Written answers
Thursday, 27 January 2011
- Department of Education and Science
- Higher Education Grants
Question 1: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) may avail of any educational grant from the State; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 2: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the future development of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [4294/11]
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 3: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the options available to skilled trades persons planning to emigrate for work in the short term to acquire accreditation...
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 4: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the rural co-ordinators at a school (details supplied) in County Offaly, with particular reference...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 5: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position of students who undertook FÁS courses and are awaiting FETAC certification in regard to their CAO...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 6: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the funding avenues open to Irish students studying for Masters of Music Therapy in New Zealand for 2011-2013; and if she...
- Traveller Education
Question 7: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the damaging impact of her decision to withdraw resource and visiting Traveller teachers...
- Departmental Property
Question 8: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she has legal responsibility for the restoration, maintenance and safety of a premises (details supplied) in County...
- School Staffing
Question 9: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the points raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 10: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue on an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4413/11]
- School Accommodation
Question 11: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if he has received an application from a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath, to move to appropriate...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 12: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of devolved funding for an autistic spectrum disorder unit at a school (details...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 13: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will appoint a design team for the building of a permanent school for a school (details supplied) in County...
- Departmental Meetings
Question 18: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 14 December 2010, if the briefing has been held and if not, when it will be...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 19: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 18 January 2011, if a decision has been made in relation to the provision of...
- Department of Finance
- Disabled Drivers
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the new procedure requiring cars that have been adapted for disabled drivers to wait two weeks to be...
- Garda Stations
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the refurbishment of a premises (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4329/11]
- Tax Code
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Limerick is paying the correct amount of tax on their pension. [4250/11]
- Flood Relief
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding flood relief works at a location (details supplied) in County Cork; if applications for funding are being sought by his...
- Tax Yield
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of the yield from applying income tax to approved profit sharing schemes. [4302/11]
- State Bodies
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Finance further to the report of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure which set out recommendations on the rationalisation of State...
- Health Service Staff
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Finance the reasons a person (details supplied) has not been allocated a P45 by their employer the Health Service Executive; the mechanism that is available...
- Ministerial Correspondence
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Finance his response to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4346/11]
- Tax Code
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Finance when a refund of income tax paid will be made in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Universal Social Charge (1 comment)
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the introduction of the universal social charge; if he will outline the rates applying to retired public servants in receipt...
- Department of Health and Children
- Medical Cards
Question 31: To ask the Tánaiste and 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...
- Medical Reviews
Question 32: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the report on symphysiotomy requested from the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists; if the...
- Health Service Staff
Question 33: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reasons the Health Service Executive will not allocate a P45 to a former employee (details supplied) despite the fact...
- Medical Cards
Question 34: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
Question 35: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if continuation of dental treatment can or will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare which was...
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 37: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 154 of 4 November 2010, in relation to the setting up of a bilateral agreement on...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 38: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the National Positive Aging Strategy; the major developmental phases of the strategy and the...
- Age of Consent
Question 41: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her position on the age of consent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4403/11]
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
Question 42: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her view on enacting legislation to facilitate the use of soft information in vetting individuals working with children;...
- Hospital Procedures
Question 43: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will request the Health Service Executive to expedite an essential surgical procedure in respect of a person...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 44: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the 24 beds currently closed at Naas General Hospital County Kildare will be reopened; if so, when and if not the reason...
- Health Services
Question 47: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children and adults assessed as requiring occupational therapy and who are awaiting the provision of same in...
- Health Service Staff
Question 52: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if discussions between the Health Service Executive senior management and the community welfare senior management in...
- Health Services
Question 53: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children awaiting orthodontic treatment following assessment in Kildare and west Wicklow and the average...
- Health Service Staff
Question 55: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the primary care team planned for Kilcock, County Kildare will be up and running. [4437/11]
- Hospital Waiting Lists (1 comment)
Question 57: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be admitted for surgery to a hospital. [4453/11]
- Medical Cards
Question 58: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be issued as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow and if...
- Department of Transport
- State Airports
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Transport if the figure published in section 7.5 key indicator 5 – operating costs per airport, table 7.4 for Galway Airport contained in the report Value...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Citizenship Applications
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when a decision will issue on an application for a certificate of naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he paid for the costs for the unsuccessful asylum seekers who had to return from Athens airport in view of the fact that no safe...
- Language Analysis Services
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 151 of 9 June 2010, if the tendering process for language analysis has taken place; the number...
- Immigration Issues
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the circumstances under which an immigration officer can supply information to the UK Border Agency on non-nationals who lived in...
- EU Directives
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 891 of 29 September 2010, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the new Government in...
- Departmental Staff
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the location of visa offices that operate in Irish embassies overseas; the number of civil servants from his Department by grade...
- Visa Applications
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied). [4286/11]
- Prisoner Statistics
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 55 of 8 December 2010, if the requested information is now available; and if he will make a...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of prisoners, in total and in each institution, that are locked up for 23 hours or more in a normal day; for 22 to 23 hours...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding the concerns expressed in relation to sections 35 to 39 of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009; the...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the procedure a person (details supplied) In County Kildare has to adhere to in seeking Irish citizenship in view of the fact that the...
- Irish Prison Service
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will issue a full reply to representations sent to his office on 20 December 2010 and also to the head of human resources in the...
- Visa Applications
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when an application for family reunification will be completed in respect of a person (details supplied); if two years is an average...
- Residency Permits
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement...
- Citizenship Applications (1 comment)
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if reference to a court case previously referred to in the determination of application for citizenship is likely to be used again in...
- Residency Permits
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the procedure for renewal or extension of residency status in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if and when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 will become eligible for naturalisation; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Irish Prison Service
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will clarify the situation in relation to a prison officer (details supplied) who left the service, is not currently under...
- Visa Applications
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will clarify the issue regarding the extension of a visitors visa which has been refused in respect of a person (details...
- Garda Strength
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of gardaí in each Garda division on 31 December 2010. [4436/11]
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the current overseas aid programme; the way he envisages the programme being sustained and expanded into the future; and if he...
- Passport Applications
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the requirements for issue of a passport in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare whose certification of naturalisation...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Redundancy Payments
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for redundancy will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) and when payment will issue. [4236/11]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the review of the Civil Registration Act 2004 has taken place with particular reference to making provision for the registration here of...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reasons for delays in dealing with cases in the social welfare appeals office; the average time scale for dealing with appeal...
- Departmental Staff
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of temporary staff operating at the clerical grade in his Department and the contingencies on which they are engaged (details...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will support the case of a person (details supplied). [4284/11]
- Departmental Reports
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he expects a final report from the gender recognition advisory group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4303/11]
- International Agreements
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if Ireland has any agreements with Canada regarding social payments; if not, if there are plans to do so and if there is a time scale...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will, in the course of current appeal take into account the compelling evidence submitted by an organisation in the case of a person...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when basic payment will be made in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the length of time it is taking to determine appeals of carer's allowance cases (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of vacancies at each grade in his Department. [4471/11]
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Electoral Management System
Question 104: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he now accepts that the proposal in the 2007 programme for Government to establish an independent...
- Carbon Monoxide Detectors
Question 105: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to encourage a more widespread installation of carbon monoxide detectors in view of the fact that...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 106: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding housing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4242/11]
- Water Charges
Question 107: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has sought or received a guarantee from the European Commission that his proposed model for domestic...
- Housing Grants
Question 108: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the allocation Galway city received in 2010 for the three housing repair grant schemes administered by Galway...
- Electoral Management System
Question 109: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding storage and disposal of the e-voting technology; the ongoing costs associated with...
- Departmental Funding
Question 110: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has issued instructions to the various local authorities the results of which is review of contracts...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 111: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses currently held by voluntary agencies under the capital allowance scheme; if he is...
- National Housing Survey
Question 112: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of unoccupied houses available for sale or letting throughout the country in the private sector...
- Water Supply
Question 113: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the augmentation of the domestic drinking water supply throughout Leinster with...
- Emergency Planning
Question 114: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he proposes arising from lessons learned during the severe weather conditions of this winter with...
- Air Pollution
Question 115: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which excessive air pollution has been identified at any of the locations monitored in County...
- Waste Management
Question 117: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his policy on waste management, the use of landfill, incineration or other means of waste disposal; and if he...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 118: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the full details of changes to the tenant purchase scheme for local authority tenants are available; and...
- Planning Issues
Question 119: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 362 of 18 January 2011, in the context of his reply, if he is prepared...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 120: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received the revised contract documents for the Castlewarden to Ballygoran water supply scheme in...
- Foreshore Leases
Question 122: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the date the proposed lease (details supplied) in respect of reclaimed foreshore at Burtonport Harbour will...
- Turbary Rights
Question 123: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 795 of 12 January 2011, the provision made in the 2011 Estimate to...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Fishing Licences
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the withdrawal of licences for native oyster fishing in the Swilly estuary, County...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the roll out of broadband in the south Kildare area; when and if the national roll out...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the situation regarding the repayment of REP scheme 3 funding in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork...
- Farm Waste Management
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason persons who have qualified for the farm waste management grant are still awaiting 20% of the grant; and if he...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of applicants to the agri-environment options scheme that have been approved to date; if it is envisaged that...
- Grant Payments
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo can expect to receive the REP scheme 4 payment. [4314/11]
- Harbours and Piers
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide funding for a pier (details supplied) in County Mayo; if any funding has been requested to carry out...
- Grant Payments
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Carlow was refused support under the agri-environment options scheme and if...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- International Agreements
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if Ireland has any agreements with Canada regarding the provision of employment visas; if so the mechanism available to a...
- Work Permits
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the position regarding a work permit (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4387/11]
- Grant Payments
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if there are any start up grants available to a person who wished to engage in the insulation and or maintenance of windows...
