Written answers
Wednesday, 7 July 2010
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Defence, further to the recent decision to approve 50 promotions at senior level within the Defence Forces, the number of such appointments that have been...
- Ordnance Disposal
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of call-outs of the explosive ordnance disposal team in regard to suspect devices or the removal of old ordnance to date in 2010; and if...
- Defence Forces Policy
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Defence when he intends to publish a new White Paper on the Defence Forces, in view of the fact that the previous White Paper ran from 2000 to 2010; and if...
- Irish Red Cross
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on whether change to the governance structures of the Red Cross is now required and whether legislative change to the Red Cross Act 1938 is...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Defence the changes in the travel and subsistence costs (details supplied) that necessitate the 15% increase provided for in the A2 subhead of the 2010...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to cancel the contract awarded to a company (details supplied) in view of the atrocity committed by the Israeli Government on 31 May 2010...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Defence the justification for the increase from €36,000 to €100,000 in printing, binding and stationery services provided for in subhead 5 of the...
- Overseas Missions
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to concerns expressed about the continued use by the Defence Forces of the anti-malaria drug Lariam despite the...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Defence when recruitment to the Army is due to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30151/10]
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Defence the strength of the Defence Forces in overall terms, by Naval Service, Air Corps and Army, and by gender, as of June 2010; and if he will make a...
- Military Ranges
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will allow an organisation (details supplied) limited access to army rifle ranges for training purposes when the ranges are not otherwise in...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Defence when it is expected that his Department will move to its new offices in Newbridge, County Kildare; if its current offices in Parkgate, Dublin, will...
- Commemorative Events
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Defence when the all-party consultative group on the centenary of the 1916 Rising last met; when he expects the next meeting to be held; the progress made by...
- Cyber Security
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that Ireland is properly prepared for any attempted cyber warfare or terrorism; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Defence Forces Reserve
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress to date with the value for money review of the Defence Forces Reserve; when he expects this review to be completed; and if he will make...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Defence the total expenditure to date on the planning and implementation of decentralisation of his Department; the total additional cost to be incurred in...
- Defence Forces Remuneration
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the fact that lower ranks in the Defence Forces are having to supplement their income by applying for family income supplement; and if...
- Ombudsman Reports
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will make a statement on the 2009 annual report of the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces. [30153/10]
- Defence Forces Inquiries
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on allegations regarding the involvement of Irish Army officers in arms sales in the Seychelles; and if he will make a statement on...
- Army Barracks
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Defence the planned developments at Custume Barracks, Athlone, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29793/10]
- Defence Forces Reserve
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a national breakdown of the effective strength of the Defence Forces Reserve per unit and per rank; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Appointments
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will make a statement on the appointment of the new Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces approved on 9 June 2010. [30163/10]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Defence the list of corporate memberships provided for in the Miscellaneous category of Subhead A3 of the Defence and Army Pensions Estimates recently...
- Defence Forces Training
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will make a statement on the activity of the Army Equitation School in 2009 and to date in 2010. [30159/10]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the impact of the pension levy and pay cuts on the pay of members of the Defence Forces as against deduction made...
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Defence, in view of the severe winter weather conditions in 2009-2010, his plans to review the resources and equipment available to the Defence Forces; and...
- Overseas Missions
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Defence if he remains committed to involving Reserve Defence Force personnel overseas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30161/10]
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will give a breakdown by ranks of all those who have retired from the Defence Forces during 2009 and to date in 2010; and if he will make a...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Census of Population
Question 80: To ask the Taoiseach when the next census will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30601/10]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 81: To ask the Taoiseach the total spend by his Department on carbon offsets for official travel undertaken by him and his Minister of State for 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; to...
- Unemployment Levels
Question 84: To ask the Taoiseach if he will confirm the most recent unemployment figures at the Tallaght social welfare office, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30658/10]
- Departmental Staff
Question 85: To ask the Taoiseach the number of applications from staff for transfer, relocation or exchange received in his Department and or other bodies or agencies under his aegis funded by...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 86: To ask the Taoiseach the funding that has been made available for training civil servants in 2010 in his Department; the extent to which this sum has been further reduced since the...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Redundancy Payments
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the position regarding a claim for payment from the insolvency fund in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the total spend by his Department on carbon offsets for official travel undertaken by him and his Minister of State for...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of visits organised by the Industrial Development Authority for foreign direct investors to each area here in...
- Employment Support Services
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if any review is planned of the Border, midland and western region from a geographical perspective to investigate possible...
- Job Creation
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of employment opportunities created by Enterprise Ireland in Kildare South for each of the past five years; the...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of itineraries organised by the Industrial Development Authority that visited Kildare South (details supplied) in...
- Work Permits
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation to ensure a successful green card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) whose salary will be in excess of...
- Industrial Development
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he has had meetings with the Industrial Development Authority in relation to lands within the agency's remit with the...
- Employment Statistics
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of persons employed in the aeronautics sector; the number that were employed in the aeronautics sector each year...
- Departmental Staff
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of staff that have transferred from the labour services unit and those dealing with FÁS to the Department of...
- Job Creation
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his plans for south Tipperary in terms of job creation measures; the key industries he has focused on for south Tipperary;...
- Industrial Development
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will provide an overview of the video game industry here; if he will provide a list of the companies located here...
- Job Creation
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the steps that he is taking to create employment initiatives in the Tallaght area of Dublin in view of the concerns of this...
- Departmental Staff
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of applications from staff for transfer, relocation or exchange received in his Department and or other bodies...
- Department of Finance
- Architectural Heritage
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to plans in relation to the development of Doe Castle and its grounds in County Donegal as a tourist attraction; the...
- Public Sector Staff (1 comment)
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that public servants are encouraged to advance their careers through commitment to a programme of continuing professional...
- Illicit Trade in Tobacco
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many street markets operating around the country are illegally selling tobacco and other products;...
- Departmental Reports
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a matter (details supplied). [30268/10]
- Tax Collection
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance if an application for an income levy repayment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be expedited. [30271/10]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance the total spend by his Department on carbon offsets for official travel undertaken by him and his Minister of State for 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost of travel and subsistence to public servants in his Department arising from travel to meetings or events in Dublin and Brussels from...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of annual results of Anglo Irish Bank, which stated that the Irish Central Bank had a master loan repurchase agreement with the bank worth...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance when he intends to publish the revised National Asset Management Agency business plan. [30320/10]
- Departmental Properties
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 30 June 2010 the landlords to whom the State pays ground rent for the properties; and the annual rent...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance the role of the Chief Boundary Surveyor; the legislation prescribing his functions; his current level of remuneration; his output in the year 2009;...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of the total income tax take that is spent on local authority services. [30407/10]
- Tax Code
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 29 June, if he will provide the breakdown of taxation on cigarettes including the percentage of ad...
- Illicit Trade in Tobacco
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance his views of whether the illicit cigarette trade here over the past year is out of control; if he will confirm reports that the illicit cigarette...
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance the justification for a public authority, Ianrod Éireann, to charge prospective tenderers up to €930 per annum through a private company...
- Departmental Staff
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance the funding that has been made available for training civil servants in 2010; the extent to which this sum has been further reduced since the...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance if staff employed by the Pensions Board in Dublin are eligible to apply for a transfer to a Government Department in any other county outside...
- Departmental Appointments
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on a matter (details supplied). [30502/10]
- Flood Relief
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that the Office of Public Works will take to address the flooding on the River Suck in Winter 2009-2010; and if he will make a statement...
- Library Projects
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance when funding will be allocated to formally take the Bolton Library into the ownership of the Office of Public Works; when work will commence on the...
- Tax Code
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on amending section 481 tax relief to extend to the video game industry; the estimated cost of such an action; and if he will make a...
- Court Accommodation
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the provision of an extension courthouse in Waterford City; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30668/10]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications from staff for transfer, relocation or exchange received in his Department and or other bodies or agencies under his...
- Department of Health and Children
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total spend by her Department on carbon offsets for official travel undertaken by her and her Minister of State for 2007, 2008, 2009...
- Health Services
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Alzheimer's unit at Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel, County Tipperary, is back to full staffing and complement; the number of...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the beds recently closed in Kilcreene Hospital, County Kilkenny will be re-opened; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Youth Services
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for funding in respect of an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total health budget for each of the years 1997 to 2009 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30377/10]
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total number of hospital beds, both public and private for each of the years 1997 to end 2009 in tabular form; and if she will make...
- Hospital Services
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average cost per patient attending hospital for each of the years 2003 to 2009 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of accident and emergency attendances for each of the years 2003 to 2009 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the general medical service budget allocation for each of the years 2003 to 2009 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
- Medical Cards
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and percentage of persons under 70 years who were medical cardholders for each of the years 2003 to 2009 in tabular form; and...
- Health Service Staff
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there are no principal dental surgeons operating on behalf of the Health Service Executive based in the Carlow Kilkenny area...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures that she is taking to ensure that all public bodies under her remit are informing dissatisfied complainants that they have...
- Tobacco Control
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children in view of the increasing number of cigarette seizures and reports of wide availability of counterfeit cigarettes if she will consider...
- Medical Cards
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she will make a...
- Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 166: 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. [30440/10]
- Health Services
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a hearing test will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when speech therapy services will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
Question 170: 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. [30446/10]
- Medical Cards
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she will make a...
- Pre-school Services
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a child (details supplied) who is enrolled for a place in a primary school to start in September 2011 is not eligible for the...
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide information regarding certain antimalarial tablets (details supplied) which are reimbursable under the general...
- Medical Cards
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will issue as a matter of urgency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [30481/10]
- Ambulance Service
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her current proposals for rationalisation of the ambulance service in the Health Service Executive south area; the rationale for the...
- Health Services
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the protocols involved regarding the establishment of primary care teams; the steps taken by the Health Service Executive to involve...
- Departmental Reports
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of recommendations in the Obesity Task Force report which have been implemented; the plans she has to implement the...
- Hospital Procedures
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will have a procedure carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount that was spent in 2009 on vaccines for swine flu; the amount thus far in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Reports
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the report, Safe Neurosurgery in Ireland, which was compiled by Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, and sent to the Health Service Executive...
- Hospital Services
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the preparatory work that has been carried out to ensure that the proposed new children's hospital is suitable for children with...
- Health Services
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [30636/10]
- Medical Cards
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; if she will expedite the processing of the...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the agreement she has with the Health Service Executive regarding the national tender for home care packages; when these packages will...
- Health Services
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to reports that private chiropody clinics in the Dublin area are charging patients with chiropody cards...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the position regarding an outpatient appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [30657/10]
- Health Services
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm plans for an out of hours general practitioner service to be developed in the accident and emergency department of...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 287 of 26 January 2010 if she will provide an update; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Referrals
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14 in which a general practitioner referral for...
- Hospital Services
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a procedure will be carried out on a child (details supplied) at Crumlin Children's Hospital, Dublin; if her attention has been...
- Child Care Services
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 1 July 2010, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the question concerned direct...
- Health Services
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30716/10]
- Departmental Staff
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications from staff for transfer, relocation or exchange received in her Department and or other bodies or agencies...
- Health Services
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the proportion of the population with a body mass index of greater than 35; if she will provide a breakdown of that number into...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding that has been made available for training civil servants in 2010 in her Department; the extent to which this sum has been...
- Department of Transport
- National Car Tests
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of NCT tests charged for since January 2010 that should have been carried out free of charge as per their terms under customer charter...
- Departmental Staff
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of applications from staff for transfer, relocation or exchange received in his Department and or other bodies or agencies under his...
- Departmental Staff
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Transport the funding that has been made available for training civil servants in 2010 in his Department; the extent to which this sum has been further...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Proposed Legislation
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform her plans to repeal and replace the Lunacy Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30605/10]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the total spend by his Department on carbon offsets for official travel undertaken by him and his Minister of State for 2007, 2008,...
- Courts Service
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to an alleged back dating of a High Court Order by an employee of the Courts Service in a case...
- Residency Permits
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when a decision will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Family Law Provisions
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if supports are available to encourage the establishment of mediation and dispute resolution centres throughout the country; and if...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when the new prison at Thornton Hall, County Dublin, is expected to be completed and opened to receive prisoners; and if he will make...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the daily average numbers of prisoners in the Irish prison system in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his plans regarding the implementation of a new closed circuit television surveillance provision programme for communities; if any...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he proposes to introduce any measures to reduce the overcrowding in all prisons; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Citizenship Applications
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he...
- Garda Investigations
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the action he is taking to deal with a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30602/10]
- Asylum Applications
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will reply to correspondence from this Deputy dated 29 April 2010 and 21 May 2010 regarding the case of persons (details...
- Deportation Orders
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the status of an application for subsidiary protection in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a...
- Garda Operations
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will reply to correspondence from this Deputy dated 12 May 2010 regarding an application for Garda clearance from a person...
- Residency Permits
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform that status of an application for permanent residency in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a certificate of naturalisation in view of the fact that they secured permission...
- Visa Applications
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform in view of the administrative rules governing the visas issued to domestic workers employed in embassies/consular/diplomatic...
- Garda Disciplinary Proceedings
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to correspondence between persons (details supplied) and the Assistant Garda Commissioner for the...
- Departmental Properties
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 262 of 25 May 2010, his plans for the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Visa Applications
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when he expects a decision to be made on a visa application (details supplied). [30673/10]
- Anti-Social Behaviour Orders
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of behaviour warnings that have been issued in respect of adults and children in Cork city and county under the...
- Prison Staff
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he intends to replace the large number of prison officers who will be retiring in 2010; if not, the way he intends to ensure the...
- Courts Service
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the source of funding for the Courts Service; if his Department provides any such funding; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Asylum Applications
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Staff
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of applications from staff for transfer, relocation or exchange received in his Department and or other bodies or agencies...
- Prison Education Service
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of adult prisoners per prison who have taken the leaving certificate and the junior certificate annually for the past five...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the funding that has been made available for training civil servants in 2010 in his Department; the extent to which this sum has been...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Passport Applications
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support the case of a person (details supplied). [30269/10]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the total spend by his Department on carbon offsets for official travel undertaken by him and his Minister of State for 2007, 2008, 2009 and...
- Passport Forgery
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of forged Irish passports which have been brought to the State's attention over the past ten years; the origin of these reports;...
- Police Certificates
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will deal with a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30598/10]
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress he has made towards millennium development goal 5b, specifically with regards to the adolescent birth rate indicator; and if he...
- Departmental Staff
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of applications from staff for transfer, relocation or exchange received in his Department and or other bodies or agencies under...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the funding that has been made available for training civil servants in 2010 in his Department; the extent to which this sum has been...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Consumer Protection
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the steps she is taking to ensure that all public bodies under her remit are informing dissatisfied complainants that they have a...
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if she will confirm that she will respond to any application from Dublin City Council for funding for the refurbishment of the...
- Sport and Recreational Development
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the location of the 17 sports inclusion disability officers; the reason that 15 local sports partnerships do not have a SIDO: the...
- Audiovisual Industry
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport her views on amending the governing act of the Irish Film Board to extend the remit of the board to the computer game industry;...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport when the sports capital grant programme will be reinstated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30665/10]
- Departmental Staff
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the number of applications from staff for transfer, relocation or exchange received in her Department and or other bodies or...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the total spend by his Department on carbon offsets for official travel undertaken by him and his Minister of...
- Security of the Elderly
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has carried out a review of the programmes and funding in respect of security schemes for senior citizens;...
- Consumer Protection
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the measures he is taking to ensure that all public bodies under his remit are informing dissatisfied complainants...
- Community Development
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the concerns and reservations being expressed by women's community projects, in...
- Departmental Staff
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of applications from staff for transfer, relocation or exchange received in his Department and or other...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding that has been made available for training civil servants in 2010 in his Department; the extent to...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding rent supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Social Insurance
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of PPS numbers that have been issued in each of the past ten years. [30270/10]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total spend by Department on carbon offsets for official travel undertaken by him and his Minister of State for 2007, 2008, 2009 and...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the decision to deny jobseeker's benefit to a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan. [30344/10]
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he has examined the effect, if any, which rent supplement has on the property rental market; if he has consulted with any...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if mortgage interest supplement is payable up to the maximum amount for the particular family composition in the circumstances where a...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures that he is taking to ensure that all public bodies under her remit are informing dissatisfied complainants that they have a...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue regarding an appeal for carer's allowance in view of the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Cork...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for domiciliary care allowance scheme received in 2009 and 2010 to date; the numbers where the allowance was...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of appeals officers as opposed to the general staff number in the social welfare appeals office at year end in each of the last...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which he plans to allow persons who receive jobseeker's allowance and jobseeker's benefit to complete the certification process...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved the living alone allowance and the fuel allowance. [30696/10]
- Pension Provisions
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and awarded the state transition and contributory pension. [30697/10]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be examined by another medical assessor to finalise their illness benefit appeal....
- Departmental Staff
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications from staff for transfer, relocation or exchange received in his Department and or other bodies or agencies...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the funding that has been made available for training civil servants in 2010 in his Department; the extent to which this sum has been...
- Department of Defence
- Naval Service Vessels
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the procurement of new naval vessels for the Naval Service. [30680/10]
- Defence Forces Training
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the training of apprentices for the Defence Forces; the number of such apprentices trained on an annual basis in the past 12...
- Defence Forces Deployment
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Defence if it is intended to increase coastal, naval and air surveillance in view of the need to combat drug trafficking or other criminal activity which...
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Defence the strength of the Army Reserve, including Naval Service and Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30750/10]
- Defence Forces Training
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Defence the degree to which specific training is provided to assist in a rapid response in the event of a natural disaster of terrorist attack; if he will...
- Departmental Staff
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of promotions approved or pending at all ranks in the Defence Forces; the numbers nominated but not yet approved; when approval is...
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of officers by rank and gender throughout the Defence Forces; the extent to which such numbers have fluctuated in recent years; and if he...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Defence the discussions he has had with the various local authorities with a view to making provision for Army overholders; and if he will make a statement...
- Defence Forces Training
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Defence the chain and sequence of command and operational structures governing the National Emergency Plan; the way such plans are likely to be activated in...
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Defence the strength of the Naval Service by rank and gender; the degree to which this has fluctuated in each of the past three years to date in 2010; the...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which the projections arising from the closure and disposal of various military barracks throughout the country over the past 12 years...
- Air Corps Equipment
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Defence the number and category of aircraft available to the Air Corps; the extent to which training, equipment and technology is comparable to that...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Air Corps cadets accepted in each of the past three years and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30760/10]
- Departmental Staff
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of applications from staff for transfer, relocation or exchange received in his Department and or other bodies or agencies under his...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Defence the funding that has been made available for training civil servants in 2010 in his Department; the extent to which this sum has been further...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Warmer Homes Schemes
Question 322: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if financial support is available to local authority tenants to improve the insulation of their dwellings....
- Building Regulations
Question 323: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will put in place regulations to ensure that hotel rooms for disabled persons are located on the ground...
- Foreshore Licences
Question 324: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a foreshore lease will be put in place between his Department and the Port of Cork for pier in Cork...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 325: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the total spend by his Department on carbon offsets for official travel undertaken by him and his Ministers...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 329: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount planned for investment in the Ardfinnan regional water supply scheme, County Tipperary, in the...
- Planning Issues
Question 334: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that the legislation governing the compulsory purchase process here (details supplied) is...
- Flood Relief
Question 335: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will ascertain from the National Parks and Wildlife Service if it has had discussions with the Office...
- Special Areas of Conservation (1 comment)
Question 338: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the restrictions planned for persons who own land in special areas of conservation regarding planning and so...
- Coursing Meetings
Question 342: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the approximate date that licences will issue to coursing clubs in order that they may be in a position to...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 343: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funding will be provided for a project (details supplied). [30362/10]
- Architectural Heritage
Question 345: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an investigation is being carried out by his Department into a decision taken by a local authority...
- Water Services
Question 346: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the percentage of general taxation spent on domestic water services. [30401/10]
- EU Directives
Question 355: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the European Commission has commenced any proceedings against Ireland in relation to the Water Framework...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 362: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of water lost in south Tipperary due to leaks within the system; his plans to reduce this loss of...
- State Bodies
Question 364: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he is taking to ensure that all public bodies under his remit are informing dissatisfied...
- Local Government Reform
Question 365: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans for town councils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30504/10]
- EU Directives
Question 366: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will give an update on a matter (details supplied). [30604/10]
- Fire Stations
Question 367: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the provision of the new fire station for Waterford city; and if he will make a...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 368: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the planned Cork Harbour main drainage scheme in the Cork County Council area. [30682/10]
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 369: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a decision will issue on a foreshore licence application in County Mayo to facilitate the Killala...
- Departmental Staff
Question 370: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applications from staff for transfer, relocation or exchange received in his Department and/or...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 371: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the planned legislation transposing the outstanding elements of the strategic...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 372: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the commitment in the programme for Government 2007 for a 3% reduction in greenhouse...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 373: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the total loss to the Exchequer to date arising from the purchase of the Irish Glass Bottle site for €412...
- Departmental Staff
Question 374: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding that has been made available for training civil servants in 2010 in his Department; the extent to...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Energy Conservation
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there is a waiting list in relation to the processing of the insulation grant system; if so, the waiting...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total spend by his Department on carbon offsets for official travel undertaken by him and his Minister of...
- Complaints Procedures
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to ensure that all public bodies under his remit are informing dissatisfied complainants...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he will take to promote the use of domestic renewable energy; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of new exploration licences recently granted or to be granted over the next number...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will investigate the possibility of having community organisations and/or sports clubs, who have...
- Departmental Staff
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of applications from staff for transfer, relocation or exchange received in his Department and/or...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the total spend by his Department on carbon offsets for official travel undertaken by him and his Minister of State for...
- Afforestation Programme
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will clarify the requirement of farmers to attain the higher rate of grant for forestry planting; and if he will make...
- Complaints Procedures
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he is taking to ensure that all public bodies under his remit are informing dissatisfied complainants that they...
- Grant Payments
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Cork has submitted further information regarding an alleged over-payment in their...
- Milk Quota
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 439 of 22 June 2010, if he will re-examine the matter in view of the fact that a...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will confirm receipt of an application from a person (details supplied) in County Cork for inclusion under the...
- Grant Payments
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will clarify the position regarding the early REPS 4 applications which have yet to be paid due to a computer error;...
- Departmental Staff
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of applications from staff for transfer, relocation or exchange received in his Department and or other bodies or...
- Grant Payments
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be paid their installation aid grant; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 401: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the funding that has been made available for training civil servants in 2010 in his Department; the extent to which this sum...
- Department of Education and Science
- Job Creation
Question 402: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of jobs that have been created nationally and separately in South Tipperary by the work placement programme...
- School Accommodation
Question 403: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if an application for further classrooms in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Carlow will be considered in...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 404: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the total spend by her Department on carbon offsets for official travel undertaken by her and her Minister of State for...
- School Staffing
Question 407: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Kildare will be allocated an additional teacher for September 2010 in response...
- School Transport
Question 408: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her response to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30349/10]
- Adult Education
Question 409: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry was refused their application for the higher education access...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 410: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if FÁS is in dispute with an organisation (details supplied) in respect of payment for training; if her attention has...
- School Curriculum
Question 411: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 592 of 29 June 2010, the number of schools and the total number of students that...
- Pension Provisions
Question 412: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when a pension payment will be finalised for an individual (details supplied) who worked for 42 years in primary...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 413: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm if a Windows Servers IT Course which was to take place at the FÁS centre at Loughlinstown, County...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 414: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that her Department's secondary salary section is not paying out the bike...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 415: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied); if this matter will be expedited in view of the circumstances; and if...
- Departmental Staff
Question 416: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff that have transferred from his Department to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation that...
- School Curriculum
Question 417: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will establish a timescale for the introduction of physical education as an examination subject; and if she will...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 418: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when she will approve an extension to the school building for a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [30678/10]
- Youthreach Programme
Question 421: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the costs associated with increasing the number of Youthreach places by 600; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
Question 422: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the costs associated with increasing the number of places on vocational training opportunities scheme by 1,000; and if...
- Training Programmes
Question 423: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the cost to the Exchequer of funding the 66,000 training places provided in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 430: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications from staff for transfer, relocation or exchange received in her Department and or by other...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 431: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will grant the permission required to allow the school project team prepare the necessary documentation to apply...
- Departmental Staff
Question 432: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the funding that has been made available for training civil servants in 2010 in her Department; the extent to which this...
