Written answers
Tuesday, 2 November 2010
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Code
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reform rent supplement so that payment is made directly to the landlord instead of the tenant. [40034/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons claiming rent supplement for more than 18 months in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on...
- Employment Support Services
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide details on his Department's efforts to help persons return to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Code
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the introduction of the carbon tax on 1 May 2010, the reason the promised vouched fuel allowance scheme has not been developed...
- Marriages of Convenience
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action, if any, he is taking to address the problem of sham marriages. [40066/10]
- Public Services Card
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the roll out of identity cards will commence for social welfare recipients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39967/10]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to update guidelines regarding the habitual residency rule to ensure a consistent approach by all deciding officers and his...
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting time to access the money advice and budgeting service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40016/10]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide details on the review of the mortgage interest supplement scheme; the changes envisaged under this review; and if he...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the recent research by the Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice which showed that the income supports available to lone...
- Employment Support Services
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action he is taking to increase the number of interviews and consultations for persons during the course of their unemployment. [40031/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of serving members of the Permanent Defence Forces who are receiving family income supplement; and if he will make a statement...
- Employment Support Services
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide details on the proposed integration of the public employment functions of FÁS; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to centralise the means testing of social welfare benefits; if he has had discussions with the Health Service Executive to ensure...
- Social Welfare Fraud
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated extent of fraudulent claims of social welfare and in particular jobseeker's payments by those who are living abroad and...
- Pension Provisions
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of defined benefit pension schemes which fail the minimum funding standard; the number of persons affected by same. [39978/10]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to abolish the 30 hour rule in respect of rent supplement and his estimate of the cost of same. [40039/10]
- Employment Support Services
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has been contacted by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation to resolve the outstanding issues that exist...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans, if any, to reform the withdrawal rate for rent and mortgage interest supplement. [40044/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action he will take to alleviate the congestion in the processing of all forms of social welfare payments having regard to the hardship...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the outcome of his discussions with insurance companies in respect of the suggestion of changing social welfare legislation to provide for...
- Pension Provisions
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is committed to safeguarding the State pension in budget 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40028/10]
- Departmental Information Services
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps he is taking to improve information services available to employees and employers on the benefits for unemployed persons moving...
- Pension Provisions
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if in recognition of the role played by the State pension in reducing poverty among older persons and in view of the fact that for the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the national carers' strategy; if he is committed to helping carers in the community; if he will protect the carer's...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he intends to consolidate the appeals process for supplementary welfare claims from a two-step appeals process to one. [40036/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to allow far greater access to postgraduate study under the back to education allowance. [40048/10]
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to make a charge on financial institutions and or utility companies to subsidise the work undertaken by the money advice and...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way he intends to reform the social welfare system to provide greater social security for the self-employed. [40049/10]
- Employment Support Services
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way the PRSI employers incentive scheme has been promoted, and his intention to extend the scheme into 2011. [40053/10]
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Regulatory Management
Question 104: To ask the Taoiseach if the OECD peer review team has yet published its report on the Government's regulatory management capacity; if it has made the report available to the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 105: To ask the Taoiseach the persons or bodies in receipt of subventions or grants from his Department; the amount paid to each recipient in the year such payments commenced; the...
- Ireland Newfoundland Partnership
Question 106: To ask the Taoiseach the year the Ireland Newfoundland Partnership was set up; the role of the partnership; the annually funding it secured from his Department in each year from...
- Census of Population
Question 107: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of his plans for census 2011; the number of persons that will be employed by the Central Statistics Office for the completion of...
- Departmental Properties
Question 108: To ask the Taoiseach the number of premises and sites being rented or leased not in use and the cost of maintenance and security on same; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 110: To ask the Taoiseach the savings that have been made in his Department through the use of open source software packages and generic consumables; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Staff
Question 111: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a breakdown of the number of persons employed in the different sections or divisions of the Department of the Taoiseach; and if he will make...
- Departmental Procurement
Question 112: To ask the Taoiseach if any printing contracts for his Department were awarded or given to any company from outside the State in each of the past three years, and if so the company...
- Interdepartmental Committees
Question 113: To ask the Taoiseach if he will name all Cabinet committees in operation here in the year 2009 and to date in 2010; the number of times each committee has met in 2009 and to date...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 114: To ask the Taoiseach the number of high level groups operating within his Department; the purpose of each group; the year each group was set up; the number of times each group has...
- Business Regulation
Question 115: To ask the Taoiseach if his Department was required to take part in the interdepartmental group on administrative burden reduction; if his Department has yet listed information...
- Department of Education and Science
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of places filled under the short-time working training programme; the amount spent on the scheme; when the...
- Adult Education
Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will approve the mobility allowance scheme under a fund (details supplied); if she will address other concerns of...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the persons or bodies in receipt of subventions or grants from her Department; the amount paid to each recipient in the...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if the FÁS Cabra training centre is due to close, or part close, in December or at any point in the near future; if all...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the action she has taken to resolve the dispute at a school (details supplied) regarding completion of works to standard;...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39759/10]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for phase two of a primary schools development (details supplied) in County Cork....
- Higher Education Grants
Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if the Student Support Bill will make allowances for students who attend a college (details supplied) and are unable to...
- Departmental Properties
Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of premises and sites being rented or leased not currently in use and the cost of maintenance and security on...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on contacts with a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; if she will note the concerns of...
- School Accommodation
Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will facilitate a school (details supplied) that is currently paying €60,000 annual rent for facilities that are...
- Skills Development
Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the assistance that can be given to participants on a course (details supplied) who took their examinations in June 2009,...
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her plans regarding the proposal to amalgamate the vocational educational committees of Kerry, Limerick and Limerick...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide information in relation to progress made in regard to the full purchase of the site upon which a...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when the National Council for Special Education will allocate a special needs assistant to help a student (details...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be provided for a new school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39904/10]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) was refused an education laptop. [39905/10]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the savings that have been made in her Department through the use of open source software packages and generic...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 137: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to correspondence (details supplied) in relation to FÁS payments; and if she will make a statement...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a new post-primary school building at a location (details supplied) in County...
- School Staffing
Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will allow the same appointment numbers for assistants to a school as apply to another school ( details supplied);...
- Overseas Students
Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills, further to Parliamentary Question No. 174 of 19 October 2010, if she will clarify the discrepancy between the figures...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will visit to see at first hand the problems experienced at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Teachers' Remuneration
Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason a teacher (details supplied) is only paid a pass primary degree allowance despite the fact that they hold an...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of planning applications for new or extended school buildings lodged to planning authorities where her...
- Computerisation Programme
Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided to a school (details supplied) in County Mayo to purchase equipment. [40136/10]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the progress regarding an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number and job description of persons who have been vetted by the Garda vetting unit for each of the past three years...
- Departmental Procurement
Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if any printing contracts for her Department were awarded or given to any company from outside the State in each of the...
- Aitheantas Scoileanna
Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste agus Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an raibh coiste bunaithe i bhfeidhm san Uaimh, Co. na Mí, chun bunscoil a bhunú faoi phátrúnacht an Choiste...
- School Services Staff
Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the situation whereby in many cases school secretaries and caretakers are not subject to a salary...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to ensure that a new school is provided at a location (details supplied); if her attention has...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of high-level groups operating within her Department; the purpose of each group; the year each group was set...
- School Accommodation
Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the amount her Department has spend renting prefabricated buildings in the year 2009 and to date in 2010; and if she will...
- Business Regulation
Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her Department was required to take part in the interdepartmental group on administrative burden reduction; if her...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code (1 comment)
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance if motorhomes will be liable to the 13.3% vehicle registration tax rate after 1 January 2010; the cost of the national car test and VRT for...
- Bank Guarantee Scheme
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance, in view of the Financial Regulator's statement to the Joint Committee on Economic Regulatory Affairs on 6 October 2010, that the Government has...
- European Council Meetings
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance the consideration at Council of Finance Ministers regarding the issue of rating agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39646/10]
- Tax Code
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax or VAT concessions available to a person returning to the workforce as self-employed sole trader after being unemployed for over 12 months...
- Banks Recapitalisation
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of the promissory notes issued to date in respect of the capital injection in Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide Building Society; and...
- Black Economy
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Finance his Department's estimate of the value of the black economy in Ireland in 2010 and the estimate of the annual loss to the Exchequer; and if he will...
- National Debt
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Finance his current estimate of the amount of interest payable on the national debt for each of the years 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 [39771/10]
- Departmental Properties
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of premises and sites being rented or leased not currently in use and the cost of maintenance and security on same; and if he will make a...
- Tax Reliefs
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost paid by the State in grants, tax reliefs, allowances and all other means to facilitate the development of hotels in Ireland from 2004...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the publication of the quarterly accounts for the National Asset Management Agency for the second quarter of 2010; and if he will...
- Tax Clearance Certificates
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can be furnished with a P21 for 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39864/10]
- Public Procurement
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will quantify the savings that have been achieved by the national public procurement operations unit since its establishment; the costs it has...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to the framework for mobile voice and data services, which of the three services has been suspended and the reason for same; and if he...
- Tax Yield
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Finance the stamp duty yield from the sale of properties in 2009 and the estimated yield for 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39875/10]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Finance the savings that have been made in his Department through the use of open source software packages and generic consumables; and if he will make a...
- Tax Code
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a request for a P21in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Property Valuations
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Finance when the revision of valuation of all rateable properties throughout the country, as provided for under the Valuations Act 2001 will be completed;...
- Budget Submissions
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to the Irish Farmers' Association taxation priorities for budget 2011 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Collection
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Finance when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will receive their VAT refund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40115/10]
- Departmental Agencies
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of dividends received by the Exchequer from all State or semi-State agencies for each of the past ten years; and if he will make a...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of the new location in Newbridge for Army headquarters and Department of Defence staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Finance if he can assure that economic experts commissioned by the Government to advise on cuts to public expenditure measures do not also advise private...
- State Savings Initiatives
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40174/10]
- State Property
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Finance the detailed plans that the Office of Public Works has for Park Gate House, the current location of the Department of Defence; the timescale for any...
- Offshore Betting
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans in regard to providing a regulated environment (details supplied) so that it can be effectively taxed; and if he will make a statement on...
- Tax Code
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Finance, following proposals from the Dutch and Swedish authorities to amend their excise structure to the higher specific rates, 70% and 76.5%,...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Finance the headings under which the national lottery funds are distributed at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40205/10]
- Tax Yield
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue raised in stamp duty each year since the year 2000 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40209/10]
- Tax Code
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Finance following the passing of the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act, when he will bring forward relevant...
- Cash for Gold Schemes
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Finance if the cash for gold industry is supervised and regulated by the Financial Regulator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40234/10]
- Departmental Procurement
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Finance if any printing contracts for his Department were awarded or given to any company from outside the State in each of the past three years, and if so...
- Tax Collection
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork for a refund of deposit interest retention tax. [40270/10]
- Departmental Properties
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will list the buildings and structures owned or leased by his Department in Cork city and county for use by his or other Departments; and if...
- Departmental Committees
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times the committee for public management research has met in the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; the...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of high level groups operating within his Department; the purpose of each group; the year each group was set up; the number of times each...
- Business Regulation
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department was required to take part in the interdepartmental group on administrative burden reduction; if his Department has yet listed...
- Civil Service Language Service
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the Civil Service language service; if he will outline its role; the amount of money spent by the service in each if the...
- Department of Health and Children
- Irish Blood Transfusion Service
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the pension levy is being paid by employees of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service as they do not have a state pension; and...
- Health Services
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the cost of disability here is examined and progressed without delay. [39851/10]
- Mental Health Services
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether due to the increase in death by suicide it is now necessary to increase financial support for all the mental health...
- Health Services
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied). [39659/10]
- Medical Cards
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the centralising and processing of all medical cards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39663/10]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the persons or bodies in receipt of subventions or grants from her Department; the amount paid to each recipient in the year such...
- Nursing Education
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 96 of 21 October 2010, if she will confirm the requirements; and if she will make a statement on...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will consider arranging access to cervical smear tests, where appropriate, without charge for persons under the age of 25 years;...
- Medical Training
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of training one general practitioner, broken down according to cost of undergraduate medical training and postgraduate general...
- Health Services
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will supply information on a matter (details supplied) [39720/10]
- Hospital Procedures
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Community Care
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that day care services at a home (details supplied) remain suspended despite a decision and...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide the cost of the State drugs bill for each of the following years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to...
- Hospital Services
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide the hospital budget for each of the years 1997 to 2010 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide the average cost per patient attending hospital for each of the years 2003 to 2009 in tabular form; and if she will...
- Medical Cards
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide the average number of prescriptions issued for medical card holders for each of the years 2003 to 2009 in tabular...
- Hospital Closures
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will meet with an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39764/10]
- Community Care
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department is still accepting applications under a particular grant scheme (details supplied) [39775/10]
- Preschool Services
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for the early childhood care and education scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department or the Health Service Executive will refund fees to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will...
- Health Services
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive dental unit in Cornmarket was to move to a local building and had secured funding for the refurbishment...
- Health Services
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the dental service in St. James's Hospital is being closed. [39793/10]
- Departmental Properties
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of premises and sites being rented or leased not currently in use and the cost of maintenance and security on same; and if...
- Health Services
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a review will be carried out by the Health Service Executive and the necessary assistance provided in respect of a person (details...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that access to disability specific services (details supplied) is protected in the forthcoming budget; and if she...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason inquiries from a person (details supplied) regarding their application to the health repayment scheme appeals office have...
- Hospital Services
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied) [39854/10]
- Medical Cards
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will address the concerns of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39865/10]
- Hospital Services
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [39891/10]
- Health Services
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received the report from the expert advisory group on diabetes; if she is in a position to implement the recommendations...
- Community Care
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the retention of a nursing home (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the savings that have been made in her Department through the use of open source software packages and generic consumables; and if she...
- Hospital Services
Question 258: 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. [39946/10]
- Asylum Support Services
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 186 of 5 October 2010, if women in direct provision centres have been consulted directly to...
- Medical Cards
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card holder who requires a certificate to apply for a driving licence is required to pay the general practitioner for this...
- Hospital Staff
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Health Service Executive will act on her instruction to appoint a third cardiologist to Waterford Regional Hospital in order...
- Health Capital Programme
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the capital sums expended in each year from 2006 to date in 2010 in respect of Waterford Regional Hospital, Mid-Western Regional...
- Hospital Services
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the health system here spends over four times more per year on the care of stroke...
- Mental Health Services
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of funding provided to mental health each year since 2007; her plans to fund this area in 2011; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Services
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the decompression chamber located in Galway University Hospital is currently non-operational; the last time the decompression...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding allocated from the National Treatment Purchase Fund to referrals from Letterkenny hospital in 2009 and to date in...
- Medical Cards
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange to have an application for a medical card reviewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford....
- Health Services
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the proposals, if any, she has in regard to health facilities on the island of Inishbiggle, County Mayo (details supplied); and if she...
- Hospital Facilities
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the car park at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15, has a parking ticket and clamping system in operation (details...
- Health Services
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange for a service to be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) through the Health Service Executive south....
- Prescription Charges
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the prescription charges legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40233/10]
- Health Services
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will consider issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40239/10]
- Hospital Services
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the criteria (details supplied) her Department uses to determine whether a stroke service is an acute stroke unit; how compliance with...
- Departmental Contracts
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if any printing contracts for her Department were awarded or given to any company from outside the State in each of the past three...
- Hospital Services
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will undergo a surgical procedure; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Medical Cards
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card application will be decided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford [40305/10]
- Health Services
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a matter (details supplied) [40309/10]
- Medical Cards
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13 [40310/10]
- Hospital Services
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 [40311/10]
- Departmental Bodies
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of high-level groups operating within her Department; the purpose of each group; the year each group was set up; the number...
- Business Regulation
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department was required to take part in the interdepartmental group on administrative burden reduction; if her Department has yet...
- Department of Transport
- Public Transport
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will give further details on the awarding of a licence for a route between Galway city centre and Knocknacarra; to whom this award has been...
- Grant Payments
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Transport the persons or bodies in receipt of subventions or grants from his Department; the amount paid to each recipient in the year such payments...
- Regional Airports
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the midlands regional airport project; the representations he has received on the project; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Properties
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of premises and sites being rented or leased not currently in use and the cost of maintenance and security on same; and if he will make...
- Road Network
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Transport the total cost of the Dublin Port tunnel; the original estimated cost; the expenditure on lawyers' fees, on land costs, on reports and other...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will respond to correspondence (details supplied) [39862/10]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Transport the savings that have been made in his Department through the use of open source software packages and generic consumables; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Contracts
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Transport if any printing contracts for his Department were awarded or given to any company from outside the State in each of the past three years, and if...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of high level groups operating within his Department; the purpose of each group; the year each group was set up; the number of times...
- Business Regulation
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department was required to take part in the interdepartmental group on administrative burden reduction; if his Department has yet listed...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Citizenship Applications
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the reason the Garda national immigration bureau will not supply information to a person (details supplied); the procedures the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the persons or bodies in receipt of subventions or grants from his Department; the amount paid to each recipient in the year such...
- Residency Permits
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) seeking to obtain a renewal of a permit has had to pay the stated fees; and if he will make a...
- Garda Vetting Services
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of outstanding applications for Garda clearance; the average processing time from receipt of an application to issuing a...
- Croke Park Agreement
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the proposals detailed in the action plan prepared by him relating to his Department under the terms of the Croke Park Agreement to...
- Garda Operations
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39762/10]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his views on whether the policing and enforcement of gambling and gaming legislation is effective in view of that fact, that the law...
- Departmental Properties
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of premises and sites being rented or leased not currently in use and the cost of maintenance and security on same; and if...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39897/10]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the savings that have been made in his Department through the use of open source software packages and generic consumables; and if he...
- Visa Applications
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the current visa arrangements applicable to Chinese citizens who wish to attend a recognised school or third level college here and...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if the legislation is being prepared to facilitate this State to ratify the Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child...
- Asylum Applications
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding the announced review into the cases of asylum seekers who are waiting five years or more to receive a final...
- Garda Equipment
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of water cannons available to security forces; when and from where they were procured; the circumstances that would lead...
- Departmental Properties
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 7 July 2010, if he will provide an update; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Visa Applications
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 355 of 19 October 2010, if he will detail what a visa transaction is; the number of persons...
- Residency Permits
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of non-EU nationals who have applied for continuing residency here this year to date as a spouse who has married a...
- Asylum Applications
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) in County Limerick can expect a decision on their application for residency; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the cost of providing security by members of the Garda Síochána to ambassadors and members of the diplomatic corps while living in...
- Residency Permits
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will review an application for a stamp four for a person (details supplied), in view of the fact that this person has been...
- Asylum Applications
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry can expect a decision on their application for permission to stay in Ireland; and if...
- Registration of Title
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the concerns which have been expressed about the operation of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform...
- Residency Permits
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his plans to initiate the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act; and if he will make a statement on...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number and job description of persons who have been vetted by the Garda vetting unit for each of the past three years who are at...
- Departmental Procurement
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if any printing contracts for his Department were awarded or given to any company from outside the State in each of the past three...
- Visa Applications
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when a holiday visa will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) who intends to travel here for a two week holiday;...
- Deportation Orders
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) who was deported to Nigeria at midnight on 28 October...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of high level groups operating within his Department; the purpose of each group; the year each group was set up; the...
- Business Regulation
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if his Department was required to take part in the interdepartmental group on administrative burden reduction; if his Department has...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- EU Treaties
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the likelihood of a new EU constitutional treaty to facilitate putting the [i]ad hoc[/i] fiscal stability fund agreed in June...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to reports that preparations for the referendum to decide the future of south Sudan and the peoples of that...
- Overseas Elections
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the next general election in Angola is due to take place in 2012; if his further attention...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking to ensure that Ireland meets its 0.7% target of GNP in overseas aid by 2015; the timeline for delivering on this...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the persons or bodies in receipt of subventions or grants from his Department; the amount paid to each recipient in the year such payments...
- Overseas Trade
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the EU proposes to hold an EU-Asia summit to enable the EU to position itself to take maximum advantage of the growing economies in...
- Diplomatic Representation
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support a matter (details supplied). [39716/10]
- International Agreements
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on ratification of the stabilisation and association agreement with Serbia and if he will indicate the Government's position...
- China-Africa Relations
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the EU is concerned at the increasing investment of China in Africa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39780/10]
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views that Ireland and the EU's development aid programme to Africa which is linked to better governance and democratic accountability...
- Lisbon Strategy
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views that the EU has successfully completed the Lisbon agenda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39786/10]
- EU Enlargement
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland supports the application for membership of the EU by Croatia, Iceland and Macedonia; the progress being made with regard to...
- Departmental Properties
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of premises and sites being rented or leased not currently in use and the cost of maintenance and security on same; and if he...
- Millennium Development Goals
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 13 October which references his response to Parliamentary Question Nos. 107 and 110 of 12...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 127 of 12 October 2010, if he or any of his Cabinet colleagues will raise the proposals referenced...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the savings that have been made in his Department through the use of open source software packages and generic consumables; and if he will...
- Departmental Procurement
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if any printing contracts for his Department were awarded or given to any company from outside the State in each of the past three years,...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of high level groups operating within his Department; the purpose of each group; the year each group was set up; the number of...
- Business Regulation
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department was required to take part in the interdepartmental group on administrative burden reduction; if his Department has yet...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the persons or bodies in receipt of subventions or grants from his Department; the amount paid to each recipient in the year such payments...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Code
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the respective gross cost to the Exchequer if the withdrawal rate above allowances for rent supplement was changed from 75% to 15%, 20%,...
- Departmental Properties
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of premises and sites being rented or leased not currently in use and the cost of maintenance and security on same; and if he...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will ensure that there are no further cuts made to the incomes of persons with disabilities (details supplied). [39851/10]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the savings that have been made in his Department through the use of open source software packages and generic consumables; and if he will...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for family income supplement payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath;...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on whether the publication of a national carers strategy as promised in Towards 2016 would be a significant step towards...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the refusal of a one parent family payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will...
- Marriage Statistics
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of marriages that took place in the State between 1 January 2010 and 30 September 2010 where one party to the marriage was a...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an oral hearing on a jobseeker's allowance appeal will take place in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average number of new successful applications for the one parent family payment scheme involving a family in which the youngest child...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will investigate the existing and growing delays in the time it takes for new applicants for one parent family payment to be...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will set up, promote and evaluate a national career development planning programme for lone parents, to assist them, where...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be awarded the illness benefit as a matter of urgency; and if he...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Social Protection following the passing of the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act, when he will bring forward...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of the State pension contributory; the cost to the State in 2009; and if he will make a...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite an oral hearing in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40236/10]
- Employment Support Services
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider the points made in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40238/10]
- Departmental Procurement
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if any printing contracts for his Department were awarded or given to any company from outside the State in each of the past three years,...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of appeals that are currently at hand for all social protection entitlements and a breakdown for each category and the length...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he has had any discussions with the authorities in other jurisdictions in relation to the current application by his Department of the...
- Employment Support Services
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of back to work or employment incentives currently operated by his Department; the extent to which he proposes to upgrade or...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to ensure social protection for the future in line with requirements arising from the economic situation; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Staff
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of extra staff redeployed within his Department or from other Departments to cater for the increased workload arising from the...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of cases on appeal for back to education allowance; the longest period recorded for such appeals to be determined to date in...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be approved and paid the one-parent family allowance [40314/10]
- Departmental Bodies
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of high level groups operating within his Department; the purpose of each group; the year each group was set up; the number of...
- Business Regulation
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his Department was required to take part in the interdepartmental group on administrative burden reduction; if his Department has yet...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 412: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reform rent supplement to enable the payment to be made directly to the landlord instead of the tenant [39267/10]
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 413: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the persons or bodies in receipt of subventions or grants from her Department; the amount paid to each recipient in the year...
- Departmental Properties
Question 414: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the number of premises and sites being rented or leased not currently in use and the cost of maintenance and security on same;...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 416: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the savings that have been made in her Department through the use of open source software packages and generic consumables; and...
- Departmental Procurement
Question 417: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if any printing contracts for her Department were awarded or given to any company from outside the State in each of the past...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 418: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the number of high level groups operating within her Department; the purpose of each group; the year each group was set up; the...
- Business Regulation
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if her Department was required to take part in the interdepartmental group on administrative burden reduction; if her Department...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Local Authority Housing
Question 420: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money allocated in 2009 and 2010 for the rental assistance scheme and the long term leasing...
- Water Quality
Question 421: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are health concerns regarding water supply via lead pipes to homes in an area (details supplied)....
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 424: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the persons or bodies in receipt of subventions or grants from his Department; the amount paid to each...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 425: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if mains replacement has been funded by his Department for Mullinahone in County Tipperary due to ongoing...
- Departmental Reviews
Question 426: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the review by his Department of the decision by Dún Laoghaire Rathdown council in relation to the...
- EU Directives
Question 427: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if electronic cigarettes which are sold in shops and pharmacies are subject to the EU WEEE directive; if so,...
- Planning Issues
Question 428: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the adverse effect of the excessive growth of trees such as leylandii on homeowners and adjacent...
- Control of Dogs
Question 429: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 430: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding funding for the Cork Harbour main drainage scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
- Retail Sector Developments
Question 431: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will report on his plans to update retail planning guidelines; when the review will be completed;...
- Departmental Properties
Question 432: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of premises and sites being rented or leased not currently in use and the cost of maintenance and...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 434: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the savings that have been made in his Department through the use of open source software packages and...
- Control of Dogs
Question 435: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to review the status of the African Boerboel breed of dog for possible inclusion on the dangerous...
- Fire Stations
Question 436: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the fire station at Lanesboro will proceed. [39939/10]
- Planning Issues
Question 437: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied with the settlement agreed by Mayo County Council on the 7 July 2010 allowing a...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 442: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the proposals, if any, he has to assist the hotel industry in regard to the inability of hotels and...
- National Spatial Strategy
Question 443: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the gateway innovation fund has been reopened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40161/10]
- Housing Development Survey
Question 444: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of empty housing units identified in his Department's report on housing developments that are...
- Motor Taxation
Question 445: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the percentage of motor tax applications which are carried out on-line; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Procurement
Question 446: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if any printing contracts for his Department were awarded or given to any company from outside the State in...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 447: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses purchased from the private sector and developers by Mayo County Council from 1 June 2009...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 451: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of high level groups operating within his Department; the purpose of each group; the year each...
- Business Regulation
Question 452: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department was required to take part in the interdepartmental group on administrative burden...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Energy Resources
Question 453: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will deal with matters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40097/10]
- Energy Conservation
Question 454: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of persons in receipt of fuel allowance as part of the national fuel scheme who live in privately...
- Postal Services
Question 455: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress being made regarding the introduction of post codes; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 456: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the persons or bodies in receipt of subventions or grants from his Department; the amount paid to each...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 457: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1546 and 1548 of 29 September 2010, his plans to bring in legislation...
- Departmental Properties
Question 458: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of premises and sites being rented or leased not currently in use and the cost of maintenance and...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 460: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the savings that have been made in his Department through the use of open source software packages and generic...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 461: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his proposals for the European economic recovery programme funding for rural broadband initiatives; the areas...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 462: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason for the delay in implementing the REFIT since the announcement on 24 May 2010 of same; and if he...
- Departmental Procurement
Question 466: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if any printing contracts for his Department were awarded or given to any company from outside the State in...
- Energy Resources
Question 467: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details of any open cycle gas generation, OCGG, projects being planned for each of the agencies under his...
- Electricity Transmission Network
Question 470: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details of all transmission grid projects either completed or under construction during the past ten years...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 471: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the names of any wind farm projects in which agencies under his remit are involved; if any such projects...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 475: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 100 Mbps fibre broadband is available in rural locations in...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 476: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of high level groups operating within his Department; the purpose of each group; the year each group...
- Business Regulation
Question 477: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department was required to take part in the interdepartmental group on administrative burden reduction;...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 478: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the delay in payment of a single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny;...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 479: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the persons or bodies in receipt of subventions or grants from his Department; the amount paid to each recipient in the year...
- Grant Payments
Question 480: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding persons who have had inspections carried out in cross compliance; the reason these persons have not...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 482: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of REP scheme participants who have completed their five year plan in the past 12 months; the corresponding...
- Departmental Properties
Question 483: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of premises and sites being rented or leased not currently in use and the cost of maintenance and security on...
- Departmental Offices
Question 485: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 76 of the 10 June 2010, his views on the level of service provided to Clare farmers...
- Grant Payments
Question 486: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food with regard to the 2010 single payment scheme and disadvantaged area scheme, when he expects the digitising of maps to be...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 496: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the savings that have been made in his Department through the use of open source software packages and generic consumables;...
- Grant Payments
Question 497: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reasons for the delay in issuing the payments for the disadvantaged area scheme and the single payment scheme to a...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 506: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when funding will be introduced for the investment schemes announced for pigs, poultry, sheep fencing and handling...
- Budget Submissions
Question 507: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the Irish Farmers' Association farm scheme priorities for budget 2011 (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Grant Payments
Question 508: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reasons payments of certain amounts were made to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry in respect of single farm...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 521: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the proportion of the agri-environment options scheme funded by the Exchequer and the proportion funded by the EU; and if he...
- Grant Payments
Question 522: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Procurement
Question 526: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if any printing contracts for his Department were awarded or given to any company from outside the State in each of the past...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 527: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the names of any wind farm projects in which agencies under his remit are involved; if any such projects provide a community...
- Departmental On-line Services
Question 528: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will report on the number of farmers in County Clare who are using the Departments on-line services; and if he will...
- Grant Payments
Question 529: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the appropriate amounts of single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 538: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of high level groups operating within his Department; the purpose of each group; the year each group was set up;...
- Business Regulation
Question 539: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his Department was required to take part in the inter-departmental group on administrative burden education; if his...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Grant Payments
Question 540: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the persons or bodies in receipt of subventions or grants from his Department; the amount paid to each recipient in the...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 541: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Job Losses
Question 542: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when he first became aware of the likelihood of job losses at two facilities (details supplied) in County Clare; the action...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 544: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39789/10]
- Departmental Properties
Question 545: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of premises and sites being rented or leased not currently in use and the cost of maintenance and security on...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 547: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when a redundancy claim will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make...
- Employment Support Services
Question 548: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his plans to extend the deadline for the employment subsidy scheme. [39895/10]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 549: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the savings that have been made in his Department through the use of open source software packages and generic consumables;...
- Employment Rights
Question 550: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if a new hearing is being arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [40149/10]
- Departmental Procurement
Question 551: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if any printing contracts for his Department were awarded or given to any company from outside the State in each of the...
- Industrial Development
Question 552: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, further to Parliamentary Question No. 551 of 27 October 2010, the date on which the stated units have been leased by the...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 553: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the discussions that took place at the first meeting of the Foreign Trade Council; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Business Regulation
Question 554: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation in relation to the target set by Government in March 2008 to reduce administrative burdens arising from domestic...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 560: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if a review of the family mediation service was carried out by a consultancy (details supplied) at the request of...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 561: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the current value of moneys available for distribution from the dormant accounts fund; the principles that apply...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 562: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the budget for each local and regional drugs task force over the past five years; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 566: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the persons or bodies in receipt of subventions or grants from his Department; the amount paid to each recipient...
- Departmental Properties
Question 567: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of premises and sites being rented or leased not currently in use and the cost of maintenance and...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 569: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the savings that have been made in his Department through the use of open source software packages and generic...
- Offshore Islands
Question 570: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to improve access to the island of Innishbiggle, County Mayo (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 571: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of national lottery funding allocated to community development projects in each year since 2005; the...
- Departmental Procurement
Question 572: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if any printing contracts for his Department were awarded or given to any company from outside the State in each...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 573: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of high level groups operating within his Department; the purpose of each group; the year each group...
- Business Regulation
Question 574: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if his Department was required to take part in the interdepartmental group on administrative burden reduction; if...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 575: To ask the Minister for Defence the persons or bodies in receipt of subventions or grants from his Department; the amount paid to each recipient in the year such payments...
- Commemorative Events
Question 576: To ask the Minister for Defence the steps that have been taken to ensure that all political parties and all interested parties are involved in the planning of State commemorations...
- Departmental Properties
Question 577: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a site free of charge to another Government Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39709/10]
- Naval Service Vessels
Question 578: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the procurement of new naval vessels for the Naval Service [39770/10]
- Departmental Properties
Question 579: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of premises and sites being rented or leased not currently in use and the cost of maintenance and security on same; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Staff
Question 581: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of staff in his Department, who are primarily employed in one of a number of areas (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 582: To ask the Minister for Defence the savings that have been made in his Department through the use of open source software packages and generic consumables; and if he will make a...
- Naval Service Operations
Question 583: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of occasions that the decompression chamber operated by the Naval Service was used in 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; and if he will make...
- Departmental Procurement
Question 584: To ask the Minister for Defence if any printing contracts for his Department were awarded or given to any company from outside the State in each of the past three years, and if so...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 585: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of high level groups operating within his Department; the purpose of each group; the year each group was set up; the number of times each...
- Business Regulation
Question 586: To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department was required to take part in the interdepartmental group on administrative burden reduction; if his Department has yet listed...
