Written answers
Thursday, 24 March 2011
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Staffing
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department has not facilitated a panel of teachers for Gaelscoileanna while facilitating panels for all other patronages...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will have any role in the new National Employment and Entitlements Service replacing FÁS; if so the nature of that role; the...
- Property Transfers
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when will he negotiate the transfer of school infrastructure currently owned by the 18 religious orders cited in the Ryan Report to the...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the book grant will be made available to low income families in 2011; if the grant will be forwarded to schools in time for...
- Third Level Statistics
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in higher education during the academic year 1996/97 and in the current academic year; and if he will make a...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to overhaul the system for means testing student grants; and if his plans will include the means testing of assets. [5541/11]
- Departmental Staffing
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes he is proposing regarding the staffing of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5537/11]
- School Size
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to the review of small rural schools which is currently taking place, the number of submissions that have been received to...
- School Management
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine and reverse Circular 0019/2011 in view of his programme for Government commitment to devolve more responsibility to...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the spending on primary school capital projects provided for in budget for 1997 and in budget for 2011; and if he will make a statement...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers, average class size and pupil-teacher ratio in primary schools in the school years 1996-1997 and the latest...
- School Patronage
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools and pupils not under religious patronage in the 1996/97 school year and in the current school year; and if...
- Early Childhood Education
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to invest in a targeted early childhood education programme for disadvantaged children as per the programme for Government;...
- Departmental Reviews
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review of the Hunt Report on Higher Education will be undertaken; the person who will lead this review; the timescale for the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to continue with the cap on special needs assistants for September 2011 leaving new entrants and newly diagnosed children with...
- Schools Recognition
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will grant departmental recognition to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5513/11]
- School Patronage
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the forum on patronage and pluralism in the primary sector, as per the programme for Government, will be undertaken; when the terms...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants working in schools here in the school year 1996 - 1997 and the current school year; and his plans...
- Psychological Service
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the cut to the number of educational psychologists in National Educational Psychological Service will be reversed; and if he will...
- Traveller Education
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine and reverse Circular 0017/2011 with regard to the withdrawal of resource teacher for Traveller posts; and if he will...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Rockall Island
Question 32: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding negotiations over ownership of Rockall and the steps being taken by him to secure Ireland's territorial...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 33: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the Ivory Coast following recent elections and in particular the situation in the northern part of that...
- Department of Finance
- Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange a new national press, TV and national radio campaign to raise awareness of the free phone number for reporting of the sale and...
- Tax Code
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Finance when he intends to reform the universal social charge; and if he intends to introduce a tapered approach above the €4,000 threshold; and if he will...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Third Level Funding
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he plans to begin a review of third level funding as promised in the programme for Government; will the review examine the...
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm the decision of the former Minister to review the proposed amalgamation of Kerry Education Service and Limerick City...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a special needs assistant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [5587/11]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reverse the decision to increase the pupil-teacher ratio for Gaelscoileanna from September 2011; and if he will make a...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 41: 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. [5594/11]
- Literacy Levels
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he plans to take in relation to responding to high illiteracy rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5597/11]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that primary schools in County Kildare have the highest class sizes in the country; if he...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a new school for Carrigallen, County Leitrim. [5625/11]
- School Curriculum
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the report of the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs regarding the level of achievement in maths among Irish students; if...
- School Transport
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on proposed changes to school transport (details supplied). [5644/11]
- Ceapachán Múinteorí
Question 49: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Scoileanna maidir leis an Teastas Gaeilge do Mhúinteoirí Iar-bhunscoile, cé mhéad múinteoir nua-cheaptha a rinne an TGMI i mbliana; cé mhéad...
- Scoileanna Lán-Ghaeilge
Question 50: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Scoileanna cé mhéad iar-bhunscoil Ghaeltachta atá ann ina bhfuil an Ghaeilge mar ghnáthmheán teagaisc (maidir le hábhair seachas an Ghaeilge);...
- School Transport
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the financial implications for families of the introduction by the previous Government of a €50 per...
- Department of Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will support the case of a family (details supplied) regarding housing. [5600/11]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the grounds on which jobseeker's allowance was refused in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if and when it is...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if there will be sports capital scheme for 2011/2012; if an application process will be opened; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Departmental Schemes
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the criteria for the warmer homes scheme (details supplied) has...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Proposed Legislation
Question 58: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to amend the Building Control Act to address the situation facing trained and qualified architects...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 59: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the provision of a sewerage scheme for Waterville, County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Motor Taxation
Question 61: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm that the annual car tax renewal for a car (details supplied) has been increased from €333...
- Building Regulations
Question 62: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce a grant scheme for the remediation of homes affected by pyrite in cases when all other...
- Planning Issues
Question 65: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he will introduce to amend the system of insurance bonds which are required by local authorities...
- Flood Relief
Question 66: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the introduction of a local authority certification process following the implementation of flood...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 67: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to amend the local government performance indicators to include a set of indicators around the...
- Local Government Reform
Question 68: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to commence a new process in relation to the reform of local government; the process he intends to...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 69: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 15 December 2010, the position regarding the introduction of such...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Garda Training
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of training places and courses available to Gardaí in the Templemore Training Centre and Garda Headquarters; the number...
- Garda Operations
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the Garda budget allocated to the Garda neighbourhood watch scheme in 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011 for the Dublin region....
- Garda Stations
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will allocate funding for the much needed refurbishment of the custody area and front public office for a Garda station (details...
- Garda Equipment
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of aircraft and helicopters currently in the Garda Air Support Unit [5567/11]
- Deportation Orders (1 comment)
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the procedure for a person to apply for consideration to enter Ireland from a visa exempt country (details supplied); and if he will...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when he will open the public office at the Property Registration Authority offices in Roscommon town; the reason it has not been...
- Residency Permits
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the implications for Ireland of the Court of Justice of the European Union judgments of 8 March 2011 (details supplied); and if he...
- Report on Magdalene Laundries
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his views on the Irish Human Rights Commission's Assessment which called for a statutory inquiry into human rights violations in the...
- Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
- Legal Proceedings
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will adjourn the case taken by the Department of the Marine against an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 13,...
- Grant Payments
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when headage payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether the new agriculture environment options scheme is going ahead this year; and when is it envisaged it will be...
- Department of Health
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way in which he intends to expedite the completion and commissioning of the cystic fibrosis unit; and if he will make a statement on...
- Constitutional Amendment on Children
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the referendum on children's rights will be held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5576/11]
- Departmental Agencies
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his plans to legislate for and establish the proposed child welfare and protection agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of palliative care beds for a care home (details supplied) in County Roscommon. [5627/11]
- Organ Donations
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action he will take to increase the number of organ donations, pending his legislation to provide for an opt-out system; if he will...
- Patient Redress Scheme
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the mechanism he proposes to compensate the women excluded on age grounds alone from the Lourdes Hospital redress scheme; and if he will...
- Hospital Procedures
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will establish an inquiry into the practice of symphysiotomy in hospitals here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Service Reform
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the mechanism he will use to bring back responsibility for decision-making to him from the Health Service Executive; the timeframe...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting time for those seeking services from Beechpark Services; if those waiting times are acceptable to him; the way he intends to...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding funding toward the use of an art assist machine in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon....
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Network
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Transport when funding will be provided to Dublin City Council to upgrade Clonshaugh Road, Dublin 17, between the junction of Clonshaugh Avenue and the...
- Air Services
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is committed to the future provision of a public service obligation contract for the Kerry-Dublin/Dublin-Kerry air route; and if he will make...
- Taxi Regulations
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to alter the situation whereby payment is only accepted by the relevant authority by way of debit or credit card when taxi SPS licence...
