Written answers
Thursday, 17 June 2010
- Department of Finance
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 9: To ask the Minister for Finance if the policy of curtailing performance bonuses in all financial institutions covered under the Government guarantee, as outlined in section 5.16 of...
- Legislative Programme
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the EU Commission's Communication on Bank Resolution Funds, published on 26 May 2010; if and when he intends to introduce legislation...
- Economic Policy
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make provision for a substantial debate on the economy before the Dáil summer recess; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- National Assets Management Agency
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the preparation of a revised National Assets Management Agency business plan; when he expects the publication of a...
- Public Service Agreement
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Finance the way it is proposed to measure progress against which refunds of public service pay will be made under the proposed public service agreement with...
- National Assets Management Agency
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects to publish the National Assets Management Agency business plan; and if he has discussed the key parameters with the Board following...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the reliability of auditing reports in terms of their content; the actions or reviews that are being taken by his Department in looking...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the covered financial institutions are meeting the needs of Irish business. [24699/10]
- Stability and Growth Pact
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Finance the approach being taken by him in respect of the Stability and Growth Pact; the timeframe he envisages for returning within the terms of the pact;...
- National Assets Management Agency
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Finance the nominal amount of loans which have been transferred to the National Asset Management Agency to date; the amount of senior and subordinated NAMA...
- Credit Statistics
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the most recent monthly Private Sector Credit Statistics published by the Central Bank; his views on whether the decline in household...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the delay in publishing codes of practice for the National Asset Management Agency. [24706/10]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will publish options for spending savings in each Department for 2011 in order that there can be an informed debate about the optimum choices....
- Financial Services Sector
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on prospective realignments within the Irish domestic banking sector; if he will provide updates with respect to the...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who applied, and were considered, for appointment to the Board of Anglo Irish Bank, as announced on 25 May 2010; the criteria...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the findings of the bank inquiry that the Irish bank guarantee was cast too wide and took the question of optional loss sharing off the...
- Social Levy
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will publish his assessment of options for a social levy. [24746/10]
- Credit Union Sector
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the significant increase in loan arrears in the Irish credit union sector, with payments not having been made on loans for ten weeks or...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on recent developments in the eurozone; when he expects to bring forward legislation to allow for Irish participation in the €750 billion...
- Public Service Reform
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has developed a strategy for restructuring the public service to deliver significant savings in order that front line services will be...
- Commissions of Investigation
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to seek an agreed terms of reference with the leaders of the Opposition on the banking inquiry. [24729/10]
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the progress being made with the viability and business plans for the credit institutions covered by the bank...
- Anglo Irish Bank
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange to present full details of the worked costings of keeping Anglo Irish Bank as a going concern, compared to an orderly wind down of...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Finance the proportion of the €3 billion budget adjustment for 2011 that he plans to be accounted for by revenue raising measures; and the proportion by...
- Bank Recapitalisation
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Finance if the EUROSTAT classification of the recapitalisation of Anglo Irish Bank in 2009 has implications for the projected general deficit in 2010 and...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent of State aid that has been involved in the bank guarantee scheme since it commenced operation; and if there are plans to recoup this aid...
- National Pensions Reserve Fund
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Finance the investment to date by the National Pension Reserve Fund in banks (details supplied); the market value of the these investments; the way any gain...
- Personal Debt
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Finance when policy proposals from the committee to examine debt problems of mortgage holders and householders will be published. [24734/10]
- Anglo Irish Bank
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he or his Department was aware of efforts made to present a misleading impression of the balance sheet and accounts of Anglo...
- Bank Levy
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the introduction of a bank levy, as proposed by the Internal Markets Commissioner; his views on whether the funds of any prospective...
- Tax Code
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Finance if the €200 levy on car parking facilities provided to employees by their employers will apply to Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas; if this...
- Public Service Contracts
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which public service contracts are allocated to domestic small and medium enterprises; the way this proportion compares to other EU...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Finance if he expects the National Asset Management Agency to accommodate social objectives in the course of its work; and the way these objectives will be...
- Remediation of Industrial Sites
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos 60 and 81 of 10 March 2010, regarding the membership of the Office of Public Works working group to manage and...
- Commissions of Investigation
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are consequences for any persons in leadership positions arising from the two bank inquiry reports that have been published. [25700/10]
- Disabled Drivers
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason only one fuel claim per year is now going to be permitted of disabled drivers claiming refund of excise duty on motor fuel use in...
- Tax Code
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Finance the financial implications for the State arising out of the recent Supreme Court decision regarding VAT liability for the National Aquatic Centre;...
- Departmental Staff
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to strengthen capacity in his Department in regard to banking and insurance; the number of such specialists employed in the...
- Banks Recapitalisation
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Finance the reasons behind the additional €2 billion capital contribution to Anglo Irish Bank; if he will be required to adjust the promissory note to...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Finance the changes to the payment rates for the eligible liabilities guarantee and credit institution financial support bank guarantee schemes which have...
- Flood Relief
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress to date on availing of EU funds to assist with 2009 flood damage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25690/10]
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Finance the total annual cost of regulating the Irish financial sector; the extent to which those entities regulated by the Financial Regulator cover the...
- Banks Recapitalisation
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Finance the way he has arrived at the estimate of €10 billion further recapitalisation of Anglo Irish Bank; and if he expects this to fall due to be...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the most recent employment, unemployment, participation and emigration trends and their impact on the public finances; and if he will...
- Tax Code
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance his response to proposals to introduce a property tax to help fund local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22402/10]
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Finance the total liabilities currently guaranteed under the credit institutions financial support guarantee scheme; the total liabilities currently...
- Tax Code
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will remove the travel tax as a gesture to the industry and to encourage more tourists to visit here in view of the problems encountered by...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Finance the lessons that have been drawn by him from the failure to achieve the key targets of his Department in economic growth, fiscal sustainability, bank...
- Mortgage Arrears
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the significant increase in mortgages in arrears for 90 days or more, now totalling 32,321; if he will provide an update on the progress...
- Credit Provision
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will lay the small and medium enterprise lending plans of banks (details supplied) before the Houses of the Oireachtas; the way the banks...
- General Government Deficit
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the publication by EUROSTAT of 2009 data on EU Governments' deficits and debt burdens which showed Ireland to have had the biggest...
- National Assets Management Agency
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Finance the timeline for the transfer of loans to the National Assets Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25614/10]
- Banks Recapitalisation
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Finance if he expects Allied Irish Bank to have difficulty with its capital raising plans during 2010; if he is preparing contingency plans for the...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the halting of decentralisation has left the Government in possession of sites, leases or underoccupied buildings; the costs of...
- Credit Union Sector
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to date with the strategic review of the credit union sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25634/10]
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount, and the terms, of promissory notes transferred to date by the Government to Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide Building Society;...
- General Government Deficit
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will estimate the general Government deficit for 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014, inclusive of capital injections to Anglo Irish Bank and Irish...
- Price Inflation
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the return of inflation on a month-by-month basis under both the consumer price index and the harmonised index of customer prices...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount, extent and value of support offered, promised or given to each of the financial institutions arising from the guarantees; the conditions...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent appointments of persons (details supplied) as Non-executive Directors of the Bank to the Board of Directors of Anglo Irish...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Work Permits
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will give consideration to a business (details supplied) in County Kildare seeking work permits in respect of persons....
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the action he is taking to assist the redundant workers (details supplied) who have appealed to him in recent contacts for...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a matter (details supplied). [26042/10]
- Banks Recapitalisation
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent of funds provided to support the banking service to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25986/10]
- National Debt
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance the national debt, public and private in each of the past five years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25987/10]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of former proposals on decentralisation including the cost and or acquisition of buildings, sites or other development costs associated...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance when it is expected to act on the recommendations of the inter-departmental group dealing with the disabled passengers tax concession 1994...
- Flood Relief
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which flood relief and flood prevention and flood damage cost have been calculated with a view to seeking assistance from the European...
- Price Inflation
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he has identified by reference to the consumer price index or other mechanisms the precise cause or causes of inflation in the...
- Crime Prevention
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he alone or in conjunction with his EU colleagues have provided or intend to provide adequate protection against money...
- Mortgage Arrears
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress that has taken place in the matter of new provisions to assist homeowners who through no fault of their own have fallen into arrears and...
- Tax Returns
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the various revenue receipts are in accord with predictions or otherwise; the measures taken to address emerging issues; and if...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance if he accepts that the inappropriate fiscal and economic policies that he has pursued, and specifically the role played by property based tax breaks...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give an update on his dealings with the credit union movement in respect of concerns being expressed regarding proposals for section 35A...
- Sentencing Policy
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance the maximum penalties available in summary proceedings or following trial on indictment in respect of smuggling of cigarettes and other tobacco...
- Tax Code
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have powers to seize property or attach conditions to the sale or transfer of an estate to recover the unpaid tax of a...
- Ministerial Engagements
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied from his discussions with Chancellor Osborne in London and Minister Wilson in Stormont that the June 22 British emergency budget...
- Tax Code
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance when tax relief at source on a mortgage will be granted to a person (details supplied) for the years 2007, 2008 and 2009. [26173/10]
- Department of Health and Children
- Proposed Legislation
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the Child Care (Amendment) Bill (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26187/10]
- Care of the Elderly
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if applications for the home care package are still being accepted; if so, the procedures to which a person (details supplied) in County...
- Hospital Services
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans regarding continuing and expanding the services in Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel, County Tipperary; the plans in the programme...
- Medical Cards
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not received a response in respect of their medical card application; and...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a surgical procedure or if the person qualifies under the National...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive in Tallaght, Dublin, is refusing to provide the BCG injections to new babies; and if she will...
- Health Services
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when speech therapy will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Care of the Elderly
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a hospital (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26114/10]
- Health Services
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied). [26126/10]
- Medical Cards
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of persons (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26128/10]
- Health Services
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow. [26132/10]
- Hospital Services
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the dental services at Baltinglass Hospital, County Wicklow; the number of times the dentist attends; the number...
- Health Services
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the occupational therapist service for the west Wicklow area; the number of persons on the waiting list and the...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons treated under the National Treatment Purchase Fund in each of the past five years and to date in 2010; and if she...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost to date of the co-location programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26159/10]
- Health Service Staff
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which staffing at all levels throughout the Health Service Executive is sufficient, adequate or otherwise to meet current...
- Infectious Diseases
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will indicate the number of incidents of MRSA and related infections reported in each of the past three years to date in 2010;...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons currently awaiting hip replacement operations who have not yet been given an appointment; and if she will make a...
- Cancer Incidence
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has studied the incidents of cancer levels recorded on a county by county basis throughout the country; if she has made any...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects the backlog of applications for rent and mortgage support to be cleared; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Services
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the full extent of services currently available at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin; the extent to which scale of services and procedures has...
- Ambulance Service
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if ambulances are being purchased and or paid for and put in storage awaiting operational decisions; the number of such ambulances, if...
- Hospital Facilities
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and location of hospital facilities including wards, beds, theatres or other back-up facilities which are currently unused or...
- Private Health Insurance
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost to private health insurers occasioned by the public and private health sectors in each of the past five years and to date in...
- Health Services
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the procedures that exist, if any, to monitor and test the various practices operational throughout the Health Service Executive with...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken or proposes to take to increase home-help hours in line with the requirements as set out by domestic and medical...
- Health Services
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects to provide a community welfare office as promised at Naas, County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications for supplementary allowance or mortgage or rent support currently awaiting a decision; the duration of the...
- Hospital Services
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26175/10]
- Health Services
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26177/10]
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify the position regarding reports that Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 recently closed two wards of 60 beds and the reason...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify the position regarding special teams set up last year to deal with the swine flu outbreak; the level of staff...
- Medical Cards
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify the position regarding the processing of medical card applications; if she will confirm that existing cards are...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will outline the services to which patients with MS are entitled; and in relation to a person (details supplied) who is confined...
- Mental Health Services
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will outline the psychiatric services currently operating on Dublin's northside; the structural or organisational changes taking...
- Medical Cards
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 whose application for an over 70 years medical card took ten...
- Hospital Staff
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of ear, nose and throat consultants that are attached to Temple Street Children's Hospital Dublin 1; if her attention has...
- Health Services
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will outline the details of the Health Service Executive dental service to include the annual cost of same; the staff levels of...
- Medical Cards
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify the position with appeal cases to the Health Service Executive for medical card cases in Dublin's northside; the...
- Housing Support Schemes
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify the position regarding persons (details supplied) who fled the private home due to domestic violence and state the...
- Department of Transport
- Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has corresponded with the European Maritime Safety Agency in relation to an oil spill (details supplied) in the Gulf of Mexico; if he is...
- Public Transport
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of additional buses that have been allocated to Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus under the National Development Plan 2007 to 2013; and if he...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Transport if there is any legislation which protects pedestrians from being splashed by vehicles during wet weather; if there is any requirement on...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Citizenship Applications
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in processing an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Crime Statistics
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions, convictions and closure orders obtained under the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003 for the years...
- Garda Strength
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of promotions at sergeant, inspector, superintendent, chief superintendent and assistant commissioner ranks that...
- Garda Deployment
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí assigned to the emergency response unit, regional armed support unit, organised crime unit, Criminal...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a citizenship application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will...
- Asylum Applications
Question 161: 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); and if he...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 9 June, 2010, when a decision will issue. [26115/10]
- Residency Permits
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the family reunification application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford;...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will arrange accommodation transfer to Mosney Accommodation Centre, Julianstown, County Meath, in the case of a...
- Asylum Applications
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a...
- Deportation Orders
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will use his discretion to set aside proposals to deport in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and...
- Asylum Applications
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made to date and the expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and...
- Residency Permits
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding residency status in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a citizenship application in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make...
- Asylum Applications
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a...
- Travel Documents
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a temporary travel document will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make...
- Residency Permits
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding family reunification or residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
- Deportation Orders
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; if an early decision is...
- Residency Permits
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding residency in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a valid application for citizenship will be considered in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if...
- Deportation Orders
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 9 June 2010 if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Visa Applications
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 566 of 20 April 2010, the position regarding a long term visa in respect of persons...
- Garda Vetting Services
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the work of the Garda Control Vetting Unit and confirm that there is currently an average 72 days...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Events
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if she will report on her discussions with the Irish Amateur Boxing Association about the possibility of bringing the men's world...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Departmental Funding
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will deal with a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26107/10]
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Fraud
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he plans to investigate the reduction in people signing for social welfare payments during the period in which flights were grounded by...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an oral hearing will take place in respect of a person (details supplied); the steps he is taking to reduce the waiting time for...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if income from maintenance was always fully assessable when calculating eligibility for family income supplement in view of the fact that...
- Pension Provisions
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Social Protection whether revised arrangements for qualification for old age pension on the basis of pre existing partnership enabled a person (details...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason child benefit has been disallowed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Defence
- An Teanga Gaeilge
Question 199: To ask the Aire Cosanta an aontaíonn sé go mba chóir go mbeadh An Chéad Chath ar an Rinn Mhór i nGaillimh ag feidhmiú go hiomlán trí Ghaeilge arís; agus an ndéanfaidh sé...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Waste Disposal
Question 200: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he has taken regarding the increased incidence of fly-tipping across the country; if additional...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 201: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a sewerage scheme for Kilkerrin Cárna area in the South Connemara Gaeltacht area,...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 202: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide an update on the terms of reference of his review of the Environmental Protection Agency;...
- Water Charges
Question 203: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the proposed timescale for the introduction of water charges and the expected level of charge or the...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 204: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the provision of an updated sewerage scheme for Pallasgreen, County Limerick. [26188/10]
- Local Authority Funding
Question 205: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm that he will hold funding for homeless services in Dublin at 2009 levels at very least,...
- Local Government Charges
Question 206: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will clarify the situation in relation to the second home tax; if there is an exemption from the tax in...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Salmon Fisheries Management
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department, the Northern Minister for Agriculture and the Loughs Agency will provide loss-of-earnings...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a decision will issue on an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a...
- Agricultural Training Courses
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of suckler welfare scheme participants who failed to register their attendance at the Teagasc suckler course; his...
- Grant Payments
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 845 of 20 April 2010, the position regarding an application in respect of a person...
- Department of Education and Science
- Third Level Fees
Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the concerns of a person (details supplied) regarding fees for a master's degree; and if she will...
- School Staffing
Question 214: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of post primary and primary schools principals that have been appointed in north Dublin in 2006, 2007, 2008,...
- School Curriculum
Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the provision of module of Irish sign language as part of the transition year programme as a means...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of tutors currently employed by her Department's Irish sign language weekly home tuition service; the number...
- Third Level Places
Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who commenced study to date under the programme of part-time postgraduate third-level places for...
- Corporate Governance
Question 221: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the State agencies under the aegis of her Department to which the 2009 Code of Practice for the Governance of State...
- School Libraries
Question 225: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the schools that will be affected by her recent announcement regarding the termination of the contracts of Junior...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 227: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Teaching Council does not recognise two postgraduate courses as...
- Third Level Fees
Question 228: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 634 of 1 June 2010, if she will confirm whether a person (details supplied) meets...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 229: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
- Pension Provisions
Question 230: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an application for pension increments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Third Level Courses
Question 232: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that two separate degrees are available in chemical engineering in two third...
- School Provision
Question 233: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to deliver additional school places in Lucan, County Dublin, to meet the shortfall of second...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 234: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the way school building projects are to be prioritised in coming years to meet the need for additional school places...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 235: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the grant assistance available for primary school students with a specific speech and language impairment for the...
