Written answers
Tuesday, 18 January 2011
- Department of Transport
- Air Services
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason he plans to cease public service obligation payments to airlines operating at regional airports from July 2011 under the national...
- Severe Weather Events
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will publish clear guidelines for local authorities and local communities to allow them work together to salt and grit local roads using...
- Rural Transport Services
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will publish the value for money review on the rural transport programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2323/11]
- Transport 21
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Transport the objectives identified in the national transport plan, Transport 21, which have so far been realised; the projects, if any, deleted from those...
- Cycle Facilities
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the success of the Dublin bike scheme; if he recognises its potential for expansion; his plans to encourage the...
- EU Directives
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Transport his assessment of the rejection, by the European Parliament in June 2010, of the EU commission proposals to amend EU Directive 200215/BC...
- Transport Infrastructure
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will put together a transport or business plan to make Shannon Airport and Foynes seaport hubs for international transport involving the...
- Public Service Agreements
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Transport the manner in which he is implementing the Croke Park agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2253/11]
- Cycle Facilities
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans for 10% of commuter travel to be made by bicycle by 2020 throughout the country; the national percentage at present; the percentage of...
- Port Development
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Transport his policy for the operation of seaports here; the reason there is no mention of such a policy in Transport 21 2005 - 2015; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of agencies and bodies under his jurisdiction; the budget for each in 2010; the number of boards and the number of board members; the...
- EU Directives
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to EU Directive 2010/40/EU, the new legal framework for the deployment of intelligent transport systems in the...
- Traffic Calming Measures
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Transport his policies for the introduction of a 40 kph speed limit to allow local authorities reduce speeds in view of the fact that the 30 kph speed limit...
- Taxi Regulations
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Transport when the office of the Taxi Regulator was transferred to the National Transport Authority, NTA; if the resources and funds of the office have also...
- Public Transport
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Transport his role in the development of public transport commuter services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2281/11]
- Shipping Fleet
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has any plans to establish an Irish shipping fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2268/11]
- Horse Drawn Carriages
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will detail the operation of the horse drawn jarvey transport system in each town and city in which it operates; the number of carriage...
- Traffic Management
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Transport when he plans to regulate the operation of rickshaws and pedal bike passenger carriers in Dublin; if he will establish a licensing and insurance...
- Cycle Facilities
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Transport the funding allocated for cycling routes here; the amount of money which was not spent; the reasons for same; the allocation for 2010; his plans to...
- Air Services
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Transport his aviation policy; the reason there is no mention of an aviation policy in Transport 21 2005-2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Transport Infrastructure
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason the ratio of capital investment between public transport and roads infrastructure remains skewed by a factor of 2.5:1 in the 2011...
- Road Safety
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of deaths on the Irish roads in each month of 2010; if he is satisfied with the progress being made by the road safety strategy in this...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Transport if he plans to reduce the number of quangos in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2267/11]
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 96: To ask the Taoiseach if he will list all appointments made by him between 14 December 2010 and 13 January 2011 to State boards, agencies, quangos, bodies, authorities and other...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 97: To ask the Taoiseach the name of each non-Civil Service adviser employed by him in the years 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011; each adviser's salary, expenses claims and job title in...
- Official Travel
Question 98: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of any foreign trips made by him in the year 2010 and to date in 2011; the purpose of each trip; the costs associated with each trip...
- Cabinet Sub-Committees
Question 102: To ask the Taoiseach if he will name all Cabinet sub-committees in operation here in the years 2009 and to date in 2011; and the number of times each committee has met in 2009 and...
- Charities Regulation
Question 103: To ask the Taoiseach if he will examine and support a matter (details supplied). [3026/11]
- Department of Education and Science
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of inquiries currently taking place pertaining to certification of courses relating to FÁS; the bodies or...
- School Accommodation
Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm in writing the verbal commitment given by her Department to fund the rent for a property at a...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of children currently enrolled in autism spectrum disorder special schools and the average unit cost per child...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue on an application for the provision of an extension to a school (details supplied) in County...
- School Staffing
Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons employed in the vocational education sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2087/11]
- Higher Education Grants
Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when a vocational education committee appeal following refusal of a higher education grant will be awarded to a person...
- School Patronage
Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she has received a copy of a draft position paper by an organisation (details supplied) regarding the lack of...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the situation regarding the demise of a college (details supplied) in County Kilkenny...
- School Transport
Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school transport in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of the revised construction arrangements in place on a school building project (details supplied) in County...
- School Staffing
Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when a new principal at a new amalgamated school (details supplied) will take up position; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Properties
Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the addresses and cost per annum of all premises that are rented or leased by the vocational education committees...
- School Staffing
Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the current arrangements regarding supervision and substitution in primary and second level schools; the level of funding...
- Report Cards
Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the report card templates drawn up by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment; if she...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be paid the third level maintenance grant. [2214/11]
- Schools Amalgamation
Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the proposed amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in County Cork; if a site has been...
- School Accommodation
Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills, further to Parliamentary Question No. 96 of 15 December 2010, if she has made a decision regarding the location of the...
- School Transport
Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the decision, if any, she has made to cease the exemption under the closed school rule; if she will list the schools that...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when work will commence on the extension and sports hall for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will...
- School Staffing
Question 137: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2459/11]
- Higher Education Grants
Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will make allowances for a student whose application for a third level grant is stalled because of an unusually...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she has read the report, prepared on behalf of the Teaching Council, of the current practices, standards, priorities...
- School Staffing
Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason Circular 0070/2010 specifying pay cuts under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No 2)...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the sum paid by her towards the purchase of a site (details supplied) for a new school building in County Dublin; the...
- School Transport
Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when a substantial response will issue to this Deputy's correspondence to her and her acknowledgement on 21 October 2010...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the name of each non-Civil Service adviser employed by her in the years 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011; each adviser's...
- Official Travel
Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of any foreign trips made by her in the year 2010 and to date in 2011; the purpose of each...
- Higher Education Strategy
Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her plans to create technological universities; the way these plans will be progressed and implemented; and if she will...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding funding (details supplied). [2795/11]
- Site Acquisitions
Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if the acquisition of a 15 acre school site in Kellystown Dublin 15 has taken place; the consideration paid in respect...
- Charities Regulation
Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine and support a matter (details supplied). [3020/11]
- Department of Finance
- Local Authority Charges
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the current economic downturn and the ensuing fragility of businesses, the rationale for the revaluation of all commercial and...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of appointments he has made to the Valuation Tribunal since his appointment as Minister; the names and details of the appointees; and if...
- Charities Regulation
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine and support a matter (details supplied). [2076/11]
- Tax Collection
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of consortia registered with the Revenue Commissioners for the purposes of benefitting from section 268-1 of the Finance Act for the...
- Pension Provisions
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person who has been forced to take early retirement on health grounds may withdraw money from a pension fund before retirement age in order to...
- Tax Code
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Finance if retailers involved in the sale of alcohol beverages at below cost can subsequently reclaim from the Revenue the VAT paid by them on the original...
- Tax Collection
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will investigate the withdrawal of a specific allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork with a view to having it...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details regarding contractual arrangements entered into by him arising from the proposal to decentralise Government offices to a...
- Bank Guarantee Scheme
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance the total redemptions of senior, unsecured, unguaranteed debt at each of the credit institutions subject to the eligible liabilities guarantee on a...
- Job Creation
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance the job creation initiatives contained in budget 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2392/11]
- Registration of Title
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding an application by Fingal County Council for a deed of waiver in its favour for land (details supplied) in County Dublin,...
- Tax Code
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance the liability for inheritance tax on the transfer of an agricultural holding to a nephew who has the required agriculture education benefit from...
- National Recovery Plan
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has provided for potential revenues from the auctioning of emissions trading scheme carbon permits from 2012 in his revenue projections in the...
- Freedom of Information
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of freedom of information requests received from members of the public in each of the years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Finance the name of each non-Civil Service adviser employed by him in the years 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011; each adviser's salary, expenses claims and...
- Official Travel
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of any foreign trips made by him in the year 2010 and to date in 011; the purpose of each trip; the costs associated with...
- Public Service Staff
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons employed by the State earning less than €20,000 per year; the number of persons employed by the State earning less than...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 140 of 12 January 2011, the number of times the working group established to develop a structured and...
- Department of Health and Children
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the legal position between Ireland and Belarus in relation to adoption. [2105/11]
- Child Care Services
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a child aged four at next birthday and enrolled for primary school in September 2011 can avail of the early school educational...
- Food Safety
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if prosecutions have been initiated in relation to infringements of the food safety regulations concerning display and information on...
- Health Services
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding made available to the national counselling service per annum since 2000; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Service Staff
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the national counselling service is exempt from the public service moratorium; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2018/11]
- Children in Care
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Ryan report implementation plan action number 12, whereby the Health Service Executive will develop a national specialist...
- Health Service Staff
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of social workers employed by the State on both a temporary and permanent basis; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Children in Care
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding required to implement the Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse, 2009 Implementation Plan; the...
- Child Care Services
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children's services committees established to date; the location of these committees; and if she will make a statement on...
- Health Services
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide detail on the location where the out-of-hours social work crisis intervention services operate; the estimated cost...
- Medical Cards
Question 195: 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...
- Health Services
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [2034/11]
- Medical Cards
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will issue on an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to deal with the crisis at the accident and emergency departments in hospitals. [2043/11]
- Medical Cards
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is proposed to have essential oils included under the medical card scheme; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that...
- Health Service Staff
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the numbers employed in the Health Service Executive in September 2009 and September 2010; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Community Welfare Service
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2068/11]
- Health Services
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated cost of inspecting disability residential centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2071/11]
- Health Services
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if children who have a prosthetic limb and who need a replacement on a regular basis will have it automatically sanctioned rather than...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the Central Mental Hospital project; the cost to develop this hospital; the way this project will be funded; and if she...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive an appointment for a procedure at the University College Hospital, Galway....
- Health Services
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2101/11]
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide details on the national breast screening programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2123/11]
- Children in Care
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter regarding the Child Care (Amendment) Bill. [2132/11]
- Health Services
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients who presented at the accident and emergency department at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Ennis, County...
- Medical Cards
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied). [2176/11]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications received to date from persons in County Meath under the new nursing home support scheme; the number of these...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will outline the proposed changes to applications for rent allowance; if the staff involved locally in this scheme have been...
- Health Services
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2202/11]
- Hospital Services
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that children originally waiting five months for an appointment at the ophthalmology clinic...
- Health Services
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if home help will be reinstated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo in view of the extenuating circumstances; and...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be given an outpatient appointment to see an orthopaedic consultant. [2378/11]
- Health Services
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a methadone clinic (details supplied). [2393/11]
- Health Service Staff
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a statutory register for dental assistants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2422/11]
- Health Services
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a family (details supplied) in Dublin 17. [2446/11]
- Health Service Staff
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of orthodontists currently available to public patients in Letterkenny Hospital, Donegal; if she will replace the...
- Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the annual thresholds for the drugs payment scheme on a per annum basis from 1999 to 2010, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in having an outpatient appointment arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [2470/11]
- Health Services
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive dental treatment prior to the orthodontic treatment for which they have...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason homes providing short-term respite care are required to provide the same level of qualified nursing support as homes...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the length of time a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is on the waiting list for an appointment with a rheumatologist and the...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the information technology system or any other element of the processing of wages and salaries within the Health Service Executive...
- Hospital Equipment
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the breakdown of a piece of equipment in a hospital (details supplied) is causing the...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the name of each non-Civil Service adviser employed by her in the years 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011; each adviser's salary, expenses...
- Official Travel
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide details of any foreign trips made by her in 2010 and to date in 2011; the purpose of each trip; the costs associated...
- Charities Regulation
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will examine and support a matter (details supplied). [3024/11]
- Department of Transport
- Marine Accidents
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will consider publishing the report into sea tragedies off County Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Air Services
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Parliamentary Question No. 224 of 25 May 2010, if he will obtain similar information from the Irish Aviation Authority in relation to...
- Rural Transport Services
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to expand the rural transport initiative in view of current weather conditions and the importance of this initiative in rural areas; and...
- Motor Vehicle Emissions
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding modification of car exhausts and noise emissions therefrom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2434/11]
- Ministerial Staff
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Transport the name of each non-Civil Service adviser employed by him in the years 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011; each adviser's salary, expenses claims and...
- Official Travel
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide details of any foreign trips made by him in the year 2010 and to date in 2011; the purpose of each trip; the costs associated...
- Official Engagements
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on his recent meeting with the US Secretary for Homeland Security; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2749/11]
- Road Network
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Transport the meetings he has had with his opposite number in Northern Ireland regarding the implementation of the dual carriageway project; the up-to-date...
- Official Engagements
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of meetings and discussions he has had with representatives of Iarnród Éireann, Bus Éireann and Bus Atha Cliath in each of the past...
- Transport 21
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Transport the level and extent of any decisions he has had with the various subordinate bodies, groups, agencies or individuals with responsibility for...
- Charities Regulation
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will examine and support a matter (details supplied). [3028/11]
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Citizenship Applications
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when an application for citizenship will be decided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make...
- Garda Transport
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of new Garda vehicles purchased in 2010; the cost of same; his plans to purchase new vehicles in 2011; and if he will make...
- Garda Strength
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will provide details of the notification received regarding the number of gardaí who have retired from 1 January 2010 up to 31...
- Deportation Procedures
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the aborted deportation flight from Ireland to Nigeria on 15 December 2010; the reasons for the...
- Youth Services
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he has received a request for funding towards the establishment of a youth diversion project at a location (details supplied); if...
- Public Order Offences (1 comment)
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [2158/11]
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will furnish a response to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2164/11]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 288: 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 Meath; and if he will make...
- Property Services Regulation
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if there are adequate safeguards and guidance for rural landowners leasing farmland, many of them elderly, concerning default of...
- Crime Prevention
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the steps that have been taken to curb anti-social behaviour in the vicinity of Kilcock railway station, County Kildare; and if he...
- Deportation Orders
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of Irish citizen children who left this State in each of the years 2005 to 2010 in the company of their parents deported...
- Garda Strength
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of gardaí employed by the State; the average percentage assigned to patrols at any one time; and if he will make a...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the name of each non-Civil Service adviser employed by him in the years 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011; each adviser's salary,...
- Official Travel
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will provide details of any foreign trip made by him in the year 2010 and to date in 2011; the purpose of each trip; the costs...
- Asylum Applications
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of asylum seekers who have not had their applications processed and cannot be accounted for; and if he will make a...
- Crime Levels
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the growing concern that the proliferation of cash for gold businesses opening in various parts of...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if and when provision can or will be made for accommodation transfer to Galway city or Dublin in the case of a person (details...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of applications for clearance received by the Garda central vetting unit in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011...
- Asylum Applications
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of asylum cases pending hearing and determination by the High Court and the average cost to the State of each asylum...
- Garda Operations
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of gardaí engaged in checking passports at airports and other border controls. [2794/11]
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding an application for the United Nations volunteer internship programme 2011 in respect of a person (details supplied)...
- Official Travel
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the itineraries that are in preparation for Ministers and Ministers of State to represent Ireland abroad over the course of the St....
- Ministerial Staff
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the name of each non-Civil Service adviser employed by him in the years 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011; each adviser's salary, expenses...
- Official Travel
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide details of any foreign trips made by him in the year 2010 and to date in 2011; the purpose of each trip; the costs...
- Charities Regulation
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will examine and support a matter (details supplied). [3023/11]
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Redundancy Payments
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will confirm that an application for redundancy was received in respect of persons (details supplied); when payment will issue; and...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive the one parent family payment. [2100/11]
- Unemployment Levels
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will readjust the assessment of the live register figures to include persons who are aged 18 years or over but who are not entitled...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average and longest waiting times for a decision on applications for domiciliary care allowance and the average and longest waiting...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal regarding disability allowance will be heard in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [2389/11]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was refused jobseeker's allowance. [2402/11]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal in respect of a disability allowance refusal has been opened for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [2406/11]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when jobseeker's allowance payment for week commencing 20 December 2010 will be paid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be finalised. [2416/11]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he would make arrangements in order that persons who switch from jobseeker's allowance, including the fuel scheme, to illness benefit...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a date for an oral hearing will issue on an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Community Development
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which the details of the new Tús scheme are being relayed to local development companies and when it is expected this new...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the name of each non-Civil Service adviser employed by him in the years 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011; each adviser's salary, expenses...
- Official Travel
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide details of any foreign trips made by him in the year 2010 and to date in 2011; the purpose of each trip; the costs...
- Charities Regulation
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will examine and support a matter (details supplied). [3025/11]
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the position regarding payment of a grant to a club (details supplied) in County Cork under the sports capital grant programme....
- Ministerial Staff
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the name of each non-Civil Service adviser employed by her in the years 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011; each adviser's salary,...
- Official Travel
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if she will provide details of any foreign trips made by her in the year 2010 and to date in 2011; the purpose of each trip; the...
- Computerisation Programme
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport her plans to digitise Roman Catholic parish registers here, where copies are currently held on microfilm; the expected cost of...
- Charities Regulation
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if she will examine and support a matter (details supplied). [3027/11]
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 354: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funding will be made available for a project (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a...
- Election Management System
Question 355: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will consider the points raised regarding the manning of polling stations (details supplied); and if he...
- Building Regulations
Question 356: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the inspections carried out by him of residential homes up to 2004 and his dealings with Homebond; and if he...
- Departmental Reports
Question 357: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to implement the recommendations of the local government efficiency review group; if he plans to...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 358: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, following his recent meeting with local representatives, he plans to approve the waiver system for rates...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 359: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will provide an answer to correspondence from this Deputy of 25 February 2008 (details supplied)...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 360: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding housing options (details supplied). [2405/11]
- Local Authority Charges
Question 361: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will consider exempting church halls and community centres with charitable status from the payment of...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 362: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by the local authorities in respect of...
- Control of Dogs
Question 363: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the annual budget for the management of dog pounds; the policy concerning euthanasia or rescue services for...
- Heritage Sites
Question 364: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he was consulted by Dublin City Council prior to its demolition of 17/18 Moore Lane over the Christmas of...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 365: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the name of each non-Civil Service adviser employed by him in the years 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011; each...
- Official Travel
Question 366: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide details of any foreign trips made by him in the year 2010 and to date in 2011; the purpose...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 370: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of appointments he has made to the boards of public bodies in each of the years 2007, 2008, 2009,...
- Charities Regulation
Question 371: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will examine and support a matter (details supplied). [3022/11]
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Energy Conservation
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding funding in 2011 for the warmer homes scheme as administered by the Sustainable Energy...
- Electricity Generation
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the decision to increase REFIT tariffs for bio-energy were agreed by Cabinet, that is, a Government decision...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the planned roll-out of the rural broadband scheme; when Ballyporeen, County Tipperary, which has no broadband...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the name of each non-Civil Service adviser employed by him in the years 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011; each...
- Official Travel
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of any foreign trips made by him in the year 2010 and to date in 2011; the purpose...
- Charities Regulation
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will examine and support a matter (details supplied). [3017/11]
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will receive their single farm payment as a matter of urgency; and if he...
- Pigmeat Sector
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his commitment to the pigmeat industry here; if he will acknowledge the 165 kg and 170 kg costs of production; the current...
- Grant Payments
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he will take to have the single farm payment and REP scheme payment immediately issued to a person (details...
- Departmental Staff
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the delay in replacing clerical staff on sick leave from regional veterinary laboratories; if his attention...
- Grant Payments
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry has not received their REP scheme, disadvantaged area and single farm...
- Afforestation Programme
Question 401: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive financial approval for the planting of forestry. [2401/11]
- Grant Payments
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment of REP scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Aquaculture Licences
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 334 of 11 May 2010, the time frame for the application; and if he will make a...
- Grant Payments
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for non-payment to successful applicants of grants under the grassland sheep scheme submitted before May 2010 and...
- Departmental Reports
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action that has been taken to implement the recommendations of the expert group on skills needs in the agri-food sector....
- Fishing Industry Development
Question 409: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the total budgetary allocation for fisheries and marine affairs for 2005-2009; the percentage that came from European Union...
- Afforestation Programme
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount that has been spent to support forestry in Ireland from 2005 to 2009 and the amount of this budget that was...
- Grant Payments
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and paid the disadvantaged area scheme. [2496/11]
- Ministerial Staff
Question 414: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the name of each non-Civil Service adviser employed by him in the years 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011; each adviser's...
- Official Travel
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide details of any foreign trips made by him in the year 2010 and to date in 2011; the purpose of each trip;...
- Charities Regulation
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will examine and support a matter (details supplied). [3016/11]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- EU Directives
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the way the EC workplace directive is applied and the way the law is enforced; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Business Regulation
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he has the power to require retail outlet operators here and in other countries to reveal the profit margins they make...
- Industrial Development
Question 423: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of companies that are supported by the Industrial Development Authority on a county basis; the jobs supported in...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 424: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the name of each non-Civil Service adviser employed by him in the years 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011; each adviser's...
- Official Travel
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will provide details of any foreign trips made by him in the year 2010 and to date in 2011; the purpose of each trip;...
- Charities Regulation
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will examine and support a matter (details supplied). [3021/11]
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 430: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to give increased recognition and support to Irish sign language services; his plans to introduce a...
- Employment Rights
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs, in view of the Equality Tribunal's refusal to process cases in respect of dissolved companies, if his attention...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 432: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the name of each non-Civil Service adviser employed by him in the years 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011; each...
- Official Travel
Question 433: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will provide details of any foreign trips made by him in the year 2010 and to date in 2011; the purpose of...
- Charities Regulation
Question 437: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will examine and support a matter (details supplied). [3018/11]
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Remuneration
Question 438: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the Border duty allowance, the subject of an adjudication dated August 2009. [2183/11]
- Defence Forces Property
Question 439: To ask the Minister for Defence, further to Parliamentary Question No. 40 of 1 June 2010, if he will explain the inordinate delay in making available a copy of his Department's...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 440: To ask the Minister for Defence the name of each non-Civil Service adviser employed by him in the years 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011; each adviser's salary, expenses claims and...
- Official Travel
Question 441: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide details of any foreign trips made by him in the year 2010 and to date in 2011; the purpose of each trip; the costs associated...
- Defence Forces Personnel
Question 446: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Permanent Defence Force and Reserve Defence Force personnel respectively for whom applications have been submitted to the Garda...
- Charities Regulation
Question 447: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will examine and support a matter (details supplied). [3019/11]
