems to Defence Forces vehicles; if it is intended to fit the ROPS system to all...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      Question 48: To ask the Minister for Defence the role played by the Reserve Defence Forces in radiological monitoring over the past five years; if he intends to enhance this role; and if he will...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      Question 49: To ask the Minister for Defence if, in view of the impending retirement of the current military judge and the crucial nature of his role within the military justice system, a...
    • Emergency Planning
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will make a statement on the work of the Government task force on emergency planning which he chairs; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will seek to ensure that unit commanders and administrative officers of the Reserve Defence Forces operate at a uniform level throughout the...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress that has been made on securing a new overseas mission for the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23522/10]
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Defence if there has been any consultation with other Departments with a view to involving Air Corps helicopters in search and rescue operations; and if he...
    • Naval Service Operations
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Defence if, in view of the greater focus on intelligence exchange among countries to tackle large drug shipments by sea, he accepts that the decision made by...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason since the end of the Cold War that Ireland has not increased its reserve defence elements as have other western states; and if he will...
    • Defence Forces Deployment
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for Defence if Defence Forces involvement in protection of the Houses of the Oireachtas has been reviewed in view of recent disturbances; the additional measures...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Defence the proposals he has to enhance the role and status of the Reserve Defence Force Representative Association within the defence structure; and if he...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Defence further to the recent decision to approve 50 promotions at senior level within the Defence Forces, the number of such appointments that have been...
    • Defence Forces Operations
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of occasions on which the Army ordinance corps has been called out to deal with suspicious devices during 2009 and to date in 2010; the...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will rotate all Reserve Defence Force cadre on a two to three or three to four year attachment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Irish Red Cross Society
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Defence when the name of the new chairperson of the Irish Red Cross Society will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23406/10]
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Defence his proposals, if any, to substitute a payment equivalent to overnight accommodation payment to soldiers while on 24-hour duty from Coolmoney Camp,...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Defence his proposals, if any, to lift the ban on promotions within the Reserve Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23354/10]
    • Commemorative Events
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will outline the progress made regarding the projects relating to the 2016 commemoration of the 1916 Rising; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will ensure representation for reservists on decision making boards affecting the Reserve Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will consider taking new recruits after leaving certificate and train them for six to eight weeks during the summer period; and if he will make...
    • Programmes for Government
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the new White Paper on Defence to cover the period 2010 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23396/10]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Offaly has not yet received their...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of delegation of ministerial functions orders in his Department; when these orders came into effect; the...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if a person (details supplied) in County Dublin is entitled to statutory redundancy; when this payment will be awarded; and...
  • Department of Finance
    • Money Laundering
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money lost to the Exchequer each year due to money laundering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23689/10]
    • EU Directives
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans regarding the discretion provided in the consumer credit directive, due to come into effect on 11 June 2010; if he will exercise this right...
    • Tax Code
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance the final date for which construction and other capital expenditure must have been incurred for inclusion in urban renewal, town renewal, seaside...
    • State Property
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance the moneys expended and to whom they were awarded in respect of a property (details supplied) in County Laois; the money received during the same...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied); the action he will take to address the concern expressed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason actors are not considered self employed for tax purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23778/10]
    • Local Government Valuations
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a matter (details supplied). [23780/10]
    • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 68 of 27 May 2010, if he will provide a breakdown of the €188 billion of liabilities covered by the credit...
    • Tax Code
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 65 of 27 May 2010, if he will set out the amount of tax relief, for 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009, granted to...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the reduction in the availability of respite care on the northside of Dublin; and if she has...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if persons employed by the Irish Blood Transfusion Service who have paid into their pension and who have been assured that they are...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the input she has had, or continues to have, into the Health Service Executive national review of autism services; and if she will make a...
    • EU Directives
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her input into the impact assessment review of the EU Tobacco Products Directive; if the review will include the introduction of health...
    • Health Services
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [23564/10]
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive the result of their application for nursing home subvention. [23653/10]
    • Nursing Education
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is any appeals process in place for students who fail to be called to the interview stage of a programme run by the nursing...
    • Health Services
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; if their case will be examined; and if she will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children placed in mental health institutions in the Health Service Executive West in each county within the health area;...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied); when a decision will issue. [23737/10]
    • Obesity Levels
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Galway has developed a special education...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of delegation of ministerial functions orders in her Department; when these orders came into effect; the functions delegated...
    • Health Service Statistics
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the population health directorate collects statistics or compiles databases of the number and incidences of illnesses and...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 225 of 6 May 2009, the number of reviews of autism Spectrum Disorders which were identified by the...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for a site in Dublin (details supplied); when she expects that the nursing home in progress at St. Michael's, Inchicore,...
    • Health Services
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, over 70 years of age, who recently had a dental procedure carried out by the Health...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason back to school allowance was not awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 116: 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. [23799/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason that children in the Dublin north east area are being forced to wait two years or more for orthodontic treatment; the steps...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedure to be followed to enable persons who no longer require a work permit having spent more than five years in...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for leave to remain in the State in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Provision of Services
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17. [23565/10]
    • Electronic Monitoring
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 13 May 2010, if the decision to commence the pilot was based on new evidence on...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the refusal of a temporary visa in respect of a person (details supplied). [23687/10]
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his response to a publication (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23704/10]
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of delegation of ministerial functions orders in his Department; when these orders came into effect; the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Immigration Policy
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will clarify immigration policy regarding [i]de facto[/i] relationships; if there is a specific application form...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, on his recent visit to China, he raised the matter of that country's refusal to grant refugee status to North Koreans and its practice...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to deal with the concerns of the community in respect of the delays in processing passport applications; if he will give...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will intervene through our diplomatic channels, to raise at international level the case of persons (details supplied) who have been...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • National Museum
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if she will comment on the fact that the National Museum of Ireland and other associated museums, such as the museum at Collins...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the discussions she has had with Alltech and Dr. Pearse Lyons or his representatives in relation to the proposal to bring the...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of delegation of ministerial functions orders in his Department; when these orders came into effect; the...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when rent support will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the eligible contributions for qualification for old age pension recorded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the precise grounds and extent of income over a specific period that prevent a person (details supplied) in County Kildare from qualifying...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for disability allowance and invalidity payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which he has had discussions with the various local authorities with a view to making provision for army overholders; and if he will...
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which air and sea surveillance can be enhanced to deter drug or human trafficking; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which all materials and equipment including aircraft used by the Air Corps is upgraded updated or replaced as necessary; the extent to...
    • Defence Forces Review
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of promotions approved or pending at all ranks in the Defence Forces over the past two years; the numbers nominated but not yet approved;...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Defence the number or personnel who have retired or have taken early retirement at all ranks from the Defence Forces; if any particular provision is likely...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Building Regulations
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when regulations will be introduced to deal with noise and acoustics in apartment blocks; and if he will make...
    • Removal of Graffiti
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make additional resources available to South Dublin County Council to allow for the effective...
    • Building Control Act
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is considering the inclusion of a grandfather clause in the Building Control Act 2007, to counter the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a proposed sewerage scheme for an area (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Energy Resources
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his approval was required before a company (details supplied) with no prior experience in the area of...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the rational of paying energy suppliers a REFIT balancing payment for supplying electrifying source from...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to his announcement of the REFIT price for co-firing of miscanthus and other biomass, when this REFIT...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Grant Payments
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when farm payments will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary in regard to land which is subject to...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans for the provision of agricultural services in County Donegal in the context of his indication that Donegal town...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive their REP scheme payment for 2008. [23654/10]
    • Irish Horseracing Industry
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when his attention was drawn to corporate governance issues at the Irish National Stud; the way in which his attention was...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17. [23779/10]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide a permanent school building for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow in view of the fact...
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the contacts she has had with the Institute of Technology Tallaght, Dublin 24, in respect of the proposed public private...
    • Skill Shortages
      Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the lack of skilled workers available for many manufacturing industries such as food...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of school inspectors that are employed by her Department at the end of each year since 2002 by primary school...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of delegation of ministerial functions orders in her Department; when these orders came into effect; the...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her views on the number of additional second level schools that are required for Lucan, County Dublin, based on the...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when a site will be allocated for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the...