Written answers
Wednesday, 6 April 2011
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Local Government Reform
Question 19: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to amend the criteria of class 1 and class 2 local authorities to rectify the anomalies where...
- Departmental Reports
Question 22: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the publication of the Hennessy report. [6918/11]
- Radon Gas
Question 23: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce a grant or other financial support for homeowners who are on low incomes or dependent...
- Waste Management
Question 24: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views regarding waste management policy; and his policy on incineration. [6836/11]
- Water Services
Question 25: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to address the situation whereby local authorities cannot spend the substantial amounts in capital...
- Election Management
Question 26: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce spending limits for elections and constitutional referendums in advance of the...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 28: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the date on which he will introduce legislation establishing an Electoral Commission to subsume the functions...
- Library Services
Question 30: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if research has been carried out to provide a broad range of music services in our public libraries; the...
- International Agreements
Question 31: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding his work on the Oslo-Paris Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of...
- Unfinished Housing Developments
Question 33: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to resolve the problems associated with ghost estates. [6915/11]
- Local Government Reform
Question 34: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is intended to retain a town council system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6830/11]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 35: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his priorities in regard to political reform until the end of 2011. [6838/11]
- Water Charges
Question 37: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to impose water charges on domestic users. [6924/11]
- Nuclear Safety
Question 38: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he has taken in the past fortnight since the disaster in Japan to ensure that there is a...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 39: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the changes he proposes to make to the 2010 Planning and Development Act. [6835/11]
- Illegal Dumping (1 comment)
Question 41: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to clamp down on environmental crimes such as illegal dumping. [6922/11]
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 42: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to protect homeowners with distressed mortgages where the loans were advanced by the local...
- Water Services
Question 45: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will detail capital spending on water services in 1996; and if he will also detail capital spending on...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 47: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the potential use of National Asset Management Agency properties for social housing and other social and...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 48: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way he intends to meet EU and UN targets to tackle climate change; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Ministerial Meetings
Question 51: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the preparations that are underway for Ireland's chairmanship of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe in...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 52: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will act on the recent publication by Dr. Sheila Killian at the University of Limerick, Driving the Getaway Car? Ireland,...
- Department of Finance
- National Minimum Wage
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Finance in the view of the statement by the Taoiseach last Wednesday that reversing the cut to the national minimum wage is contingent on approval by the...
- Motor Fuels
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to re-introduce the fuel rebate for small private bus operators which are not registered for VAT; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Freedom of Information
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to bring vocational education committees under the remit of the Freedom of Information Acts; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Flood Relief
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Finance if the revenue earmarked by the previous Government for flood prevention measures on the River Wad in Dublin North Central will be continued; and if...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Employment Support Services
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allocation of funding to former workers of a company (details supplied) from the European globalisation adjustment fund; if the...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the courses or advice for unemployed persons in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 5 and 9; and the option for persons wanting to work...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Cork will be approved for window replacement and fire emergency exits under an application for...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way children presenting with low incident special needs will receive adequate and set down resources if the appointment of resource...
- School Enrolments
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools in County Clare that have fewer than 50 pupils. [6945/11]
- School Curriculum
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work he is doing to ensure that mental health promotion is a core part of the curriculum and that all students learn about the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of funding which has been provided to the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, in each of the years 2007, 2008, 2009,...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will be sanctioned for a permanent building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6960/11]
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his position regarding the aggregation of vocational educational committees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6961/11]
- School Staffing
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will re-consider the proposed changes to the staffing schedule of a school (details supplied) in view of a range of factors which...
- School Transport
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the reasons private bus contractors contracted for the school transport service are restricted to providing buses that...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the position of special resource teacher will be kept on for a school (details supplied) in County Limerick. [6977/11]
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is intended that window and door replacement projects will be included in the summer works scheme 2011. [6991/11]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7005/11]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a special needs assistant at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [7014/11]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the process of providing a school building for a school (details supplied). [7015/11]
- School Staffing
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will receive an answer to a request for resource teaching hours; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the rejection of an application under the summer works scheme in respect of a school (details...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has liaised with the Department of Health in response to a proposal from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13 for a proposed...
- School Staffing
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the requirement for schools to recruit from teaching panels and if any special arrangements will be made for...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if priority will be given to an area (details supplied) for a new school building in view of the failure of the Dublin Docklands...
- School Patronage
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a second level school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7056/11]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Departmental Surveys
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he is considering a comprehensive analysis of the cost of overheads for the small to medium enterprises in Ireland; and...
- Trade Missions
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the proposals he has to engage in trade missions in 2011 with countries to develop business and employment opportunities for...
- Commercial Transactions
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties caused to small businesses by customers entitlement not to pay invoices...
- Market Rights
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will state the legal impediments that are preventing the closure or relocation of the Smithfield horse fair, Dublin....
- Department of Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a full review of the disallowance of domiciliary care allowance will be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Broadcasting Services
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for the rollout of digital audio broadcast radio for the South East region; and if he will make a...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Departmental Payment
Question 90: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Water Services
Question 91: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the costs associated with the setting up of a new water company. [6938/11]
- Local Authority Charges
Question 92: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will implement a waiver from fire service charges for persons on low incomes and in circumstances where...
- Water Charges
Question 93: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding his plans to introduce water charges and the consideration he has given to the...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 94: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to bring forward proposed legislation to deal with the consequences of noise pollution in a domestic...
- Air Pollution
Question 95: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to tackle the polluting particles from diesel engine cars which contain nitrogen oxide and nitrogen...
- Housing Policy
Question 96: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the national housing strategy for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a...
- Local Authority Services
Question 97: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost of flood hazard maps, produced by a company for Cork County Council and incorporated in Cork's draft...
- Water Quality
Question 98: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the public health issue that has arisen at a location (details supplied) in County...
- Local Government Reform
Question 99: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the report of the Limerick local government committee and in particular the reports...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 100: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will bring forward legislation reforming the way local authority commercial rates are calculated; and...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 101: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the sewerage treatment project at a location (details supplied) in County Clare; and...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 105: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will be funding the Limerick County Council conservation grant scheme for 2011. [6998/11]
- Departmental Programmes
Question 106: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a regeneration programme (details supplied); the number of meetings that have taken...
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 107: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce a deposit protection scheme for tenants in private rented accommodation to prevent the...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 108: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding that is outstanding in respect of a group water scheme (details supplied) in County Clare; when...
- Planning Issues
Question 109: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has contacted Dublin City Council since the formation of the Government regarding outstanding problems...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Proposed Legislation
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend the Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009 to set up a national house price register database in order to provide...
- Garda Training
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made in implementing recommendation 15.1.9 of A Vision for Change that senior gardaí should be identified...
- Legislative Programme
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when legislation on legal capacity will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6964/11]
- International Agreements
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made towards Ireland's ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with...
- Court Procedures
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will sign and make effective two Statutory Instruments made by the Rules of the Superior Courts committee, namely, the Rules of...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons arrested and charged with drink driving in the Garda R and J districts in the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and to...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the reduced naturalisation fee of €200 applies to the widows of naturalised Irish citizens as well as the widows of persons born...
- Garda Deployment
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the number of community gardaí operating from a location (details supplied) have been cut. [7016/11]
- Garda Operations
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures the Garda Síochána will take in order to ensure that there is no repeat of the violence which occurred at the Smithfield...
- Garda Stations
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his proposals for the future of a Garda station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7025/11]
- Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
- Milk Quota
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the criteria used to determine the successful applicants in the forthcoming competition for new entrants to dairying; and if...
- Grant Payments
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo received the balance of their outstanding payment; and if he will make a...
- Forestry Sector
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when approval will be given for a plantation application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [6990/11]
- Grant Payments
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason suckler cow welfare payment has not been granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Community Development
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if she will provide funding for a building project (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a...
- Department of Health
- Mental Health Services
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will provide a breakdown of funding in the area of mental health and specifically funding in the area of suicide prevention and...
- Child Care Services
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action that has been taken to implement recommendation 3 of the Ryan report to develop a national specialist multidisciplinary team...
- Departmental Funding
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding will be provided to provide residential care in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) will be given a date for a surgical procedure. [6974/11]
- Health Service Staff
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will make available the number of Health Service Executive staff currently on, or awaiting to return from, career breaks; if he...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be granted a first hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his views whether Crohn's disease should be included on the Health Service Executive's long-term illness scheme, the actions he will...
- Mental Health Services
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his plans to establish a dedicated executive position within the Health Service Executive that will be responsible for implementing a...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he has liaised with the Department of Education and Skills in response to a proposal from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13...
- Departmental Funding
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his support for a foundation (details supplied); if he will honour the commitment made by the previous Minister for Health and Children...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a date for their operation; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Tourism Promotion
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is considering a comprehensive analysis of the cohesiveness of the relevant tourism promotion and development bodies in...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received an application for funding for remedial works to a harbour (details supplied); the status of this...
- Public Service Vehicles
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he will take regarding bikes and carriages operating on the streets of cities and towns for reward payments; are...
- Public Transport
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide a rapid transit public transport solution in Cork city; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Light Rail Project
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Luas Line B2 from Cherrywood to Bray will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7000/11]
