Written answers

Thursday, 7 October 2010

  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 9: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of gardaí dedicated to the Criminal Assets Bureau in the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; the budget of...
    • Explosive Ordinance
      Question 10: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of occasions in 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 in which grenades, bombs or improvised explosive devices have been...
    • Prison Building Programme
      Question 11: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the progress on the Thornton Hall project; if he will confirm that no prisoners will be accepted in Thornton Hall before 2014 at the...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 12: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will explain the way his recently announced test purchasing scheme in which minors will be involved in attempting to catch...
    • Control of Firearms
      Question 13: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the action he has taken to prevent the importation of arms such as the Ingram submachine gun; the extent if any to which steps have...
    • Sexual Offences
      Question 14: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his plans to make the purchase of sex an offence; if he has made any assessment of the present legislative developments in Sweden in...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 15: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the reason the creation of 900 civilian posts within the Garda has resulted in the release of only 144 Garda personnel for front-line...
    • Garda Promotions
      Question 16: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of the 170 Garda promotions, for which Cabinet approval has been given to fill vacancies arising from the many retirements...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 17: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the total strength of the Garda Síochána at the latest date for which figures are available broken down by full members, those who...
    • Garda Interpreters
      Question 18: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will confirm that many interpreters working for the Garda have no formal qualifications; the steps that are being taken to...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 19: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of gardaí stationed in the Cavan-Monaghan area in 2007: the numbers at the present time; his views that these gardaí...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 20: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the investigation that has been held into the circumstances in which a highly confidential Garda file on the operations of a criminal...
    • Gaming Regulation
      Question 21: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the progress of the major review of gambling announced in May 2010; when he expects the process to be concluded; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Security Escorts
      Question 22: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his plans to proceed with the plan to allow the Irish Prison Service to assume responsibility for escorting remand prisoners to and...
    • Prisoner Releases
      Question 24: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of persons sentenced to terms of imprisonment during the years 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 granted temporary...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 25: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of persons recruited to An Garda Síochána since the Minister announced the commencement of a new recruitment campaign on...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 26: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the matters discussed at the inaugural meeting of Ministers with responsibility for justice from both parts of Ireland and Scotland on...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 27: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the latest information available to him regarding the progress made by the Smithwick tribunal established by resolution of the...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 28: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of recorded cases of so-called tiger robberies, in which staff or relations of staff of financial institutions were taken...
    • Sex Offender Treatment Programme
      Question 29: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform by application of the current remission system the number of convicted sex offenders he anticipates will be released in the next 12...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 30: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when the Bill on mental capacity and guardianship to implement the 2006 recommendations of the Law Reform Commission will be...
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      Question 32: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his plans to increase investment in the probation service and enhance diversion programmes in respect of anti-social behaviour and...
    • Gaming Regulation
      Question 33: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the action the Garda intends to take regarding the continued operation, especially in the Dublin area, of gaming arcades and other...
    • Remission of Prison Sentences
      Question 34: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will amend the rules governing remission of prison sentences so that those convicted of serious sexual offences will only...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 35: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to recent statistics released by the Central Statistics Office which showed a significant number of...
    • Gangland Killings
      Question 36: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of cases of murder in which firearms were used; the number of such cases in which prosecutions for murder were initiated;...
    • Prisoner Releases
      Question 37: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if a convicted drug dealer (details supplied) who absconded having been granted a temporary release from prison remains at large; if...
    • Garda Inspectorate
      Question 38: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the concern expressed by the head of the Garda Inspectorate (details supplied) at the failure of...
    • Joint Policing Committees
      Question 39: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he is satisfied with the operation of the local policing committees; the numbers of such committees established to date; and if he...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 40: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will outline the recommendations of the McCarthy report on public service numbers and expenditure that he intends to implement...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 41: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will make a commitment that projects working with young people involved in, or at risk of involvement, in criminal activity that...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 42: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his plans to reform and modernise bankruptcy legislation here as recommended by the innovation task force report; if he intends to...
    • Organised Crime
      Question 43: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the extent to which he has used all available legislation to combat the activities of each criminal gang having particular regard to...
    • Prison Committals
      Question 44: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of persons in prison at the present time as a result of non-payment of fines and or failure to pay debts; if he accepts...
    • Control of Firearms
      Question 45: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the decision making process and principal factors taken into consideration by his Department when considering requests from foreign...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 47: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the arrangements that will be made to instruct members of An Garda Síochána that it is not necessary to take a longhand note of...
    • Commercial Rent Reviews
      Question 48: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he has now received the report of the working group to look at the issue of commercial rent reviews which was to report by 30 June...
    • Courts Service
      Question 49: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the reason for the decision to withdraw the €35 per day paid to volunteers of the court support service; his plans for the future of...
    • Prison Committals
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of prisoners held in the State and on temporary release at the latest date for which figures are available; if he will give...
    • Prison Drug Treatment Services
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of prisoners on a waiting list to participate in a drug treatment programme; the number, if any, who have been on such...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the steps he will take to address anti-social behaviour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35228/10]
    • Garda Reserve
      Question 54: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the total number of the Garda Reserve recruited to date; if he will list the stations to which they have been allocated; the total...
    • Garda Inspectorate
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform to indicate which of the recommendations contained in the latest report of the Garda Inspectorate on resource allocation will be...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the monthly cost of policing around the Corrib gas project in 2010 and the total cost to date. [35397/10]
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his views on the reported increase in juvenile crime, with the number of juveniles charged with criminal offences in the Children's...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the outcome of the Garda investigation into allegations that Irish passports were used by Israeli agents involved in the assassination...
    • Misuse of Drugs
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his views on an opinion reportedly expressed by the Garda that the use of crystal meth is confined to foreign nationals; and the steps...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding the Garda investigation into matters arising from the Report of the Commission of Investigation into the...
    • Prison Building Programme
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the status of Government plans to build a new prison at Thornton Hall in north Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when he expects to publish the Judicial Council Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35365/10]
    • Court Procedures
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the steps he will take to respond to cases where maintenance payments have not been made for periods longer than 26 weeks; if parents...
    • Road Safety
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when the national safety camera programme will start; the number of cameras that will be available; the number of civilian personnel...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • School Curriculum
      Question 65: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her plans to introduce extracurricular activities, such as hairdressing training during school hours in second level...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 66: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her plans to implement the FÁS hairdressing apprenticeship course; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35474/10]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the development of the promised new school at Ballygarvan, County Cork; if she will confirm that...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 68: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an appeal of a decision not to grant a higher education grant in respect of a person (details...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 69: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the necessary funding for an application on behalf of a school (details supplied) for grant...
    • School Transport
      Question 70: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if a request for school transport for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo could be re-examined. [35506/10]
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 72: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the difference there shall be in terms of status, financial resourcing and so on between the current institutes of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 73: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) with regard to its application for major capital works. [35562/10]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the remuneration awarded to all board members of all State agencies under her Department's control in the years 2007,...
    • School Evaluations
      Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of whole school evaluations carried out at primary and post-primary levels in the years 2007, 2008, 2009 and to...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason a higher education grant has not been awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [35599/10]
    • Adult Education
      Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if a safe pass course can be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if and when the required full complement of five hours resource teaching will be awarded in the case of a person (details...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of an extension for the existing special needs unit in a school (details supplied) in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on plans to construct a school hall at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; if approval...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the summer works scheme for primary and secondary level schools and in relation to projects...
  • Department of Finance
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to provide the same level of funding to the Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs as was provided in 2010; and if he...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 44 and 56 of 17 June 2010, with regard to the Office of Public Works working group established to develop a...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can be furnished with a P21 balancing statement for 2009; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 100 of 16 June 2010 (details supplied), when in 2011 he proposes to introduce this legislation; whether a...
    • Departmental Review
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Finance the costs associated with carrying out the planned independent review of the Department of Finance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. ...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance the terms of reference of the commission of investigation into the banking sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35570/10]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance the remuneration awarded to all board members of all State agencies under his Department's control in the years 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in...
    • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of assistance given to banks and building societies in the current crisis in the past few years to include investments made to each...
    • Public Procurement
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason small contractors, under the evidence of economic and financial standing criteria, Article 54 of Directive 2004/17/EC and Regulation 56...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details in percentages of overall Government debt to GDP for a sample or range of years since 1980; the years in which it was at...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance if his officials will meet with a company (details supplied). [35675/10]
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a mobility allowance will be restored in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [35480/10]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35493/10]
    • Prescription Charges
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to the recently introduced 50 cent charge per item on prescribed medicines if she will consider exempting patients on dialysis...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork was refused an emergency payment and the back to school allowance; and when they...
    • Health Services
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total budget allocation for home care packages for the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010, in tabular form; the number...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Health Services
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on a matter (details supplied). [35514/10]
    • Prescription Charges
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding patients attending psychiatric clinics at their local health centres in relation to their entitlement to free...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total cost to the State for her co-location hospital plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35548/10]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive their medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Health and Children to acknowledge international research findings that instances of diabetic foot disease can be reduced by over 50% with foot screening...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children in the interests of accountability, if parliamentary questions referred by her Department to the Health Service Executive for direct...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Health and Children in reference to the proposed Altnagelvin Hospital radiotherapy unit, to respond to public concern arising from comments made last...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for national lottery funding in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in County Clare; and...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the remuneration awarded to all board members of all State agencies under her Department's control in the years 2007, 2008, 2009 and to...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 193 and 194 of 25 May 2010, the development in terms of the steps she has taken, including if...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the provision of a drug (details supplied) is covered on the medical card scheme. [35587/10]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons over 70 years in receipt of a medical card; the number who have lost their cards on income grounds since means...
    • Health Services
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an appointment and bed will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will expedite the...
  • Department of Transport
    • State Airports
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Transport if any work was done by a company (details supplied) on his behalf in respect of the Dublin Airport Authority and Aer Lingus; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Transport the remuneration awarded to all board members of all State agencies under his Department's control in the years 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Gangland Killings
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the steps he plans to take to deal with the continuing spate of gangland murders, particularly in the greater Dublin area; and if he...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of gardaí assigned to tackle child pornography exclusively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35529/10]
    • Child Abduction
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if Irish parents of children who go missing abroad can rely on the Hague Convention as a guardian under US law. [35486/10]
    • Vetting of Personnel
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the average and longest waiting times for the completion of Garda clearance requests. [35491/10]
    • Redress Schemes
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the current position in relation to proposals for a redress scheme as requested by a group (details supplied). [35502/10]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding the case of persons (details supplied). [35540/10]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding the case of persons (details supplied) with specific reference to the possibility of the waiving of the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the tender competition for the supply and delivery of three tractors to the Irish Prison Service...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the remuneration awarded to all board members of all State agencies under his Department's control in the years 2007, 2008, 2009 and...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the total number of gardaí currently deployed to the various Garda stations throughout County Kildare; the degree to which this...
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of drug related convictions in County Kildare in each of the past five years and to date in 2010; and if he will make a...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the total number of crimes reported in County Kildare in each of the past three years and to date in 2010; the number of...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will defer a deportation order in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for naturalisation and citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin;...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the current and expected position in respect of residency and procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of persons convicted of drug related offences including possession or possession for supply; the number of such...
    • Organised Crime
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of convictions to date against criminal gang members under the Special Criminal Courts legislation; and if he will make a...
    • Control of Firearms
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the extent, if any, to which his most recent legislation in respect of legally held guns has affected the availability to criminals...
    • Jury Service
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if deaf persons are deemed to be ineligible for jury service; if so, the reasons for this exclusion; and if he will make a statement...
    • Prison Building Programme
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if the first stage of the development of Thornton Hall Prison is likely to be completed within four years, in view of the need for...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the reason a Garda National Immigration Bureau card has not been returned to a person (details supplied); and if he will expedite a...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare was refused domiciliary care; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal can be opened on a respite care grant refusal decision in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [35488/10]
    • Employment Action Plan
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if under the new work activation proposals in his Department, a person completed a fourth year on FÁS course can transfer to a rural...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of Irish citizens that have been refused supplementary welfare allowance based on failure to satisfy the habitual residency...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal and when a date...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the application for domiciliary care allowance will be re-examined in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an oral hearing will be held in respect of one parent family allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will clarify the position regarding a cheque which was not enclosed with rent support in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will restore jobseekers allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rate of contributory old age pension for a single person for each year from 1997 to date in 2010; the relevant consumer price index...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if he will support a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35518/10]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the remuneration awarded to all board members of all State agencies under her Departments control in the years 2007, 2008, 2009...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Special Protection Areas
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to his proposal to designate the Blackwater Estuary in County Cork as a special protection area,...
    • Sustainable Development Strategy
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding will be made available for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support a matter (details supplied) [35485/10]
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the delay in issuing a response to a person (details supplied); if an urgent response to the...
    • Homeless Persons
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of homeless persons identified in the homeless counts of 2008 and 2009; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the remuneration awarded to all board members of all State agencies under his Department's control in the...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the conditions placed on multi-unit developments for the provision of recycling facilities; and if he will...
    • Contaminated Sites
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received a finalised list of contaminated sites promised by the Environmental Protection Agency;...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will meet a deputation from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources with regard to the European economic recovery plan and funding for broadband initiatives, the position...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the remuneration awarded to all board members of all State agencies under his Department's control in the years...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Grant Payments
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1614 of 29 September 2010, if he will explain the reason just 68.82% of Donegal...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the legal basis of the lost at sea scheme; on whose authority did the then Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person who is in receipt of the disadvantaged areas scheme, has had their area of land reduced from 32.49...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the remuneration awarded to all board members of all State agencies under his Department's control in the years 2007, 2008,...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an application for single payment grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when financial approval will issue to a person (details supplied) for forestry planting [35657/10]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • Business Regulation
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will update Dáil Éireann on the Government's commitment to reduce red tape by 25% by 2012; to report on the summer...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the remuneration awarded to all board members of all State agencies under his Department's control in the years 2007, 2008,...
    • National Minimum Wage
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the minimum wages that apply in younger age categories and in training positions and the number of persons working at those...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Immigration Issues
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will meet persons (details supplied) to discuss their case [35543/10]
    • UN Conventions
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs when will Ireland ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities [35558/10]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the remuneration awarded to all board members of all State agencies under his Department's control in the years...
    • Community Development
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will provide a breakdown of the local development social inclusion programme resources both financial and in...