Written answers
Wednesday, 30 June 2010
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Prison Committals
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost in 2009 of maintaining a young person for one year in St. Patrick's Institution; the way this compares with costs...
- Sexual Offences
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the common use of websites to promote prostitution and sexual exploitation, often of...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to update the laws on guardianship in view of the changes in society in view of the fact that the principal...
- Probation and Welfare Service
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to increase investment in the probation service and enhance diversion programmes in respect of anti-social...
- Interpretation Services
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm that many interpreters working for the gardaí have no formal qualifications; the steps that are being...
- Visa Applications
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of leave to remain applications processed in the past 12 months; the number of outstanding applications to be...
- Domestic Violence
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the actions he proposes to take to deal with increasing levels of domestic violence; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Sexual Offences
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on proposals to criminalise the buyers of sex rather than the sex workers; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Investigations
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if Garda authorities are investigating the type and scale of Israeli clandestine operations carried out here and in...
- Crime Levels
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gangland murders that have taken place to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28280/10]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made on the review of gambling announced by him in May 2010; when he expects this process to be concluded; and...
- Prison Committals
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the policy that applies when prisoners at the Dóchas Centre, Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, give birth; the period for which they...
- Garda Investigations
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the Garda investigation into matters arising from the report of the Commission of Investigation into...
- Garda Stations
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a new Garda station will be built in Portlaoise, County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28285/10]
- Garda Equipment
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made to date in rolling out digital radio for the emergency services; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Prison Inspectorate
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of times he has met with and been briefed by the current Inspector of Prisons since his appointment; and if he...
- Garda Deployment
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the creation of 900 civilian posts within the Garda has resulted in the release of only 144 Garda personnel for...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps being taken to address the serious overcrowding and inadequate conditions highlighted in the report of the...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the Director of Public Prosecutions comment that a general whistleblower's charter is required; and if he will...
- Prisoner Releases
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the criteria used to determine which prisoners are selected for temporary release as a result of prison overcrowding; and if...
- Garda Equipment
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of patrol cars the gardaí have bought or have been bought for them in each of the past five years; if he is...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made to date on the preparation of the White Paper on Crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Youth Diversion Projects
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 326 to 328, inclusive, of 16 December 2008, the number of Garda youth diversion...
- Court Orders
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the provisions for the enforcement of the non-payment of maintenance provided for under current legislation are...
- Visa Applications
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the hardship being encountered by persons queuing to make applications for re-entry visas...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the proposed prison at Thornton Hall, County Dublin; his views on the current over crowding...
- Drugs in Prisons
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number on a duration of waiting lists for drugs related services in prison and the steps he will be take to address...
- Garda Operations
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of head shops raided by gardaí since the ban on certain substances took effect on 11 May 2010; the substances...
- Youth Diversion Projects
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 326 to 328, inclusive, of 16 December 2008, the number of children referred to the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the recommendations of the report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes that he intends...
- Garda Strength
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of trainee gardaí who will be recruited in the new recruitment campaign; the number of gardaí who have retired...
- Bail Laws
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the degree, if any, to which he or his Department have monitored the extent to which the bail system is abused by the...
- Joint Policing Committees
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied with the operation of the local policing committees; the numbers of such committees established to date;...
- Missing Persons
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of foreign nationals reported missing here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20878/10]
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in the roll out of the privatised speed camera network on roads here; and the timeframe for the...
- Deportation Orders
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of immigrants who have been the subject of a deportation order in 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; the number of...
- Road Safety
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will consider the introduction of a stolen vehicle register which would enhance national road safety and combat the...
- Legislative Programme
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in the progress of legislation to deal with management companies through the Houses of the...
- Garda Reserve
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the total number of members of the Garda Reserve recruited to date; the stations to which they have been allocated; the...
- Garda Deployment
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the media reports that Garda rank and file instead of the forensic science laboratory are...
- Sentencing Policy
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action being taken to ensure consistency in sentencing is increased in court; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Community Policing
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to improve rural policing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28447/10]
- Crime Prevention
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which the legislation passed in 2009 to specifically target criminal gang membership has so far been...
- Legislative Programme
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he is taking to address the growing on line trade in dangerous psychoactive substances. [28287/10]
- Garda Complaints Procedures
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his response to the annual report of the Garda Ombudsman Commission for 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Crime Levels
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will state, in respect of each year from 1998 to date in 2010, the number of cases of murder in which firearms were...
- Drug Courts
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans for the future of the drugs court; his assessment of the performance of the court to date; if the catchment area...
- Garda Resources
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the recommendations contained in the latest report of the Garda Inspectorate on resource allocation that will be implemented...
- Courts Orders
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform how the lack of provisions for the enforcement of the non-payment of maintenance are impacting on the court system; the...
- Drugs in Prisons
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to comments made by the retiring governor of Mountjoy Prison (details supplied) who said...
- Passport Applications
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the outcome of the Garda investigation into allegations that Irish passports were used by Israeli agents involved in the...
- Prisoner Releases
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects the investigations by Dóchas Centre visiting committee and the Inspector of Prisons into the reported...
- Crime Levels
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the reported significant increases in juvenile crime, with the number of juveniles charged with criminal...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the latest information available regarding the progress made by the Smithwick tribunal established by resolution of the...
- Sexual Offences
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his response to the matters exposed in a television programme (details supplied) on 31 May 2010 regarding the frequency of...
- Prisoner Releases
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the total number of prisoners held in the state and prisoners on temporary release at the latest date for which figures are...
- Garda Operations
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when arrangements will be made to instruct members of the Garda Síochána that it is not necessary to take a longhand note...
- Crime Levels
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of occasions in 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 in which grenades, bombs or improvised explosive devices...
- Recidivism Rate
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the recent report from the Irish Penal Reform Trust showing that three out of every five...
- Crime Prevention
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action the Garda intends to take regarding the continued operation, especially in the Dublin area, of gaming arcades...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- County Enterprise Boards
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his plans regarding the structure of county enterprise boards in view of a speech that he made (details supplied); if he...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when redundancy payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a...
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the status of considerations or guidelines issued by the Health and Safety Authority relative to pay at the pump fuel...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been refused a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Public Sector Staff
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to roll out another round of incentivised career breaks for public service workers in the Health Service Executive in the near future; and...
- Pension Provisions
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount in the National Pensions Reserve Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28677/10]
- Tax Collection
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding negotiations between the Revenue and a company (details supplied) in County Cork. [28528/10]
- Tax Code
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that any on-line betting tax will not be a tax on jobs here. [28573/10]
- Flood Relief
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money allocated to Galway County Council in respect of flood relief projects; the location of each proposed project; the cost in each...
- National Solidarity Bonds
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that has been invested with the recently introduced national solidarity bond scheme by members of the public; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Property
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will list the State properties and premises, including buildings occupied by Government Departments and State agencies, on which the State...
- Tax Collection
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of earners that are exempt from income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28688/10]
- Pension Provisions
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will incorporate into the proposals for the national pensions framework a commitment to the reduction in the value of maximum possible tax...
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Service Staff
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding options available for a level seven diploma in addiction studies at Trinity College, Dublin, being undertaken by a person...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that an application for fair deal nursing home subvention in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Medical Cards
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; the reason for the...
- Health Service Staff
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the staffing levels in County Clare public dental health service; the number employed in the service at 31 May...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person who is denied benefit by a community welfare officer on the basis of not satisfying the habitual residence condition will be...
- Health Services
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons awaiting dental treatment in County Clare public dental health service as of 31 May 2010; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Services
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) must wait until March 2012 to see a consultant urologist in a surgical outpatients department;...
- Magdalene Laundries
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is in a position to respond in public to the letters from Justice for Magdalenes seeking clarification on the special provision,...
- Health Services
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Vaccination Programme
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons in the Health Service Executive west that received swine flu vaccine; the number of vaccine jabs purchased by the...
- Medical Cards
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for medical cards in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
- Health Services
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive an appointment with an occupational therapist; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Services
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in admitting a person (details supplied) for surgery; the reason their admission to the hospital was cancelled...
- Health Services
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cover available for essential dental treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a...
- Health Repayment Scheme
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16 has been ordered to repay the Health Service Executive moneys for long-stay charges;...
- Medical Cards
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [28621/10]
- Health Services
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding plans to develop a primary care centre in a town (details supplied) in County Cork. [28624/10]
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application for nursing home support under the fair deal scheme will be determined in respect of a person (details supplied)....
- Health Services
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reverse the reduction in funding for a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 20; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Pre-school Services
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 149 of 12 May 2010, if she is now in a position to furnish a reply. [28636/10]
- Health Service Staff
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff in County Donegal on sick leave for more than one week whose positions were not filled in their absence in 2009; the...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of beds (details supplied) in each hospital and nursing unit in County Donegal that have been closed or are currently not...
- Health Service Reform
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will describe the service reviews currently being carried out by the Health Service Executive in County Donegal; the purpose of...
- Health Services
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of speech and language therapists who were to be employed under the Donegal service plan; the number put in place; the number...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons waiting to receive a service or therapy under each category of service in the community care section of Donegal...
- Health Services
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people waiting to receive a service in the hospital and outpatient section of Donegal Health Service Executive; the...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average annual increase or decrease in the number of hospital beds since 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Service Staff
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of nurses or midwives that are currently employed by the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her Departments budget for 2010; the Health Service Executive budget for 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28682/10]
- Alcohol Policy
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the creation of national map of alcohol outlets across the country to assess concentration and impact on local...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for State support from the Health Service Executive towards nursing home costs in respect of a...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will consider correspondence regarding a person (details supplied) ; if the medical devices sought will be provided as requested;...
- Health Services
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [28814/10]
- Department of Transport
- Rail Network
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will confirm that the next stage of the western rail provision from Athenry to Tuam, County Galway, will be completed within completion date...
- Road Safety
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties under which haulage companies are now operating as a result of changes to the cabotage...
- Public Transport
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of money that will be invested in public transport by his Department in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28674/10]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of money that his Department will invest in roads in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28675/10]
- Rail Network
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Transport his policy, if any, on the reopening of the rail link between Midleton and Youghal, County Cork; if it is planned to carry out a feasibility study...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Prison Accommodation
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm that a new prison block at Wheatfield Prison, Dublin, has been lying idle for more than six months due...
- Garda Operations
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of recorded cases of so-called tiger robberies in which staff or relations of staff of financial institutions...
- Law Reform Commission Reports
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress that has been made in relation to a consultation paper (details supplied); when the interim report will be...
- Asylum Applications
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for his refusal to establish an independent complaints mechanism for residents of direct provision centres based...
- Garda Stations
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 25 May 2010, the timescale for the works required on a Garda station (details...
- Court Procedures
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the situation, if a woman has a baby with a man who is not her husband, of the father of the child [i]vis-À-vis[/i] being...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of peace commissioners he has appointed for each of the years 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; and if he...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be determined on an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied). [28595/10]
- Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reasons for the delay in hearing a case under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal; if he will expedite the...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide an update on an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Garda Resources
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the budget available to the gardaí for 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28672/10]
- Garda Investigations
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the degree, if any, to which witness or jury intimidation has been detected in the past two years; and if he will make a...
- Garda Equipment
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the Garda stations throughout County Kildare that have been provided with pulse and or other up to date communications...
- Missing Persons
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons currently recorded under the heading of missing persons; the extent to which their cases are being...
- Garda Operations
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of reported gun crimes including killings in each of the past three years; the extent to which successful...
- Drug Trafficking
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that the exchange of information between the authorities here and those in other jurisdictions has...
- Crime Prevention
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the discussions he has had with his EU colleagues with a view to greater co-operation and co-ordination in the fight...
- Garda Stations
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda stations listed for or deemed to require upgrading; the schedule for same; and if he will make a...
- Crime Levels
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of burglaries reported to the various Garda stations throughout County Kildare in the past five years; the...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prison cells currently accommodating one prisoner only; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28785/10]
- Prisoner Releases
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners on the various forms of early day or special release on a monthly basis in each of the past 12...
- Crime Levels
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of criminal acts carried out by known members of criminal gangs in each of the past 12 months to date; and if he...
- Legal Aid Service
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which funding made available by his Department is adequate to meet legal aid requirements; the extent of the...
- Bail Applications
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which bail was granted in criminal cases in each of the past five years to date where the gardaí had...
- Garda Operations
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [28797/10]
- Asylum Applications
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will issue on a visa application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7. [28801/10]
- Garda Operations
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [28813/10]
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Departmental Funding
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the number of applications her Department has received from County Galway to participate in the mid Shannon tax incentive scheme...
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the position regarding the Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council's application for the refurbishment of a swimming pool (details...
- Departmental Funding
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if she will outline any grants or assistance that are available for the development of hotel accommodation and facilities; and if...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the amount of the sports budget for 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28673/10]
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Úsáid na Gaeilge
Question 215: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Comhionannais agus Gaeltachta cad tá á dhéanamh lena chinntiú go mbíonn Gardaí, dlíodóirí agus breithiúna, dochtúirí, altraí,...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if a reply will issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28590/10]
- Departmental Funding
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding that was allocated by his Department to produce a report (details supplied); and if he will...
- Departmental Responsibilities
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on a submission (details supplied); the steps he will take to overcome the problems expressed; and if he...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Lárionad Náisiúnta Gaeilge
Question 219: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Comhionannais agus Gaeltachta an aontaíonn sé gur fiú d'Éirinn Lárionad Náisiúnta Gaeilge a bhunú i gcroílár na príomhchathrach mar...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Registration of Births
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the situation, in the case of a woman who has a baby with a man who is not her husband, of the name of the father of the child...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total spend or allocation of the €10 million allocated by his Department to the humanitarian fund; and if he will make a statement...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount that will be spent by the State on payments to carers, including respite grant in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason illness benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford is being delayed; and if he will make a statement...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for lone parents allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of assessing means tested entitlements, if he will indicate the way his Department treats financial lump sums paid as a result of...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Contracts
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will make public the names of all institutional laundries in receipt of State contracts for Army laundry after 1941; the length of time the...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Departmental Funding
Question 233: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the State funding paid to an organisation (details supplied) from his Department in 2008 and 2009; if any...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 234: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress that has been made in 2010 regarding a scheme (details supplied); the funding that has been...
- Tax Code
Question 235: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if homeowners can be exempted from the non-principal private residence tax on the basis that a family member,...
- Planning Issues
Question 236: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the limitations placed on the development of one-off housing regarding the developer having a local...
- Special Areas of Conservation
Question 237: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding designated bogs; the allocating he has provided for persons who are restricted from...
- Wildlife Issues
Question 239: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he is taking to prevent the illegal poisoning of birds of prey; and if he will make a statement on...
- Housing Statistics
Question 240: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses that have been built in this State in 2010; the total projected figure for 2010 if...
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 241: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of considerations or guidelines issued by the Health and Safety Authority relative to pay at the...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Fisheries Protection
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will commission a survey on the number of predator seals and cormorants on Lough Foyle; and if he will...
- Fisheries Legislation
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Foyle Fisheries Act 1952 or the Foyle Area (Control of Fishing) Regulation 2010 are technically...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way a person (details supplied) in County Cork, not in an area covered by the national broadband scheme,...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the greenhouse home energy scheme on a county basis; the amount of money spent out of...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Horseracing Industry
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason the taxpayer is funding prize money in horseracing here that is more than 60% higher than in England while...
- Departmental Funding
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the State funding paid to an organisation (details supplied) from his Department in 2008 and 2009; if any funds are to be...
- Grant Payments
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide this Deputy with a report on the delay in approving payment under the suckler cow scheme in respect of a...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare. [28612/10]
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the decrease in farming income in 2009; if, as a consequence, he will give consideration to the reintroduction...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount awarded in REP scheme payments in County Donegal for 2010; when he expects to have paid all 2010 Donegal REP...
- Milk Quota
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if an appeal will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement...
- Grant Payments
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will be included under the suckler cow scheme; if issues relative to this...
- Department of Education and Science
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 255: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she has received an application from a school (details supplied) in Cork, to build a new sports hall or gym; her views...
- State Examinations
Question 256: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that some compensatory marking formula will be applied in the correction of the higher leaving...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 258: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and post primary schools in Cork city and county which will benefit from the summer works scheme in...
- Pension Provisions
Question 259: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the weekly pension a person (details supplied) in County Limerick receives from her Department. [28569/10]
- Departmental Allowances
Question 260: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [28599/10]
- Department Funding
Question 261: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to Traveller training projects being the victims of budget restrictions (details...
- School Accommodation
Question 262: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 454 of 22 June 2010, if she will make the online inventory of school accommodation...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 266: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding all schools building projects in County Donegal; to list all projects, the deadlines that were set...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 267: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department does not have a sectoral plan under the terms of the Disability Act; if she will introduce such...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 268: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the amount that will be invested in schools building projects in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Special Educational Needs
Question 269: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants that will be employed by her Department for the 2010-2011 academic year; and if...
- School Staffing
Question 270: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs teachers that will be employed by her Department at schools for the 2010-2011 academic year;...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 272: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on the 2010 education budget. [28687/10]
- School Accommodation
Question 273: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide all records regarding details of payments by her Department in respect of the rental of prefabricated...
- Schools Patronage
Question 274: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills in view of a recent planning application made by her Department to build two new primary schools in Ballinacurra,...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 275: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her policy, if any, regarding the provision of playing fields and general purpose or sports halls in new primary schools;...
- Science Education
Question 276: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of students taking each of the science subjects at senior cycle among boys and among girls in each of the...
- State Examinations
Question 277: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who sat examinations at pass level and at honours level among boys and among girls and the grades...
- Third Level Enrolments
Question 278: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the proportion of first year enrolments among men and among women at third level in science and applied science and in...
- Science Education
Question 279: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils at senior cycle among boys and among girls who take one science subject; the number who take two...
