Written answers

Thursday, 11 November 2010

  • Department of Health and Children
    • Health Service Funding
      Question 11: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the deficit in Health Service Executive west; the action being taken to address this deficit; and if she will make...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 12: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the procedures now being put in place to cater for unforeseen demand for hospital beds, accident and emergency or other hospital based...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 13: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason St. Vincent's Hospital has more radiologists than Tallaght hospital, in view of the fact that Tallaght hospital conducts twice...
    • Health Service Expenditure
      Question 14: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way the capital budget for health has been reduced under the revised capital programme 2010 to 2016; the planned projects that will...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 15: To ask the Minister for Health and Children with regard to the roll-out of HPV cervical cancer vaccination programme for first year girls in secondary school as at May 2010, the...
    • Health Service Expenditure
      Question 17: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent of savings which she recently claimed needed to be made in the health budget [41899/10]
    • Health Services
      Question 18: To ask the Minister for Health and Children in view of her assertion that she is no longer obliged to account to Dáil Éireann for the day to day running affairs and costs of the...
    • Health Service Expenditure
      Question 19: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an evaluation of the use of taxis by the Health Service Executive has been undertaken; if she has taken a role in addressing this...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 20: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total cost of absenteeism to the Health Service Executive; the way the health service absenteeism compares to private sector...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 23: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the initiatives in place to tackle depression and isolation amongst members of the farming community; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 24: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of submissions of interest made to the Health Service Executive in relation to the voluntary redundancy programme to date; and...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 25: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the two extra consultant radiologists for Tallaght hospital will be put in place; the way the total number of WTE consultant...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 26: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated cost of the new paediatric hospital; the funding to be provided by the State; the outstanding balance; and if she will make...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 29: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children and adults waiting to have a hearing aid fitted; the average waiting time to have a hearing aid fitted; the cost...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 30: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide the date the Health Service Executive audit to establish if any other hospitals have experienced a backlog in x-ray...
    • Vaccination Trials
      Question 31: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take and the action she has taken to date in respect of vaccine trials on children in State care during the 1960s and...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 32: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the situation which is now prevalent in both Cavan and Drogheda hospitals where patients, some of them a great age, have to...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 33: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a decision has been made on the location of the new central mental hospital; when this decision will be made; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 34: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Hayes report on radiological examinations and GP referrals will be published; when the report of the faculty of radiologists...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 35: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to reduce the number of staff who work in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41886/10]
    • Health Insurance
      Question 36: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total amount of money owed to the Health Service Executive by private health insurers at the end of 2009; and if she will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 37: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects to commence work on a national dementia strategy; when it is expected that the strategy will be completed; and if she...
    • Medicine Pricing
      Question 38: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding her plans to introduce reference pricing; the amount that will be saved from the introduction of reference...
    • General Medical Service
      Question 39: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to review the general practitioner out of hours services; if she is involved in this review; and if she will make a statement...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 40: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total number of stroke units here; the criteria the Health Service Executive use to determine if a stroke service is an acute stroke...
    • Hospital Boards
      Question 41: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has made its nomination to the board of Tallaght hospital; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Promotion
      Question 42: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the supports available from her Department to assist those who are trying to give up smoking, particularly those who are living on low...
    • Child Abuse
      Question 43: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide details on the internal Health Service Executive disciplinary process that is taking place on foot of failings...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 44: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the national referral centre for paediatric immunology has no full-time consultant immunologist; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 45: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made in providing direct access to diagnostics for general practitioners; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Child Abuse
      Question 47: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to establish a new inquiry into allegations of child abuse of intellectually disabled children in two facilities operated by...
    • Croke Park Agreement
      Question 48: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made in implementing measures in the Croke Park deal that deal with issues of cost savings on shared services,...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 50: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views that over 46,000 patients are on hospital waiting lists across the State; if she will provide a breakdown of the numbers of...
    • Health Services
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a unique health identifier system will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41875/10]
    • Health Forums
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the future of the regional health forums; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41904/10]
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 289 of 8 July 2010 the progress or developments made in the reconfiguration of ambulance services...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 54: To ask the Minister for Health and Children to outline in tabular form the number of social workers currently employed on a full-time basis in the Health Service Executive and the...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the proposed new national children's hospital [41903/10]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures being taken to ensure that there are adequate numbers of non-consultant hospital doctors for service needs in January 2011;...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of methadone and stabilisation centres in each drug task force area; the number of applicants for treatment at each centre; if...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will consider introducing a National Foot Screening Programme as part of the treatment of diabetic foot disease; the estimated...
    • Pharmacy Services
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason many pharmacies around the country are charging customers over and above the monthly cap of €10 for prescription charges...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that patients in the west had their planned chemotherapy cancelled in recent weeks because of...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Health and Children with regard to the Government's decision to hire an additional 270 social workers, the number that have been recruited to date; and if...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if and when the proposed extension to the National Rehabilitation Hospital will go ahead; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of primary care teams now in place and actively operating; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41885/10]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans and those of the Health Service Executive to alter services provided at Lifford Hospital; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when legislation will be published to place the Children First guidelines on a statutory footing; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has had discussions with the Health Service Executive in relation to the future of Navan, Dundalk and Monaghan Hospitals; and if...
    • Youth Services
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 276 of 8 July 2010, the number of special projects for youth currently funded by her Department;...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications received under the fair deal scheme to date; the number of applications that have been processed to date; the...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the commitment that no child or adolescent will be placed in an adult mental health bed by end of 2011 is on track and if it will be...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that information requested in a parliamentary question to her is furnished in a reasonable time; the length of time...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a final figure for the cost of the H1N1 flu vaccination programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41887/10]
    • National Maternity Hospital
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to move the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, to the site of St. Vincent's Hospital; the amount of moneys spent on...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if adequate funds have been set aside to fund the fair deal scheme for 2010; if she will ensure that adequate provision is made for 2011;...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the future of Bandon Community Hospital and if she will confirm that the extension to the hospital will progress without...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the national clinical leads are all now in place, including the lead for mental health; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the budget for medical research is protected in view of the quality research that is undertaken and the added...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the way home help services are run in our communities; her plans to extend these services to cater for elderly persons to...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the co-location policy; her views that the Voluntary Health Insurance, VHI, will not cover its customers in...
    • Homeless Persons
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of registered homeless persons under 18 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37440/10]
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when applications will be processed in respect of the European globalisation fund for redundant workers of Waterford...
    • Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
      Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision to refuse a vocational training opportunities scheme place in respect of a person (details...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the cost of the redress board to compensate victims of institutional abuse; the amount awarded in compensation to victims...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the remaining sanction required to facilitate the construction of a new school (details supplied)...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if additional resource hours can be allocated to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Gaeltacht Scholarships
      Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a person (details supplied) who was offered a Gaeltacht scholarship from her Department but shortly...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when approval will be given to a school (details supplied) to proceed with its new school project in view of the fact that...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the methodology used to select schools for the high speed broadband for post-primary schools; if she will identify the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the entitlement of Irish persons to apply for a maintenance grant under the higher education grant...
    • School Transport
      Question 96: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42189/10]
    • Home Tuition Grant
      Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will issue a decision on a home tuition grant in respect of a person (details supplied); when this grant will be...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will appoint a design team for the extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare [42213/10]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the results of her audit of the special needs assistants programme; the decisions made to date in...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills in the context of the ongoing public debate regarding third level registration fees, if she will acknowledge the huge...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money owed to private firms by her Department [42267/10]
    • School Staffing
      Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of retired teachers working in schools here; if these retirees have received any training before or during...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of external reports and reviews commissioned by her Department in 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; if she will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent by her Department on security for schools in the years 2009 and to date in 2010; and if she will make a...
    • Education Welfare Service
      Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if provision can or will be made to provide a computer to assist the education of a person (details supplied) in County...
  • Department of Finance
    • Budgetary Measures
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42169/10]
    • Flood Relief
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress on flood mitigation works (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42150/10]
    • Cúrsaí Gaeilge
      Question 110: To ask the Aire Airgeadais céard é an scéal is déanaí faoi Ghaeleagras; an mó cúrsa Gaeilge de chuid Ghaeleagrais atá curtha ar ceal; ós rud é gurb é Gaeleagras a chuir...
    • Personal Debt
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the expert group on mortgage arrears and personal debt to finalise their deliberations and produce a final report [42178/10]
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the terms of the incentivised scheme for early retirement for civil servants to bring it into line with the recently announced...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support the case of a person (details supplied). [42184/10]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance if, notwithstanding the fact that economic experts commissioned by the Government are subject to the provisions of the Official Secrets Act, he can...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 23 June 2009, the updated figures for the number of public servants decentralised to date in each...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will acknowledge that banks asset books contain huge private mortgages portfolios; that defaulted mortgages will leave banks in possession of...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount in Irish credit unions and if this finance could be used more constructively in our economy. [42259/10]
    • Tax Code
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a matter (details supplied). [42260/10]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money owed to private firms by his Department. [42270/10]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of external reports and reviews commissioned by his Department in 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; if he will name each report and review;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Finance the total capital spending allocated to his Department in 2010; the total allocated moneys spent; the allocated capital spending within his...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent by his Department on public relations and advertising in the years 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance if a refund of tax will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42367/10]
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the wording for the proposed amendment of the Constitution regarding children will be finalised; when the referendum will be held;...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if all of the promised extra social workers have been appointed; if not, when they will be; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her view on the guidelines on the sale of medicines containing codeine which were issued by the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland; if...
    • Nursing Home Repayment Scheme
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she considers it fair and reasonable that a person (details supplied) who has been refunded for illegal deductions arising from their...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, and in what form, section 7 of the Child Care Act 1991 is still law; the way, and in what form, the role of the child care advisory...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made regarding the implementation of the Croke Park agreement and if changes will be made to it to allow for...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan can expect to have their medical card reinstated; the reason they received no...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the new kidney dialysis unit in Mayo General Hospital will be ready to accommodate patients who are currently travelling a...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff in St. Luke's Hospital, Rathgar, Dublin 6, who have been offered and or accepted a voluntary redundancy package; if...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the specific services that will have moved to the new cancer unit in St. James's Hospital from St. Luke's Hospital, Rathgar by 31...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department has entered into any formal or informal negotiations concerning the sale of buildings at St. Luke's Hospital, Rathgar;...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [42126/10]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the €1 million cut in Roscommon county Hospital's budget for 2011 from €19.8 million to €18.8 million combined with plans for a...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a breakdown of the number of employees employed by the Health Service Executive in the Kildare and west Wicklow...
    • Health Services
      Question 147: 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. [42186/10]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to a situation which is arising with medical card holders attending accident and emergency (details...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide an update on proposed legislation regarding protection of human embryos; if heads of this legislation have been...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will examine the situation regarding delays to medical card appeal cases in the Health Service Executive; the length of time an...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the requirements of the new regulations covering pharmacists in respect of the provision of a separate consulting area within an...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason care assistants, home help and support staff within the Health Service Executive do not qualify for the new HSE voluntary...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money owed to private firms by her Department [42272/10]
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of external reports and reviews commissioned by her Department in 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; if she will name each...
    • Capital Expenditure
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total capital spending allocated to her Department in 2010; the total allocated moneys spent; the allocated capital spending within...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount spent by her Department on public relations and advertising in the years 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; and if she will make...
    • Seirbhís Taisteal
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children an bhfuil sé beartaithe costas iompair a ghearradh orthu siúd a úsáideann seirbhís bus Ionad Lae Ghaoth Dobhair agus má tá cén...
    • Patient Redress Scheme
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason that some 35 women were not included under the terms of the Lourdes hospital redress scheme; her plans to acknowledge their...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application for a medical card review will be processed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of hospital theatres throughout the country which have never been used or limited to a reduced extent for whatever purpose in...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which she has received submissions from the authorities at Naas Hospital, County Kildare regarding the filling of various...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which the various services at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin have been provided and put in place; the extent of any such...
    • Medical Research
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which research into the incidents of autism, aspergers, attention deficit disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of nursing posts waiting to be filled at the present time throughout the sector; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Acquired Infections
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of incidents of MRSA or clostridium difficile reported in each of the past five years and to date in 2010; the number of...
    • Health Services
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which the health service budget has fluctuated in each of the past ten years and to date in 2010; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and location of public hospitals here affected by bed or ward closures for whatever reason; the extent to which she has...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of respite care beds currently available here; the extent to which this meets the ongoing needs; and if she will make a...
    • Cancer Incidence
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which she has studied available information in respect of cancer research with particular reference to the various forms...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting time for hip operations at the various hospitals engaged in the provision of such services; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total number of full medical cards issued and in use in each of the past six years and to date in 2010; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has given any consideration to a review of her plans for the future of St. Luke's Hospital, Dublin; and if she will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason children under 16 years are being admitted to adult psychiatric units contrary to the Mental Health Commission code of...
  • Department of Transport
    • Search and Rescue Service
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Transport the grants available from his Department for an organisation (details supplied) and the way an organisation can apply for same; and if he will...
    • Public Transport
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide details of the winner and runners up in the smarter travel programme; the funding that was in place for this programme and the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of money owed to private firms by his Department [42276/10]
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of external reports and reviews commissioned by his Department in 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; if he will name each report and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Transport the total capital spending allocated to his Department in 2010; the total allocated moneys spent; the allocated capital spending within his...
    • Public Relations Contracts
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount spent by his Department on public relations and advertising in the years 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; and if he will make a...
    • Aerfoirt Réigiúnacha
      Question 192: To ask the Aire Iompair cad atá beartaithe ag an Aire Iompair a dhéanamh maidir le conradh Oibleagáide Seirbhíse Poiblí (PSO) don tseirbhís aeir ó Aerfort Réigiúnach Dhún...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Payment of Fines
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 348 of 19 October 2010, if he yet has available to him the required information to provide the...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 645 of 6 October, 2009, if he will instruct the gardaí to provide an answer which has not yet...
    • Garda Vetting
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42119/10]
    • Visa Applications
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding a holiday visa appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) [42132/10]
    • Garda Vetting
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their Garda clearance; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Visa Applications
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 180 of the 30 June 2010, the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will support any proposal put forward by the national transport authority to establish a dedicated phone number for members of...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will clarify the position regarding the practice by supermarkets of selling alcohol at exceptionally low price levels; if below...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No 322 of 15 June 2010, the timetable for the occupation of the new building; if he will confirm...
    • Firearms Licences
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will respond to this Deputy's recent question regarding the number of handguns licensed here; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the amount of money owed to private firms by his Department [42273/10]
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of external reports and reviews commissioned by his Department in 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; if he will name each...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the total capital spending allocated to his Department in 2010; the total allocated moneys spent; the allocated capital spending...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he has received an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if this application...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if action has been taken against the ongoing harassment and intimidation of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the developments to date in determination of residency or citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the developments to date in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update regarding the abduction of an Irish citizen (details supplied) abroad; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of any involvement the Irish Government has had regarding the Report of the Panel on United Nations Peace Operations or Brahimi...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of money owed to private firms by his Department [42271/10]
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for mortgage interest supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath [42148/10]
    • Community Development
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application to Pobal under the Community Service Programme in respect of an organisation (details supplied); if...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a back to education allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; if the application can...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a date will be set for a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin and if that person is...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason an application for mortgage interest supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has not been...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when will the new scheme which will allow persons in receipt of jobseeker's benefit and jobseeker's allowance to participate in such...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the approximate percentage of rent supplement tenancies where the tenant pays rent to a letting agency. [42250/10]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of money owed to private firms by his Department. [42274/10]
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of external reports and reviews commissioned by his Department in 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; if he will name each report...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total capital spending allocated to his Department in 2010; the total allocated moneys spent; the allocated capital spending within...
    • Public Relations Contracts
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent by his Department on public relations and advertising in the years 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for child benefit in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review disallowance and disallowance on appeal having regard to general practitioners' contradictory evidence in the case of a...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the amount of money owed to private firms by her Department. [42275/10]
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the number of external reports and reviews commissioned by her Department in 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; if she will name...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the total capital spending allocated to her Department in 2010; the total allocated moneys spent; the allocated capital spending...
    • Public Relations Contracts
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the amount spent by her Department on public relations and advertising in the years 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; and if she...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Motor Taxation
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the revenue that could be raised in 2011 and on a full year basis by raising all motor tax rates by 1%, 2%,...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42110/10]
    • Unfinished Housing Estates
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses in each local authority area which are deemed ghost estates by virtue of the fact that...
    • Public Procurement
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures in place to ensure that contractors engaged by local authorities are tax compliant and that they...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the proposal for a design, build and operate sewerage scheme bundle at a location (details supplied); the...
    • Motor Taxation
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a farmer with a herd number has a van, crew cab or a commercial jeep, does that individual qualify for the...
    • Wildlife Protection
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the concerns by an organisation (details supplied) on matters relating to...
    • Marine Designated Areas
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to list and describe all proposed new inshore and off shore marine designated areas or extensions to existing...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the situation regarding insulation of houses being sponsored and grant aided by Sustainable Energy Ireland;...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency; the areas of responsibility which has...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way, and the arrangements through which, he will ensure that a consistent supply of homes for social...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the procedures in place to ensure that local authority service indicators on housing are valid due to the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the reduction in capital expenditure for social housing programmes over the past two budgets...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the revenue from the Private Residential Tenancies Board registration charge in each of the past three years....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money owed to private firms by his Department. [42269/10]
    • Homeless Persons
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide the necessary funding to secure the continuation of homeless services at a location...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has either no broadband or a very poor standard of...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the establishing of digital terrestrial television in County Mayo; if the service is...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm that large-scale pumped storage greater than the Turlough Hill plant operating since 1974...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources given the many areas of the country expressing major concern regarding the provision and quality of broadband...
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will clarify the situation regarding insulation of houses being sponsored and grant aided by the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of money owed to private firms by his Department. [42264/10]
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of external reports and reviews commissioned by his Department in 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; if...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total capital spending allocated to his Department in 2010; the total allocated moneys spent; the allocated...
    • Public Relations Contracts
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount spent by his Department on public relations and advertising in the years 2008, 2009 and to date in...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the way his Department treats lands designated special areas of conservation which are included in REP scheme applications;...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received their area based payment or their single farm...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of money owed to private firms by his Department. [42263/10]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of external reports and reviews commissioned by his Department in 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; if he will...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the reason redundancy payment has not been paid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will...
    • Business Regulation
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his plans to prevent directors of companies who are declared bankrupt, or otherwise go out of business, starting up...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will guarantee that no attempt will be made to reduce the level of statutory redundancy payments. [42227/10]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the amount of money owed to private firms by his Department. [42268/10]
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Departmental Grants
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the administration of a grant scheme (details supplied). [42193/10]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of money owed to private firms by his Department. [42265/10]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      Question 309: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Comhionannais agus Gaeltachta cad iad na foirgnimh agus na tailte i nDún na nGall a chuir Údarás na Gaeltachta ar an mhargadh lena ndíol ó...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of money owed to private firms by his Department. [42266/10]