Written answers

Tuesday, 29 June 2010

  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Insurance
      Question 39: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the balance of the social insurance fund for each of the past ten years; the projected balance for the next three years; the expected...
    • Employment Action Plan
      Question 40: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of the activation scheme contained in the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010; and to make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 41: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the assessment of the One Family organisation that the cuts he proposes making to the one parent family payment scheme will...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 42: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide details on the implementation of the national pensions framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27888/10]
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      Question 46: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is satisfied with the method of recording and calculating fraud control savings; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 47: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of decisions to refuse carer's allowance that are overturned at appeal stage; the action being taken to ensure that the correct...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 48: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the processing time for each individual social welfare office to deal with a claim for jobseeker's allowance to date in 2010; and if he...
    • National Carer's Strategy
      Question 50: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the future plans he has for carers following the decision not to publish the national carer's strategy; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of clients dealt with by the monetary advice and budgeting service for each of the past five years; the total number of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons claiming rent supplement for more than 18 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27933/10]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of job facilitators; the average waiting times to access support from a job facilitator; and if he will make a statement...
    • Public Service Card
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide details on the public service card with photo ID to be rolled out from 2010; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider easing the qualification guidelines for back to education allowance having particular regard to the need to encourage...
    • Carbon Levy
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way he intends off-setting the impact of higher fuel costs on poorer households as a result of the introduction of carbon levies....
    • Price Inflation
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the that prices, as measured by the consumer price index, have risen each month since February 2010...
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is satisfied with the capacity of monetary advice and budgetary services to negotiate on persons behalf with financial institutions...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the concerns expressed by the Pensions Board regarding its capacity to carry out its functions adequately due to a shortage of...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans, if any, to introduce whistleblowing legislation as a means of dealing with social welfare fraud. [27995/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the definition of suitable employment for the purposes of determining if a claimant of jobseeker's allowance has been made an offer of...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, in view of the national pensions framework, his attention has been drawn to the fact that people face the prospect of spending up to...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to update guidelines regarding the habitual residency rule to ensure a consistent approach by all deciding officers; his plans to...
    • National Carer's Strategy
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action he is taking to address the needs of young carers. [27996/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps he has taken or proposes to take to restore the previously applied criteria for qualification for domiciliary care, respite...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to bring forward legislation arising from the decision to withdraw the appeal in the case of a person (details supplied). [27998/10]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the recommendations of the report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes, applicable to his Department,...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the additional supports that have been given to job facilitators to deal with the increased demand for access to support; and if he will...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way he intends reforming the rules for back to education allowance to enable applicants to qualify irrespective of whether or not they...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 88: To ask the Taoiseach the total expenses claimed by the Secretary General of his Department in each of the past three years; the amount that has been spent on travel, including...
    • Election Statistics
      Question 90: To ask the Taoiseach the age and distribution of the population in each electoral district in Dublin North Central in the latest revision of the census; the distribution by social...
    • Emigration Statistics
      Question 91: To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the information available to his Department regarding the numbers of emigrants to Britain from Ireland in 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010...
    • Unemployment Levels
      Question 92: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a breakdown on unemployment levels by specific job type as was recently published by the UK Department of Works and Pensions; and if he will...
    • Departmental Property
      Question 93: To ask the Taoiseach the cost of building and land maintenance, including light and heat expenditure, for all property owned by his Department and its agencies; and if he will make...
    • Dáil Reform
      Question 94: To ask the Taoiseach the progress that has been made in respect of Dáil reform; when he expects to be in a position to put forward proposals on Dáil reform; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 95: To ask the Taoiseach the elements of the report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes that have been implemented to date by his Department; his...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his plans to improve the competitiveness of the economy and reduce costs to industry and the employment generating sectors;...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if a person (details supplied) in County Cork has an entitlement to a statutory redundancy payment; and if he will make a...
    • Job Creation
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his plans regarding the latest recommendations of the mid-west task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. ...
    • Casual Trading Licences
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will support the case of a person (details supplied). [27764/10]
    • Departmental Property
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the cost of building and land maintenance, including light and heat expenditure, for all property owned by his Department...
    • Commemorative Events
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he or any agency under his remit have plans to commemorate the anniversary of the 1913 lockout; and if he will make a...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the position regarding the operation of fixed term employment legislation which was introduced to protect employees being...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the elements of the report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes that have been...
    • Job Creation
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of times the established task force met since the closure of the CIGNA plant at Loughrea, County Galway; the...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will support and advise on the case of a person (details supplied). [28196/10]
    • Work Permits
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the position regarding work permits for persons from Romania who come here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 15 June 2010, if his Department retains a contingency fund which could be...
  • Department of Finance
    • River Management
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for the cleaning and maintenance of the O'Garney River, Sixmilebridge, County Clare as administered by the Office of Public Works; and if...
    • Tax Code
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to abolish the air travel tax in the interest of the tourism industry here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28449/10]
    • Customs Service
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance when customs officials will be assigned on a full time basis to Ireland West Airport. [27563/10]
    • Tax Code
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 1 June 2010, if he is considering introducing measures to prevent a tax discount for cheaper brands of...
    • Tax Refunds
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange for a payment to be made to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27633/10]
    • Auctioneering Licences
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of licensed auctioneers operating here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27641/10]
    • Tax Code
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance if and when tax relief at source will be made available in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a...
    • Visitor Numbers
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of visitor numbers to each visitor attraction operated by the Office of Public Works for each month to date in 2010;...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 170 to 175, inclusive, of 4 December 2007, if he will provide the same information for 2007, 2008 and 2009;...
    • EU Directives
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will avail of the discretion given to member states by the Consumer Credit Directive to apply different regimes to credit unions compared to...
    • Departmental Property
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ascertain the plans of the Office of Public Works for a property in County Mayo (details supplied); if this property can be used to...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance the criteria used when determining if a spouse or partner of a nursing home resident is entitled to claim under the vehicle registration tax refund...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance the financial impact of changing the valuation date for future tranches of National Asset Management Agency loan transfers from 30 November 2008 to...
    • Tax Code
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding an application for an incapacitated child tax credit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [27874/10]
    • Public Sector Staff
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the workers in the public service who are employed on an annual contract basis; if such workers should pay the civil service...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance the elements of the report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes that have been implemented to date by his...
    • Tax Code
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer in 2009 and 2010 of rent relief for private rented tenants. [28142/10]
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance if a special licence will be granted for the sale of alcohol at an organised market; if so, the process to secure such a licence; the number of such...
    • Departmental Property
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has satisfied himself with the fact that the Office of Public works has granted a 24% increase in the rent back dated to January 2008 for...
    • Tax Code
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 143 of 22 June 2010, if a provider of the 38 week early childhood care and education scheme is liable for...
    • Tax Code
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance the impact on tax revenues of a doubling of the rate of capital acquisitions tax and if this would impact on our tax competitiveness. [28315/10]
    • Tax Collection
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance if the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be examined. [28391/10]
    • Departmental Review
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance if the terms of reference for his proposed review of the performance of the Department of Finance during, and in the run up to the financial crisis...
    • Tax Code
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated value to the Exchequer of imposing VAT on burial ground spaces; if this VAT payment will be abolished in view of the hardship being...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Medical Cards
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [27566/10]
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a nursing home support scheme application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [27570/10]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will be provided with a suitable medical appliance; and if she will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27597/10]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not been issued with a medical card; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated cost of removing the upper age limit on all free health screening services offered by the Health Service Executive; and if...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [27634/10]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the implications the staff recruitment embargo is having on the plans to open a dementia unit at St....
    • Health Services
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if home help will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [27651/10]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason resources for a service (details supplied) have been reduced and the implications the cut in funding will have on the service...
    • Health Services
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 has not received the medical treatment they require; and if she will make a statement...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a medical card, under EU regulations, without a means test. [27675/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money that was provided for the running of Mallow County Hospital, County Cork in 2009; if she will provide a commitment...
    • Nursing Education
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide details of the funding that has been made available and the number of places that will be provided in the higher...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons on the organ transplant waiting list; if she will provide a breakdown of the organs they are waiting for; and if...
    • Organ Donation
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of living donors who donated organs in the State during each of the past three years; the organs or parts of organs donated...
    • Health Service Property
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify the ownership of the Health Service Executive property at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 15. [27692/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the timeline for delivery of the primary care team centres in Corduff and Mulhuddart. [27694/10]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons waiting for medical cards in Dublin 15; the length of time they will have to wait to receive their cards. [27696/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the review of residential care services in County Donegal will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27697/10]
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if all 40 beds in Belmullet Hospital, County Mayo, will remain open and will be staffed sufficiently to adhere to health and safety...
    • HSE Inquiries
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the recommendations in the report into the death of a person (details supplied) in County Cavan; the...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the work and progress of the working group on sports sponsorship by the alcohol industry; when she expects to receive a report and...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of all planned changes in mental health service provision, including transfer of admission units and the closure of day...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if consideration has been given to licensing sativex for sufferers of multiple sclerosis; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the fair deal package for nursing homes will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the effects the recruitment embargo is having on patients who need to see a child psychologist in the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review her decision to refuse a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to a mobility allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27744/10]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the long waiting list for urologist services in the mid western health region; if her further...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (detail supplied) in Dublin 17. [27749/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the alternative respite arrangements that will be made available to families who used a nursing home (details supplied) on the Navan...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Preschool Services
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (detail supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27755/10]
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the application for fair deal nursing home subvention will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick;...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to address the problem of letters advising women of their free cervical check being sent to the wrong address...
    • EU Directives
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the procedural or operational guidelines and any public information that exists on the implementation of the rights introduced by EU...
    • Health Services
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide statistics from the Health Service Executive for the past five years on the numbers of patients who have applied...
    • Departmental Property
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of building and land maintenance, including light and heat expenditure, for all property owned by her Department and its...
    • Health Services
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the neo-natal screening programme for cystic fibrosis as announced originally by a previous Minister (details...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for renewal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the support arrangements that are in place for a person (details provided) who is a long term patient in a private nursing home; and if...
    • Health Services
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27816/10]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive the result of his application for the renewal of his medical card. [27827/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to proposals by the Health Service Executive to reduce services at an acute unit at Cherry Orchard...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reasons for the current practice of instructing patients to dispose of crutches once their ailment has passed and the rationale in...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some applicants in respect of the fair deal scheme cannot be accommodated in certain...
    • Organ Donation
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to address the concerns the Cystic Fibrosis Association of Ireland have about the need for reform of the organ...
    • Health Services
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people currently on the waiting list for double lung transplant; the number of double lung transplants carried out here in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the day to day non-capital budget for hospitals (details supplied) in County Dublin each year from 2000 to date in 2010. [27850/10]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to employ a specialised consultant to deal with the current double lung transplant waiting lists; and if she will make a...
    • EU Directives
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive 2004/24/EC has been fully transposed into Irish law and if all provisions arising...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the recruitment process for the 200 new social worker posts being recruited this year; if it is the case that social workers who are in...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding for in vitro fertilisation treatment has been discontinued at the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin; if it is intended to recommence...
    • Departmental Property
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive will arrange a meeting (details supplied) to resolve the issues relative to a club and the possible sale...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reasons for the delay in providing long-term residential independent living accommodation in respect of a person (details supplied)...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 7 July 2009, when the outstanding information will issue from the Health Service Executive....
    • Health Services
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Health Service Executive progress report on delivery of services to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people will issue....
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 162 of 15 October 2009, when the outstanding information will issue from the Health Service...
    • Homeless Persons
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of unattached homeless children known to the Health Service Executive as of 31 March 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. [28017/10]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that the practice of transferring women from State-funded mother and baby homes to Magdalene laundries was State...
    • Homeless Persons
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide details of the specific services available to young persons using out-of-hours hostel accommodation during the day...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that all required health and personal social services are made available to a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the centralisation of medical card applications; the local Health Service Executive offices that are still...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of acute hospital beds here in January 2010 and the number in January 2009; the number of public and the number of private of...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who have availed of the general practitioner only medical card since its introduction; the estimated cost of...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number by which hospital admissions will be reduced as a result of the implementation of the Health Service Executive service plan...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps being taken to address delays in the delivery of the back to school clothing and footwear allowance scheme; and if she will...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will direct the Health Service Executive to carry out a multidisciplinary assessment in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Health Services
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the reasons that a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan has not been allocated a social worker by the...
    • Health Services
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan was discharged by the Health Service Executive last year without any...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 234: 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...
    • Health Services
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason home help hours allocated to a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan have been reduced to two hours per week, and if...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of locum social workers employed by the Health Service Executive to cover social workers on sick leave for more than three...
    • Children in Care
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive intends to conduct an audit of cases where children who had been in care were returned to their pre-care...
    • Health Services
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps taken by the Health Service Executive to establish a rapid response system across the State, that covers both sea and...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the arrangements that are in place regarding ongoing treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when speech and language therapy will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to ensure security of supply of all medicines following her announcement that pharmacists will be permitted to substitute...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the staffing levels in the County Clare mental health services; the number employed in the service for the past three years; the number...
    • Health Repayment Scheme
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the scheme of refund of pension or payments made to clients of families of persons in long term nursing home type...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the elements of the report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes that have been implemented to date...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there is an 18 month waiting list at the urology department in Waterford Regional Hospital; if an appointment will be made in...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an appeal against the decision of the Health Service Executive not to grant a full medical card in the case of...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [28132/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [28138/10]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason persons (details supplied) in County Mayo are being assessed for a medical card under the national income guidelines when...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a hospital (details supplied) in County Dublin is being used as a storage depot for office desks that are unused because they are the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 8 of 10 June 2010, the reason for the continuing delay in issuing a full response to...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if queries regarding medical card eligibility made by Members of the Oireachtas on behalf of members of the public are being dealt with...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether it is necessary for the accident and emergency services at University College Hospital Galway to request and record...
    • Health Services
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of usage by the Health Service Executive west of the facilities available to public patients at the Galway Clinic under the...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of wards closed at present in University College Hospital, Galway, Merlin Park Hospital, Galway and Portiuncula Hospital,...
    • Health Services
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of respite hours and days cut in 2009 and to date in 2010 by the Health Service Executive west; the alternative she will...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of social workers to be appointed by the Health Service Executive west as promised in the implementation plan of the Ryan...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of medical card applications currently with the Health Service Executive west; the average time delay in issuing cards to...
    • Services for the Elderly
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the additional services provided by the Health Service Executive west at the new hospital for the elderly in Loughrea, County Galway; if...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the three consultants promised for Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway will be appointed; when these persons will take...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will issue in relation to an appeal for the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo;...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reverse the decision to remove the medical card from a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive is not paying pharmacists on time; the amount that has been paid in penalties to pharmacists in...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on an application for the fair deal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [28224/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for an appointment. [28312/10]
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 281: 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...
    • Pre-School Services
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will amend the early childhood care and education scheme to include children born in July and August 2007; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in an assessment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8. [28366/10]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved the medical card. [28375/10]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 209 of 9 March 2010 and 118 of 9 June 2010, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a former employee of the Health Service Executive and midwife from County Mayo will receive their gratuity payment and pension...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will have their medical card renewed. [28389/10]
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason transport is not being provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if she or the Health Service...
    • Health Services
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason urgent cases for dental treatment are not being approved by the Health Service Executive in County Kilkenny; the reasons such...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their renewed medical card. [28400/10]
    • Hospital Procedures
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for a procedure in University College Hospital Galway. [28408/10]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider her decision to issue a general practitioner only card in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of consultant neurologists here by hospital; the average waiting time to see a consultant neurologist; the number of persons...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will issue on an appeal for a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [28414/10]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 259 of 1 June 2010, if and when she gave the go ahead for a dementia specific daycare centre to be...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will address the concerns that exist regarding the reallocation of staff that may result in development checks for infants being...
    • Cancer Incidence
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of cancer patients in County Kerry treated by the Health Service Executive South; and the type of cancer experienced for the...
    • Lyme Disease (2 comments)
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his plans to help raise awareness of Lyme disease; the number of persons who have contracted this illness over the past five years on a...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received details from the Mental Health Commission regarding the status of mental health facilities at Kerry General Hospital...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made regarding the various capital developments planned for Ennis General Hospital, County Clare; the time scale for the...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in establishing the European Union 116000 hotline number for missing children; the steps she will take...
    • Health Services
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in identifying funding to re-open the respite house at Clonile, County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Redress Scheme
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the decision not to include the 35 persons who have a strong case to be included in the Lourdes hospital redress...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied with the reliability and accuracy of a website (details supplied); the set-up cost of same; the operating costs of...
    • Eating Disorders
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the options available for persons under 18 years of age needing residential treatment for eating disorders. [28497/10]
    • HIV Infection
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of new cases of HIV diagnosed in each of the past five years, in each local health office area. [28499/10]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive will make provision for the reopening and maintenance of a swimming pool at a location (details...
  • Department of Transport
    • Departmental Property
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Transport the cost of building and land maintenance, including light and heat expenditure, for all property owned by his Department and its agencies; and if...
    • Road Network
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Transport when funding for a project (details supplied) will be made available to Cork County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27796/10]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Transport the elements of the report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes that have been implemented to date by his...
    • Cycle Facilities
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to amend or replace the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations (1997) to permit cycling on some or all footways; and if he will...
    • Parking Regulations
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is reviewing a report on designated parking badges and bays; if he has been in possession of this report since November 2009; and if so, the...
    • Airport Development Projects
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to extend the runway at Kerry Airport; the purpose of this extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28432/10]
    • State Airports
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Parliamentary Question No. 224 of 25 May 2010, that given that the red zone at the western end of existing runway 10/28 at Dublin...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has examined the proposal to change Irish time to central European time; the legislative requirements necessary to...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a visa application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of money spent on the installation of kitchens for normal purposes and for training purposes at Fort Mitchel...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied). [27624/10]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application in respect of persons (details supplied). [27625/10]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied). [27626/10]
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied). [27627/10]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied). [27629/10]
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding residency in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in respect of a persons (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to previous Parliamentary Questions on this case over the past number of years, if any contact was made with the...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied). [27713/10]
    • Visa Applications
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the visa applications of the family of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Property
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost of building and land maintenance, including light and heat expenditure, for all property owned by his Department...
    • Garda Vetting
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 134 of 16 June 2010, when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if language support is being provided in asylum and refugee centres; if there is a strategic plan in place for those in...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision for naturalisation will be determined in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost of the last two Garda recruitment competitions; the number who were called from both of these competitions; the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an immigration application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm if applicants who have successfully completed the interview process and physical and medical...
    • Industrial Disputes
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Oireachtas mail system is once again operating normally now that the...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 170 of 17 June 2010, the precise details appertaining to this case; the reason...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 360: 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 County...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the degree to which assistance might be given in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 367: 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 Waterford; and if...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the elements of the report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes that have been...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [28139/10]
    • Visa Applications
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the appeal of a person (details supplied) in County Cork to the refusal of their application for an...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied). [28181/10]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied). [28182/10]
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied). [28184/10]
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the increase in members of the Garda Síochána stationed in County Meath since May 2007. [28222/10]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has reviewed a recent report by the European Traffic Police Network that found that speeding motorists on Irish roads...
    • Sexual Offences
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the technology available to the Garda Síochána to identify those downloading child pornography from the Internet; if the...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will release the Garda report into claims that Government officials were buying guns (details supplied); and if he...
    • Maintenance Orders
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps that were taken after the High Court decision in 2009 on the legislation on the enforcement of maintenance...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will issue on an application for long-term residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will issue on an application for a citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Garda Promotions
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to introduce fixed term appointment periods for senior members of the Garda Síochána such as superintendents...
    • Proceeds of Crime
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of properties seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau in County Kerry over the last five years. [28443/10]
    • Sexual Offences
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the legal powers that exist to monitor and if necessary ban or block websites advertising sexual services here; if escort...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a mater (details supplied). [28510/10]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Emigrant Support Services
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the aid given to Irish emigrants living in Britain in the years 2004 and to date in 2010 on a yearly basis in tabular...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the events on 28 of May 2010 in which almost 100 Ahmadi community members died in Pakistan; if concerns...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support a matter (details supplied). [27748/10]
    • Departmental Property
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the cost of building and land maintenance, including light and heat expenditure, for all property owned by his Department and its agencies;...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will recalculate dates for reckonable residence to date to qualify for continuous residency in respect of a person (details supplied)...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the elements of the report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes that have been implemented to date by...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding Angola, including respect for human rights, democracy and the electoral process; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the prospects for tourism in the current year; and her plans to encourage and develop same. [27657/10]
    • Departmental Property
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the cost of building and land maintenance, including light and heat expenditure, for all property owned by her Department and its...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the elements of the report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes that have been implemented...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport when the new swimming pool at a location (details supplied) in County Galway will commence; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the position regarding the drawdown of certain sports capital grants to an organisation (details supplied) in County Cork. [28367/10]
    • Tax Code
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the companies and agencies with whom she has had discussions regarding the abolition of the air travel tax since her recent...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Departmental Property
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the cost of building and land maintenance, including light and heat expenditure, for all property owned by his...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the elements of the report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes that have been...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the provisions made to enable persons on disability allowance to accept occasional or part time paid employment; if an exemption is...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason an appeal officer overturned a previous appeal in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork did not qualify for supplementary welfare allowance; and if he will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal for mortgage interest supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [28209/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if measures were put in place to compensate persons on State benefit whose child benefit was cut in the budget 2010; and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the Employee PRSI take from each county for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27733/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the details on the savings to the Exchequer to date arising from the reduced rate of jobseeker's allowance being awarded to persons of 18...
    • Departmental Property
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of building and land maintenance, including light and heat expenditure, for all property owned by his Department and its...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the refusal of rent allowance in respect of a persons (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in dealing with an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13. [27813/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the basis of his comment that rent supplement supported tenancies represents approximately half of the private rental market. [27852/10]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the discussions he has had with the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport and the Department of Finance regarding the issue of artists...
    • Live Register
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will comment on the May 2010 live register figures indicating that there are 439,100 unemployed or under-employed across the country...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of social welfare payment that could be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in the event that her...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when provision can be made to have adult dependant allowance added to social welfare payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to counteract the delays in respect of social welfare oral hearings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28070/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an oral hearing on a carer's allowance appeal will be heard in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [28141/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason mortgage interest relief has been reduced in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are plans to open a new social welfare office in Lucan County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28295/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he has had discussions with the Minister for Education and Skills on the way persons returning to education to third level can obtain...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who has appealed against disallowance of social benefit....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an application for a contributory pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in view of this person's...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the outcome of an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [28368/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when mortgage interest supplement will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a carer's allowance appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [28402/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants for rent support received in each of the past three years to date; the number awarded; the number appealed; the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps he has taken to date or proposes to take to ensure every effort is made to meet the requirements of persons who have become...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for family income supplement received on an annual basis in the past three years to date; the number approved...
    • International Agreements
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which bilateral social welfare agreements with other jurisdictions have been reviewed or will be reviewed within the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for respite grants received on a monthly basis in each of the past three years to date; the number granted,...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for jobseeker's allowance currently pending or on appeal; when the backlog is likely to be cleared; and if he...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for disability allowance currently pending or on appeal; when the backlog is likely to be cleared. [28494/10]
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Property
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Defence the cost of building and land maintenance, including light and heat expenditure, for all property owned by his Department and its agencies; and if...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Defence the elements of the McCarthy report that have been implemented to date by his Department; his plans to implement any aspects of the plan in the...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the proposed senior citizens units on the site of the Church of Precious Blood, Cabra...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the need for a fire service in south Connemara; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a hen harrier scheme payment will be made available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce regulations requiring supermarkets and department stores above specified size to...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if affordable housing purchasers are required to maintain the property as their principal residence for the...
    • Departmental Property
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost of building and land maintenance, including light and heat expenditure, for all property owned by...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if county managers are entitled to a bonus or performance related payments; the amount of these payments paid...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of repossessions initiated by local authorities in 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; the number of...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons employed by town councils in 2008 and 2009; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding funding to complete an estate (details supplied) in County Clare; the current status...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he proposes to give powers to the local authorities to allow one-off developments on national secondary...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding private residential property tax; if there is an exemption in respect of a person...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the elements of the report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes that...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he will take to make safe, for health and safety as well as environmental reasons, the former mine...
    • Election Management System
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28179/10]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 432 of 15 June 2010, if he will provide a breakdown of the 2008...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made to date with the National Asset Management Agency in ensuring that suitable vacant...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made on the review of the Private Residential Tenancies Act; the operation of the Private...
    • Voluntary Housing
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of the financial modelling undertaken by the Department or any other bodies in deciding to...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he has taken to ensure that the provisions of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 are...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the date the National Housing Forum last met; the input that has been provided by the social partners as key...
    • EU Complaints
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a complaint has been received from the European Commission regarding the site of the former Irish ISPAT...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the Lough Mask regional water supply scheme, Shrah to Westport extension and the...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the obligations of a local authority to notify his Department of planning applications for rural one-off...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on potential water shortages throughout the country; the plans he has in place to deal with such...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding will be made available to complete four living units as part of the overall building project...
    • Local Authority Loans
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding proposals to allow existing local authority mortgage holders to re-mortgage without...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a comprehensive scientific explanation for his decision to ban commercial salmon fishing on...
    • Departmental Property
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of building and land maintenance, including light and heat expenditure, for all property owned by his...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the metropolitan area network will be enabled in Kilrush, County Clare; and if he will make a statement...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding plans for a liquid petroleum gas plant at a location (details supplied) in County...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the elements of the report of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes that have...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the provision of broadband in an area (details supplied) in County Monaghan; if it will...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on comments from the Irish Farmers' Association regarding the bio-fuels obligation scheme; his...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the level of broadband service provided in County Kerry; the locations at which the blackspots continue to...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there is scope for reviewing the rules that apply to Lough Swilly fishermen in view of the Sea Fisheries Protection...
    • Horse and Greyhound Fund
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding support for the horse and greyhound fund and his plans regarding same. [27656/10]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person who is acquiring sheep for the first time in 2010 will be eligible for payment on those sheep under the new...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the racing of horses on public roads; if such practice causes cruelty to animals; and if he will make a...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason fishermen with vessels shorter than 30 m in length are subjected to stringent measures in respect of gill net...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive his REP scheme four payment. [27632/10]
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a payment for REP scheme four has been awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he...
    • Departmental Property
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the cost of building and land maintenance, including light and heat expenditure, for all property owned by his Department...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there is a 40% grant aid scheme still available to sheep farmers towards the cost of sheep fencing; and if he will make...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their REP scheme four payment. [28067/10]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. ...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the elements of the report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes that have been...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the delay in processing a REP scheme four payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo;...
    • Departmental Property
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made on the transfer of his Department from the Dockgate headquarters, Galway, to the new proposed centre at...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of applicants for the traditional farm buildings scheme from Tipperary North; if these applications have been...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will review the situation of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [28500/10]
  • Department of Education and Science
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 557: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the monitoring system in place to ensure the work placement scheme is not abused by companies which could acquire...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 558: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the situation regarding a possible independent trust fund which was to be set up by religious orders for persons who...
    • Third Level Staff
      Question 559: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown of the number of staff employed in each grade across universities, institutes of...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 560: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 89 of 11 March 2010, when the information requested will be supplied. [28502/10]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 562: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary which has applied for major capital funding; the...
    • Corporate Governance
      Question 563: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 17 June 2010, if she will provide a list of the State agencies under the...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 564: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when redundancy payment will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will...
    • School Transport
      Question 565: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she envisages any rise in the charges for the school transport scheme in the context of the forthcoming budget in...
    • School Patronage
      Question 566: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No 503 of 1 June 2010, if she will provide the requested information; and if she will...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 568: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the cost of employing a DEIS adviser and a DEIS rural co-ordinator; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Grant Payments
      Question 570: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the annual grant to primary and secondary schools for the purchase of library books; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Literacy Levels
      Question 571: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she has received the results of the standardised testing of literacy carried out in primary schools in 2009; her plans...
    • State Examinations
      Question 572: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her views on the implications of leaving certificate guidelines (details supplied) for students who are bereaved by the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 573: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [27655/10]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 574: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will commission the construction of two extra classrooms at a school (details supplied) in County...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 575: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if any schools in Dublin 15 have classrooms that are not currently in use; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 576: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) who is a fourth year student at the University of Limerick and who has been resident here...
    • School Staffing
      Question 577: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if a qualified and practising special needs assistant, currently working within a Department recognised school but who is...
    • Departmental Property
      Question 578: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the cost of building and land maintenance, including light and heat expenditure, for all property owned by her Department...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 579: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 357 of 11 May 2010, if she is now in a position to provide the details requested....
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 580: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding on the provision of a permanent location for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she...
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 581: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a college (details supplied) in County Cavan has received more than...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 582: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a school (details supplied) in Dublin 18 is given permission to prepare documentation and apply...
    • Preschool Services
      Question 583: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is a discrepancy between the lower age limits for the early childhood care and education scheme and the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 584: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow which has applied for grant aid for major capital...
    • School Staffing
      Question 585: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will allow a school (details supplied) in County Limerick to make emergency temporary appointments, despite the...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 586: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to a query regarding fees in third level institutions (details supplied). [27871/10]
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 587: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the Office of Public Work's planned acquisition of lands (details supplied) for a school site,...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 588: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if a classroom assistant will remain with a person (details supplied) in County Mayo to enable them to complete their...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 589: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if assistance or advice can be offered to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20 who wishes to return to education; and...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 590: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 16 June 2010, when will a direct, specific and comprehensive reply relating...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 592: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify the policy on transition years; if she will provide statistics of the number and percentages of...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Board
      Question 593: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the publication of the Ryan Report for a person who previously received compensation from the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 594: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the elements of the report of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes that have been...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 595: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will have the schedule of accommodation, which was agreed with her Department, examined again with a view to...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 596: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence sent to her Department on 29 March 2010 regarding an appeal against the decision of Kilkenny...
    • Schools Vandalism
      Question 597: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have been broken into in the years 2008 and 2009, on a county basis; the estimated costs of...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 598: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the financial supports that are available to a person who wishes to undertake further education from home by means of a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 599: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason a payment for the July home education programme will not be paid until 11 November, when in previous years it...
    • Youthreach Programme
      Question 600: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if the years spent teaching in Youthreach can be taken into account for incremental credit in respect of a person...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 601: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) for each of the years 2008, 2009 and 2010; the...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 603: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she has had discussions with the Department of Social Protection on the way persons returning to education to third...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 604: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 506 of 1 June 2010, when a reply will issue; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 606: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if a course (details supplied) at a post leaving certificate college in Cork City qualifies under the PLC grant scheme or...
    • Departmental Property
      Question 607: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm if a property (details supplied) in County Cork is now within the ownership of her Department under...
    • School Transport
      Question 608: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 609: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the grants available to a student to complete a fifth year of study at a college (details supplied); if students who have...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 610: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will assist in finding a place in secondary school for a pupil (details supplied) in order that they can vindicate...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 611: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when a new school building will be approved for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; when will the school proceed...

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