Written answers
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Nuclear Proliferation
Question 25: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the role he envisages playing in promoting Ireland's traditional support for nuclear non-proliferation and if he plans any...
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 26: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his strategy of engagement with Northern Ireland issues and his views on joint North-South investments. [5351/11]
- Humanitarian Assistance
Question 27: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the aid plans that have been put in place to offer assistance to the people of Japan following the earthquake and tsunami which...
- Ambassadors Conference
Question 28: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the scheduled meetings to be held in Dublin in 2011 involving all our heads of mission and the agenda identified for these...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- European Council Meetings
Question 29: To ask the Taoiseach the Ministers he intends to include in the formal delegations for different scheduled European Council meetings. [5205/11]
- Cabinet Committees
Question 30: To ask the Taoiseach if the new Economic Council is established as a Cabinet Committee and the formal arrangements that are intended for its work in terms of support, regularity of...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 31: To ask the Taoiseach the rights in relation to consultation and circulation of materials which have heretofore been reserved to the Minister for Finance will remain or be shared...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 32: To ask the Taoiseach the arrangements he has put in place for constituency offices within his Department. [5238/11]
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 33: To ask the Taoiseach the specific powers he intends to delegate to Ministers of State in his Department. [5257/11]
- Constitutional Convention
Question 34: To ask the Taoiseach if it is his intention to establish the proposed Constitutional Convention on a statutory basis and, if so, the timetable he envisages for same. [5374/11]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 36: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will advise persons (details supplied) regarding aid to Libya. [5104/11]
- Ambassadors Conference
Question 37: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the meeting of Ambassadors proposed in the Programme for Government will replace the traditional autumn meeting. [5201/11]
- Ministerial Travel
Question 38: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his proposed travel itinerary for the next month. [5202/11]
- Ministerial Staff
Question 39: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the specific arrangements, including staffing, which he will put in place to assist him in his wider governmental and political...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 41: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the specific powers he intends to delegate to Ministers of State in his Department. [5253/11]
- Department of Finance
- Ministerial Staff
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give a guarantee to the Irish people that all support staff, including civilian drivers, currently engaged by himself, his Ministers and...
- Universal Social Charge
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will rectify the anomaly whereby a person (details supplied) who has retired on grounds of ill health is required to pay the universal social...
- Departmental Responsibilities
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Finance the timescale he envisages in bringing before the Dáil any instruments or resolutions which may be required to complete the transfer of...
- Legislative Programme
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Construction Contracts Bill will be debated by Dáil Éireann as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5041/11]
- Departmental Reports
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received a copy of the report of the Review Group on State Assets and Liabilities and if not, when he expects to receive a copy of the...
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the sale of Coillte forestry or land in whole or in part if such an action was recommended by the Review Group on State Assets and...
- Departmental Reports
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the circumstances of the commissioning of a report (details supplied); the actual authors of this report; when it was commissioned...
- Commencement of Legislation
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to sign the commencement order bringing section 13 of the Finance Act 2011 into effect. [5174/11]
- Departmental Responsibilities
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Finance the arrangements that will be in place to assist him in relation to the public expenditure elements of budget preparations. [5198/11]
- Budgetary Process
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Finance the elements of the budget process which will no longer be under his control [5199/11]
- Financial Institutions Recapitalisation
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will require the formal consent of another Minister in addition to normal Cabinet clearance for any public funding to be allocated to financial...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Finance the arrangements he has put in place for constituency offices within his Department. [5233/11]
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will retain any role in relation to decisions of tax reliefs for specific policy purposes. [5244/11]
- Tax Code
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Finance where a person is in receipt of proceeds from the compulsory acquisition of farmlands by the National Roads Authority and they subsequently re-invest...
- Tax Collection
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be furnished with a P21 for 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5307/11]
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the difficulties being encountered by house buyers in obtaining a letter of release on property that is National Assets Management...
- Tax Code
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that full equal treatment, from the start of this financial year, will be applied in respect of income tax, inheritance tax, gift...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated costs for the jobs fund items listed on page eight of the programme for Government. [5370/11]
- Universal Social Charge
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Finance the nature of the review of the universal social charge to be undertaken under the Programme for Government; and the time scale of the review. [5373/11]
- Auditing of Accounts
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Finance if the reference to audited accounts in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in page 24 of the programme for Government is...
- Departmental Staff
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Finance the time scale he envisages for the recruitment of an external person to head his Budget and Economic Policy Division. [5379/11]
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Placement
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school placement at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare will be offered; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Special Educational Needs
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be offered a special needs assistant on a one to one basis; and if he will make...
- FÁS Training Courses
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a FÁS course will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will support the need for special needs assistants and to provide all children with a disability the maximum support in 2011...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) regarding a grant. [5149/11]
- School Completion Programme
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in the context of the review of the children at risk fund and the school completion programme, he will ring-fence funding for a...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when redundancy payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views regarding a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4861/11]
- Local Employment Services
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when placement will be offered to attend a course in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a special needs teacher will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provision will be made for a second level educate together school (details supplied) in Celbridge, County Kildare; and if he will...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a third level education grant will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
- School Management
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure open to a parent who wishes to challenge a management decision made by the principal of a primary school in regard to an...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reverse the cuts to third level grants, the impact of which will force thousands of students out of college. [5005/11]
- School Accommodation
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for funding by a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement...
- EU Funding
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding employees of a former company (details supplied) availing of the European Globalisation Fund. [5091/11]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Kerry which was promised a new school in 2007, will be included in the next capital programme...
- School Accommodation
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a grant application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a lease in respect of a club (details supplied). [5135/11]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for building works in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when a...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Kerry will qualify for funding under the summer works scheme; and if he will make a statement...
- School Transport
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reverse changes to the school transport system announced in budget 2011 that will affect eligibility for school transport for...
- Schools Recognition
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide stand-alone status to an educational institution (details supplied) in County Cork. [5183/11]
- Ministerial Staff
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements he has put in place for constituency offices within his Department. [5230/11]
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific powers he intends to delegate to Ministers of State in his Department. [5249/11]
- Coistí Gairmoideachais
Question 106: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cén polasaí atá ag an Roinn Oideachais lena chinntiú go mbeidh Gaeilge ag na príomhfheidhmeannaigh ar na coistí gairmoideachais a...
- School Provision
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to address the shortage of gaelscoil places; and if he will approve funding for a new gaelscoil to meet the high...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made regarding an application under the emergency works grant scheme in respect of a school (details supplied) in County...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Cork will receive assistance under the summer works scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are available for a Gaeltacht school that wishes to develop a new playing pitch; and if he will make a statement on...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding education in respect of a person (details supplied). [5442/11]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Enterprise Support Services
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the assistance available to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Ministerial Staff
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the arrangements he has put in place for constituency offices within his Department. [5231/11]
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the specific powers he intends to delegate to Ministers of State in his Department. [5250/11]
- Enterprise Support Services
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the position regarding funding in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on...
- Intellectual Property Policy
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the steps taken in recent years concerning the development of national policies relating to intellectual property; and the...
- Department of Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when rent support will be reinstated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the payment of statutory lump sum redundancy in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [5040/11]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the options available to a person who has been made redundant who cannot get their former employer to complete a RP 50 redundancy form;...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when jobseeker's payment will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a review of an application for jobseeker's allowance will be undertaken in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rate of jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans regarding reducing the length of time it takes to have an appeal heard at an oral hearing by the social welfare appeals office;...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application to transfer rent supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a redundancy application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when payment will issue;...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an appeal for a disability allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [5151/11]
- Redundancy Payments
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a redundancy application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when payment will issue;...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a domiciliary care allowance appeal will be decided in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a means test for social welfare entitlements will be carried out in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent allowance must be collected from a post office in County Kilkenny rather than paid through the post office account or bank...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the arrangements she has put in place for constituency offices within her Department. [5237/11]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons (details supplied) are having their mortgage allowance refused at a time when their mortgage repayments are in fact...
- Civil Registration Service
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress made to date regarding a possible change of law in relation to the registration of deaths occurring abroad; and if she will...
- Flood Relief
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress made with the relocation scheme for those whose houses were flooded in November 2009; when a decision will be made in...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding mortgage interest supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has only been awarded rent supplement from 15 November 2010 when the person made...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if farm assist payment will be paid without further delay in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [5355/11]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when back to school allowance will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a review will be undertaken of an application for domiciliary care allowance under appeal which was subsequently refused in respect...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if mortgage assistance will be offered to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount allocated to the Money Advice and Budgeting Service in each year since 2000; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for mortgage interest supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; if...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Ministerial Staff
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the arrangements he has put in place for constituency offices within his Department. [5239/11]
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the specific powers he intends to delegate to Ministers of State in his Department. [5258/11]
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the financial supports available to a Gaeltacht community that wishes to develop a new playing pitch all-weather facility; and if...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the holding company to manage the State's holdings of the semi-State bodies mentioned on page 14 of the...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will reverse the decision to approve the construction of the Corrib gas pipeline (details supplied) taken...
- Postal Services
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the introduction of a postcode system and the consideration, if any, given by him to the...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the arrangements he has put in place for constituency offices within his Department. [5227/11]
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the specific powers he intends to delegate to Ministers of State in his Department. [5246/11]
- Inland Fisheries
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to give permission to Inland Fisheries Ireland to employ staff in 2011 to continue with the work of...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Local Authority Funding
Question 183: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding rates arrears in respect of a person (details supplied). [5271/11]
- International Agreements
Question 184: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to sign and ratify the Council of Europe Convention on the Participation of Foreigners in Public...
- Turbary Rights
Question 185: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will clarify the position regarding the continuation or not of turf cutting on 32 designated raised...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 189: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when sanction will be given for the commencement of the Milltown/Claregalway sewerage scheme, County Galway;...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 190: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the arrangements he has put in place for constituency offices within his Department. [5232/11]
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 191: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the specific powers he intends to delegate to Ministers of State in his Department. [5251/11]
- Road Network
Question 192: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress that has been made in the preparation of a proposal or discussion document that has been worked...
- Turbary Rights
Question 193: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the purchase of bog lands (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reason for the...
- Public Procurement
Question 194: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the changes in the tender process as it pertains to building or construction contracts awarded by local...
- Electoral System
Question 195: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will consider establishing a Dáil constituency or Seanad panel for Irish emigrants; and if he will...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Citizenship Applications
Question 198: 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 Limerick; and if he will...
- Asylum Applications
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if accommodation in Dublin will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Residency Permits
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2; if a review can or will be...
- Asylum Applications
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his plans to progress the Spent Convictions Bill; his plans to make significant amendments and the expected timeframe for the...
- Garda Vetting Services
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for Garda clearance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for Irish citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
- Parking Regulations
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding illegal parking at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [5193/11]
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding speeding at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [5194/11]
- Ministerial Staff
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the arrangements he has put in place for constituency offices within his Department. [5236/11]
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the specific powers he intends to delegate to Ministers of State in his Department. [5255/11]
- Garda Recruitment (1 comment)
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he is satisfied that the issue of an upper age limit on recruitment for new members of the Garda Síochána does not constitute...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No 924 of 29 September 2010 and No. 167 of 1 February 2011 when the outstanding information will...
- Sale of Alcohol
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 310 of 25 January 2011, the position regarding same. [5428/11]
- Visa Applications
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if persons entering the State on student visas are being required to carry €3,000 cash on their person as a result of the new...
- Asylum Applications
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if records are kept of the number of asylum seekers with a disability; the methodology used to identify the presence of a disability...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 227: 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 22; and if he will make a...
- Residency Permits
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Asylum Applications
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make a...
- Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their REP scheme payment; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will uphold the recommendations of the Ombudsman in relation to the lost at sea scheme; if he will compensate a family...
- Grant Payments
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if REP scheme payments will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny without delay. [4854/11]
- Forestry Sector
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if Coillte has sold trees to any pension companies; and if so, the value and the extent of the trees sold to date. [5004/11]
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide a guarantee that Coillte land or other assets will not be sold off in whole or in part to private...
- Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to revert to Ireland's previous stance in the EU on GM crops and foods. [5046/11]
- Grant Payments
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when REP scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans not to sell off our forests and woodlands in view of the fact that they are a national asset. [5160/11]
- Grant Payments
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when national reserve entitlements and any other outstanding payments will issue in respect of a person (details supplied)...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to introduce incentives for farmers to adopt rainwater harvesting measures on their farm; and if he will make a...
- Pigmeat Sector
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will take any measures to support the pig industry at present, which is in a crisis due to a severe increase in the...
- Grant Payments
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their payment for REP scheme 4; and if he will make a statement...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the arrangements he has put in place for constituency offices within his Department. [5226/11]
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the specific powers he intends to delegate to Ministers of State in his Department. [5245/11]
- Grant Payments
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a decision will issue on an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a...
- Fertilizer Prices
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in view of the increasing price of fertilizer the possibility he sees for the re-establishment of a fertilizer manufacturing...
- Milk Quota
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the initiative he proposes regarding the looming financial crisis in the dairy sector for farmers who are over quota for the...
- Grant Payments
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their REP scheme 4 payment; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Offices
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the decision was made to close his Department's DVO office in Ballybay, County Monaghan; if he will now examine and...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the process used by him for the distribution of cheese to voluntary organisations and persons; the safeguards in place to...
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the proposed merger of Coillte and Bord na Móna in a new biotechnology company will entail either company selling any of...
- Grant Payments
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive payment in respect of their REP scheme 4 application; and if he...
- Department of Health
- Care of the Elderly
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the mechanism that will be put in place to coordinate policy in relation to older persons. [5208/11]
- Health Services
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when speech and language therapy will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
- Medical Cards
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when ongoing six weeks on, six weeks off, speech and language therapy will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
- Medical Cards
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2; and if he will make a...
- Health Services
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be referred for orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Services
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his plans to restore breast cancer services to Sligo General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4873/11]
- Medical Cards
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be approved and issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [4875/11]
- Health Services
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an early appointment will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny and if he will expedite the...
- Medical Cards
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be issued immediately in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [4877/11]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when custom shoes will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Charges
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will expedite a response to the review of inpatient charges in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow, and...
- Medical Cards
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be approved on appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; the reason care was granted and then...
- Hospital Services
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an operation will be arranged as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will...
- Medical Cards
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will expedite the matter. [4885/11]
- Health Services
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when dental services will be offered to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Service Allowances
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when mobility allowance will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Medical Cards
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card application will be reviewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Health Services
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when long-term care will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Home Help Service
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an increase in home help hours will be organised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Health Services
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an earlier appointment will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Services
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an earlier hospital appointment will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
- Health Services
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an earlier appointment will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a hospital bed will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Child Care Services
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will ensure that the seven school leavers from a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will in fact have a day service...
- Prescription Charges
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) who has a long-term illness card must pay the 50 cent charge on prescription items. [4994/11]
- Medical Cards
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; if he will ensure that...
- Health Services
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the motorised transport grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; if he...
- Medical Cards
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [5118/11]
- Health Services
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will provide adequate resources in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [5119/11]
- Hospital Services
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a scan will be scheduled in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding support for a family (details supplied) in County Dublin. [5121/11]
- Home Help Service
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding home support in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [5122/11]
- Health Services
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 356 of 12 January 2011, the reason hours have been reduced in respect of a person (details...
- Mental Health Services
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will make mental health a priority in 2011. [5126/11]
- Home Help Service
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will support the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [5127/11]
- Health Service Allowances
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a back to school clothing and footwear payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary;...
- Medical Cards
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied). [5136/11]
- Prescription Charges
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding prescription charges in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [5138/11]
- Health Services
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding funding in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [5139/11]
- Medical Cards
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will expedite consideration of an application for funding in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in County Waterford....
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will support the proposed dedicated 34-bed cystic fibrosis unit at St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin. [5190/11]
- Medical Cards
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [5191/11]
- Health Services
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the delivery of dental care at a health centre (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Services
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an early appointment will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford. [5213/11]
- Ministerial Staff
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the arrangements he has put in place for constituency offices within his Department. [5235/11]
- Departmental Functions
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of all administrative responsibilities which will be solely under the direction of the Minister for Children. [5243/11]
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the specific powers he intends to delegate to Ministers of State in his Department. [5254/11]
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will support the case of a group (details supplied) which is seeking therapy services for persons with special needs. [5267/11]
- Health Services
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a care plan in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [5270/11]
- Preschool Services
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will consider granting greater flexibility to parents and preschool operators with regard to the age criteria at which children...
- Medical Cards
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be issued immediately in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will expedite the...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No 220 of 18 January 2011, the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details...
- Medical Cards
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive their valid medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding concerns of mothers of autistic children (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5366/11]
- Health Insurance
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the time scale he envisages for action on risk equalisation in the current health insurance market; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Staff
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Health and Children who is the Accounting Officer of his Department. [5380/11]
- Medicinal Products
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the drug Herceptin is available to cancer patients on a needs basis or if there is a finite budget for same; and if he will make a...
- Health Services
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No 204 of 18 January 2011 the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No 222 of 29 June 2010 and 151 of 3 November 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service...
- Child Care Services
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his plans to fund a missing children's 116000 hotline number. [5434/11]
- Constitutional Amendment on Children
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his plans to have a constitutional referendum on children's rights in October 2011 with the presidential election; if the office of the...
- Health Services
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding plans to deliver palliative care services in the south east and in particular the provision of a hospice in...
- Medical Cards
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will reconsider his decision to refuse to renew the medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he...
- Health Services
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the financial supports available to a person (details supplied). [5065/11]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- National Car Test
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will review the decision to introduce an annual national car test for vehicles of ten years of age or older; and if he will make a statement...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Transport the arrangements he has put in place for constituency offices within his Department. [5240/11]
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Transport the specific powers he intends to delegate to Ministers of State in his Department. [5259/11]
- Local Authority Services
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to instruct all local authorities to cease filling in potholes with tar and chips and alternatively to repair damaged roads with macadam...
- Rail Network
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress that has been made with the planning of the re-development of the western rail corridor from Athenry to Tuam, County Galway; the...
- Road Network
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Transport when work is due to commence on the Gort to Tuam motorway project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5294/11]
- Regional Airports
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Transport when the 2011 OPEX scheme for regional airports will be announced; the airports that will be eligible to apply for assistance under this...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the Member of Government who will be responsible for coordinating drugs policy. [5207/11]
- Family Mediation Service
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason the family mediation service is no longer available in Waterford City; and if he will make a statement...
- UN Conventions
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to ratify the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities. [5416/11]
- Ministerial Staff
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the arrangements he has put in place for constituency offices within his Department. [5228/11]
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the specific powers he intends to delegate to Ministers of State in his Department. [5247/11]
- Deontais Ealaíona
Question 371: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Comhionannais agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil sé i gceist deontas caipitil a cheadú le hathchóiriú a dhéanamh ar Thaibhdhearc na Gaillimhe agus le...
- Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta
Question 372: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Comhionannais agus Gaeltachta cén toradh a bhí ar an iniúchadh a rinne Pobal don Roinn ar chúrsaí Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta, MFG; agus...
- Scéim na mBóithre Áise
Question 373: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Comhionannais agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil sé i gceist aige Scéim na mBóithre Áise a athoscailt le go bhféadfaí leanacht leis an obair a bhí...
- Community Development
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the financial supports available to a Gaeltacht community that wishes to develop a new playing pitch all weather...
- Policy on Volunteering
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if a national policy on volunteering will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5440/11]
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Defence the arrangements he will put in place to ensure his active engagement with the management of the Department of Defence; where his private office...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Defence the arrangements he has put in place for constituency offices within his Department [5229/11]
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Defence the specific powers he intends to delegate to Ministers of State in his Department [5248/11]
