Written answers
Thursday, 28 October 2010
- Department of Education and Science
- Employment Support Services
Question 1: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place for the management and administration of a fund (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Work Placement Programme
Question 2: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the costs associated with the work placement programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39535/10]
- Employment Support Services
Question 3: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if funding from the EU Globalisation Fund will be made available to assist workers who are losing their jobs at companies...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 4: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if the income of a person who has transferred from one long-term social welfare payment, for example, lone parent allowance...
- School Patronage
Question 5: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Meath was initially denied recognition because the vocational education...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 6: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of the 895 rejected applications to the Residential Institutions Redress Board that were refused because the...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 7: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of former employees of a company (details supplied) who have been placed on community employment schemes in...
- School Enrolments
Question 8: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) [39530/10]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 9: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding her dealings in respect of staffing issues at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she...
- Departmental Funding
Question 10: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be allocated to Colleges of Further Education (details supplied) as they were not included in the €20.75...
- School Transport
Question 13: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she would consider revising the school transport guidelines to allow for the use of a bigger bus when there are...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 14: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) has been denied the recommended resources to progress their education; and if she...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 15: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons in County Waterford receiving an offer of training from FÁS each month in 2009 and to date in 2010;...
- Computerisation Programme
Question 18: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the amount of the €22 million worth of grants promised to primary schools for laptops and digital projectors announced...
- George Mitchell Scholarship Fund
Question 20: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money the Government has contributed to the George Mitchell Scholarship Fund in the years 2009 and 2010; and...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 21: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on implementing the €614 million school building plan announced in 2009; the amount of the €614...
- Department of Finance
- Customs Service
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Finance the numbers and frequencies of road checks by Customs and Revenue since January 2010 on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that all persons with a disability are not cut in the four year budget plan [39486/10]
- Flood Relief
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Finance the next step in the process of implementing the plans drawn up to drain the Dunkellin river; if he will provide a list of the steps this project...
- Tax Collection
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is due a tax rebate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39524/10]
- Departmental Contracts
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Finance the date the contract concluded with a company (details supplied) arranging for flights out of this State of persons being deported; the date of...
- EU Funding
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration is being given at a Council of Finance Ministers Meeting to sanctions for non-compliance with the Stability and Growth Pact; the...
- Pension Provisions
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Finance the savings to the Exchequer if the reckonable salary upon which maximum pension contributions are based were reduced to €10,000, €20,000,...
- Flood Relief
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39637/10]
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Services
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will be admitted for surgery and if the matter can be expedited [39469/10]
- Health Services
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding bereavement and counselling services currently available for road collision victims and their families in County...
- Hospital Procedures
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be called for a procedure; the reason for the delay in same; and if she will...
- Eating Disorders
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding for treatment of a person with an eating disorder; and if she will make...
- Health Service Staff
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of whole-time equivalent social workers employed by the Health Service Executive on 1 May 2009; the number of whole-time...
- Medical Research
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on incorporating a clinical trial site for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy sufferers at St. James's Hospital's new medical research...
- Prescription Charges
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the arrangements that are in place to administer the new prescription charge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39512/10]
- Medical Cards
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an application for a medical card will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [39523/10]
- Health Service Staff
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide details on the number of psychologists in the country; the locations of these psychologists; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will deal with the following matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39539/10]
- Medical Cards
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on their appeal against a refusal to renew a medical card; and if...
- Hospital Staff
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the number of posts that have been advertised at Beaumont Hospital for non-consultant hospital...
- Tobacco Consumption
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will release all documents containing the results of any research carried out by the Office of Tobacco Control to ascertain...
- Tobacco Control
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the changes that are being proposed to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in Uruguay between the 15 and 20 November 2010; if she...
- Departmental Staff
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide details of all staff in her Department with a breakdown by function and grade. [39569/10]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the current waiting times for hip replacements in the Cork area; the current waiting times to see a consultant before being sent for a...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the length of time a person will be on a waiting list before they can apply for the National Treatment Purchase Fund; if this waiting...
- Department of Transport
- Road Safety
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Transport if the tender contract for the new intoxilyser machines to implement mandatory testing at the scene of a serious collision has been awarded; the...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Illicit Trade in Tobacco
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he has received information from the Garda Síochána confirming media reports that statistically, the largest importers of illegal...
- Visa Applications
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the recent report from the European Tour Operators Association which highlighted that 31% of...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if the Garda closed circuit television system has been updated to digital nationwide; the areas which have been updated and which have...
- Sex Offenders
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the costs of the proposed electronic tagging of sex offenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39464/10]
- Crime Levels
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of persons here who died in the period 1 January 2010 to 30 September 2010 as a consequence of being shot, being stabbed...
- Prison Seizures
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of mobile phone seizures in each prison here in the nine-month period from 1 January 2010 to 30 September 2010 and the...
- Sentencing Policy
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of prisoners presently serving sentences of one year or less in each of our prisons; the weekly cost of such sentences to...
- Drugs in Prisons
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of drug seizures in each of our prisons from 1 January 2010 to 30 September 2010 [39468/10]
- Garda Equipment
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his views on whether every Garda car should be equipped with an intoxilyser machine; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Deployment
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of community gardaí in the Kildare division; where each member is stationed; if new members are to be appointed to the...
- Visa Applications
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied) [39559/10]
- Child Abduction
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if his Department is working closely with Justice Departments in other EU countries to combat child abduction; if Ireland will be part...
- Legislative Programme
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when the Fines Act 2010 will be commenced. [39586/10]
- Data Protection
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will clarify the situation in relation to the development of a mapping system by a company (details supplied); if there are...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39611/10]
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Passport Applications
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the way Irish persons living abroad can have their passports renewed without having to present at a Garda station; and if he will make a...
- International Agreements
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the strategic objectives of Irish foreign policy in the context of the emerging economies of the east including Singapore, China and India;...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 20 October 2010, if he will provide full details of the contact of the Irish authorities in...
- EU Enlargement
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether EU enlargement to date has been a success; if there are any individual countries where he believes the capacity of the...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason an application for mortgage interest supplement was refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath [39551/10]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who has been refused supplementary welfare allowance and...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the accumulative number of employees in each of the past five years availing of the part-time job incentive scheme and the number who...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite an appeal against a decision not to award carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin;...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason an application for mortgage interest supplement and supplementary welfare allowance was refused in respect of a person (details...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of the technical assistance and training scheme in each of the past five years with a breakdown by categories of expenditure; the...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Local Government Review
Question 83: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to implement the recommendation of the report of the Independent Local Government Efficiency Review...
- Legislative Programme
Question 84: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans regarding the content of a submission (details supplied); if the concerns raised can be addressed;...
- Dog Breeding Establishments
Question 85: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will meet with the hunting and field sport organisations to consult with them regarding the...
- Waste Management
Question 86: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the tonnage of refuse derived fuel incinerated annually at a location (details supplied) in County Meath; his...
- Strategic Infrastructure Development
Question 90: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied with the effectiveness of the strategic infrastructure development strategy pursued by An...
- Rental Accommodation Scheme
Question 91: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to reform the qualifying criteria for the rental accommodation scheme in order to address its...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 93: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the expenses claimed by each member of the Building Regulations Advisory Board in the years 2006, 2007, 2008,...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 95: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the interest rate for local authority mortgage holders has been increased by 0.5% and if he will...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the national retrofit programme; the programme of works included under same; and if he...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 20 October 2010, if he will clarify the 40% return to the State as...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of persons in County Mayo who have been approved for REP scheme 4 and are waiting to receive their payments; when...
- Legislative Programme
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Fisheries and Food the position regarding the Animal Health and Welfare Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39581/10]
- Grant Payments
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Fisheries and Food the position regarding an outstanding grant under the farm waste management scheme in respect of a person (details supplied)...
- Milk Quota
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be allowed to retain their milk quota as due to extenuating...
- Grant Payments
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Fisheries and Food when payment of single farm payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Fisheries and Food the total budget of the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority in each of the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010; the...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the expenses claimed by each board member of the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board in the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Redundancy Payments
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the reason a redundancy application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo has not been processed to...
- Employment Support Services
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has not been facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Job Protection
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his efforts and State agencies under the remit of his Department to sustain jobs in the Shannon Industrial Estate in County...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Personnel
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will list by rank and corps the number of personnel in the Permanent Defence Forces who have successfully completed courses that make them...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Defence the location and annual cost of any properties rented by his Department for use by his Department or by the Defence Forces; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Staff
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of civilian employees working with the Defence Forces under directly military management; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
