Written answers

Tuesday, 6 July 2010

  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 34: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the continuing failure to reach agreement between the Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Cypriots of Northern Cyprus; and his...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 35: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the comments (details supplied) made to an Oireachtas committee on 27 June 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Europe 2020 Strategy
      Question 36: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the finalisation of Europe 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29669/10]
    • Certificates of Irish Heritage
      Question 37: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of his proposal to issue certificates of Irish heritage; the estimate of the proposed fee for this certificate; the details of...
    • Death of United States Senator
      Question 38: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the recent passing of Senator Robert C. Byrd, long-serving United States Senator for West Virginia, and his...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      Question 39: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the steps necessary to progress the Middle East peace process; the steps being taken at EU level to move this forward; and if he...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 40: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the funding provided from the overseas aid budget to non-governmental organisations in 2009; the reductions in NGO funding in 2010; the way...
    • EU Enlargement
      Question 41: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the progress of negotiations for Iceland to join the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29686/10]
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 42: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is in recent receipt of appeals from those representing the Ahmedi people who are suffering repression and oppression in Pakistan; the...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 43: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the priorities for spending for his Department's allocation to Timor Leste in 2010; if the new development strategy being drawn up will...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 44: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support the call from the relatives of 11 unarmed civilians killed in Ballymurphy, Belfast, over three days in August 1971, by the...
    • Guantanamo Detainees
      Question 45: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the resettlement in Ireland and Europe of persons detained in Guantanamo. [29693/10]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 46: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the meetings held and matters discussed on his recent visit to Uganda; his priorities regarding that country; and if he will make a statement...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 47: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he proposes to initiate or support efforts to declare the EU fishing agreement, which impinges on issues of self-determination for the...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 49: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update on the plight of refugees from Kyrgystan taking refuge in Uzbekistan; the assistance or advice he and the EU...
    • Gas Prices
      Question 50: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on current Russian relations with Belarus regarding gas prices; the implications for Ireland regarding winter energy prices; the...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update on the outcome of the interdepartmental committee meetings on Irish Aid; the position of his Department in such...
    • European External Action Service
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the functions agreed for the new External Relations Agency headed by a person (details supplied) on behalf of the European Union; and the...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 54: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will offer direct humanitarian assistance to the Saharawi refugee camps in Tindouf and the other occupied territories. [29662/10]
    • Niger Food Crisis
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the assistance he is providing to deal with the food crisis in Niger; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27559/10]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the recent upsurge in clashes in Sudan which has led to the deaths of three UN peacekeepers in the Darfur region recently; the...
    • Extractive Industries
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the recent Concord proposals regarding European Union policy on extractive industries in view of the fact that such considered...
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the actions that he has taken in the two years following the all-party motion of 10 July 2008 calling on the British Government to cooperate...
    • EU Enlargement
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the current thinking within the EU in relation to European enlargement; the extent to which he has engaged with his EU colleagues on this...
    • Nuclear Disarmament Initiative
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on discussion at EU level on possible sanctions on Iran; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29589/10]
    • Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the contact he has had with, or the communication he has received from, the Mexican Government regarding the implications which arise...
    • Rapid Response Corps
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the current deployment of the Rapid Response Corps; the nature and expected duration of each deployment; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Emigrant Support Services
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress made on resolving the issue of undocumented Irish in the US; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29183/10]
    • Passport Applications
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of Irish passports lost, mislaid or stolen in 2009 and to date in 2010; the percentage as a total of all passports requested; and...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will guarantee that there will be no further cuts in the overseas aid budget in 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • International Relations
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the recent presidential election in Colombia. [29649/10]
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to set up additional satellite passport offices outside of Dublin and Cork; his views on locating one of these satellite offices at...
    • Nuclear Disarmament Initiative
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on China's proposed sale of nuclear reactors to Pakistan; the regional implications of such a sale; his position on the matter; the...
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on suggestions that food shortages in Africa will encourage a peremptory introduction of genetically modified crops and food; if he...
    • Millennium Development Goals
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the meetings he plans to hold in preparation for this year's review of the world millennium development goals; if he will provide further...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the discussions he has held regarding recent processes in certain countries in Africa to punish persons engaged in same-sex relationships...
    • Hunger Eradication
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the relative roles of the Committee on World Food Security and the World Bank within the proposed global partnership for agriculture, food...
    • Disaster Relief
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the ongoing support, in funding and personnel, he is giving the Haitian people to rebuild their country in the vital areas of housing, social...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the evidence on which he bases his rejection of the call for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel and in particular the evidence...
    • Disputed Territories
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding jurisdiction claims over Rockall; if the Irish claim has been accepted by the UK; the position regarding agreements...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of vacant posts at the Limerick office of Irish Aid in each of the years 2008, 2009 and 2010; the breakdown of these vacancies...
    • International Relations
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has held discussions with colleague Ministers at EU level regarding the need to put pressure on the Government of Angola to allow a...
    • United Nations Resolutions
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will respond to the concerns shared by a number of non-governmental organisations that in developing its national action plan for the...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the support that he and the EU are giving, or propose to give, to enable African countries achieve the aims of the Maputo declaration on...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Constituency Data
      Question 95: To ask the Taoiseach the age distribution of the population in each electoral district of Meath East in the latest revision; the distribution by social class in each electoral...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 96: To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline the amount of funding from the national lottery received in each of the years 2007, 2008, and 2009 and if he will give further details of the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 97: To ask the Taoiseach the amount paid by his Department in legal fees for each of the years from 2000 to date in 2010; the amount paid in legal fees by each of the agencies and...
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      Question 98: To ask the Taoiseach if he will give an update on British co-operation regarding the Dublin-Monaghan bombings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29245/10]
    • Departmental Taxation Compliance
      Question 99: To ask the Taoiseach the number of unprompted voluntary disclosures made by his Department to the Revenue Commissioners in the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010...
    • Departmental Audits
      Question 101: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of tax audits carried out by Revenue Commissioner staff on his Department in the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in...
    • Constituency Data
      Question 102: To ask the Taoiseach the age and distribution of the population in each electoral district in Dublin South-East in the latest revision of the census; the distribution by social...
    • Oireachtas Reform
      Question 103: To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 94 of 29 June 2010, if he intends to publish the Government proposals on Dáil reform; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Demographic Trends
      Question 104: To ask the Taoiseach if he will indicate the level of emigration in each period between censuses since 1911. [29822/10]
    • Departmental Procurement
      Question 105: To ask the Taoiseach if he will deal with a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30059/10]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • Consumer Protection
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his views regarding the EU Commission proposal C(2010) 3021 for the use of a harmonised methodology for classifying and...
    • National Standards Audits
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties of contractors and suppliers of home insulation receiving an audit from...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 27 May, 2010, if he will confirm when payment will issue to a person (details...
    • International Trade
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the total value of imports from Israel in 2009; the portion of those imports that were entitled to preferential duty; if...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 174 of 20 April 2010, if he will provide an update; and if he will make a statement...
    • Consumer Protection
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his views on the recent proposals by the EU Commission concerning the consumer rights directive, in particular the proposal...
    • Industrial Properties
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the position regarding a site (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29604/10]
    • Departmental Procurement
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will deal with a matter (details supplied). [30794/10]
  • Department of Finance
    • Mortgage Lending
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the role that mortgage indemnity insurance can play in the future housing market; his further views on whether it can assist in...
    • Tax Code
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received a submission from the solid fuel trade group in respect of the impact of carbon tax in view of the country's economic position;...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 420 of 23 June 2009 if he will provide an update; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29419/10]
    • Tax Code
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance when a stamp duty refund will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance when the working group on Haulbowline site in Cobh, County Cork, will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30018/10]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will deal with a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30059/10]
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a person (details supplied) in Co. Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29190/10]
    • Tax Code
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance the likely full year cost to the Exchequer of reducing the rate of VAT charged on non-oral medicines to 13.5%, 5% and 0% respectively; if such...
    • Israeli Imports
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance the total value of imports from Israel in 2009; the portion of those imports that were entitled to preferential duty; if those imports which did not...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of loan refusals that have been referred to the Credit Review Office to date; the number of same that have been processed; the number...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the EU Commission to issue its decision on the restructuring plans of banks (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 94 of 17 June 2010, the number of cost benefit analysis that have been carried out since 2006 on major tax...
    • Tax Code
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of stud fees earned and exempted from taxation from both stallions and greyhounds analysed separately for the years 2004 to 2009; and if...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of the judiciary now paying the levy; if he will name those who have paid and those who have not paid. [29343/10]
    • National Conference Centre
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance when the first payment for the Convention Centre, Dublin, is due to Treasury Holdings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29359/10]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 11 may 2010, the position regarding this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29387/10]
    • Tax Collection
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on making it compulsory for capital acquisitions tax to be filed online; the consideration given to those without internet or computer...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 144 of 27 April 2010, if he will provide an update; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29412/10]
    • Tax Code
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the stamp duty payable in respect of non first time buyers of both new and second hand houses; the various rates payable...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue generated through stamp duty on a county basis to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29437/10]
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding customers of a bank (details supplied) who still have money in current and savings accounts of that bank after 23 June 2010...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received the report from the Irish Insurance Federation regarding the results of the working group established to examine the flooding...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 was taxed on a bonus paid in 2010 on a different basis than those individuals who remained...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the situation regarding the proposed changes to the retirement age for public servants; if legislation is required to give effect...
    • Tax Code
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the Valuation Office calculate the rateable valuation in proportion to the rateable value of the property; if this is the...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance if agreement has been reached to transfer a property (details supplied) in County Galway; when this transfer will take place; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Laois is in receipt of the correct amount of tax relief at source in respect of their mortgage interest...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance the moneys expended; to whom they were paid; the moneys received during the same period under various headings in respect of a property (details...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No 115 of 29 June 2010 the way in which a register of persons holding licences can be inspected; and if he will...
    • Tax Code
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Finance if persons who have been approved for a medical card are liable for the income and health levies; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Debt Management
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied). [29843/10]
    • Tax Code
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the taxation treatment of a matter (details supplied). [29858/10]
    • Credit Union Sector
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding his recent dealings with the credit union movement regarding proposals for section 35A and 35B of the Central Bank Reform...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the transfer of land by the Office of Public Works to a local authority (details supplied). [29988/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the Eurostat survey that found that Ireland has the second highest food and drink prices in the EU; if he will bear this in mind when...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a building (details supplied) in Dublin 15 owned by the Office of Public Works; the date on which the building was acquired...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Medical Cards
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount her Department has contributed to the cost of running the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre in each of the past ten years; the amount...
    • Health Services
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for dental treatment in respect of a person (details supplied); if the person is entitled to...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of jobs at risk and the services that have been reduced or suspended at a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary as a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a procedure will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly through the National Treatment Purchase Fund;...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the new cystic fibrosis units at St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Insurance
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate a case in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare was refused a claim for mobility allowance; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive an appointment at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin; and if...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 13 and 40 of 27 May 2010, the reason any outstanding applications, made under the former...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount a hospital (details supplied) has been penalised or awarded under the Health Service Executive, casemix management system...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children who have been assessed and diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorder in the mid-Leinster region in the past five...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of posts currently vacant, including those where therapists are on maternity leave, on the early intervention team in County...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding that is being provided to the Health Service Executive NE-Louth/Meath/Cavan/Monaghan area for disability services...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the future of Drogheda Memorial Hospital, the Curragh, County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that speech therapy services for under five year olds at a facility (details supplied) has...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an outpatient appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [29327/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the management structure at a facility in north Cork is under the control of the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an appointment for surgery is being expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 17 February 2010, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive; and if she...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 308 of 20 April 2010, if she will provide an update; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Foreign Adoptions
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the interim measures she will put in place in respect of foreign adoption applicants who have submitted applications in advance of the...
    • Pre-school Services
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of places awarded under the early childhood care and education scheme on a county basis in January 2010; the numbers that...
    • Health Services
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the operation of the speech and language therapy services in County Clare including the numbers of therapists; the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons in the State that currently benefit from a full medical card and from a doctor-only medical card; the number of...
    • Health Services
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 230 of 17 December 2008, the operational status of the units; the number of cases received since...
    • Community Care
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 134 of 3 December 2009, if approval has been granted to proceed to tender; when work is expected...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 23 June 2010, the reason no reply has been provided to date; and if she will now...
    • Health Services
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to allocate additional funding to restore the essential respite services provided by an organisation (details...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a commitment that Unit 3, St. Joseph's Hospital, Ennis, County Clare, which provides vital elderly long-stay public...
    • Alcohol Advertising
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department has drawn up the list of outdoor media locations at which alcohol advertising cannot be placed because they are within...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding allocated to the National Office for Suicide Prevention in 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; if she will...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons under 18 years of age covered by the full medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29452/10]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the State agencies under the aegis of his Department to which the 2009 Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies applies; and...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if standards have been established in respect of the provision of facilities in community homes for psychiatric patients; her views on...
    • Children in Care
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 170 of 9 July 2009 if she will provide complete figures for 2009 and from January 2010 to date;...
    • Patient Private Property Fund
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 93 of 10 December 2009 the value of payments made to date in 2010; the number of payments which...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 105 and 106 of 12 February and 222 of 6 May 2009 the position regarding the issues raised; the...
    • Health Services
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the development of palliative care services in County Roscommon; when all existing facilities will be fully...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive section 39 organisations have implemented pay cuts despite a reply (details supplied) to a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if further to Parliamentary Question No.143 of 16 June 2009, she will provide the corresponding figures for 2009; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in implementing the European Working Time Directive for Non Consultant Hospital Doctors; the manpower implications...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of defibrillators located in north Tipperary; if they are all operational; the locations of the defibrillators; the way a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question no. 53 of 3 June 2010, when the outstanding information will issue from the Health Service Executive.....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 22 June 2010, when the outstanding information will issue from the Health Service...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a bilateral adoption agreement with Ethiopia; if it is envisioned that parents here will be able to adopt from...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 255 of 23 March 2010, when the outstanding information will issue from the Health Service...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 222 of 27 January 2010, when the outstanding information will issue from the Health Service...
    • Health Services
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money spent annually transporting patients by taxi in County Kildare and nationally; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take steps to have a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath admitted to the Mater Hospital, Dublin, to have an...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a new bilateral agreement between Ireland and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in regard to inter-country...
    • Children in Care
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has completed its review of the joint protocol with the Garda Síochána, Children Missing from Care; if...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount her Department paid annually for car mileage from 2007 to date in 2010; the amount paid to cover rail and bus tickets; and if...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when sterilisation facilities at Roscommon County Hospital will be upgraded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29596/10]
    • Children in Care
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 284 of 20 October 2009, the number of children in foster care; the number under the age of five...
    • Patient Transport
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 250 of 6 May 2009, if she will furnish the corresponding figure for 2009; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of acute hospital beds in each hospital that were unavailable in 2009 due to cost containment measures, infection control and...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for a personal assistant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [29607/10]
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that sistivex is made available to MS suffers here; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that it is available...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when surgery will be carried out in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive the necessary tests and treatment in view of their medical situation;...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to the Mental Health Commission report resulting in the closure of admissions units at hospitals (details supplied) the...
    • Palliative Care
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost to the taxpayer of the National Advisory Committee on Palliative Care report of 2001; the cost to the taxpayer of the National...
    • Health Services
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the development of acute services in the south-east project; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received a copy of the report of the review group on congregated settings; when this report will be published; if she will...
    • Health Services
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No 136 of the 13 May 2010; the efforts being made to re-open a facility (details supplied); the...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the back to school clothing and footwear allowance will be open for applications for September 2010; if different arrangements have...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an appeal for a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and when a decision...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of beds available in child and adolescent mental health services in each county; her plans to increase the level of this...
    • Health Services
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Cork; when construction work will be complete; when the new unit will the...
    • Eating Disorders
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons diagnosed with eating disorders here in each of the past five years, broken down by age and gender in tabular...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason all requests for financial safety net support made by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 were refused by the community...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the payments to date and the payments yet to be made to a child care group (details supplied) in County Laois in respect of a new child...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of orthopaedic operations carried out by each surgeon on a monthly basis for the past 24 months in respect of a hospital...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of respite places that will be closed as a result of budget cuts to disability services; the locations of these closures; and...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an operation will be arranged as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if she will...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the plan to abolish the on-call ambulance service operating at night time out of towns (details...
    • Health Services
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the Health Service Executive policy and practice in regard to the outsourcing of medical transcription; and if she will make a statement...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the cervical cancer vaccine will be made available to children older than 16 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has ensured that the Health Service Executive has a rapid approval mechanism in place for the treatment of patients requiring...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce legislation limiting medical card patients' entitlements to dental care under the provisions of the Health Act...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the closure of St. Joseph's ward for paediatric care in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin. [29861/10]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the present position regarding plans to develop a new national children's hospital; the expected overall cost and when she expects the...
    • Health Services
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the definition of high risk in relation to medical card patients requiring treatment of gum disease, if this assessment was carried out...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the report of the independent group to monitor progress on the implementation of A Vision for Change will be published; and if she...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the minimum age requirement for adoption from the United States; if this policy is consistent across all health board areas; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the new rent supplement scheme which is administered from a PO box number in Dublin and where applications are...
    • Health Services
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a service will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29987/10]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to appoint a minimum number of five acute medical consultants as espoused by the director of reconfiguration for the Cork and...
    • Missing Persons
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has given consideration to introducing the EU recommended 116000 hotline number for missing children; and if she will make a...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will derogate the public sector recruitment embargo and employ nursing staff at a community nursing unit (details supplied) in...
    • Health Services
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive has informed a person (details supplied) that it will no longer deliver antibiotics to their...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on the request for an outpatient orthopaedic appointment at Cork University Hospital in respect of a person...
    • Hospital Inspections
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Information and Quality Authority has issued a report in respect of Cobh Community Hospital; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30027/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will deal with a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30058/10]
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will order an investigation into an incident on 4 June 2010 involving an ambulance callout which was subsequently discontinued....
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the dates preferred bidders were selected for co-located projects at hospitals (details supplied) in tabular form; and if she will make...
    • Health Insurance
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated loss of private health insurance income to Beaumont, Cork University, Limerick Regional, St James', Sligo and Waterford...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if payments will be made earlier for back to school clothing and footwear allowance in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the capital cost of the new Ambulance Centre on the St. Davnet's complex, Monaghan; the number of vehicles, and at what cost, were...
    • Health Services
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a proposal to house PCC facilities at the new primary health care facility in Mallow, County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review a decision regarding an application for supplementary welfare allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Health Services
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30131/10]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare qualifies for a medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30194/10]
    • Young Carers
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take regarding policies and services for young carers following the publication of the report study of young carers...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will deal with a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30797/10]
  • Department of Transport
    • Cycle Facilities
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Transport the research carried out by his Department in respect of the possible introduction of cycle contraflow lanes in Dublin; if he will consider the...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress of the DART underground project; if he will provide an update on the submission of a railway order for the DART underground project;...
    • Parking Regulations
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to public disquiet expressed regarding the absence of regulation of privately owned car parks; his plans to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of money allocated in the departmental budget in respect of public private partnerships in 2010; if the allocation is set to rise to...
    • Parking Regulations
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied that regulations are properly followed for each site before a decision is made to clamp a vehicle; and if he will make a...
    • Inland Fisheries
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he is taking to ensure that ballast water does not transport alien species to estuaries here and as a result inland waterways; and if...
    • Rail Network
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received any correspondence from Iarnród Éireann concerning proposals to close the Rosslare-Waterford line; if the National Transport...
    • Air Services
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the complaints that have been received by the Commission for Aviation Regulation from consumers following the...
    • Rail Services
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Transport the reasons Ireland is being referred by the European Commission to the EU Court of Justice for failing to implement fully the first railway...
    • Road Network
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the planning of the Claregalway inner relief road; the amount of moneys granted to Galway County Council in 2008, 2009 and...
    • Search and Rescue Services
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Transport the nature of the contact and at what level within the Air Corps was it made in respect of the proposed search and rescue service helicopter...
    • Rail Network
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to any independent socioeconomic studies being undertaken of rail infrastructure here; if he will undertake to...
    • Road Network
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Transport the arrangements that have been made between his Department and Cork County Council regarding a road (details supplied); the total cost of this...
    • Ferry Services
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the revitalised Cork to Swansea ferry service; the dealings he has had with the company operating this route; the way the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will deal with a matter (details supplied). [30800/10]
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Crime Levels
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the latest crime statistics to the end of June 2010 for Blanchardstown, Dublin 15 and comparable figures for the past three years;...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of gardaí and community police currently stationed at Blanchardstown Garda station, Dublin; if he will provide...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for a visa in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow;; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) is not being allowed to bring their spouse with them to live here; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will review an asylum application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. ...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding the roll out of the national speed camera network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29380/10]
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 380 of 7 July 2009, the progress made to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Prison Building Programme
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding plans for a new prison in Kilworth, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29446/10]
    • Anti-Social Behaviour Orders
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of anti-social behaviour orders that have been issued each year since the introduction of anti social behaviour orders;...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of March 9 2010, if the guidelines to facilitate the commencement of test purchasing as...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of gardaí in each Garda division; the corresponding number of Garda reserves; the number in each category that are on...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the steps he is taking to ensure that the attention of non visa required nationals is drawn to the requirements that can be asked of...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of persons who were refused leave to land here in 2008 and 2009; the number of these persons who had inadequate...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin was invited by a senior Garda officer (details further supplied) to view a...
    • Garda Accommodation
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding the sale of Garda houses (details supplied) attached to the Garda College, Templemore, County Tipperary and in...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when a decision will issue on an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; the length of...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will investigate the case regarding a visa application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the immigration status in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; when a decision will issue on their application for...
    • Prison Accommodation
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the amount spent on the installation of kitchens for normal purposes and for training purposes at Fort Mitchell Prison in County Cork...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if an application for stamp 4 has been received in respect of a person (details supplied); the estimated time for completion of...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the steps he has taken to reduce incidents of crime and anti-social behaviour, particularly in the lead up to Halloween; and if he...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the function of the National Property Services Regulatory Authority; the legislation under which it operates; and if he will make a...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if there is legislation in place or planned, to limit the time that a minor offence will be remain on a person's record; and if he...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the measures in place to deal with the issue of illegal car modifications; the equipment available to An Garda Síochána to measure...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the total cost of asylum accommodation for the year 2009; the cost to date in 2010; the corresponding figures for the number of...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the total number of asylum applicants awaiting a decision at first instance and on appeal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when naturalisation will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [30135/10]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will deal with a matter (details supplied). [30798/10]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • UN Conferences
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will be sending a delegation to the international AIDS conference in Vienna in July 2010; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the money that has been allocated in 2009 and 2010 to address the sexual and reproductive health needs of adolescents as set out in the...
    • Saville Report
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the contents of the Saville report published on 15 June 2010; the impact this will have on the ongoing peace process in...
    • EU Agreements
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when he will ratify Serbia's Stabilisation and Association Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29708/10]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will guarantee that responsibility in development policy within the EU will remain undiluted in a single accountable agency. [29765/10]
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress made in protecting the Baha'i community in Iran. [29766/10]
    • Passport Security
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views regarding reports that there has been a further abuse of Irish passports in recent developments in the United States where reports...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of staff at his disposal including those within his Department; the number of staff currently registered to work in his...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which he has generated discussion with his EU colleagues regarding issues in the western Balkans; the extent to which EU and...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which he and his EU colleagues have focused on the situation in Myanmar-Burma; the result of any such discussions; and if he...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which he, through the EU or UN, has identified the most blatant known worldwide human rights abuses; the ongoing or proposed...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the situation affecting the ten African countries most seriously threatened by hunger, war, genocide and human rights...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will deal with a matter (details supplied). [30796/10]
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if she will provide funding for the local authority swimming pool programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the contributions made towards promoting and supporting a festival (details suppled); her plans to provide funding towards next...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the number of applications from the Munster region that were received for sports capital funding from national lottery funds for...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the steps she has taken to ensure that Ireland is well placed to serve as a host nation for sports teams ahead of the 2012 London...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if she will deal with a matter (details supplied). [30789/10]
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will re-introduce the summer jobs scheme which was introduced in 1993 to address the high levels of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the cost of funding the work of the taskforce on active citizenship in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010;...
    • Public Sector Staff
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the quotas in place across the public sector to ensure the employment of persons with a disability; the number of...
    • Community Development
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will endorse the alternative model of engagement put together by the NCDF and submitted to his Department on...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the State agencies under the aegis of his Department to which the 2009 Code of Practice for the Governance of...
    • Community Development
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs when his review of the scheme to support national organisations in the community and voluntary sector will be...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the allocation to each organisation under the local development social inclusion funding programme; the amount...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the contents of Labour Court Recommendation No. CD/09/806 dated 26 March 2010,...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will deal with a matter (details supplied). [30791/10]
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will grant rent supplement to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29786/10]
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps he is taking to open a premises in Balbriggan, County Dublin, for the unemployed (details supplied); if he will consider having...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a payment of supplementary welfare allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff working in the Blanchardstown social welfare office at present and at end 2009; the waiting time for the processing of...
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of clients served by the Blanchardstown Money Advice and Budgeting Service office to date in 2010 and for each of the past five...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the workings of the liability to maintain a family scheme and to whom it applies; the money recovered under this scheme in each of the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will refer to casual welfare a claim in respect of a person (details supplied), who has been refused welfare payments as a result of...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the relevant papers in the appeal of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be referred to the appeals officer; the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [29345/10]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will establish an independent appeal mechanism to which young persons who have had their social welfare cut on the basis that they...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to a recent report in the mid-west which found that the cuts in social welfare to young people aged 18 to...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of raising the qualified child increase by €5 a week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29465/10]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal for a domiciliary allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be determined; and if he...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions No 215 of 24 June 2010 and No 407 of 15 June 2010, the reason a reply has not been issued to date; and...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to introduce homemaker's credits for qualification for a State contributory pension as outlined in the national pensions...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of social welfare appeals awaiting a response; the average length of time taken to process such appeals; the longest period for...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and awarded farm assist. [29743/10]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; the reason for...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will support a matter (details supplied). [29788/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [29796/10]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the length of time a person (details supplied) in County Dublin must wait to have their application for jobseeker's assistance processed;...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway was disallowed a claim for the contributory pension when a decision could have...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons refused benefit under the Habitual Residence Condition to date in 2010. [29891/10]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he has received an application for a social welfare payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; when a decision...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Offaly is on a transfer list for his Department; their position on that list; the vacancies...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a survey has been carried out on the number of persons who cannot register as unemployed on jobseeker's assistance due to their...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason there is a different means test for single-parent families and two-parent families for the back to school clothing and footwear...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will accept evidence of electronic transfers as proof of the UK pension paid to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo from the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and granted farm assist. [30140/10]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when one parent family allowance appeal will be heard payment awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when rent support will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will deal with a matter (details supplied). [30799/10]
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Defence if officers in the Defence Forces have engaged in selling arms to the Seychelles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29880/10]
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Defence the length of time the Defence Forces were using the services of institutional laundries such as Magdalene Laundries, as distinct from commercial...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Defence when the 2010 recruitment phase for the Defence Force will be advertised; the number of personnel who will be recruited to the army and when his...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to reactivate the Curragh of Kildare legislation; if not, his plans regarding the stated area; the progress that has been made since the...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Defence if the monuments and graveyards within the remit of the Curragh Camp and Plains, County Kildare, are under the control of his Department; if there...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will deal with a matter (details supplied). [30792/10]
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the delay in granting a foreshore licence to a company (details supplied) in County Kerry for...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the current balance of development levies held on account by Fingal County Council; the balance of...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when finance will be allocated for the construction of waste water treatment plants at Goresbridge, Freshford...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the membership of the working group who prepared and drafted the Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009; and...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding State agencies in his Department; the number that have been set up in his Department...
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding reports or reviews commissioned by him since his appointment in 2007; the number of...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans for the provision of a drinkable water supply for Lettermore, County Galway, which currently takes...
    • Noise Pollution
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1048 of 16 September 2009, if he will provide an update; and if he will...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure the proper regulation of exotic pond plants in shops and gardening outlets;...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the Building Energy Rating Certificate; the cost of this to the homeowner in view of...
    • Special Protection Areas
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to make Dungarvan Harbour and the Back Strand, Tramore, County Waterford, special protection areas;...
    • Water Quality
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received any report from the Environmental Protection Agency regarding the quality of bathing water...
    • Local Government Audit Service
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the local government auditor criticised Waterford County...
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a decision will be made on the applications for foreshore leases (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when legislation to deal with puppy farming will become law; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Planning Issues
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason behind initiating a review of the way in which planning laws and policy are being implemented by a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the purchase of boglands (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reason for the...
    • Library Projects
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will make the necessary funding available to allow the relocation of the library in Gaoth Dobhair to...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the Gweedore sewerage scheme in County Donegal will progress to tender stage; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Loans
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 520 of 29 June 2010, the reason the provisions necessary to address the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the seven towns and villages sewerage scheme in County Waterford; and if he will make...
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 326 of the 27 April 2010; if he has received an application for a...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 978 of the 3 November 2009; the position regarding a project (details...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding an application from an organisation (details supplied) in County Laois; if any...
    • Waste Management
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 58 and 74 of 8 July 2008, if a waste management plan exists for the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the purchase of the civic amenity site in Gorey, County Wexford; the number of...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the extension of the wastewater treatment plant for Gorey town. [29781/10]
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the power to sell local authority dwellings in multiple unit developments to tenants will be brought...
    • Fire Safety
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to comments in Dáil Éireann (details supplied) on 10 December 2009 regarding fire safety, if Dublin...
    • EU Directives
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the EU Commission has investigated breaches of EU Environmental Law in respect of a company (details...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the new planning guidelines in relation to national secondary roads will allow for one off houses along...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding special area of conservation lands in County Sligo in respect of a person (details...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views regarding outstanding works in an estate (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when it is proposed to close a facility (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Marine Resources Protection
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the report on sea lettuce in Clonakilty, County Cork; his views on the recommendations...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received requests for funding from Cork County Council in relation to the Bandon sewerage scheme;...
    • Hazardous Waste
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the establishment of a working group on the Haulbowline site, County Cork; his further views on...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a water supply scheme (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when it is proposed to commence the Mitchelstown Sewerage Scheme in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the proposals to change the licensing arrangements in respect of a...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made in issuing letters of notification to local authorities regarding housing association...
    • EU Directives
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the response to the proceedings instituted against Ireland in the European Court of Justice by the European...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing environmental pollution and danger to drinking water caused by...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a policy will be implemented to ensure that, where contractors, under the improvement works scheme have...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will deal with a matter (details supplied). [30795/10]
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a grant is available for window replacement in line with energy conservation measures; and if he will make a...
    • River Works
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if funding will be made available to Fermoy Town Council, County Cork for repairs to the weir; and if he will...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the recently announced funding of €13.5m for broadband will include areas (details supplied) in County...
    • Consumer Protection
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason there is no provision for an independent dispute resolution procedure for consumers who have...
    • Strategy Statements
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the recent draft 2010-2012 strategy document of the Commission for Communications Regulation; if...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the State agencies under the aegis of his Department to which the 2009 Code of Practice for the Governance of...
    • Broadcasting Codes
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made to date regarding the implementation of section 42 subsection 4 of the Broadcasting Act 2009...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the areas in County Cork that will receive broadband under the national broadband scheme; the areas that have...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the funding or grant aid available through his Department or the EU to provide individual or group schemes to...
    • Communications Regulation
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the body, statutory or otherwise, responsible for monitoring emissions from telecommunications masts. [29844/10]
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount an application by a company (details supplied) has cost to date; if he is satisfied with the way...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding State agencies in his Department; the number that have been set up in his Department...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding reports or reviews commissioned by him since his appointment in 2007; the number of...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to issues and anomalies with the home energy savings scheme and its...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will deal with a matter (details supplied). [30790/10]
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Milk Quota
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will identify the members of the independent panel who adjudicated on applications to the scheme for the allocation...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will quantify the financial penalty involved in the single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a decision will issue on the release of funding for a project (details supplied); the timescale for this project; and...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will review a decision regarding a fish culture licence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford;...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when an early retirement application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be determined. [29264/10]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment of a specific payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [29275/10]
    • Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount grant aided for the years 2004 to 2009 under the horse and greyhound fund; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Live Exports
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he is taking to enhance the live cattle trade to Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29377/10]
    • Installation Aid Scheme
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an application for installation aid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he intends to publish the animal health and Welfare Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29421/10]
    • Farm Schemes
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans, if any, to have Teagasc refund farmers who have been overcharged for participation in the agri-environment...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the State agencies under the aegis of his Department to which the 2009 code of practice for the Governance of State Bodies...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the commencement date for the opening of applications under the capital aid grant scheme for sheep fencing and handling...
    • Fallen Animal Collection Scheme
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the measures he will take to reduce the costs associated with the disposal of fallen animals by the knackeries; and if he...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will confirm a substantial penalty in a single farm payment by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the early retirement scheme will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a milk quota will be reinstated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [29724/10]
    • Food Industry
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to introduce an independent appeals mechanism to be undertaken by his Department at the meat plants in order to...
    • Farm Inspections
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the changes he has made to cross-compliance penalty tolerances by SMR since their introduction; and if he will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive payment under the installation aid scheme; and if he will make...
    • Farm Schemes
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a REP type scheme will be available in 2011, in view of the fact that some 20,000 farmers are due to leave REP scheme...
    • Bovine Diseases
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the measures he is taking in view of the recent increase in brucellosis in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his Department is on target to meet the payment deadlines set down in the Farmers Charter for 2010; and if he will make a...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the European Parliament will publish its own initiative report in relation to the common agricultural policy; and if he...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the status of a REP scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement...
    • Farm Schemes
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when agri-environment options scheme contracts will commence; the number of months payments that will be made this year; and...
    • Beef Sector
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will publish beef carcasses classification results based on the mill grid; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding REP scheme four payments for each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30119/10]
    • On-farm Investment Schemes
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will introduce the new targeted measures for dairy hygiene, sheep handling, fencing and water harvesting; and if he...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide a breakdown per county of the money paid out under both REP scheme three and REP scheme four contracts;...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of single farm payment and disadvantaged area payments that were clawed back from farmers for each year when he...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide an update on the disadvantaged area review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30123/10]
    • Flood Relief
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding claims for flooding when the amount claimed exceeded the State's guidelines; and if he will make a...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers who qualified under the hardship clause resulting from the closure of the early retirement scheme in...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 606: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will expedite a payment to dairy farmers (details supplied). [30126/10]
    • Milk Quota
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he supported the current support level of 20 cents per litre for milk; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an application for early retirement scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork;...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 609: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will deal with a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30788/10]
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Early School Leavers
      Question 610: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she has received the report of the working group developing a training and employment framework for young persons and...
    • Job Initiatives
      Question 611: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills his views on the introduction here of a youth job guarantee for young persons to address the high levels of youth...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 612: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Cork can be facilitated in participating in a specific scheme. [29863/10]
    • School Staffing
      Question 613: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the outcome of her recent meeting (details supplied) with a delegation; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 614: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that the survivors of children's homes and in particular a home (details supplied) are exempt from the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 615: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her policy on health and safety in one or two-teacher schools where a teacher may have to leave a classroom unattended...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 616: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the amount paid by the Churches towards the compensation of victims of child abuse in residential institutions; the way...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 617: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will review her decision to refuse resource hours to a student (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 618: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if family support considerations will be taken into account when allocating student grants to mature students; if grants...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 619: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the schools in the Dublin 15 area who have made applications to have works carried out under the 2010 summer works...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 620: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the current situation in respect of the site for the proposed VEC Luttrellstown Community College at...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 621: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the funding made available for 2010 and for 2011 for the construction of schools in Tyrellstown, Dublin 15; when the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 622: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will detail all Dublin 15, inclusive of The Ward and Rivervalley-Swords, school building and refurbishment...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 623: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools Dublin 15, inclusive of The Ward and Rivervalley- Swords area, that use prefab buildings for some...
    • School Staffing
      Question 624: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the total number of staff employed in primary and secondary schools in Dublin 15, inclusive of The Ward and...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 625: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when the higher education grant will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [29239/10]
    • School Curriculum
      Question 626: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will secure an amendment in the rules for national schools and the guidelines to ensure that any child withdrawing...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 628: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills, further to Parliamentary Question No. 223 of 13 May 2010, if she will confirm that an assessment has been completed;...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 629: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider allocating funding for the establishment of an early start unit for Travellers in a school (details...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 630: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will re-examine an application for a student maintenance grant in respect of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • School Staffing
      Question 631: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if he will re-examine an appeal in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin regarding the proposed...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 632: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [29366/10]
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 633: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the funding that has been spent on purchasing of land for the years 1980 to 2010 by her Department outlining in which...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 634: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a new primary school for a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 635: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application by a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon to the post-primary school...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 636: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application by a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon to the post-primary school...
    • School Transport
      Question 639: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the review of school transport boundaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29395/10]
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 640: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills his plans in respect of a site at Kingswood Heights (details supplied), Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 641: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application by a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if she will make a statement...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 642: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the criteria for the appointment of special needs assistants in primary schools; if she will extend...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 643: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to upgrade facilities and the capacity of science laboratories at second level; and if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 644: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the circumstances under which qualified tutors in the applied behaviour analysis programme are having their statuses...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 645: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the processes that must be adhered to by a university (details supplied) when they appoint a nominated local authority...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 646: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the level of whiteboard use in Waterford schools; and the way this compares with the level of use in other counties; and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 647: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a new school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Adult Education
      Question 648: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her views on the fact that only 1,752 of the 2,500 places available under the programme of part-time undergraduate and...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 654: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the State agencies under the aegis of her Department to which the 2009 code of practice for the governance of state...
    • Bullying in Schools
      Question 655: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if guidelines on countering bullying behaviour in primary and post-primary schools dated September 1993 are still in...
    • School Services Staff
      Question 656: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will recognise the salaries, entitlements and pensions and so on of primary school secretaries; the...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 657: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the grants, if any, that are available to assist a person who is doing a post graduation course on-line; and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 658: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Galway will receive notification of the start of a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 659: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if school support and resource teaching will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and...
    • School Staffing
      Question 660: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of school principals retired in each county here in the years 2008 and 2009 in tabular form; and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 662: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the schools in the constituency of Donegal South-West that have submitted applications for new school buildings,...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 666: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of the 24 February 2010, if she will report on the progress regarding the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 667: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No, 506 of 1 June 2010 and her subsequent letter, if she will detail the costs...
    • State Examinations
      Question 670: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to respond to the repeated calls for the introduction of bonus points for maths at leaving...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 671: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will be considered for the higher education access route for school...
    • School Staffing
      Question 672: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider re-classifying junior certificate school programme librarians as front line staff to ensure the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 673: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 599 and 605 of 29 June 2010, the rationale upon which a common pay date of the 11...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 674: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for funding in respect of a new building by a school (details supplied) in County...
    • Educational Services
      Question 677: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the State agencies that are available to assist a private college here to attract foreign students to study and live in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 678: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for funding submitted by a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she...
    • Corporate Governance
      Question 679: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 563 of 30 June 2010 the date of the deadline for the State agencies under her...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 680: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for DES funding by a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make...
    • Third Level Staff
      Question 681: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 559 of 29 June 2010, the way she intends to fulfil Section 5 (a) of the Employment...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 682: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her views on the possibility of increasing the number of personnel involved in community type work through FÁS or any...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 683: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of bike grants that have been processed to date in 2010 by teachers who are paid directly by her Department;...
    • School Transport
      Question 684: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will rule out further increases in school transport charges in the next budget; and if she will make a statement...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 685: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to a previous Parliamentary Question, the number of pupils the two new primary schools planned for Ballincurra in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 686: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills to support a school (details supplied). [30207/10]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 687: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 33 of 4 March, 2010 the progress the forward planning section of her Department has...
    • State Examinations
      Question 690: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 256 of 30 June 2010, if she will confirm that there is to be no compensatory...
    • Third Level Grants
      Question 691: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will facilitate a re-examination of an application for a third level grant in respect of a person (details...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 692: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will deal with a matter (details supplied). [30793/10]

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