Written answers
Tuesday, 16 November 2010
- Department of Transport
- Penalty Points System
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to address the abuse of the penalty points system by persons not holding an Irish or UK driving licence; and if he will make a statement...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will publish the Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2010 to legislate for mandatory alcohol testing; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Regional Airports
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the final agreed support subsidies to regional airports for opex and capex budgets in order to finalise the budgetary...
- Road Network
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason for the policy not to provide service areas on national roads and in particular on the motorway between Cork and Dublin; when this...
- Public Transport
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Transport the way he proposes to complete Transport 21; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42745/10]
- Commission for Taxi Regulation
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Transport the date on which the office of the Taxi Regulator will be transferred to the National Transport Authority; the number of staff and the location in...
- Road Fatalities
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the increasing number of deaths on Irish roads in recent months; his plans to introduce legislation to...
- Maritime Transport Needs
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to meet the transport needs of ocean energy providers along the Atlantic coast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42740/10]
- Road Safety
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Transport the target date for the introduction of compulsory basic training for motor cyclists as mandated under the Road Safety Strategy 2007 to 2012; and...
- Road Network
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Transport if the road from Aughnacloy on the Border to Clontibret, County Monaghan has been discussed at any of the North-South Government meetings; and if...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of money spent by his Department or by any of the transport bodies operating under his Department on branding or rebranding logos in...
- Road Safety
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Transport if the Road Safety Authority proposes to extend its winter campaign (details supplied) to avail of a free high visibility jacket especially for...
- Taxi Regulations
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Transport the way he expects to reach the Government's target of 10% of wheelchair accessible taxis by the end of 2010; and if he will make a statement on...
- Rail Accidents
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied with the progress made by Iarnród Éireann in implementing the recommendations made by the railway investigation unit in its...
- Light Rail Project
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of funds paid by his Department to date on the Metro North project; the amount budgeted for 2011; the expenditure to date and for next...
- Rail Network
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied that the establishment of a regime for the inspection of the 105 railway bridge structures over water in accordance with...
- Learner Drivers
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the Road Safety Authority plans to introduce mandatory driving lessons for new drivers; and if he will make a statement on...
- Road Network
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Transport the preparations he has made in the extent of extreme cold weather this winter; the reason that almost half of the money allocated to repairing...
- Transport Projects
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of transport projects that are due to be completed by the end of 2011; the number of transport projects that are due to start by the end...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Transport if there are any moneys in his Department budgeted for 2010 which have not been spent; if so, if he will detail the areas of expenditure; and if he...
- Air Services
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Transport if an airline (details supplied) is still honouring the public service obligation contract at Kerry Airport; when the new PSO contracts are due to...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Transport if he plans to abolish the CIE holding company; the annual cost of this company to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42684/10]
- Commercial Seaports
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide a list of seaports here; his plans for modernising the country's seaports; if he is satisfied that there is sufficient shipping...
- Transport Projects
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Transport the level of capital funds he plans to spend on transport projects in 2011; if he will outline his spending priorities; and if he will make a...
- Clamping Industry
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to introduce legislation to regulate the private clamping industry similar to the existing legislation which regulates the private...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Transport the proposals he has to reduce emissions from publicly owned cars, buses and trains; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42696/10]
- Travel Trade Regulation
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to implement the recommendations of the Commissioner for Aviation Regulation in his report in 2009 on reform of the licensing and bonding...
- Search and Rescue Service
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans for ensuring that Ireland has a world class national search and rescue transport system; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Statistical Surveys
Question 86: To ask the Taoiseach his view and his Departments policy regarding small firms or family businesses that have reduced staff numbers and do not now have the capacity to continue to...
- Departmental Advertising
Question 87: To ask the Taoiseach 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 on the...
- Departmental Reviews-Reports
Question 88: To ask the Taoiseach the number of external reports and reviews commissioned by his Department in 2008, 2009, and to date in 2010; if he will name each review and report, the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 89: To ask the Taoiseach the total amount of money owed to private firms by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42394/10]
- Department of Education and Science
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she can clarify that in order to qualify for the training aspect of a community employment scheme a participant must...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when the trust fund for the survivors of residential institutions, first announced by the Government in 2009, will be put...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline in comprehensive detail the reason her Department has not paid the expenses legitimately incurred and...
- Catchment Boundaries
Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools she has changed from one catchment area to another in the past three years; and if she will make a...
- Psychological Service
Question 96: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Donegal has no access to the National Education Psychological Service;...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that both safety and comfort for pupils and teachers are severely compromised...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she or her Department took legal advice in advance of issuing a circular to FÁS in January 2010 which restricted the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Cork; if previous assurances in relation to timescale and...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants employed in each county in the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in...
- School Staffing
Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) regarding registration and rates of pay in the teaching...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42547/10]
- School Services Staff
Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her views on an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42548/10]
- School Staffing
Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if the schemes of early retirement, voluntary redundancy and redeployment will be applied by her Department in respect...
- School Management
Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason nearly a year after sending in a final certificate that a public employee (details supplied) has not been...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will review an application for emergency works grant for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Ministerial Travel
Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of times she has used the Government jet in the past four weeks; the purpose and costs of the trips; and if...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if and when a special needs unit will be provided for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the fact...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that funding for a school (details supplied) in County Cork will be protected in light of the fact...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the amount that has been allocated to water conservation and rain water harvesting in schools to date in 2010; the...
- Institutes of Technology
Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if a particular programme (details supplied) falls within the remit of her Department. [42851/10]
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if a grant will be made available to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry under the emergency works scheme to...
- College Financial Statements
Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason the consolidated financial statements for a college (details supplied) for the years 2003, 2004 and 2005 were...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she has met with representatives of an organisation (details supplied) in relation to moving to a new site; the steps...
- Departmental Reports
Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her plans to publish the Hunt report before the budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42973/10]
- Ministerial Travel
Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 9 November 2010, if she will provide a list of the names of all the...
- Department of Finance
- Customs and Excise Service
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of aircraft searched by Customs and Excise at Baldonnel and Weston Airports in 2009 and to date in 2010; the number of seizures at each...
- Cabinet Committees
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance the membership of the Cabinet committee on aspects of international human rights and the number of times the committee has met. [42391/10]
- Pension Provisions
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine the Trident report on future pension provisions from the Irish National Teachers Organisation, the Teachers Union of Ireland and...
- Tax Collection
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny was not allowed a tax refund under section 381 of the consolidation Act 2007 in view of...
- Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made in relation to addressing the future funding of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund; the way he proposes to address...
- Tax Code
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of reducing the higher rate of income tax by 1% to 40% for all taxpayers affected and for all earnings less than €70,000 per annum single...
- Tax Yield
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has an estimate of the amount of cash held in households across the country that is not in bank accounts; if he has an estimate of the annual...
- Tax Reliefs
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) can be supplied with a P21 for 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42509/10]
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will instruct the banks to make available a public database of all repossessed homes to all interested parties who wish to purchase a primary...
- Public Service Contracts
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the introduction of stronger regulations, other than the production of a tax clearance certificate, on main contractors...
- Industrial Relations
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance if a scheme such as early retirement and voluntary redundancy will be applicable in respect of members of trade unions who voted against the Croke...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on amending the present time limit of ten years applicable to the National Solidarity Bond to a period of two to three years with an...
- Departmental Staff
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a revised incentivised early retirement scheme for the Civil Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42582/10]
- Flood Relief
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42584/10]
- Industrial Disputes
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance if he can recompense sub-contractors who were contracted to a company (details supplied) when this company was awarded State contracts and did not...
- Departmental Staff
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of appeals before the Civil Service Disciplinary Appeals Board in each of the years 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; the number of...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance the role of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal; the number of appeals the board heard in each of the years 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of appeals heard by the Irish Financial Services Appeals Tribunal in each of the years 2004 to 2010 inclusive; the remuneration and...
- Valuation Tribunal
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of appeals before the Valuation Tribunal in each of the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; the remuneration and expenses...
- Informal Economy
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will assist small businesses which are suffering in the current economic climate due to lower prices in the black economy. [42781/10]
- Tax Yield
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of finance money owed to the Revenue Commissioners which is currently circulating in the economy. [42782/10]
- Single Euro Payments Area
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress the Government has made in the implementation of the single euro payments area initiative; the stage of implementation of this...
- Tax Statements
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can be furnished with a P21 for 2009 as they require same for a third level grant; and if he will...
- Construction Contracts
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will acknowledge competition disparities between companies from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in electrical contracting; if he...
- Tax Code
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to replace the 1% betting levy with a levy on pay-out; the amount it would raise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42844/10]
- Informal Economy
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance his views regarding the increase in persons participating in the grey or black economy; his plans regarding same; and if he will make a statement on...
- Insurance Industry
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on rising home insurance costs; his further views on whether house prices and house rebuilding prices should at least partially determine...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Finance if reports in a newspaper (details supplied) to the effect that the National Asset Management Agency is making or allowing payments of up to...
- Tax Code
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a certain type of employment payment for income tax purposes (details supplied). [42890/10]
- Tax Reliefs
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Finance the reasons a person (details supplied) has had a tax credit deducted from their tax allowance 12 months after the Revenue Commissioners granted the...
- Flood Relief
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a new report about to be published concerning the next phase of remedial works as a result of the severe flooding in November 2009; the...
- Tax Reliefs
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Cork could claim tax relief for qualifying third level fees. [42952/10]
- Departmental Properties
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will furnish the financial detail regarding the relocation of staff at a building (details supplied) in County Cork; to whom the vacated...
- Department of Health and Children
- Banned Substances
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider her decision not to allow cannabis- based drugs to be used for the medical treatment of multiple sclerosis...
- Ambulance Service
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide full details of the Health Service Executive ambulance service in Swords, including the number of ambulances in...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the entitlements, concessions or supports available to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Service Staff
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of advanced paramedics deployed full-time in the north east Health Service Executive region and in each of the past three...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the home help service in county Mayo will be privatised [42452/10]
- Hospital Services
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive an appointment to have surgery; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment for an assessment of need. [42463/10]
- Health Services
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children on waiting lists for orthodontic assessment and for orthodontic treatment in Dublin North West; the steps taken...
- Medical Cards
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a prosthetic limb will be provided for a person (details supplied) who has completed the examination process; and if she will make...
- Recognition of Professional Qualifications
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider her decision not to permit an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) against a decision not to...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange for a person (details supplied) in County Cork to be assessed. [42500/10]
- Infectious Diseases
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will deal with a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42506/10]
- Adoption Services
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of parents seeking to adopt a child through one of the adoption agencies (details supplied) whose legal status now appears...
- Medical Cards
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding renewal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied). [42538/10]
- Children in Care
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 157 of 11 May 2010, the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Hospital Services
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding the provision of MRI scans and if they are provided free as part of the general medical services to inpatients...
- Voluntary Sector Funding
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the health service would be in a position to fund the support service (details supplied) and, if so, when funding will be available....
- Mental Health Services
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide details of the provision of mental health services for 16 and 17 year olds in north Dublin; if she will enhance...
- Medical Cards
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the eligibility criteria for free medical care and medical card for citizens of the UK who have been ordinarily resident in Ireland for...
- Health Services
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 5 October 2010 concerning the denial of social assistance to migrant women facing domestic...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the differences in the roles of the National Social Work Qualifications Board and the Social Workers Registration Board; if she will...
- Medical Cards
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an application for a medical card will be expedited and approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [42763/10]
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when nursing home subvention will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of beds contracted by the Health Service Executive for the purpose of long-term residential care; if she could provide a...
- Mental Health Services
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons under 18 years in adult psychiatric units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42811/10]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Ambulance Service
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the ambulance base in Monaghan will have access to services at the new hospital that is currently under construction in Enniskillen,...
- Hospital Services
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Irish Government has made any financial contribution to the new radiotherapy unit in Altnagelvin Hospital, Derry; and if she will...
- Health Services
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in a specific application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork [42916/10]
- Medical Cards
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite approval of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [42936/10]
- Hospital Services
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 6 July 2010, the reason an assessment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Health Service Staff
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether there is a health and safety issue for residents (details supplied) when no replacement was provided for a nurse in...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify the State's obligation regarding the entitlement of citizens to private nursing home care; and if she will make a...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 284 of 9 February 2010, the number of claims concluded and repayments issued respectively under...
- Health Services
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding being provided to a person (details supplied) for both respite and day care services; the reason for the reduction in this...
- Department of Transport
- Penalty Points System
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress, if any, that has been made with the Northern Ireland and UK authorities regarding the problems of speeding and other activities...
- National Car Test
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied the Road Safety Authority is taking all necessary action to address the ongoing problems with online booking and availability...
- Transport Plans
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of the Dundalk retailers association regarding the pedestrian, parking and transport plans for the...
- Taxi Regulations
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will meet with a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42519/10]
- Departmental Bodies
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of times the Railway Safety Advisory Council has met in each of the years 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; the role of the council...
- Rail Network
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of money spent on the Limerick-Nenagh-Ballybrophy rail line on track renewal and improvements for each year over the past ten years; if...
- Airport Charges
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Transport the way the various charges applicable at the various airports throughout the country compare with each other and in comparison with neighbouring...
- Road Safety
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Transport the total budget set aside for road safety in each of the past three years and to date in 2010; his intentions in this regard for 2011; and if he...
- Penalty Points System
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Transport the total number of drivers who currently have penalty points; the number of drivers who have had to re-sit driving tests arising from application...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which the capital programme for his Department is likely to be used to generate economic activity with particular reference to the...
- Road Safety
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will indicate, on a county basis, the number of accident blackspots at which five or more fatalities have occurred in the past 20 years....
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Asylum Applications
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 has not heard from the Department in more than three years on an application; the...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the reason for the delay in granting citizenship to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; the reason citizenship was refused in a...
- Visa Applications
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when an application for a stamp 4 visa will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will...
- Residency Permits
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the reason Irish citizens in a proven relationship with a non-EU citizen have to pay a fee to remain in the State under the [i]de...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will deal with a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42456/10]
- Courts Service
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the way in which the Courts Service is accountable to the Minister and the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Collection
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the action he has taken to ensure that taxation from gambling, in particular the potential taxation from online gambling, is...
- State Airports
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the reasons for refusing entry at Dublin Airport to a person (details supplied). [42481/10]
- Residency Permits
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Deportation Orders
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if he will make a...
- Prisoner Transfers
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the arrangement for the transfer of a prisoner between Britain and Ireland who has been made subject of orders under mental health...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Vetting Services
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 351 of 27 October 2010, the position regarding the application (details supplied); and if he...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his plans, if any, to introduce a single whistleblowers Bill as proposed by bodies (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Towing Services
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding contracts entered into by the gardaí with towing operators with or without car park compounds; if draft...
- Residency Permits
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a...
- Child Sex Abuse
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when a report (details supplied) will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42779/10]
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of fixed charge notices that have been made in relation to lorries and trucks travelling at more than 80 kilometres an...
- Community Service Orders
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his views on whether community service orders may be a better way of punishing offenders and if he has given consideration to a...
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he has powers under the provision of the 2008 Intoxicating Liquors Act to bring charges before the courts, if there is below cost...
- Immigration Service
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of persons refused leave to land at various entry points; the specific number at each entry point; the reasons leave to...
- Irish Prison Service
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the total prison population; the number of prisoners on temporary release; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42812/10]
- Garda Deployment
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if a person will be replaced in a Garda station (details supplied). [42824/10]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the €7.223 million paid to citizens in 2008 as a result of awards against the gardaí and the...
- Legal Aid Service
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will deal with the following matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42887/10]
- Garda Vetting Services
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regrading an application for Garda clearance made in August 2010 given that additional staff were brought in to deal...
- Visa Applications
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 209 of 10 November 2010, the number of applications for a student visa that have been rejected...
- Crime Prevention
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the steps being taken by gardaí to tackle the escalating house burglaries in the Skryne valley and Tara valley areas of County...
- County Sheriffs
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the powers of county sheriffs in executing orders against debtors; if there is a standard cost structure in charging fees and...
- Garda Vetting Services
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the reason for the inordinate delay in the processing of Garda clearance applications; if he will consider taking immediate steps to...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the levels of speeding taking place in Kentstown, County Meath; if he will provide details of the...
- UN Convention Against Corruption
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the reasons for the delay in ratifying the UN Convention against Corruption signed by the State in 2003; when he expects to be in a...
- Legislative Programme
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to his comments in a speech on 21 May 2010, the progress that has been made in the consolidation of all the anti-corruption...
- Crime Prevention
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No.1163 of 29 September 2010, the discussions he has had with An Garda Síochaná in relation to...
- Garda Operations
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his plans to review anti social behaviour orders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43044/10]
- Juvenile Offenders
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will report on the matter by which recently enacted gangland legislation will interact with the Irish Youth Justice Service;...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the action he is taking to address the serious heroin problem here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43047/10]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the amount spent on judicial reviews for asylum cases in the years 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Official Engagements
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he or officials from his Department have met or will meet the representatives of the survivors and bereaved relatives of the...
- Visa Applications
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform , further to the release of the latest Government document on tourism development, Trading and Investing in the Smart Economy, the...
- Road Safety
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when the traffic camera roll-out will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42728/10]
- Crime Prevention
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his views regarding illegal fireworks and bonfires and the effect they have on our communities, and especially our older population;...
- Controlled Drug Sales
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he is satisfied that the recent legislation passed by the Dáil has resulted in the closure of all the head shops here; and if he...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will insist that a company (details supplied) withdraw from supporting a company and their involvement in the supply of cement and...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number and percentage of tenants in receipt of rent supplement where the landlord and tenancy is registered with the Private...
- Employment Support Services
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 82 of 2 November 2010, if he raised the FÁS materials budgets including payments for light bulbs,...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath residing here since March 2007 has been refused disability allowance. [42574/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for mortgage interest supplement can be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total amount of discretionary payments or exceptional needs payments made in 2007, 2008 and 2009; the estimated spend on same in 2010...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a domiciliary care appeal will be heard in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for rent support in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an oral hearing will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing a farm assist application in respect of a person (details supplied) which was submitted in January...
- Departmental Staff
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff in his Department in an area (details supplied) in County Cork; his plans to increase this number; if these plans will...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a breakdown nationally of the amount paid out in rent allowance for the year 2009 and to date in 2010; and if he will...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a domiciliary care allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- EU Directives
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to a new EU Directive which proposes to give an employee full pay for 20 weeks when on maternity leave and...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Arts Funding
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if her attention has been drawn to the level of cuts being imposed on independent rural arts centres, that these cuts will...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if funding will be available for a project (details supplied) in County Mayo. [42483/10]
- Arts Funding
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if she will provide a breakdown of the capital projects financed under cultural development by her Department; and if she will...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the reason for the inordinate delay in making payment of a sports capital grant to a centre (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Postal Voting
Question 301: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he plans conferring voting rights on Irish citizens who have emigrated since 2007 for economic reasons; if...
- Hare Coursing
Question 302: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he granted licences to two coursing clubs (details supplied) to hold coursing meetings on a day...
- Planning Issues
Question 303: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will clarify the role of an organisation (details supplied). [42423/10]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 304: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the size of the underspend if any for each of the budget lines or grant-aided projects administered by his...
- Mortgage Arrears
Question 305: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of households purchasing homes under the various affordable housing schemes administered by local...
- Turbary Rights
Question 307: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 225 of 4 November 2010, if he will provide the details of each of the...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 308: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the overall savings to the State in each of the years since the inception of the rental accommodation scheme...
- Water Pollution
Question 309: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are any environmental standards applicable to the operation of car wash facilities, for example, in...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 310: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, under the Local Government (Charges) Act 2009, mobile homes, chalets and holiday homes in holiday parks...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 311: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the climate change Bill will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42539/10]
- Cross-Border Co-operation
Question 312: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the discussions, if any, he has had with his counterpart in the Six Counties in relation to the creation of a...
- Building Regulations
Question 313: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in the context of his Department's ongoing review of retail planning guidelines, if he will take views...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 315: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the role available for the members of local authority in the allocation of local authority housing; and if he...
- Waste Management
Question 316: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the accumulative surplus of the environment fund, deriving from the landfill levy and plastic bag levy,...
- Departmental Reports
Question 318: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will publish a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42790/10]
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 319: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money owed to a body (details supplied) in County Mayo by his Department; when will this money...
- Planning Issues
Question 320: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to review legislation regarding the licensing of outdoor events for less than 5,000 persons; if his...
- Local Authority Services
Question 321: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will clarify the response (details supplied) from Galway County Council to a company that wishes to be...
- Building Regulations
Question 322: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce regulation with regard to issuing building energy rating certificates; and if he will...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 323: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to extend the rent to buy scheme, currently used by Dublin City Council, to all local authorities;...
- Library Projects
Question 325: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the proposed new library in Ballinasloe, County Galway; the size of the project; if a...
- Urban Renewal Schemes
Question 326: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the delay in his Department forwarding funds to Dublin City Council in respect of a...
- Fire Stations
Question 327: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the provision of the new fire station for Waterford City; and if he will make a...
- Natural Heritage Areas
Question 328: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the percentage of agricultural land which has been classified as a designated area; if this exceeds the...
- Departmental Properties
Question 329: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of legal actions relating to Haulbowline taken by or against his Department since it took over...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Energy Prices
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the cost of E85 bio ethanol has increased by 24% in price in...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the Spirit of Ireland proposals and the steps he has taken to analyse the...
- Legislative Programme
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the progress with the Postal Amendment Bill; and if he will make a statement on...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the report from an independent consultant into free to air rugby matches; the...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has a view or realisation of the importance of the telecommunications system from an economic point of...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources given that he has signed an order under the Broadcasting Act 2009 requiring RTE to ensure that their free to...
- EU Regulations
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm when he now proposes to submit the renewable energy feed-in tariff proposal to Brussels for...
- Broadband Provision
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will respond to the unanimous resolution of Donegal County Council on 27 September calling on him to...
- Electric Vehicles
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress he has made towards reaching his target of 10% electric motoring by 2020; the amount spent on...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide information in relation to the provision of broadband to a person (details supplied) in...
- Post Office Bill Payment
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of persons, who make small but regular payments in their post...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will expedite a payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [42408/10]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the Animal Welfare Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42444/10]
- Grant Payments
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if area aid payments have been continuously issued to a herd number (details supplied) since the start of 2008; if area...
- Forestry Sector
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the supports, grants and premium available from his Department to the forestry sector; the amounts available under each...
- Grant Payments
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 209 of the 7 October 2010, if he received an application for the farm improvement...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farms eligible for the disadvantaged areas scheme in 2009; if he will provide this figure as a percentage of...
- Grant Payments
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will allow an application under [i]force majeure[/i] to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number and names of advisory committees and groups established by him; the length of time each has been in existence;...
- Grant Payments
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received their single farm payment for 2010. [42593/10]
- Agri-environmental Options Scheme
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received approval or correspondence on their...
- Grant Payments
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if financial approval can be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [42597/10]
- Horse Racing Ireland
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the relationship between his Department and Horse Racing Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42622/10]
- Grant Payments
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will be paid their single farm premium and the remainder of their area...
- Horse Racing Ireland
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food given the recent revelations in relation to expenditure at Horse Racing Ireland, if he will agree to an investigation into...
- Grant Payments
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the delays in processing an application for area aid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the balance of the suckler cow welfare scheme for 2009 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny and...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Work Permits
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) whose application for a statutory redundancy lump sum was received in...
- Industrial Development
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency site visits to Waterford City that have taken place in the past three years and...
- Job Creation
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of businesses in Waterford City that have been approved for capital grants by the Industrial Development...
- Industrial Development
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of businesses in Waterford City that have been approved for funding by Enterprise Ireland in each of the past...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the position regarding a redundancy payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
- Grocery Industry
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will consider amending the groceries order of 2005 to ban below cost selling of alcohol in supermarkets; and if he...
- Employment Support Services
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his plans to extend the employment subsidy scheme beyond November 30 2010; his plans to accept new applications for the...
- Company Closures
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if a company (details supplied) which went into liquidation in December 2008, had repaid the grant extended to it by Irish...
- County Enterprise Boards
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will deal with a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42804/10]
- Redundancy Payments
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the position regarding an application for redundancy payment in respect of a person (details supplied). [42888/10]
- Departmental Properties
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he has had discussions with Enterprise Ireland regarding disposing of a portion of a site (details supplied) in favour...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will confirm that an application for redundancy was received by his Department in respect of a person (details...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- International Agreements
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 95 countries have ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of...
- Departmental Funding
Question 401: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will confirm funding for a voluntary national organisation (details supplied); if he appreciates the...
- Drugs Taskforce
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will respond to Donegal County Council's motion of 27 September 2010 that states Donegal County Council...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 403: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will provide the number of jobs that have been advertised for Foras na Gaeilge in the past two years; the...
- Community Development
Question 404: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the level of funding provided to each of the 28 development companies under the local and community development...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Offices
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Defence if his office has moved from Parkgate Street; the number of staff and location of his new office; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Non-Governmental Organisations
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) and if this matter can be expedited [42895/10]
