Written answers
Thursday, 30 September 2010
- Department of Finance
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 9: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the 2009 annual report of the Comptroller and Auditor General; if he is satisfied that he has received value for money on financial...
- Financial Institutions Recapitalisation
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the progress made with the disposal of the EBS Building Society; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made with preparations for the introduction of a special resolution regime for Irish banks; and if he will make a...
- Public Sector Staff
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of public servants that have been redeployed under the new redeployment scheme agreed in the Croke Park Agreement; and if he will make a...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the taxpayer guarantee for unsecured senior bonds in Anglo Irish Bank issued before September 2008 beyond the 30 September 2010...
- Tax Code
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the implementation of further measures announced in budget 2010 with respect to the treatment of non-residents for...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the falling GDP in the second quarter; the reason such a significant drop occurred; in view of the drop, if he will estimate the annual...
- National Pensions Reserve Fund
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Finance the total State investment to date by the National Pensions Reserve Fund in Allied Irish Banks and in Bank of Ireland; the total current value of...
- Mortgage Arrears
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of households that are one month, three months and six months behind in their mortgage payments; his plans to address the mortgage crisis;...
- Exchequer Savings
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Finance the savings for 2010 and for a full year from implementing recommendations of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes...
- Freedom of Information
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Finance the procedures in his Department for dealing with Freedom of Information requests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27649/10]
- Credit Availability
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the current lending environment for small and medium enterprises for persons seeking mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the discussions between him and his officials with their EU counterparts in respect of the proposed common...
- State Banking Sector
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Finance the effects on the domestic economy and the international borrowing markets of the open-ended exposure to the private liabilities of bondholders in...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he and the National Asset Management Agency have taken to ensure that NAMA's debtors do not, or have not, transferred assets offshore, to...
- State Banking Sector
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Finance the effects on the economy here of defaulting on Anglo Irish Bank bondholders in the short term; the effects on the economy of defaulting on Anglo...
- Financial Institutions Recapitalisation
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with EUROSTAT on the accounting treatment of the recapitalisation costs of Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide Building...
- Public Sector Staff
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Finance his views of the Central Statistics Office estimate in the latest quarterly national household survey that the number of persons working in public...
- Commissions of Investigation
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Finance the compensation arrangements in respect of a person (details supplied) as sole member of the Commission of Investigation into the banking sector...
- Credit Availability
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the European Central Bank lending survey which showed that bank lending conditions for Irish enterprise in July 2010 were worse than at...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Finance the projected transactions cost related to the transfer of loans from Anglo Irish Bank to the National Asset Management Agency for 2010; and if he...
- State Banking Sector
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to reports (details supplied) that Anglo Irish Bank disposed of its Austrian private banking subsidiary, with a...
- Bank Guarantee Scheme
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the covered credit institutions, if he will set out the level of senior and subordinated debt issued prior to 30 September 2008 that will...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the 2011 overall review of the decentralisation programme to be completed; the progress made to date in the deferred decentralisation...
- Economic Forecasts
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the recently published quarterly national accounts for the second quarter of 2010, which showed a 1.2% fall in GDP in...
- Tobacco Smuggling
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps being taken by the Revenue Commissioners and the Customs Service to eliminate the illegal trade in cigarette and other tobacco products;...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the progress made on the restructuring of an insurance group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- National Pensions Reserve Fund
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Finance if he envisages a role for the investment on a commercial basis, of funds in the National Pensions Reserve Fund in infrastructure projects here; if...
- State Banking Sector
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has ordered an investigation into Anglo Irish Bank to ensure that after the guarantee was provided to Anglo Irish Bank and prior to its...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the latest Exchequer returns. [34022/10]
- Public Sector Staff
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost efficiencies from outsourcing some areas of service delivery following the Croke Park agreement; and if he will make a statement on the...
- EU Directives
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the progress of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29680/10]
- Public Sector Staff
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Finance the projections for public service numbers for 2010 to 2014, consistent with the Employment Control Framework and the Croke Park Agreement; and if he...
- Bank Guarantee Scheme
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Finance if he envisages the extension of the eligible liabilities guarantee scheme beyond end 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34048/10]
- Tax Code
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Finance the timetable for the delivery of his promise to publish a paper setting out the options for the introduction of a Universal Social Contribution in...
- Tax Yield
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an estimate for 2010 of the level of tax revenue foregone resulting from the legacy costs of property related tax reliefs; and if...
- Debit Card Charges
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the imposition of handling charges or booking fees for laser card transactions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33905/10]
- National Pension Reserve Fund
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funds in the National Pension Reserve Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34069/10]
- State Banking Sector
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Finance when his attention was first drawn to the fact that €15 million in cash held by Anglo Irish Bank as security against loans to a person (details...
- Public Sector Staff
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff across the public sector at principal officer grade or equivalent in 2000 and 2009; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Price Inflation
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent return of annualised price inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34034/10]
- State Banking Sector
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is in a position to provide certainty on the total bill for taxpayers for the recapitalisation of Anglo Irish Bank; and if he will make a...
- Tobacco Smuggling
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer arising from cigarette smuggling; and if he has any further proposals to deal with same. [34072/10]
- Tax Code
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether low income families should be subject to direct taxation; his views on whether there is scope to introduce a third level of...
- Outward Migration
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Finance his forecast for net migration patterns here for 2010 and 2011; the way he expects these patterns to impact on tax revenues, welfare payments, demand...
- Bank Guarantee Scheme
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Finance the detail of the meetings he conducted on the day of the bank guarantee on 29 September 2008; the information that was made available to him, his...
- Banks Recapitalisation
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update regarding the progress made with the recapitalisation of Allied Irish Banks, its disposal of assets, suggestions that...
- Mortgage Arrears
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce measures to protect householders whose mortgage payments are in default; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33909/10]
- Public Sector Staff
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering voluntary redundancy arrangements within the public sector to facilitate the rationalisation of public bodies; the provisions...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the progress made with the restructuring and consolidation of the banking system; and if he will make a statement on...
- National Debt
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance the average sovereign interest rate assumed in the elaboration of the estimated spending on servicing the national debt as set out in the most recent...
- Departmental Staff
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to strengthen expertise in his Department in relation to banking and otherwise; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Fiscal Policy
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Finance his view on whether a stimulus package is necessary to lift the economy and to create jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34062/10]
- State Boards
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to compel directors of State companies to appear before their sectoral Oireachtas committees when requested; and if he will...
- Unemployment Levels
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recently published quarterly national household survey for Q2, 2010, including recent trends in employment, long-term unemployment,...
- Pension Provisions
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of the accrued liability of public sector pensions at the end of 2009 and 2010; his views on policy developments in the area of public...
- Tax Yield
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of indirect taxation in the State in comparison with both the EU average and other EU member states; and if he will make a statement...
- Tax Code
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has undertaken to review the incremental spend requirement in respect of research and development tax credits in view of the recommendation of...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the maximum fiscal adjustment for 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34047/10]
- Bank Gaurantee Scheme
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Finance the full extent to which he has committed to a bank guarantee support or rescue package; the extent to which this has affected or is likely to affect...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with the various banking interests with a view to absolute determination of the fullest possible extent of their...
- Capital Expenditure
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the capital underspend to date in 2010; if this underspend is the result of a deliberate strategy to delay capital...
- State Banking Sector
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff that will be in the asset recovery bank and in the funding bank, including the executive and board structures that will be...
- Department of Education and Science
- Employment Support Services
Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the capacity of FÁS in terms of the maximum number of national employment action plan interviews that are possible given...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that the ability of persons currently training under a community employment scheme to continue in that...
- School Staffing
Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of retired teachers who are employed in a part-time or temporary capacity in schools here; and if she will make...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will review a case of a person (details supplied) who is a full-time student and who has received no State...
- Youthreach Programme
Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the recent proposal from County Louth Vocational Education Committee to establish a new Youthreach...
- Grant Payments
Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that all moneys due to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick are paid with immediate effect....
- State Examinations
Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of students at leaving certificate exempt from sitting the Irish examination in 2010; the number exempt from...
- Post Leaving Certificate Courses
Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications received on a county by county basis for post leaving certificate courses during each of the...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if and when she intends to appoint a new board for an educational body (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a new school (details supplied) in County Donegal. [34202/10]
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding refurbishment and extension of a school (details supplied) County Donegal. [34204/10]
- School Transport
Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the transport measures that will be implemented for a special needs pupil (detail supplied) who needs to transfer school...
- School Management
Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she is concerned that a board of management is not yet in place for a school (details supplied); the procedures to be...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the current status of a school building project (details supplied); when construction...
- Grant Payments
Question 96: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34265/10]
- School Transport
Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if more suitable transport arrangements can be made in respect of a person (details supplied); the criteria for collection...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the proposed new extension to a school in County Cork; when she expects work to commence on the...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she has given any further consideration to the issues relating to a school site (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) and when it is envisaged work will commence on this project. [34305/10]
- Third Level Schemes
Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the situation in relation to the DARE university access scheme; the way in which second level...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the progress towards the refurbishment and extension of a school (details supplied) in County...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of devolved funding for an ASD Unit at a school (details supplied) in County...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will appoint a design team for the building of a permanent school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [34418/10]
- School Provision
Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she intends to sanction the provision of a Gaelcholaiste for North Kildare. [34432/10]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the projects for which large-scale capital funding has been sought from her Department in County Kildare which have as...
- Department of Finance
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the value of properties acquired through National Asset Management Agency has fluctuated since acquisition; if the original...
- Banks Recapitalisation
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the banking system to return to normal in the wake of recapitalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34118/10]
- Credit Availability
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with various financial institutions to encourage lending to the business and job creation sector; and if he will make a...
- Banks Recapitalisation
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent of funds provided to each financial institutions on foot of the banking recapitalisation agreement; the full extent of future funds...
- Data Protection Act
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which that Data Protection Act is used as a means to prevent public representatives from accessing information on behalf of...
- Tax Collection
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cases in respect of which instructions have issued to the Sheriff for collection of taxes from small businesses in 2010; the number of...
- Credit Availability
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken or proposes to take to ensure the availability of adequate work capital for the hotel and catering sector in the aftermath of...
- Bank Guarantee Scheme
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance the full extent of funding transferred to each financial institution under the banking guarantee scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Code
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will itemise all tax expenditures and reliefs, including their expected cost for 2010 and for 2011, assuming no policy change; the total...
- Tax Reliefs
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance if a taxpayer can obtain tax relief on medical expenses incurred in Northern Ireland, particularly dental expenses. [34151/10]
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of business plans furnished to date to National Asset Management Agency in respect of acquired assets; the months and year in which such...
- Public Sector Staff
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of employees in the civil and public service for each of the past ten years; if he will clarify if these figures include employees of...
- Excise Duties
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has quantified the loss to the Exchequer arising from the evasion of the excise duty on tobacco; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Mortgage Relief Schemes
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance the efforts being made to assist those with mortgage arrears and affected by negative equity and unemployment as indicated to Dáil Éireann during...
- Insurance Industry Regulation
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance the legislation, if any, under which life assurance companies operate here and to list the regulations, Ombudsmen or appeal bodies provided by the...
- Bank Guarantee Scheme
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the amount of fees received to date, and expected to be received in total, by the Exchequer arising from the guarantee under...
- State Banking Sector
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance his projection of the final cost to the taxpayer in respect of the Anglo Irish bank bailout; when he will be making this announcement; and if he...
- National Debt
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance the make up of the national debt in terms of total value, specific repayment periods and rate of interest payable; the expected national debt...
- Economic Growth
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected growth rates for the economy for the calendar years 2010 and 2011; his plans to implement a growth strategy for the economy; and if he...
- Banks Recapitalisation
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance the projected cost to the taxpayer in respect of the recapitalisation of Allied Irish Bank and the Bank of Ireland; and if he will make a statement...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of moneylending licences currently on record; the number of new licences granted each year from 2008 to date in 2010; and if he will make...
- Tax Code
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance the potential gain to the Exchequer in a full year if dividend withholding tax was applied to pension funds. [34332/10]
- Public Service Contracts
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the use by local authorities of randomly selected contractor sub-panels as part of a framework agreement (details supplied). [34367/10]
- Tax Code
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has given consideration to providing income tax relief to residents on their contribution towards the maintenance by the respective residents'...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax buoyancy effect of investment in infrastructure if the buoyancy is standard across different capital investments; and if he will make a...
- Bank Guarantee Scheme
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out his exit strategy from the credit institutions financial support scheme and bank eligible liabilities guarantee scheme; if he...
- Department of Health and Children
- Care of the Elderly
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if home help can be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34377/10]
- Medical Cards
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a review of an application for full medical card will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
- Health Services
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will issue on an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if she will make a...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the proposed development of the hospital to be provided under the co-location scheme at Cork University Hospital;...
- Health Services
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [34166/10]
- Health Service Funding
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will release immediately the funding available to the new St. Francis Hospice in Blanchardstown, Dublin 15, to enable the project...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive did not locally rectify an error in its calculations when assessing a person (details supplied)...
- Health Services
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department is carrying out an evaluation of the effects on dental health cutbacks to the dental treatment services scheme and the...
- Hospital Services
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will request the Health Service Executive to schedule orthopaedic surgery, as a matter of urgency, in respect of a person...
- Health Screening Programmes
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for setting up a national health test for each person in the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34247/10]
- Health Services
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [34254/10]
- Driving Tests
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the renewal of driving licences for those over 70 years of age; if she will confirm that there is no fee; the...
- Cardiovascular Health Strategy
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the proposals made to date and planned with the Department's cardiovascular health policy regarding stroke victims; if ring-fenced...
- Health Services
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a community hospital (details supplied) and when it is envisaged that work will commence on it. [34304/10]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the portion of her Department's 2010 budget that is allocated to the office of the Minister for older persons; the corresponding figure...
- National Positive Aging Strategy
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the national positive aging strategy; when this strategy will be published; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are any proposals to reduce emergency department opening hours to 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in a hospital (details supplied); and if she...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Medical Cards
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34394/10]
- Medical Records
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the State has made a decision regarding the release of medical records to persons who suffered damage as a result of the...
- Hospital Services
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the 24 beds currently closed at Naas General Hospital, Naas, County Kildare will be reopened; and if so when and if not why. [34408/10]
- Health Services
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children and adults assessed as requiring occupational therapy; and who are awaiting the provision of same in Kildare and...
- Department of Transport
- Rail Accidents
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he has taken in response to the findings of the railway accident investigation unit's report on the collapse of the Malahide Viaduct,...
- Departmental Staff
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Transport having regard to his policy on e-working as set out in Smarter Travel - A Sustainable Transport Future, if he will provide details of the number...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Guardianship Rights
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform her plans to increase the scope for visitation and access rights for grandparents, particularly when a child's parent has died and...
- Deportation Orders
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will review the proposal to deport in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; if he will examine the...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if an application has been received in his Department for funding towards closed circuit television cameras for the town of...
- Residency Permits
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when a decision will issue on an application for a residence card under EU Treaty Rights in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his plans to carry out a major refurbishment of a premises (details supplied) in Dublin 7; if he will confirm that the detailed...
- Prison Service
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the average expenditure per prisoner in 2009 to include public funds from all sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Training
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of gardaí training at Templemore College, County Tipperary; the total number of members of the Garda Reserve; when he...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of persons who have to date moved from the Mosney Centre, County Meath, to alternative accommodation as sought at the end...
- Gangland Crime
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of persons who have been brought before the Courts and charged with the offences of membership of a criminal gang under...
- Crime Levels
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of gun murders between 1 January 1998 and the 30 September 2010; and the number of persons convicted and sentenced for gun...
- Prisoner Statistics
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of persons imprisoned who are serving a life sentence. [34214/10]
- Prison Education Service
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of persons providing education and training programmes in each of our prisons; the qualification of such persons; the...
- Prison Drug Treatment Services
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the drug treatment programmes in each of our prisons; the nature of the programmes; the number of persons involved in the provision...
- Sex Offender Treatment Programme
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform under the current remission system the number of convicted sex offenders he anticipates will be released in the next 12 months having...
- Garda Investigations
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [34245/10]
- Criminal Legal Aid
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the total amount expected to be spent on free legal aid in 2010; the amount spent in 2009 and to provide a breakdown by case type....
- Citizenship Applications
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) can be given priority to enable the person to continue to...
- Departmental Properties
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will provide an update on a premises (details suppled); and the current situation regarding same. [34303/10]
- Garda Vetting Services
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding the number of vetting applications with An Garda Síochána and the current expected waiting time for a new...
- Deportation Orders
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will review or revoke a deportation order in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Residency Permits
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding residency status and entitlement to residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15. [34384/10]
- Travel Documents
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if and when travel documents will issue as requested in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
- Residency Permits
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the reason it was deemed that a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to have had less than the five years residency required...
- Residency Permits
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the reason an update of residency has been delayed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Garda Strength
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if the Commissioner for the Garda has been requested to reduce the number of gardaí in the force. [34406/10]
- Garda Deployment
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of gardaí in each Garda division on 31 August 2010. [34423/10]
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Civil Registrations
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will refer to responsibilities taken over by his Department from the Department of Transport (details supplied) and now arrange...
- Pension Provisions
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will state when old age pension will be approved and paid in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will ensure in any reorganisation of community employment schemes, FÁS training or unemployment benefit that front-line services...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for rent supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [34139/10]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reduce the waiting time for persons who have lodged an appeal to the appeals office (details supplied). [34232/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [34256/10]
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the role played by his Department in enforcing the code of conduct for money lenders and credit companies here; the way his Department...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and awarded child benefit. [34357/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if arrears of jobseeker's allowance can issue to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [34368/10]
- Departmental Staff
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of job facilitators in his Department in whole-time equivalent terms; and the number, in whole-time equivalent terms, of staff...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average processing times for each application for one of the principal social welfare payments and the way these compare with targets....
- Social Insurance
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when dental benefit will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when rent support will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34374/10]
- Pension Provisions
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason invalidity pension was refused in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason child benefit has been discontinued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Tax Code
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of mortgage interest relief payable in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent support has been reduced and two months rent outstanding in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Energy Conservation Schemes
Question 276: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide details of the number of BER certificates that have been issued by Sustainable Energy...
- Departmental Contracts
Question 277: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the case of a person in County Roscommon (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Architectural Heritage
Question 278: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if any decision has been taken regarding the letter of request by an organisation (details supplied)...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 279: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a proposed sewerage scheme for an area (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he...
- Local Government Charges
Question 280: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the second home tax; if it applies or includes homes and apartments owned outside the...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 281: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is any funding source in his Department which local authorities can avail of to carry out essential...
- National Monuments
Question 282: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the legality of using a certain device here (details supplied). [34359/10]
- Foreshore Licences
Question 283: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a foreshore licence application by a company (details supplied) in County Cork. [34360/10]
- Motor Taxation
Question 284: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding an application for a refund of motor tax in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 285: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received the revised contract documents for the water supply scheme (details supplied) in County...
- Local Government Reform
Question 286: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will bring forward the White Paper on Local Government. [34430/10]
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 287: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the provision of sewerage treatment plants (details supplied) in County Kerry. ...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Offshore Exploration
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the potential revenue that could be achieved annually if a levy of 10% was to be applied to the value of all...
- Energy Efficiency Programmes
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of the amount that has been set aside by his Department in grants over the past...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost to the Exchequer, if any, from the operation of 1890 telephone numbers and if he will explain how the...
- Natural Gas Grid
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if any effort is being made to provide natural gas to a town (details supplied) in County Cavan; if his...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for a rural broadband scheme and, in particular his plans to provide broadband to households in...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an application for single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway;...
- Animal Identification Scheme
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a decision will be made on the issuing of a permit to move animals in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Commercial Credit
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his plans to provide a partial loan guarantee scheme for small and medium sized enterprises; and if he will make a...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will publish an action plan for implementing the recommendations of the National Competitive Council and the...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the position regarding redundancy payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [34264/10]
- Employment Support Services
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the support available by way of advice or grant aid to a start-up service companies when the owners are former PAYE...
- Job Creation
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the efforts being made in respect of the job creation needs of Tallaght, Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the position regarding redundancy payment in respect of person (details supplied) in County Leitrim; the action, if any, he...
- Work Permits
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the position regarding an employment permit appeal (details supplied).. [34366/10]
- Industrial Development
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of site visits arranged through the Industrial Development Agency to County Kerry for each of the years 2008,...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Inland Waterways
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding funding for the provision of moorings at a location (details supplied); the amount of...
- Irish Language
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on developing an Irish Language Centre for West Clare; if he will establish a linguistic study in County...
- Traveller Community
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs with reference to the mediators put in place by his Department to deal with an illegal Traveller encampment issue...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Property
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the number of fires that have taken place at a barracks (details supplied) in County Kildare; if his further...
