Written answers
Thursday, 3 June 2010
- Department of Education and Science
- School Curriculum
Question 12: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider offering Mandarin as a leaving certificate subject; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Schools Patronage
Question 13: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of the recent statements on diversification of patronage in primary schools in Dáil Éireann, she has...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 14: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the process of proving independent residency for independent mature students applications, in view of...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 15: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when she expects to publish the Education (Patronage) Bill 2010 in order that the community national school model can be...
- Teacher Education
Question 16: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reasons it has been decided to move the Froebel College of Education from Blackrock, County Dublin to NUI Maynooth,...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 17: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when permission will be given to a school (details supplied) in County Monaghan to allow them to go ahead with...
- School Transport
Question 18: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if there will be any increase in the school bus fee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23813/10]
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 19: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 61 of 9 March 2010, the number of apprentices who were made redundant in 2008, 2009...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 20: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and secondary schools that do not have a functioning broadband connection. [23095/10]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 21: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the relevant section of her Department provides assistance, direction and advice to the parents of...
- Departmental Reports
Question 23: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on the findings of the report commissioned by her Department on the FÁS science challenge...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 24: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date with regard to the transfer to other Departments of responsibility for some of the functions of...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 25: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will account for the some 3,436 grant applicants who still have not received their grant for the current academic...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 26: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive funding for needed renovations. [23819/10]
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 27: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the effort being made to ensure that persons are trained and skilled for the jobs available; if her attention has been...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 28: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which it is expected to meet in full the required complement of teachers at primary and second level in all...
- Pension Provisions
Question 30: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will accept the recommendation of the Labour Court regarding pensions for community employment scheme supervisors;...
- School Transport
Question 31: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether an increase in the school bus fee will adversely affect parents ability to pay to get their children...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 32: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons participating in community employment schemes; the numbers of same who are in receipt of other...
- School Staffing
Question 33: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the steps that she will take to reduce the number of school principals who intend to retire early. [23816/10]
- School Curriculum
Question 34: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the steps that are being taken to ensure that the relationships and sexuality education curriculum is rolled out in full...
- School Staffing
Question 35: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the steps that are being taken to address an issue whereby many secondary schools will reopen in September 2010 without...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Redundancy Payments
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will receive their redundancy lump sum payment; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the amount he will spend on converting Department titles and websites, headed paper, application forms, information...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when an application for redundancy will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if...
- Departmental Funding
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if funding is available for the building and setting up of a language school or college; and if he will make a statement on...
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if an investigation has taken place regarding an industrial accident (details supplied), and if so, the up to date position...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Finance when a claim for one parent family credit will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 in view of the fact that...
- Freedom of Information
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to make the Commissioners of Irish Lights amenable to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act; and if he will make a statement on...
- Tax Code
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason an application by a new company (details supplied) to register for VAT has taken more than four weeks; when a VAT registration number will...
- Carbon Tax
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the way in which the carbon tax has been applied to consumers bills; the reason this tax is applied to the...
- Financial Services Regulation (1 comment)
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give consideration to the proposals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24032/10]
- Tax Code
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the exclusion of the local authority charge from section 97 (2) of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 is inequitable; if he does...
- Department of Health and Children
- Mental Health Services
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a 34 year old person who suffers from a personality disorder has been refused admission to hospital due to the fact a...
- Health Services
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if dental treatment will be completed under the dental treatment service scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason respite services at St. Michael's House, Dublin 9 are being cut in summer in 2010. [23860/10]
- Medical Cards
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the proposed centralisation of the medical card section in Nenagh, County Tipperary to a centralised unit in...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for nursing home subvention fair care in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Hospital Inspections
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of Health Information and Quality Authority inspections carried out in hospitals and nursing homes in north Tipperary this...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if application forms are available for the back to school clothing and footwear scheme; the locations at which the forms are available;...
- Medical Cards
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the recent cut backs in dental services to medical card holder; the advice that should be given to persons in urgent need...
- Adoption Services
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will request the Adoption Board to grant declarations to prospective adoptive parents for two year instead of the one year rule...
- Health Services
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has met with a group (details supplied); the outcome of her meeting with the group; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when adults and children will be afforded the right to an assessment under the Disability Act 2005; if funding will be attached to such...
- Mental Health Services
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made to date in the implementation of a Vision for Change since the beginning of 2010; and if she will make a statement on...
- Health Services
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reverse the decision to withdraw funding of €1.08 million for a service (details supplied) in County Limerick; her views on...
- Medical Cards
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will grant an oral hearing to a person (details supplied) in County Cork regarding their appeal for a full medical card; and if...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the closure of St. Joseph's ward at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin,...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will consider correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding for an organisation providing disability services and supports...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether there should be time limits on delays for appointments and treatment; if so, her further views on same; if she will...
- Medical Cards
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24054/10]
- Children in Care
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if and when the child of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 will be returned to their parent; and if she will make a statement on...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that an appointment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon. [24057/10]
- Health Service Staff
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of Health Service Executive area operations managers that have been appointed; the number being advertised for throughout the...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide an update regarding the provision of the new community hospital in Ballinamore, County Leitrim; when it is envisaged...
- Health Services
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied). [24067/10]
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Crime Levels
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases brought to court by the Director of Public Prosecutions; the number of convictions under section 247(3)...
- Garda Training
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the proposed development of land in north Tipperary purchased by a group (details supplied) will become operational for...
- Garda Vetting
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will expedite a request for Garda clearance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W; and if he will...
- Refugee Status
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will address the applications of persons (details supplied) together; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Asylum Applications
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in processing an application for asylum in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if...
- Legislative Programme
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made to date of the Spent Convictions Bill (2007); when he expects it to be brought to Committee Stage; and if...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps that have been taken by the Irish Prison Service and himself to ensure the same access to services by prisoners in...
- Asylum Applications
Question 84: 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...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 88: 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 Waterford; and...
- Residency Permits
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; if he will...
- Visa Applications
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if permission will be given to the spouse of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to re-enter this country where...
- Residency Permits
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
- Asylum Applications
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he...
- Asylum Applications
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for refusal of grant of citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make...
- Asylum Applications
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 was imprisoned for 51 days in view of the fact that he had not...
- Deportation Orders
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will...
- Asylum Applications
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency and request for self-catering accommodation in the case of a person...
- Asylum Applications
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on...
- Travel Documents
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a temporary travel document can issue to a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a...
- Family Reunification
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for family reunification in the case of the spouse of a person (details supplied) in...
- Travel Documents
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a temporary travel document can issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
- Residency Permits
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 99 of 14 May 2009, the reason that a card was taken by the immigration service and...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Registration of Births
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will expedite a foreign births registration application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make...
- Middle East Conflict
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on reports of killings, overnight, aboard a flotilla seeking to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza, included in which were Irish...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Legislative Programme
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when a review of the Disability Act 2005 is due to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23914/10]
- International Agreements
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when Ireland will ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled People; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount he anticipates that he will spend on converting Department titles on websites, headed paper, application...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the review of a scheme (details supplied). [23888/10]
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an appeal regarding jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [23857/10]
- Departmental Staff
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if social welfare offices (details supplied) in County Tipperary have taken on extra staff to deal with the increase in workload; the...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the percentage increase in the number of persons in Tipperary North who have availed of money advice and budgeting services to date in...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications in north Tipperary for farm assist in 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; the number of applications approved in...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an oral hearing will take place in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford who has appealed the refusal of their...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 123: 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. [23913/10]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of the supplementary welfare exceptional needs payment annually since 2006 and to date in 2010; the cost of the travel element in...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a jobseeker's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of one-parent families where the youngest child is 13 years old or over and currently in receipt of the one-parent family...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if consideration has been given to the household outgoings, including mortgage repayments of €1,800 per month in the case of refusal by...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way overpayment in respect of rent support was determined in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Defence if a contractor has been appointed for the engine room measurement, alarm and control system with the Naval Service; the name of the successful...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Fire Stations
Question 145: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when an application for funding for a new fire station facility (details supplied) in County Tipperary will...
- Planning Issues
Question 146: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the counties that are subject to planning investigations; when they are likely to report; and if he will make...
- Special Areas of Conservation
Question 147: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a list and maps of the exact bogs in County Mayo where non-commercial turf cutting must...
- Non-Principal Private Residences
Question 149: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a possible discrepancy in Parliamentary Question No. 199 of 13 May 2010...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Telecommunications Services
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason an area (details supplied) in County Mayo is not included in the national broadband scheme in view...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in response to the much anticipated announcement of REFIT III and in view of what happened subsequent to the...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Departmental Schemes
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an appeal to the aid scheme for crops damaged by frost in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Department of Education and Science
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons in the constituency of Tipperary north waiting on FÁS training schemes; the waiting time for...
- Equal Opportunities Employment
Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are currently in place for graduates with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Redundancy Payments
Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason persons (details supplied) in County Limerick were not awarded the additional three weeks redundancy...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 106 and 107 of 27 April 2010, the subject matter of her meeting with the...
- Labour Market Activation Fund
Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when the labour market activation fund will make calls for proposals in view of the fact that it has been more than five...
- Bullying in Schools
Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce legislation regarding bullying in schools following the death of a student (details supplied); and...
- School Accommodation
Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a primary school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; his views on a...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the amount he anticipates that he will spend on converting Department titles on websites, headed paper, application...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for building works in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary;...
- School Staffing
Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers currently employed within primary and post primary schools in north Tipperary; if there will be an...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will reverse the decision to remove four special needs assistants posts at a school (details supplied) in Dublin...
- School Staffing
Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she is in receipt of an appeal for a staff level review in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cork; if...
- School Curriculum
Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider recommending a publication (details supplied) to the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment,...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when it is likely that an application for large scale capital funding made 11 years ago will be awarded in the case of a...
- School Accommodation
Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the necessary temporary accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare to accommodate...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school building project for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date regarding the building works at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of resource or special needs teachers currently required at primary and or second level schools throughout the...
- School Enrolments
Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she has evaluated primary and second level school requirements in respect of the area of County Kildare near Enfield;...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the total intended expenditure on school or college buildings at primary, second or third level in 2010; the extent to...
- Psychological Service
Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of outstanding requests for psychological assessment currently in hand at the various schools throughout the...
- School Accommodation
Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of children at primary and second level on a county basis throughout the country currently accommodated in...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the primary and post primary schools in Naas, County Kildare which have sought or are seeking extensions, upgrading or...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which higher education grants have been paid up to date or otherwise by vocational education committees or...
- Bullying in Schools
Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the extent, if any, of incidents of school bullying brought to her attention or of which she and/or her Department...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she expects to meet requests as set out within the school building programme in the current year; and...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 218: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 231 of 13 May 2010 and previous parliamentary questions relating to a person...
- Literacy Levels
Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 256 of 26 May 2010, and in view of the success of the demonstration library...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will advise and support a matter (details supplied). [24060/10]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 221: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the provision of new community school in Ballinamore, County Leitrim; and if she will...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 222: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Limerick and outline the financial...
- School Transport
Question 223: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will make contact with a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 in respect of its concerns that the transport...
