Written answers
Thursday, 13 January 2011
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Insurance
Question 7: To ask the Minister for Health and Children in view of the increase in private health insurance recently announced by the VHI, when she will introduce risk equalisation; and if she...
- Primary Care Strategy
Question 8: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in implementing the recommendations of the Report on Primary Medical Care in the Community published on 10 February 2010...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 9: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide an update on the development of the national children's hospital; when planning permission will be granted; when...
- Croke Park Agreement
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the meetings that have taken place to implement the terms of the Croke Park deal in the health services; and if she will make a statement...
- Health Service Staff
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total number of Health Service Executive staff who have accepted the voluntary redundancy package; the total cost of the redundancy...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if sufficient supplies of vaccine are available to address the increase in the number of cases of H1N1 virus which have been diagnosed...
- Hospital Services
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding has now been committed to move the emergency department to the ground floor of the critical care unit being developed at the...
- Health Services
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in the implementation of the recommendations on stroke in her cardiovascular health policy; the further measures to...
- Medical Cards
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total number of persons who held a medical card at the end of 2010; the projected increase in that number for 2011; the total number...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will publish legislation on eligibility for health and social services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1542/11]
- Health Service Staff
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of new social workers appointed in 2010; the sections of the services in which these social workers have been employed; and if...
- Hospital Services
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if all of the clinical leads for each speciality have now been appointed; the names of persons so appointed; and if she will make a...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to address the increase in the number of patients waiting on trolleys in accident and emergency which reached an...
- Hospital Staff
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total number of approved consultant posts; the total number of consultant posts currently vacant; and if she will make a statement on...
- Health Service Staff
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total number of employees of the Health Service Executive who have been accepted for the redundancy-retirement scheme recently...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total number of bed days lost in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1718/11]
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the categories of Health Service Executive and her Department staff and staff in bodies funded under her budget that are subject to Garda...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is still committed to the development of a new central mental hospital; if a decision has been made on the location for same; and...
- Health Services
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the home help budget is protected in 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1563/11]
- Infectious Diseases
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who contracted H1N1 virus since the beginning of 2011; the number of such persons who have been hospitalised; and...
- Health Services
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive did not meet a funding shortfall of €750,000 for a foundation (details supplied) which will...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will divert funding from the National Treatment Purchase Fund to be used directly by public hospitals, many of which, due to...
- General Practitioner Co-operatives
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that jobs and services may be lost as a result of funding cutbacks to Southdoc; if the Health...
- Hospital Staff
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total number of non-consultant hospital doctor posts; the total number of non-consultant hospital doctor posts currently vacant; and...
- Hospital Services
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the future of Our Lady's hospital Navan, County Meath; the impact her plans will have on elective surgery, medical...
- Hospital Procedures
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total number of operations cancelled on a national basis in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1705/11]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views that legislation should be introduced to address the decision of the European Court of Human Rights that a woman who has cancer...
- Mental Health Services
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total number of children admitted to adult mental health units during 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1746/11]
- Capital Projects
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the capital health projects that will be progressed in 2011; the funding that has been set aside for this purpose; and if she will make a...
- Mental Health Services
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she plans to take regarding suicide prevention in 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1601/11]
- Health Services
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she is taking to ensure that cuts in the health budget do not impact in frontline services; and if she will make a statement...
- Health Service Staff
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the overall absenteeism level in the public health service in 2010; the total estimated cost of absenteeism to the Health Service...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when it is proposed to publish the Bill to provide for a constitutional amendment on children's rights and when it is proposed to hold...
- Mental Health Services
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the strong criticism of the conditions and the amount of inappropriate medication used in many psychiatric hospitals here;...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the current average waiting time for hip operations, heart surgery and or other surgical or medical procedures; the number of persons on...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite the stalled works on the development of the new accident and emergency department at Letterkenny Hospital, County...
- Hospital Staff
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures in place to ensure that the use of agency workers, particularly nurses is reduced in 2011; the total amount of money spent...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to protect front line disability services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1781/11]
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the planning application for the new national children's hospital has not been submitted by the development board which has...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total number of persons who qualified for the nursing home fair deal scheme in 2010; if sufficient funding was allocated for the...
- Health Services
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the planned roll-out of a podiatry programme for diabetics will commence in 2011; the timeframe for same; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Staff
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she has taken on the finding of the Comptroller and Auditor General that although an implicit objective of the consultants...
- Departmental Staff
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons working in her Department at the end of 2008, 2009 and 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1567/11]
- Medical Reports
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position on the report on symphysiotomy requested from the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and announced (details...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify suggestions that the principles of the fair deal scheme are to be applied to long-term care in community and home...
- Primary Care Strategy
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of primary care teams now in place; the number of those teams that are considered to have a complete professional clinical...
- Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the agreement made with the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association; if it will, as reported, save €200 million in...
- Mental Health Services
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way it is proposed to protect the mental health budget from more severe cuts than the 1.5% announced; if a monitoring system will be...
- Hospital Services
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to seek tenders for renal dialysis units; the proposed locations of same; the decisions made in the past year on the provision...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is an inspection system for renal dialysis units run by private companies; the details of the frequency and nature of such...
- Health Services
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in implementing a diabetic retinopathy programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1540/11]
- Mental Health Services
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will give an assurance that no person under 18 will be placed in an adult psychiatric ward after the end of 2011; and if she will...
- Departmental Investigations
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when investigations will be completed into inappropriate use of Health Service Executive funds for the SKILLS and other related...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there has been any change in the policy of not re-using certain aids and appliances which are returned to the Health Service...
- Department of Education and Science
- Special Educational Needs
Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason an exception cannot be made to the catchment area rule when a child's special educational needs cannot be met...
- School Staffing
Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding staffing in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; if she will appreciate the concern...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will list all appointments made by her between the 14 of December 2010 to the 13 of January 2011 to State boards,...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding plans for a permanent school building in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin;...
- Departmental Funding
Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the moneys allocated to the labour market activation fund for 2011; the manner in which these funds will be dispersed; if...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for funding to carry out emergency works at a school (details supplied) in County...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided for the school building project at a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if her...
- School Transport
Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason school transport was refused in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who is the required...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on contacts made by her Department in respect of the problems brought to the Department's...
- School Staffing
Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify the terms of circular 21/05, and in particular section 2 b, in relation to payment of allowance after...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider granting incremental credit to a person (details supplied). [1973/11]
- Department of Finance
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance the nature, terms and conditions of the contracts signed by the Central Bank for advisory services with a company (details supplied); and if he will...
- Pension Provisions
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance if cuts to public pensions announced in budget 2011 will also apply to judicial pensions; his plans to review the legislation on the remuneration of...
- Tax Code
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update in relation to the stamp duty changes made in the budget; to whom those changes apply; the exceptions that are being...
- Ministerial Appointments (1 comment)
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will list all appointments made by him between the 14 of December 2010 to the 13 of January 2011 to State boards, agencies, quangos, bodies,...
- EU Budget
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance the contributions made to the European Union in each year since 2008; the level of contributions, if any, expected to be made in 2011 and 2012; if...
- Tax Code
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that would be raised by reducing capital gains tax exemption thresholds by 50% for group A and 50% for group B; and if he will make a...
- Prize Bonds
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the prize bond scheme, and for each of the past 15 years to state the total investments and the amount of the prize...
- Tax Reliefs
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of property tax relief on investment residential properties, the annual cost to the Exchequer of same; the number of taxpayers who claim...
- Tax Code
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a first-time buyer of an existing house who signed the contract to purchase on the week of budget 2011 and is thus billed for...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to reports that the operating costs of the National Asset Management Agency are set to increase by 50% in 2011; and...
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Services
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive did not meet a funding shortfall of €750,000 for a foundation (details supplied) which will...
- Health Service Staff
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total number of Health Service Executive staff that accepted the voluntary redundancy package; the total cost of the redundancy...
- Health Services
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in having all tests carried out to give a full diagnosis to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [1807/11]
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the actions she is taking to deal with the bed shortages at Tallaght hospital, Dublin 24, which has been highlighted in recent weeks;...
- Hospital Services
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a waiting list for the hearing service in Tallaght general hospital, Dublin; if so, the period of waiting that a patient...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will list all appointments made by her between the 14 of December 2010 to the 13 of January 2011 to State boards, agencies,...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for an earlier appointment than November 2011 to a hospital in Galway....
- Medical Cards
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, as a matter of urgency in view of the...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an application for rent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, now under appeal will be expedited...
- Hospital Charges
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite a response to the review of inpatient charges being conducted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Medical Cards
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an application for a medical card now under appeal will be expedited and approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of hospital co-location projects currently in hand; the cost to date associated with such projects; the number of further...
- Hospital Staff
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which staff shortages exist at all levels throughout the public general hospital service; the extent to which this is now...
- Medical Cards
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the length of time it now takes to process a medical card application; how this compares with the same process five years ago; and if...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the purpose of accommodating patients on trolleys in corridors, lobbies and alcoves while wards and beds are vacant; and if she will...
- Hospital Services
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of public hospitals throughout the country currently capable of undertaking orthopaedic surgical procedures; the number of...
- Hospital Closures
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the future of St. Luke's Hospital, Dublin 6, having regard to the express wishes of patients and their families...
- Health Services
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the availability of a permanent location at which persons in Naas, County Kildare, can meet the community welfare...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients sent overseas for specific surgical and medical procedures which were not available here; the number of patients...
- Health Services
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when extra accommodation will be provided at a health centre (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Nursing Home Inspections
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 231 of 9 November 2010, if she will outline the specific qualifications of each of the 46...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of unaccompanied children seeking asylum who entered the State in 2010; the way these children were cared for; and if she...
- Hospital Services
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated cost to the Health Service Executive of the 1,400 Irish persons who need to have hip devices replaced as a result of...
- Department of Transport
- Insurance Industry
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will review a policy matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1822/11]
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will list all appointments made by him between 22 November 2010 and 13 January 2011 to State boards, agencies, quangos, bodies, authorities...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Restorative Justice
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will confirm plans for the nationwide development of the restorative justice programme following the success of the Tallaght...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will list all appointments made by him between the 14 of December 2010 to the 13 of January 2011 to State boards, agencies,...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding closed circuit television for Westport, County Mayo; if funding will be provided for same; and if he will make...
- Legislative Programme
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding the Multi-Unit Developments Bill; when it will be enacted and the sections that have been commenced. [1898/11]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 1101 of 29 September 2010, if he will indicate the normal expected time to process an...
- Residency Permits
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will make...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 170 of 1 July 2010 the position regarding an application for residency and citizenship in...
- Residency Permits
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding a residency application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will ensure the availability of adequate accommodation and appropriate diet in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make...
- Residency Permits
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when a response will issue on an application for renewal of Garda National Immigration Bureau card and stamp 4 in respect of a person...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a...
- Residency Permits
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will set out the procedures and progress to date in the matter of residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 25 November 2010, if he will set out the circumstances whereby a person (details...
- Asylum Applications
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the cost of processing asylum applications in the years 2009 and 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2004/11]
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Emigrant Support Services
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if any meetings have taken place recently with the United States Government in relation to the undocumented Irish in that country and the...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will list all appointments made by him between 14 December 2010 and 13 January 2011 to State boards, agencies, quangos, bodies,...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Redundancy Payments
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for redundancy payment has been received in respect of a person (details supplied) and when payment will issue. [1885/11]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in dealing with an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13 in view of the fact that all...
- Pension Provisions
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the national pensions framework; his views on the current adequacy and coverage of private pension schemes; and if...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will list all appointments made by him between the 14 of December 2010 to the 13 of January 2011 to State boards, agencies, quangos,...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons (details supplied) in County Clare have not been facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1888/11]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be awarded the qualified adult payment in their own right. [1894/11]
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide the full details of the partial capacity scheme; the rules and guidelines pertaining to same; and if he will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the decision not to grant child benefit for a period to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if he will now...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if rent allowance will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of the fact that they are an approved housing...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if she will list all appointments made by her between the 14 of December 2010 to the 13 of January 2011 to State boards,...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Departmental Properties
Question 187: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the person responsible for deciding the purchasing of lands or buildings of cultural significance; the way a...
- International Agreements
Question 188: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the contributions made under the terms of the Kyoto Protocol in each year since 2008; if any discussion has...
- National Monuments
Question 189: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to extend the national monument designation to cover the entire 1916 terrace, Dublin 1; his views...
- Local Authority Services
Question 190: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the arrangements in place for the maintenance of the public lighting network throughout the country; his...
- Housing Grants
Question 191: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a grant (details supplied). [1832/11]
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 192: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to the progress being made regarding a general scheme of a Bill amending the...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 194: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will list all appointments made by him between 14 December 2010 to 13 January 2011 to State boards,...
- Foreshore Licences
Question 195: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of foreshore licences currently being processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Animal Welfare
Question 196: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will ban the Larsen cage trap which has been banned in Denmark due to the stress and injury caused to...
- Turbary Rights
Question 197: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the delay in the sale of bogland and when moneys will be awarded in the case of a person...
- Election Management System
Question 198: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the campaign in respect of voting rights for emigrants; if he is...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 199: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the local authorities that have adopted rates for 2011; and the rate that has been adopted and the increases...
- Water Charges
Question 200: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the installation of domestic water meters; the timescale for installation of meters;...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 201: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way he has assessed the potential costs associated with the greenhouse gas reductions set in the Climate...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will list all appointments made by him between 14 December 2010 to 13 January 2011 to State boards,...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the national broadband scheme infrastructure will be completed in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the remainder of the single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) and when they can...
- On-farm Investment Schemes
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 149 of 2 December 2010, his plans to introduce a grant for on-farm water harvesting;...
- Grant Payments
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a single farm payment and REP scheme payment; and if he will...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not yet received a disadvantaged area scheme and single payment...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the status of a new animal health and welfare Bill; the progress made to date in drafting such a Bill and the main...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list all appointments made by him between the 14 of December 2010 to the 13 of January 2011 to State boards,...
- Aquaculture Licences
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of aquaculture licences currently being processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1880/11]
- Forestry Sector
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is in discussion with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to a bid by these organisations to purchase...
- Grant Payments
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payments under the grassland sheep scheme will commence and the position regarding this scheme; and if he will make a...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Industrial Relations
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his plans to amend the No. 19/1990 Industrial Relations Act; his views on the term worker and the list of occupations not...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will list all appointments made by him between the 14 of December 2010 to the 13 of January 2011 to State boards,...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Defence the administrative efficiencies he plans to put in place in the Defence Forces in 2011 in order to achieve the €3 million savings as outlined in...
- Defence Forces Personnel
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of civilian employees attached to military installations; the number of these employees he plans to have in place following the...
- Overseas Missions
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Defence the level of allowances for overseas deployment by the Defence Forces per rank applicable before the proposed reduction as outlined in the Budget...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will list all appointments made by him between the 14 of December 2010 to the 13 of January 2011 to State boards, agencies, quangos, bodies,...
- Defence Forces Regulations
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will confirm that members of the Defence Forces are entitled to spectacles if required under the Defence Force Regulations; the last date that...