Written answers

Wednesday, 20 October 2010

  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Carbon Levy
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the carbon revenue levy imposed on generators commenced; if the receipts have been sent in by the companies...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 54: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if charges are being imposed by the National Roads Authority for access to ducts on motorways and national roads...
    • Copyright Law
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he intends to legislate on foot of the EMI Records (Ireland) Limited and others versus UPC Communications...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department will fund the public information campaign on the switch over to digital terrestrial...
    • Ministerial Engagements
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of times he has attended the Cabinet Sub-Committee on Climate Change for each year since its...
    • Electricity and Gas Disconnections
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the numbers of gas and electricity disconnections that have taken place to date in 2010; his...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action he will take against an authority who are contravening the Broadcasting Act 2009; and if he will make...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent, if any, to which he proposes to encourage or facilitate the upgrading of the telecommunications...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will enhance the powers of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland to allow them to force an agreement...
    • Energy Efficiency
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the date on which the National Energy Efficiency Retrofit Programme will be launched in view of the difficulties...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if it is still his intention to ask ComReg to take on the role of one-stop-shop for State owned...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to improve the structures to encourage farmers and others to utilise small wind generation units or...
    • Energy Prices
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on energy prices here as commented on by Government agencies such as the National Competitiveness...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the explanation Eirgrid have given him for the failure of the planning application for the Meath-Tyrone 400KV...
    • Semi-State Bodies
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has any plans to carry out a review of pay levels of senior staff members in the State owned companies...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the submission he received from the National Newspapers of Ireland regarding unfair competition by...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the need to introduce a new utility law to standardise procedures and fees for way leaves and road opening...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the heads of a Bill for geothermal energy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to provide broadband coverage to areas not serviced by the national broadband service;...
    • Energy Efficiency
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on claims that €130 million from the €250 million revenue gained from the carbon levy has been...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to support research and investment in the storage of electrical energy; and if he will...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on whether the annual accounts for 2008 of the Central Fisheries Board have been...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress of the Government's working group set up to ensure new buildings will have open-access fibre...
    • Electronic Vehicles
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress on the rollout of electronic vehicles; if the infrastructure for electric vehicles will also...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update regarding free to air rugby; when the consultants report will be completed; the...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 73 and 87 of 27 April 2010 the further progress made in improving...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has instigated an independent study of broadband speeds available to customers here; and if he will make a...
    • Postal Services
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which he has anticipated, planned or prepared for the implementation of the EU postal directive;...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to ensure that broadband will be available in rural areas given that the scheme rolled out has totally...
    • Postal Services
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the contact he has had with the Data Protection Commissioner regarding the introduction of a unique identifier...
    • Energy Prices
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will direct the Commission for Energy Regulation to reconsider its requirement of rebranding for ESB and...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on concerns expressed by the Irish Farmers' Association regarding the biofuel obligation scheme; if...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 73 and 87 of 27 April 2010, the contact between his Department and the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the development of 4G in Ireland is dependent on the digital dividend which would arise through the...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the deadline to deal with the unbundling of the electricity transmission system assets; the way he...
    • State Agencies
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the Forfás report on State owned enterprises; his further views regarding semi-State major...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide figures for the numbers on waiting lists for the home energy saving scheme and the warmer...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Department Staff
      Question 108: To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons employed on temporary contract and cost to his Department and any agency under his Department for same in tabular form for 2008 and 2009;...
    • Commemorative Events
      Question 109: To ask the Taoiseach the commemorative events he intends to sponsor this year [38170/10]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her plans regarding access to community employment schemes of persons in receipt of one-parent family allowance or...
    • Skills Development
      Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a comprehensive graduate internship programme as advocated by the Union of Students in Ireland;...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when person (details supplied) in County Longford will be awarded a third level grant; and if she will make a statement...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills to deal with a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37948/10]
    • Psychological Service
      Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the transfer of speech and language personnel from her Department and their respective children to the...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the amount of the €578 million allocated in this years schools capital budget that has been spent up until the end of...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the list of works that can be applied for under the summer work scheme; if funding will be available under this scheme to...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reasoning behind circular 58/2010 which requires the three-year period required to complete probation for primary...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff in her Department primarily employed in one of a number of areas (details supplied) in tabular form;...
    • School Staffing
      Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the action she will take regarding a matter (details supplied) [38122/10]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons employed on temporary contract and cost to her Department and any agencies under her Department for...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason she did not issue the new syllabus for leaving certificate applied Gaeilge and leaving certificate foundation...
    • School Staffing
      Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of posts of responsibility that have not been filled in second level schools as a result of the moratorium;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will support a matter (details supplied) [38152/10]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Meath [38159/10]
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 281 of 29 September 2010 if she will now include Bethany House in the residential...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made regarding the proposal for a multi-denominational school, in response to the campaign by...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills in view of the scale of the unemployment crisis among teaching graduates and their inability to gain relevant work...
    • Budget Submissions
      Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered the pre-budget submission of the Union of Students in Ireland which was presented to Oireachtas...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Collection
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will investigate the delay in issuing a document to a person (details supplied) in County Cork [37955/10]
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain the delays in registering vehicles under the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme since the scheme has come under the...
    • Vehicle Testing Centres
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are only 22 centres in the country, within the National Car Test centre framework, allowed to...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the National Asset Management Agency's ongoing efforts in pursing developers who owe money to the agency; when the agency will...
    • Tax Code
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance the benefits to the economy of the business expansion scheme and the cost to the Exchequer annually since its inception. [37930/10]
    • Tax Yield
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance the benefits to the economy of the seed capital scheme and the cost to the Exchequer annually since its inception. [37931/10]
    • Tax Code
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has given consideration to a scheme whereby family members could provide loans to other family members for small business purposes on a full...
    • Budget Submissions
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason an unelected person is permitted to examine documentation relating to the budget deficit when elected opposition politicians are not...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Finance the overall amount of money currently managed by the National Treasury Management Agency through the various State savings products; if he will...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the review of the remuneration packages of the chief executives of semi-State companies. [38034/10]
    • Public Service Pay
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the implementation of the Croke Park deal on pay and reform in the public service and, in particular, to provide details of...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the anticipated timing of reports from National Asset Management Agency being laid before the Oireachtas. [38036/10]
    • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance the way he is ensuring that Allied Irish Bank and Bank of Ireland meet the lending commitments to the small and medium enterprise sector under the...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the finalisation of the draft Lee catchment flood risk assessment and management study; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons employed on temporary contract and cost to his Department and any agencies under his Department for same in tabular form for...
    • Vehicle Registration
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the revised arrangements for the registration of imported farm machinery (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Code
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the section 481 tax relief scheme to the computer game industry based on the size of the industry at present and...
  • Department of Health
    • Home Help Services
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of vacancies for home care workers in Waterford; when these vacancies will be filled; the way she will ensure that home care...
    • Health Services
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37925/10]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the regular rheumatology clinic in Letterkenny General Hospital has been cancelled,...
    • Children in Care
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 6 October 2010, the number of foster carers and relative carers, respectively, with regard...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be admitted to hospital. [37938/10]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 156: 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...
    • Youth Services
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for funding in 2009 by an organisation (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [37944/10]
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a complete list of the disability organisations in receipt of funding from her Department in tabular form, including...
    • Health Services
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a public health nurse will be available at Leixlip health centre to carry out developmental checkups on newborn children, in view of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total budget allocation for disabilities in each of the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, in tabular form; and if she...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the appointments she has made to boards and agencies under the remit of her Department in 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; and if...
    • Health Services
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will examine a request for transport in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Public Relations Contracts
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total annual spend for the years 2007, 2008 and 2009 on public relations, communications and media training in the Health Service...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) [38012/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) [38015/10]
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will facilitate the publication of a redacted version of the review into allegations of abuse by a person (details supplied),...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if all of the €230 million, which was set aside to deal with the needs of the extra number of persons who qualify for a medical card...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money ring-fenced for the development of a national children's hospital; if the money to fit-out the hospital is included...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the extra costs to hospitals associated with the cold spell at the start of 2010 had to be paid for under the overall yearly...
    • Health Services
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the post of Chief Executive Officer of a hospital (details supplied) will be advertised; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will undergo a surgical procedure; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Cards
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff in her Department primarily employed in one of a number of areas (details supplied) in tabular form; and if she will...
    • Health Services
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the service levels available to applicants for over 70 years medical card; if there is a maximum period for processing and if...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the refusal of an application for a full medical card on medical grounds in respect of persons (details supplied)...
    • Health Services
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 [38150/10]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that under recent procedural changes, introduced on the grounds of economy, persons availing...
    • Children in Care
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38169/10]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Transport the changes in the future relating to the impairment test for drug drivers; the way this test is currently implemented and his plans to improve...
    • Public Transport
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of buses in the Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus fleets in 2008, 2009 and 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37969/10]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of staff in his Department primarily employed in one of a number of areas (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38167/10]
    • Public Transport
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Transport the public service obligations paid to the Railway Procurement Agency for 2009 and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his plans to make a public apology on behalf of the State to the survivors and relatives of the 1981 Stardust tragedy in view of the...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if a stamp 4 residency permit will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal [37945/10]
    • Liquor Licensing laws
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of licensed premises in the Dublin region closed down for serving alcohol to persons aged under 18 years and to...
    • Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the persons eligible to apply to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal; the mechanism for applying to the tribunal; the number...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of gardaí assigned to County Meath in 2010; if he will provide the comparative figures for the previous ten years; if the...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the reason no full criminal investigation has ever taken place into the Stardust fire disaster of 1981; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied); the actions the person must take; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Vetting Services
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will confirm that in the event of the Garda Vetting Unit issuing the appropriate clearance certificate, that the certificate is...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of persons employed on temporary contract and cost to his Department and any agencies under his Department for same in...
    • Garda Vetting Services
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the average waiting period for Garda clearance; the measures being taken to speed up the Garda vetting process and reduce the...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will confirm that he has received correspondence from an Irish citizen (details supplied) in Thailand; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of persons employed on temporary contract and cost to his Department and any agencies under his Department for same in tabular...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the main new EU proposals in the Lisbon treaty in relation to humanitarian aid, natural disasters and conflict resolution; the role he...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38018/10]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will support a matter (details supplied) [37972/10]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will support a matter (details supplied) [37973/10]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37999/10]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff in his Department primarily employed in one of a number of areas (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 215: 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 paid a grant under the...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport her plans regarding the future of the sports capital grant scheme [38039/10]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the number of staff in her Department primarily employed in one of a number of areas (details supplied) in tabular form; and if...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if her attention has been drawn to the protocol agreement on tourism signed by Italy, France and Spain to jointly promote their...
    • Abbey Theatre
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the amount spent to date by the feasibility group charged with producing a report on the feasibility of relocating the Abbey...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • National Monuments
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide an update in respect of protecting and preserving the historical 1916 site at Moore Street...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount provided to each local authority for the retrofitting of council homes; the number of homes...
    • Election Management System
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the total costs of the purchase, storing and disposal of the obsolete...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 372 of 25 May 2010, the progress made on a project (details supplied);...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons employed on temporary contract and cost to his Department and any agencies under his...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason local authorities are not issuing invoices to persons for the non-principal primary residence...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a list of all properties purchased by Louth County Council, Dundalk Town Council and...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to any peat extraction by commercial contractors within the 31 raised bog...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the report of a group regarding housing conditions in an area in (details...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the licensing arrangements that currently exist for oil, gas and mineral exploration; the way these compare...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of wind farms currently contributing to the national grid; the total electricity generated thereby;...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the degree to which investment in the telecommunications sector is required to ensure modernisation and...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has had any discussions with service providers with a view to increasing the availability of subtitling...
    • Energy Prices
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which energy price costs to the manufacturing or services sectors here compare with the prices...
    • Postal Services
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total cost of the introduction of post codes; the way in which this will be funded; and if he will make a...
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when it is expected that all oil, gas or other mineral discoveries on and offshore are likely to become...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his policy in respect of the future of broadcasting in respect of both the public and private sectors; the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of companies or individuals involved in production of ethanol or bio-diesel; the number of such...
    • Postal Services
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his policy in respect of the structure and operation of An Post and the postal service in the aftermath of...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of staff in his Department primarily employed in one of a number of areas (details supplied) in...
  • Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will indicate, by species the number of hectares of trees planted in each of the past three years; and if he will make...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason the area-based payment has not been paid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if participants in the dairy partnership scheme decide to dissolve their partnership, the circumstances in which the...
    • Direct Payment Schemes
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the introduction of a scheme (details supplied) [37956/10]
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of fishing fines and offence notices issued to boats operating for the years 2007 to date in 2010 with a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the outcome of an appeal relating to a suckler cow welfare scheme application on 2008 born animals, in respect of a person...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide a breakdown of the number of staff and staff grades employed in each division of his Department and in...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 1667 of 29 September 2010, if he will complete his reply [38176/10]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of persons employed on temporary contract and cost to his Department and any agencies under his Department for...
    • Protection of Patents
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the level of protection given to persons who register an invention with the Irish Patent Office; the international...
    • Emigration Statistics
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation in view of the projection by the Economic and Social Research Institution that 150,000 persons will emigrate from Ireland...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Designated Areas
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason an area (details supplied) has been removed form the RAPID area; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of persons employed on temporary contract and cost to his Department and any agencies under his...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
    • Commemorative Events
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Defence the date on which the workplan and commemorative calendar of the National 1916 Commemoration will be available and if the all-party 1916...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Defence the establishment and current strength respectively of the Permanent Defence Forces, by unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38117/10]
    • Naval Service Vessels
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Defence the timetable for replacement of the two oldest vessels in the Naval fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38118/10]
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of staff appointments recommended in the Defence Forces medical service review that have been made to date; the timeframe within which he...
    • Army Barracks
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Defence if he is considering the closure of any further army barracks in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38121/10]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of persons employed on temporary contract and cost to his Department and any agencies under his Department for same in tabular form for...