Written answers
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Dublin Docklands Development Authority
Question 68: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the fact that the Dublin Docklands Development Authority has not paid interest on loans...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 70: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the total number of persons listed as having applied for social housing and if he will provide this...
- Severe Weather Events
Question 72: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the preparatory action he has taken or the instructions he has given to local authorities in the event of an...
- EU Directives
Question 73: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide an update on the steps taken to transpose the EU Directive on public participation; and if...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 74: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 43 of 22 April 2010, the manner in which capital costs are repaid; the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 75: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on each of the recommendations made in the Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 76: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons to date, who have made a full application under the home choice scheme; the number of...
- Planning Issues
Question 77: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide an update on the planning review of six local authorities and the expert panel that was to...
- Electoral Commission
Question 78: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding his commitment to set up an Electoral Commission to safeguard our electoral integrity...
- Waste Management
Question 79: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has incurred any expense to date in the remediation of Haulbowline Island; and if he will...
- Water Services
Question 80: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans for a national water metering campaign; if a flat water charge will be introduced before a metering...
- Electronic Voting Machines
Question 82: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the Interdepartmental Task Force on the disposal of the redundant electronic voting equipment will issue...
- Turbary Rights
Question 83: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has completed a financial assessment of the cost of banning turf cutting on all designated bogs; and if...
- Local Government Fund
Question 84: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the expected reduction in the Local Government Fund for 2011; if guidance has been issued to local...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 85: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide an update on promised legislation to enhance the protection of National Monuments; and if...
- Local Government Efficiency Review Group
Question 86: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the recommendations of the Local Government Efficiency Review Group which will be implemented; and if he will...
- Emergency Planning
Question 88: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions No. 202 of 27 May 2010 and No.10 of the 8 July 2010, the details of the...
- Waste Disposal
Question 89: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to state when work will commence at a club (details supplied) in County Down to remove waste that was...
- Ethics in Public Office
Question 90: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to revise the ethics legislation regarding local authorities to deal with council members who...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 91: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made towards the introduction of a rent to buy scheme for unsold affordable housing; and if he...
- Local Authorities
Question 92: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the delay in the publication of the White Paper on Local Government Reform; and if he will make...
- Urban Regeneration Projects
Question 93: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding he is providing for urban regeneration projects; the position regarding current regeneration...
- Local Authority Elections
Question 94: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the proposed new Mayor of Dublin office has been assessed for cost effectiveness; if it is intended to...
- Water Services
Question 95: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure chlorine monitors are installed at every water treatment plant in accordance...
- Córas Úisce Poiblí
Question 96: To ask the Aire Comhshaoil, Oidhreachta agus Rialtais Áitiúil cén cabhair a thabharfaidh sé chun córas ceart uisce poiblí a chur in áit in Árann Mór, Contae na Gaillimhe;...
- Environmental Protection Agency
Question 97: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment that there would be a review of the...
- Foreshore Licences
Question 98: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide an update on the proposed review of foreshore legislation; and if he will make a statement...
- Land Transfers
Question 99: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the value and breakdown of lands that have been transferred to the land aggregation scheme to date; the total...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 100: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the outstanding waste water treatment works that need to be carried out countrywide; when these works are due...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 101: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if arrangements are in place for the commencement of the sale of local authority apartments under the Housing...
- House Prices
Question 103: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress that has been made on the establishment of a national house price database; and if he will make...
- Docklands Redevelopment
Question 104: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the support he will provide to progress a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Unfinished Housing Estates
Question 105: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the audit of ghost estates has been completed; when the report will be published; the action he will take...
- Building Regulations
Question 106: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm that the objectives of C1 BER rating was achieved as a result of the energy efficiency...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 107: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of private lease agreements signed and commenced under the Social Housing Leasing Initiative and...
- Capital Projects
Question 109: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 2 of 4 April 2010, the action he has taken regarding replacing...
- Severe Weather Events
Question 112: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to hold an independent inquiry into the flooding in the Cork area in November 2009; the reason such...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 113: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of properties rented under the rental assessment scheme by local authorities; and if he will make...
- National Biodiversity Plan
Question 115: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide an update on the implementation of the biodiversity strategy currently in place; if...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 116: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which he has measured the total number of families on the various housing lists in local...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Departmental Contracts
Question 119: To ask the Taoiseach the number of contracts held by his Department and its agencies with telecommunication providers; if he will provide details of these contracts including the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 121: To ask the Taoiseach the number of employees within his Department, male and female, who have been approved for participation in the civil service flexible working scheme; the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 122: To ask the Taoiseach which recommendations contained in the Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes pertain to his Department; the detail...
- Hotel and Catering Sector
Question 123: To ask the Taoiseach the employment in terms of job numbers in the hotel and catering sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37077/10]
- Tourism, Cultural and Sporting Sectors
Question 124: To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons currently employed in the tourism, cultural and sporting sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37073/10]
- Departmental Agencies
Question 126: To ask the Taoiseach the new agencies or offices established under the aegis of his Department since 2007; the annual budget in each case for 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010; and if he...
- State Companies
Question 127: To ask the Taoiseach the new state-owned companies that have been established or have come under the aegis of his Department since 2007 and the annual turnover in each case; and if...
- Departmental Staff
Question 128: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of the number of civil servants in his Department who are e-working; his plans to increase the number of civil servants availing of...
- Department of Education and Science
- Community Employment
Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of community employment workers by the principal social welfare payment being previously...
- School Accommodation
Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of prefabricated buildings in use at all primary and secondary schools in County Cork; the annual cost of...
- Institutes of Technology
Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to a query (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37104/10]
- School Accommodation
Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if officials from her Department have met with the Office of Public Works to progress the provision of a premises to a...
- Computerisation Programme
Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when each classroom in the State will be supplied with a laptop and overhead projector; if she is satisfied that every...
- State Examinations
Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her Department or the State Examinations Commission is aware of the confusion and anxiety which was caused by the...
- School Curriculum
Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the membership of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment course committee for leaving certificate Gaeilge...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 137: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be sanctioned for the extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that honours degree courses which have been developed by a college (details supplied) are not recognised...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the schools in Dublin 5, 13 and 17 that were approved for funding under the 2009 and 2010 summer works scheme; if all of...
- Pension Provisions
Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37205/10]
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (2 comments)
Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of survivors of institutional child abuse who came before the redress board in each year since its...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when an application will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Procurement
Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of contracts held by her Department and its agencies with telecommunications providers; if she will provide...
- School Transport
Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when a higher education grant will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- An Teanga Gaeilge
Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste agus Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna i bhfianaise an dualgais reachtúil atá ar Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh (faoi Acht an Choláiste Ollscoile, Gaillimh...
- School Staffing
Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the progress that her Department has made since last summer on improving the employment structures for primary school...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the application and the proposed location regarding a new school (details supplied); and if she...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 152: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices registered with FÁS in County Clare that are unemployed; the initiatives that are in place or...
- School Transport
Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when will the review of the school transport scheme be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37385/10]
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the schools in County Clare that have been awarded funding under the summer works scheme for 2010; the level of funding...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her views on the recent announcement regarding a private training company (details supplied); if the company has been...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position concerning the provision of an extension at a primary school in County Cork (details supplied). [37403/10]
- School Transport
Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason school transport has been reduced in an area in County Kildare (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive additional learning support hours as a matter of priority;...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the application for a new school building by a national school (details supplied) in County Cork...
- Teachers' Remuneration
Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will ask State Examinations Commission to explain the delay in paying thousands of teachers who acted as...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the new agencies or offices established under the aegis of her Department since 2007; the annual budget in each case for...
- Third Level Courses
Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to a query from a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if the technical report carried out by her Department on a school (details supplied) in County Limerick, has been...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the progress which has been made with advancing the building of a sports hall at a school (details supplied) in County...
- School Transport
Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if a transport grant will be made available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry in view of the fact...
- Schools Amalgamation
Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the amalgamation of small rural schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37623/10]
- Departmental Agencies
Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the agencies that are funded or part funded by her Department to promote Ireland as a place of study for students at...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her views on the circular issued to FÁS in January 2010 which restricted the eligibility for FÁS training allowances...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a higher education grant appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork [37657/10]
- School Transport
Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the school transport scheme as a pupil travelling to school on the Dart pays €4.70 but pays an...
- School Staffing
Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason some schools continue to hire retired teachers for temporary positions of supervision and substitution whilst...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will sanction grant aid to enable the new permanent resource rooms to be erected at a school (details supplied) in...
- Education Schemes
Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will reply to a query (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37749/10]
- Higher Education Grants
Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will arrange to have the full higher education grant approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when the implementation of the decision to amalgamate the existing 33 Vocational Education Committees into 16 VECs will...
- Departmental Staff
Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the number of civil servants in each Government Department who are currently e-working;...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Collection
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on Garda Operation Viking; if the operation is still active; the number of vehicles seized; the number of gardaí involved; the...
- Departmental Contracts
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Finance the action that is being taken to stem the flow of print contracts to companies domiciled in other countries which is 17.7% of the EU average of...
- Pension Provisions
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No 146 of 26 May 2010, if he is now in a position to provide the short and long-term savings to the Exchequer...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the announcement by Ethiopia's central bank to devalue the birr by one fifth on 1 September 2010; the effect this will have both on...
- National Car Test
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Finance the waiting lists for re-registering cars in each of the national car test offices in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Flood Relief
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide funding for flood relief measures (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37151/10]
- Pension Provisions
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Finance if persons who are dismissed from the public service as a result of the marriage bar which prevailed in the past have the opportunity to gain...
- Electronic Payments
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the fact that a recent report estimated very significant savings to the Irish economy from the more widespread use of electronic...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will expedite a notice of assessment for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny to enable them to qualify for a third level grant;...
- Tax Collection
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is due money back from taxes paid in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37226/10]
- Garda Stations
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to develop a building at a location (details supplied) or to provide a new facility in the area for the Garda Síochána; and if he will...
- Departmental Contracts
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of contracts held by his Department and its agencies with telecommunication providers; if he will provide details of these contracts...
- Tax Collection
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding an appeal for the repayment of VAT on an appliance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork [37326/10]
- Tax Code
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that would accrue to the Exchequer in 2011, if a third tax rate for persons earning over €100,000 was introduced at 50%,...
- Flood Relief
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the full appraisal and assessment of flood damage arising from floods in 2009 has been carried out; the degree to which damage...
- Departmental Appointments
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Finance if any open competitions were held for the advisory positions in his Department which have been filled recently by a number of economists; if he...
- EU Presidency
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the priorities of the Belgian Presidency of the European Union, in particular that the financial crisis and its impact means moving...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Finance the new agencies or offices established under the aegis of his Department since 2007; the annual budget in each case for 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010;...
- State Companies
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Finance the new State-owned companies that have been established or have come under the aegis of his Department since 2007 and the annual turnover in each...
- Tax Code
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are conditions governing the letting of accommodation which receives tax relief as student accommodation to persons who are not students;...
- National Solidarity Bond
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money invested to date in the national solidarity bond; the number of persons who have made investments; and if he will make a...
- Tax Reliefs
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Finance the total value of refunds claimed by registered charities from Revenue under section 848 Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 in the years 2005, 2006,...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Finance with responsibility for the Office of Public Works the amount of the allocated €16.8 million for arterial drainage which has been spent to date in...
- Grant Payments
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a grant (details supplied) recently allocated by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37718/10]
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 101 of 8 July 2010 if the report referred to from the Mortgage Arrears and Personal Debt Expert Group...
- Illicit Trade in Tobacco
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Finance the seizures and prosecutions arising to date in 2010 from the Revenue Commissioners' Operation Downstream; the way these figures compare with...
- Water Pollution
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the workings of the Office of Public Works working group regarding an organisation (details supplied) in County Cork; if the...
- Valuation of Property
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Finance if funding is available to the valuation office to carry out a full revision of rateable valuations of properties in Waterford city and county; and...
- Vehicle Insurance
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a vehicle that had been written off by an insurance company as being economically beyond repair cannot be insured again as it has been...
- Departmental Staff
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the number of civil servants in each Department who are currently e-working; his plans to increase the number of civil...
- Department of Health and Children
- Medical Cards
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork [37097/10]
- Hospital Services
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37105/10]
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will consider including narcolepsy on the list of long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an appeal against the decision to refuse an application for mobility allowance in respect of a person (details...
- Health Services
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the inadequate podiatry services available to persons with diabetes in County Wicklow; if she will provide a local service...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons on rheumatology waiting lists in the Cork area for consultant appointments and for follow up treatment and the...
- Health Services
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are plans for cutbacks in the D-Doc services in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 15 [37195/10]
- Eating Disorders
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the treatment currently available to citizens who are suffering from an eating disorder including anorexia or bulimia; the number of...
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the current situation regarding inter-country adoption with specific reference to Vietnam; if she expects such adoptions to recommence;...
- Hospital Services
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37210/10]
- Health Services
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Medical Certificates
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for a primary medical certificate in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny;...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37223/10]
- Nursing Homes
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37224/10]
- Infectious Diseases
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if medicine required by persons who contracted TB as a result of an outbreak in a school in County Cork will be subject to the new...
- Prescription Charges
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the categories of persons, medicines and illnesses excluded from the new prescription charge; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Children in Care
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37230/10]
- Medical Cards
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will issue on a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [37231/10]
- Rare Diseases
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if work has commenced on an action plan for rare diseases; if a lead person has been identified in her Department to develop such a...
- Health Services
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department plans to roll out a local podiatry service as part of a national foot screening programme and local service for the...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reasons for the delay in processing payments under the back to school clothing and footwear scheme in the Health Service Executive...
- Child Care Services
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of separated children currently resident in hostels; where these hostels are located; the number of staff assigned to each...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a contract has been signed to build the National Children's Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37264/10]
- Health Services
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of podiatry services available under the Health Service Executive; the areas of such services; if such are available to...
- National Diabetes Policy
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action if any she or her Department or the Health Service Executive has taken or proposes to take to address the concerns raised in...
- Departmental Contracts
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of contracts held by her Department and its agencies with telecommunication providers; if she will provide details of these...
- National Diabetes Policy
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the actions she or her Department or the Health Service Executive has taken or will take to address the rise in the number of persons...
- Medical Cards
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ascertain from the Health Service Executive when a decision will be made on an appeal for a medical card in respect of a...
- Health Service Appeals
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ascertain from the Health Service Executive West the number of appeals that were lodged with an appeals officer in 2009; the...
- Health Services
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will facilitate a patient who wishes to transfer from a location (details supplied) to a suitable facility in County Cork or...
- Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to the findings of a report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37363/10]
- Adoption Services
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the minimum age requirement for adoption from the USA; if this policy is consistent across all health board areas; and if she will make...
- Medical Cards
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made by the Health Service Executive on an appeal for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied)...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress with regard to all capital development works pledged in respect of hospital reconfiguration in the mid-west region,...
- Hospital Services
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason only one urologist is based in Limerick Regional Hospital when there is a requirement that six urologists be based in the...
- Health Services
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm she has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) which outlines matters of great personal concern;...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an appeal relating to a nursing home support scheme decision (details supplied) in County Cork. [37401/10]
- Health Services
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim; if she will order a full investigation...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the existing Crumlin Children's Hospital after 2016, when the new paediatric hospital is completed; and if she will make a...
- Medical Cards
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of chiropodists treating medical card patients and senior citizens in the Dublin area in 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the new agencies or offices established under the aegis of her Department since 2007; the annual budget in each case for 2007, 2008,...
- State Companies
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the new state-owned companies that have been established or have come under the aegis of her Department since 2007 and the annual...
- Departmental Investigations
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she had at a recent meeting with a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37602/10]
- Health Services
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding can be made available to provide treatment to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the top up payment granted by community welfare officers to certain persons in receipt of State benefits, such as illness benefit, to...
- Health Services
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a totally inadequate podiatry service available to persons suffering with...
- Medical Cards
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the medical card renewal application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork [37685/10]
- Hospital Services
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason persons who use the Minor Injuries Unit at Louth County Hospital, Dundalk are charged €100 per visit when people who use...
- Preschool Services
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason she has not replied to a query (Details Supplied) when this matter was first brought to her attention, if this family can...
- Adoption Services
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to correct adoption records (details supplied) where illegal birth registrations were carried out by private...
- Parliamentary Questions
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of questions received by her Department since the commencement of the Dáil term in September 2010; the number of these...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 300: 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 medical card holders...
- Ambulance Service
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No 194 of 8 July 2010 regarding an ambulance service for a town (details supplied) in County Tipperary...
- Departmental Properties
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money being awarded at present in rental fees and leases to individuals, companies and or commercial entities in Mallow,...
- Preschool Services
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received correspondence from an organisation (details supplied); if she will make the changes requested to the early...
- Mental Health Services
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to provide inpatient psychiatric facilities for children and adolescents in Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide details of the number of civil servants in her Department who are currently e-working; her plans to increase the...
- Department of Transport
- Road Network
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the status of a project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37148/10]
- National Emergency Plan
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Transport the arrangements that have been made to have emergency management plans in place for each of the following extreme weather patterns in each of the...
- Road Network
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Transport the supply of salt and grit the local authorities have in stock for the winter for 2010-11; where these stocks are located for each local...
- Cycle Facilities
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will remove the mandatory use requirement for cycle lanes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37218/10]
- Departmental Contracts
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of contracts held by his Department and its agencies with telecommunication providers; if he will provide details of these contracts...
- Cycle Facilities
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will deal with a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37337/10]
- Fishing Vessel Licences
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of 15 m to 24 m fishing boats on the Irish fishing vessel register for which fishing vessel safety certificates have been issued by 1...
- Road Network
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the upgrade of the road from Dundalk to Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37379/10]
- Cycle Facilities
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason County Longford was excluded from plans for the 2,000 km national network of cycle paths, which will connect cities and towns across...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Transport the new agencies or offices established under the aegis of his Department since 2007; the annual budget in each case for 2007, 2008, 2009 and...
- Air Services
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Transport if he intends to issue legal proceedings for specific performance and damages against an airline (details supplied) following notification to him...
- Public Transport
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the proposed granting of a new bus licence from Knocknacarra to Eyre Square in County Galway; to whom these licences are to...
- Regional Airports
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of funding under the public service obligation scheme paid in respect of routes from each of the regional airports in each year from...
- Departmental Staff
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide details of the number of civil servants in each Government Department who are currently e-working; his plans to increase the...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will address the concerns of a person (details supplied) regarding the dangers posed by cyclists on our roads, and the lack of...
- Peace Commissioners
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the power, duties and responsibilities of Peace Commissioners; and the information that is provided to commissioners to assist them...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of arrests for drunk driving that were made every year since 2005; the number of arrests for drunk driving that have been...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will examine an application in respect of a person (details supplied) currently being dealt with within two sections of his...
- Garda Vetting Services
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when an application for Garda vetting will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make...
- Asylum Applications
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will review the case of a family (details supplied) who are seeking leave to remain here on humanitarian grounds; and if he...
- Garda Operations
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if Garda Operation Stilts is still active; the number of persons arrested and charged to date because of this operation; the number...
- Garda Strength
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of gardaí attached to Coolock, Raheny and Howth Garda stations in 2008 and 2009 and to date in 2010; and if he will make...
- Garda Stations
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the timescale for the works required for a station (details supplied) in Dublin 1; when the station will close for refurbishment...
- Bicycle Theft
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of bicycles reported stolen in Dublin city each year since 2005 [37219/10]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 339: 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 Kildare; and if he will...
- Asylum Applications
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when the decision will issue on an application for asylum in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Contracts
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of contracts held by his Department and its agencies with telecommunication providers; if he will provide details of these...
- Garda Compensation Scheme
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when a decision will be made by the Department of Justice and Law Reform on the authorisation of a Garda compensation claim for a...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number and location of those closed circuit television camera systems that are monitored by the Garda on a 24-hour basis; the...
- Garda Recruitment
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when the last intake of gardaí to Templemore training college took place; when the next intake is scheduled to take place; if such...
- Asylum Applications
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of Irish born children presently being individually processed through the asylum system and not simply registered as...
- Default on Payment of Fines
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if arrangements have now been made for fines imposed by the courts as a penalty in criminal proceedings to be reduced to zero upon...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when a decision will issue regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Clare; and...
- Deportation Orders
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will review or defer deportation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
- Prisoner Transfers
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when accommodation transfer to Dublin will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if he will make a...
- Deportation Orders
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Agencies
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the new agencies or offices established under the aegis of his Department since 2007; the annual budget in each case for 2007, 2008,...
- State Companies
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the new State-owned companies that have been established or have come under the aegis of his Department since 2007 and the annual...
- Visa Applications
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of persons from outside the EU who have been given entry visas to Ireland in order to pursue a full time course of studies...
- Garda Vetting Services
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if a conviction for breach of the peace would be a cause of delay in a Garda vetting report; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Deployment
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 370 of 8 July 2010 the number of gardaí allocated full-time to each Garda station in south...
- Prison Medical Service
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of complaints and reports relating to rodents, insects and other pests in all prisons here; the number of reports and...
- Sex Offender Treatment Programme
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of persons in prison here for sexual offences; the numbers who have or are undergoing treatment relating to their offence;...
- Departmental Staff
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will provide details of the number of civil servants in each Government Department who are currently e-working; his plans to...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Departmental Contracts
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of contracts held by his Department and its agencies with telecommunication providers; if he will provide details of these...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the new agencies or offices established under the aegis of his Department since 2007; the annual budget in each case for 2007, 2008, 2009...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his position regarding actions Israeli action against human rights activists, specifically those detained after taking part in the freedom...
- Passport Applications
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on recent revelations regarding the illegal misuse of Irish passports and the actions he plans to take on this matter [37646/10]
- Departmental Staff
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide details of the number of civil servants in each Government Department who are currently e-working; his plans to increase...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting time for the assessment of an appeal against a decision to refuse illness benefit; and if he will make a statement on...
- Social Insurance
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons paying PRSI in each of the classes and sub-classes [37098/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the checks, if any, carried out on applicants of rent allowance to ensure that there is no issue regarding anti-social behaviour in...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will deliver on the five priority issues that carers' families are seeking to be delivered in the 2011 Budget; and if he will make a...
- Employment Support Services
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who is receiving the back to work enterprise allowance will be awarded a grant under the...
- Social Insurance
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if persons on vocational training opportunities scheme courses are allowed to pay social insurance contributions into the national Social...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will made on an application for supplementary welfare allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Departmental Contracts
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of contracts held by his Department and its agencies with telecommunication providers; if he will provide details of these...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the guidelines in place regarding a situation where a jobseeker refuses employment that would yield the same or lower net income than the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons receiving a jobseeker's payment that is not in respect of a full working week [37367/10]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the situation regarding persons on disability payment who have reached of 65 years and must wait until their 66th birthday before they can...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 [37544/10]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a jobseeker's allowance appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [37548/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for domicilary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the new agencies or offices established under the aegis of his Department since 2007; the annual budget in each case for 2007, 2008, 2009...
- State Companies
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the new State-owned companies that have been established or have come under the aegis of his Department since 2007 and the annual turnover...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason domiciliary care allowance was refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; if they may appeal the...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal for domiciliary care allowance will be heard in respect of a person (details supplied) [37629/10]
- Departmental Statistics
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons on the live register as of 30 September 2010 by age category and by group showing those not working, those...
- Post Office Payments
Question 404: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will monitor the effect on pensioners and others on low fixed incomes of the decision of Eircom to introduce a €20 minimum for the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for back to work enterprise allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the outcome of an appeal for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) [37900/10]
- Departmental Staff
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide details of the number of civil servants in each Department who are currently e-working; his plans to increase the...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Departmental Contracts
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the number of contracts held by her Department and its agencies with telecommunication providers; if she will provide details of...
- National Development Plan
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the number of applications received for grant funding for activity and adventure projects under the national development plan;...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the new agencies or offices established under the aegis of her Department since 2007; the annual budget in each case for 2007,...
- Departmental Staff
Question 413: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if she will provide details of the number of civil servants in each Department who are currently e-working; her plans to...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Local Authority Housing
Question 414: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the fact that as many properties are unsaleable in current market conditions, their real value...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 415: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will increase funding to an authority (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Grant Payments
Question 416: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when hen harrier payment will be awarded to a person (details supplied). [37626/10]
- International Agreements
Question 417: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on the UN Climate Change Conference hosted in October in Tianjin, China; Ireland's...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 418: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government for details of all appointments to boards made by him since coming into office. [37142/10]
- Local Authority Funding
Question 419: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason Louth County Council is restricted from lowering capital account balances below 2008 year end...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 420: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is aware of any instance whereby a county councillor has failed to provide a report to the next...
- EU Funding
Question 421: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of EU funding received by his Department directly to fund all institutions, groups and bodies...
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 422: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of rental properties inspected for compliance with minimum legal standards in 2009 by local...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 424: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding an application for funding for a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- EU Directives
Question 425: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, in relation to the proposed designation of Trawbreaga Bay, County Donegal, if the required baseline data is...
- Departmental Contracts
Question 437: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of contracts held by his Department and its agencies with telecommunication providers; if he will...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 439: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to amend section 63 of the Housing Act 1966; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37372/10]
- Tax Code
Question 440: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans for lifting the burden of road tax on road hauliers; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Agencies
Question 441: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the new agencies or offices established under the aegis of his Department since 2007; the annual budget in...
- State Companies
Question 442: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the new State-owned companies that have been established or have come under the aegis of his Department since...
- Water Services
Question 443: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his short, medium and long-term plans for the provision of an adequate drinking water supply throughout the...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 444: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of families registered on the various local authority housing lists; his plans to meet their...
- Water Pollution
Question 446: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of known incidents where the pollution of lakes, rivers, streams and canals took place where the...
- Planning Issues
Question 447: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will exempt the construction of one off rural houses on the applicants own lands from the proposals in...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 448: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will carry out a complete review of the incremental purchase scheme and amend the proposal that the...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 449: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the non-principal private residence payment applies to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Air Quality
Question 450: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has studied the report arising from air quality monitoring at the various locations throughout County...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 452: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the application by Kildare County Council to his Department for approval and funding...
- Radon Gas
Question 453: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which incidents of high radon gas has been detected at various buildings and locations...
- Waste Management
Question 454: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which the waste management Act is intended to legislate for the waste management sector in the...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 456: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of an application by Limerick county council for funding to develop phase two of the project being...
- Special Protection Areas
Question 458: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his proposal to designate the Blackwater Estuary in County Cork as a special protection area will have a...
- Housing Finance Agency
Question 460: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the outstanding loan book of the Housing Finance Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Building Regulations Advisory Body
Question 461: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of times the Building Regulations Advisory Body has met in each of the years 2006, 2007, 2008,...
- Area Appeals
Question 462: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of objections from landowners heard by the designated area appeals advisory board in each year...
- Departmental Staff
Question 463: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide details of the number of civil servants in each Government Department who are currently...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Offshore Exploration
Question 464: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of licensed operators taking part in offshore drilling in Ireland; the evidence that has been...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 465: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if additional schools in an area (details supplied) will be included in future phases of the State sponsored...
- Departmental Contracts
Question 467: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of contracts held by his Department and its agencies with telecommunication providers; if he will...
- Energy Bills
Question 469: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that gas consumers who wish to switch to a prepay payment method...
- Trade in Conflict Minerals
Question 470: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if this country plans to pursue legislation similar to that just passed in the United States of America which...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 471: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps his Department has taken since the publication of the Innovation Taskforce Report to act upon their...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 472: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the new agencies or offices established under the aegis of his Department since 2007; the annual budget in each...
- State Companies
Question 473: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the new State-owned companies that have been established or have come under the aegis of his Department since...
- Energy Regeneration
Question 474: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress that has been made on providing a Renewable Energy Feed In Tariff for micro-generation; when it...
- Post Office Services
Question 476: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he or his Department have discussed with Eircom its decision to introduce a €20 minimum for the payment of...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 478: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there is any impediment to ComReg licensing RTE to use either channels 30, 34, or 39 for public service...
- Departmental Staff
Question 479: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of the number of civil servants in each Government Department who are currently...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 480: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if grant aid for sheep fencing and mobile handling facilities has been made available to applicants; and if he will make a...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 481: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No 84 of 7 April 2004 whether it was relevant to that application under the 1992 scheme,...
- Grant Payments
Question 482: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on...
- Waste Management
Question 484: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the classification of pig offal as class three hazardous waste which prevents its use in biomass plants; his...
- Grant Payments
Question 485: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their payment under the disadvantage area payment scheme; and...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 490: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the options available to farmers who are currently on REP scheme 3 and will finish in April 2010; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Contracts
Question 491: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of contracts held by his Department and its agencies with telecommunication providers; if he will provide details...
- Grant Payments
Question 493: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the way an overpayment has arisen in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and the reason this person was...
- Food Labelling
Question 496: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the proposals for labelling country of origin on agricultural produce in Ireland or at European Union level; and if he will...
- Grant Payments
Question 497: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive their disadvantaged area payment [37400/10]
- Aquaculture Licences
Question 498: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide a licence template drawn up in consultation with the salmon aquaculture sector to ensure the immediate...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 499: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide an update on the funding for the construction of a breakwater (details supplied) in County Donegal; if...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 500: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the new agencies or offices established under the aegis of his Department since 2007; the annual budget in each case for...
- Grant Payments
Question 502: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the disadvantaged area payment will be made to person (details supplied) in County Leitrim [37601/10]
- Milk Prices
Question 503: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to address the problem highlighted by the 2009 national milk agency report which shows that since 1999 farmers'...
- Common Agricultural Policy
Question 504: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his main priorities regarding Irish agriculture in the context of the forthcoming review of the Common Agricultural Policy;...
- Farm Household Incomes
Question 505: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if farm incomes have stabilised and if he can furnish figures for 2007, 2008, 2009, and to date in 2010; and if he will make...
- Grant Payments
Question 506: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when persons (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their disadvantaged area scheme payment for 2010 following the...
- Forestry Sector
Question 507: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the employment of between four to six persons on contract to carry out a repeat national forestry inventory has been...
- Animal Carcase Disposal
Question 508: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the introduction of a culling or scrappage scheme in order to rid the country of the vast number of inferior...
- Grant Payments
Question 509: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if it is possible for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo to have a parcel of land included in their REPS 4 Plan;...
- Aquaculture Licences
Question 511: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of appeals before the aquaculture licensing appeals board in the years 2006, 2007,2008,2009 and to date in 2010;...
- Departmental Staff
Question 512: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide details of the number of civil servants in each Government Department who are currently e-working; his...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Employment Rights
Question 513: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of Employment Appeals Tribunal cases listed for hearing in the year 2009 and January to September 2010; the...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 514: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37094/10]
- Departmental Contracts
Question 519: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of contracts held by his Department and its agencies with telecommunication providers; if he will provide...
- Research Funding
Question 521: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the position regarding the third level review (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37370/10]
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 522: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the changes regarding FÁS payments that are excluding workers from accessing training...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 523: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37538/10]
- Redundancy Payments
Question 524: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the position regarding an application for statutory redundancy in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin; and if...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 525: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the new agencies or offices established under the aegis of his Department since 2007; the annual budget in each case for...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 527: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied) [37689/10]
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 528: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No 132 of 17 November 2009 if he will publish the prioritised list of competition...
- Departmental Staff
Question 529: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will provide details of the number of civil servants in each Government Department who are currently e-working; his...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- UN Conventions
Question 530: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason behind Irelands failure to ratify the UN convention of the rights of persons with disabilities, the aim...
- Security of the Elderly
Question 531: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if his Department administers any scheme whereby a particular device (details supplied) can be made available to...
- Housing Grants
Question 532: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs when a full and detailed response will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo [37248/10]
- State Property
Question 533: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 327 of 10 November 2009, the outcome of talks with the Department of...
- Departmental Contracts
Question 534: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of contracts held by his Department and its agencies with telecommunication providers; if he will...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 536: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the new agencies or offices established under the aegis of his Department since 2007; the annual budget in each...
- Departmental Funding
Question 538: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the review of the scheme to support national organisations in the community and voluntary sector; and...
- Community Development
Question 539: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will confirm that recent statements in newspapers that moneys are to be moved from Leader Companies to...
- Departmental Staff
Question 541: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will provide details of the number of civil servants in each Government Department who are currently...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Contracts
Question 542: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of contracts held by his Department and its agencies with telecommunication providers; if he will provide details of these contracts...
- Defence Forces Reserve
Question 544: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Reserve Defence Forces personnel that attended paid training in 2009 and to date in 2010 respectively; the number of recruits enlisted...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 547: To ask the Minister for Defence the new agencies or offices established under the aegis of his Department since 2007; the annual budget in each case for 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010;...
- Overseas Missions
Question 549: To ask the Minister for Defence the nature of the work being carried out by members of the International Security Assistance Force that are members of the Irish Defence Forces; and...
- Irish Red Cross Society
Question 550: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide the background to the decision to appoint a new chairperson to the Irish Red Cross; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 554: To ask the Minister for Defence if it is his policy that all persons seeking recruitment for general service must on the day of the physical fitness test, produce a stamped and...
- Departmental Properties
Question 556: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to any problems with the present building occupied by the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces; his plans to provide...
- Departmental Staff
Question 557: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide details of the number of civil servants in each Government Department who are currently e-working; his plans to increase the...
