Written answers
Thursday, 10 June 2010
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Israeli Imports
Question 1: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the value of imports from Israel in 2009; the portion of those imports that were entitled to preferential duty; and if those...
- Department of Finance
- Pension Provisions
Question 2: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is entitled to a pension in view of the fact that they worked with the Office of Public Works for a...
- Tax Code
Question 3: To ask the Minister for Finance if payment by the Health Service Executive to service providers such as fostering, home help and so on are treated as tax free income; and if so, if...
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Services
Question 4: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason domiciliary care allowance has ceased in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [24941/10]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 5: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the waiting time for an ophthalmology appointment; the further position regarding the waiting time at the Adelaide...
- Hospital Services
Question 6: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the reduction in dermatology services at the Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin as a result of diminished...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 7: 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 been refused a supply of orthopaedic...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 8: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to correspondence of 7 April 2010 (details supplied) regarding an incident in which a four year old child...
- Medical Cards
Question 9: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to oblige medical card holders to register with a dental practitioner in view of recent restrictions to eligibility for dental...
- Health Services
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason home help service was reduced by 60% in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will undertake a review of health services for persons who experience dementia or Alzheimer's diseases; if her attention has been...
- Health Services
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the capital budget awarded to the Health Service Executive for each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients waiting more than four weeks for a colonoscopy as at the end of April 2010; and if she will make a statement on...
- Health Service Staff
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the specific grades exempt from the moratorium on recruitment during 2009; the specific grades exempt from the moratorium on recruitment...
- Health Services
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive an appointment with an occupational therapist; and if she will make a...
- Medical Cards
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the proportion of the population that have a medical card and a doctor-only medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Transport
- Rail Network
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Transport the costs incurred between Ennis, County Clare, and Athenry, County Galway, on public road and level crossing improvements; the number of national...
- Marine Safety
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the upcoming international conference in Manilla, the Philippines, on International Maritime Law; the names of the Ministers...
- Search and Rescue Service
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Transport if any costing was done before the decision was made to outsource the marine search and rescue service; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Visa Applications
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will sympathetically consider an application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Garda Operations
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if Operation Charity is still active; the number of gardaí involved; the number of persons arrested and charged to date;...
- Prison Recreational Facilities
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the recreational equipment that is available to prisoners in St. Patrick's Institution, Dublin 1. [24950/10]
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions in the past five years for cycling on footpaths; and if the gardaí are proactive in dealing with...
- Recidivism Rate
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of suspects who have re-offended while on bail in the period 14 June 2007 to 31 December 2007; and if he will...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoner places that currently exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24974/10]
- Garda Strength
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí currently working in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24975/10]
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Passport Applications
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will intervene to ensure that a person (details supplied) receives their passport in time to travel on 28 June 2010; and if he will...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he supports the recent recommendation of the UN special Rapporteur on Burma that an official UN commission of inquiry be established to...
- Passport Applications
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support the case of persons (details supplied). [24943/10]
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Community Development
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of many community groups at the reported closure of projects funded...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for supplementary welfare assistance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare....
- Pension Provisions
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for a contributory pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [24970/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary has not received a reply to their appeal for domiciliary care allowance; and if...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the statutory basis for not pursuing maintenance in respect of parents with an annual income of less that €18,000; and the reason for...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of persons who joined the Defence Forces in each of the past five years and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- National Monuments
Question 66: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will take steps to ensure the protection of an archaeological site (details supplied) in County Dublin,...
- Urban Renewal Schemes
Question 67: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a property (details supplied) in County Meath falls within the Navan urban renewal scheme as defined; and...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 68: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will meet with a delegation (details supplied) from County Galway; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Housing Grants
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding an application for the warmer homes scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the estimated number of rural properties nationally and in County Meath that are currently without landline...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Beef Sector
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will arrange an independent audit of the new quality payment system for cattle; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Grant Payments
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will clarify the single farm payment entitlement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if he...
- Milk Quota
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of applicants under the new entrants to dairying scheme as recently administered by his Department; the number of...
- Grant Payments
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the suckler cow grant will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [24969/10]
- Food Labelling
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on whether it is fair that a store (details supplied) is not allowed to sell lamb in Ireland, as Irish lamb, that...
- Departmental Offices
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 467 of 23 February 2010, if he has plans to set up a satellite service for farmers in...
- Department of Education and Science
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if FÁS has ever funded privately owned companies to run community employment schemes. [25004/10]
- Childhood Obesity
Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Galway and their UK associates have...
- School Staffing
Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if, in the context of the embargo on filling middle management posts, her Department has provided financial help to...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of unemployed persons who have received support to undertake certificate and degree-level programmes which was...
- Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of young persons under 25 years on the vocational training opportunities scheme programme; and if she will make...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the repair of a school building in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Meath. [24908/10]
- School Libraries
Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will re-consider her decision to withdraw funding from the Junior Certificate School Programme library scheme; if...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her plans to allow Irish citizens currently teaching abroad in a non-EU country, who wish to return to Ireland to advance...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of training places available through FÁS in each of the past four years to date in 2010; the extent to which...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of school building projects in Dublin 5, 13 and 17 that will proceed in 2010; and if she will make a statement...
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the damage being done to the future of a college (details supplied) in County Dublin as...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the details of all new school building and repair projects planned in the Dún Laoghaire area of County Dublin; and if she...
- School Accommodation
Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a permanent school building for a school (details supplied) in County Louth; and...
- Labour Market Activation Fund
Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when the Labour Market Activation Fund opened the tender competition; when the tender competition closed; the number of...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25000/10]
- School Accommodation
Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when a budget will be allocated for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin which is in need of new accommodation;...
