Written answers
Tuesday, 19 April 2011
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Defence Forces Personnel
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Defence if he is still committed to ensuring that at least 10% of the Defence Forces will be women as set out in Fine Gael's election manifesto; and if he...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Public Sector Staff
Question 48: To ask the Taoiseach the size and relative percentage of the workplace represented by public sector jobs here from 2001 to 2011; the way this compares with the similar figures for...
- National Statistics
Question 50: To ask the Taoiseach the percentage distribution of those aged 65 years and over, in the CSO EU SILC equivalised income deciles for each of the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and...
- Census 2011
Question 51: To ask the Taoiseach his view on the anecdotal evidence that census enumerators are finding it difficult to access some housing and apartment complexes; if he is confident that all...
- Public Procurement
Question 52: To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the awarding of the printing contract for census 2011 to a company (details supplied) particularly in view of it being a wholly-owned...
- Departmental Staff
Question 53: To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff employed directly in his Department in 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010; if he will provide details regarding the numbers in each Civil Service...
- Official Engagements
Question 54: To ask the Taoiseach when he will make a State visit to China. [8170/11]
- Ministerial Staff
Question 55: To ask the Taoiseach the numbers, duties and grades of all persons within his Department who are assigned to work on constituency matters for him and any other Ministers assigned to...
- Official Engagements
Question 56: To ask the Taoiseach the foreign leaders he expects to invite here over the next few months. [8485/11]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Military Neutrality
Question 57: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to change Ireland's traditional policy of neutrality, which in popular consciousness is not purely limited to our...
- Natural Disasters
Question 58: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will respond to correspondence (detail supplied) regarding the humanitarian crisis in Japan; and if he will make a...
- Passport Applications
Question 59: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will review a matter (details supplied) regarding passports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8171/11]
- Ministerial Staff
Question 60: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the numbers, duties and grades of all persons within his Department who are assigned to work on constituency matters for him...
- Departmental Staff
Question 61: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of staff and their grades in each Irish embassy and honorary consul office. [8486/11]
- Official Engagements
Question 62: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the counterparts that he expects to invite here over the next few months. [8487/11]
- Passport Applications
Question 63: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the shortest period within which an emergency passport can be issued for the purposes of business. [8530/11]
- Emigrant Support Services
Question 64: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a list of the amounts drawn down to date of the emigrant services grants for 2009 and 2010 for Britain....
- Department of Finance
- Motor Vehicle Registration
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance the changes, if any, that have taken place or are about to take place for the registration of tractors; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to establish a task force on the future of the financial services sector. [8277/11]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce legislation to protect the interests of subcontractors; if he will ensure the inclusion of an effective exclusion from all...
- Tax Code
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will engage with his counterpart in the UK Government to address the difficulties and ensure the speedy receipt of tax and family credits to...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Finance when a decision will issue on a rates exemption application in respect of a person (details supplied). [8352/11]
- Departmental Reports
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Finance if the report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes on State assets and liabilities will be published or made...
- Tax Reliefs
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to include mortgage holders who took out mortgages in 2009 in any new proposals for mortgage interest relief on the basis that in parts of...
- Departmental Staff
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in his Department who have applied for transfers to the social protection offices in Donegal town; if he will provide a...
- Tax Collection
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding an application for a P21 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Finance the size of the structural deficit in national budgets between 2006 and 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8224/11]
- Ministerial Staff
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Finance the numbers, duties and grades of all persons within his Department who are assigned to work on constituency matters for him and any other Ministers...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance the arrangements which have been made to advertise vacancies on State boards. [8250/11]
- Tax Code
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected reduction in VAT Exchequer receipts for the remainder of 2011, if the lower VAT rate is reduced from 13.5% to 12% from 1 July 2011; and...
- Banks Recapitalisation
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to pursue the objective of obtaining a medium term affordable facility from the European Central Bank to replace emergency funding to...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance, in view of the fact that the International Monetary Fund has revised downward its estimate for growth in this country over the next three years and...
- Banks Recapitalisation
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the €30 billion loans which he expects the recapitalised Irish banks to make over the next three years between...
- Mortgage Arrears
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance the procedures and protocols in place to assist struggling mortgage holders to avoid home repossession; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Banks Recapitalisation
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance if the recent bank stress tests involved an examination, on a sample basis, of the actual documentation underpinning individual commercial loans....
- Mortgage Arrears
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on Allied Irish Banks proposal to write off certain stressed residential mortgage loans; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Collection
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has received all tax back due; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8411/11]
- Departmental Properties
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance when the Office of Public Works will be in a position to transfer land to Kerry County Council for the provision of Derrynane Abbey Island burial...
- Tax Code
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance if there will be an increase in import duty on motor vehicles. [8437/11]
- Tax Collection
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that can be saved by the State if the number on the live register falls to an average of 405,000 in 2011 in terms of average taxation...
- EU-IMF Fund
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money drawn down from the International Monetary Fund denominated in special drawing rights; the amount of annual interest charged on...
- Banks Recapitalisation
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which the chairman of AIB plans to start the process of voluntary redundancies for the 2,000 staff in view of the recent announcement by...
- Pension Provisions
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance when a decision will issue on the pensions insolvency payment scheme and the details of the same with respect to former workers of a company (details...
- Mortgage Arrears
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter regarding negative equity mortgages (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8580/11]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Education and Training Programmes
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which the new graduate and apprentice internship scheme will be established. [8276/11]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to make a start on the implementation of the 2001 Government task force report on autism; and if he will make a statement on...
- Foireann Scoile
Question 101: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cé mhéid scoil i ngach contae nach bhfuil ann ach príomhoide mar mhúinteoir ranga; cé mhéid scoil i ngach contae nach bhfuil de...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a timeline for the review of the allocation of special needs assistants hours currently under way between him and the...
- School Staffing
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the qualifying criteria which will enable secondary schools to qualify for additional teacher equivalent...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to enable an organisation (details supplied) to conduct accredited courses in post-primary education; and if he will make a...
- School Curriculum
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding or grants available for teaching music in primary schools as part of the curriculum; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Adult Literacy
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will detail the direct funding provided for adult literacy initiatives in 1997 and in 2010; and the number of persons...
- Psychological Service
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will detail the number of full-time equivalent educational psychologists employed in the 1996/97 school year and in the current...
- Adult Literacy
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the surveys that have been carried out on adult literacy rates since the major report published in 1997 and his plans in this regard....
- School Staffing
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria issued to boards of management in relation to the filling of temporary teaching posts in schools; and if he will make a...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the numbers, duties and grades of all persons within his Department who are assigned to work on constituency matters for him and any...
- Company Closures
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding unpaid subcontractors who were working on a project under a company (details supplied) which has gone into...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application under the school building programme by a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will describe and explain a process (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8311/11]
- School Staffing
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the status of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8313/11]
- School Text Books
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to high mark-up on the prices of school books here, which add further financial burden to parents...
- School Placement
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it will be possible for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 to be allowed to finish the second year of their leaver's programme...
- School Transport
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Cork which serves the educational needs of a minority community which will...
- School Staffing
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding incremental credit rights in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Carlow will be approved under the summer works scheme; when announcements on this matter are...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will publish the review of delivering equality and opportunity in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8424/11]
- Redundancy Payments
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown in the calculation of redundancy payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare....
- School Transport
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that new entrants whose nearest school is the closed school in Ladysbridge, County Cork, will be allowed to continue...
- School Staffing
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the situation regarding access rights for teachers to the supplementary panel; the reason he has decided to change the criteria which...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons in County Meath who have finished FÁS training courses in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010; the number of persons who...
- Training and Work Experience Programmes
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of training and work experience activation places funded by him in County Meath in 2010, broken down by type of course or...
- School Placement
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will find a place for a student (details supplied) in County Louth who has been unable to enrol at a secondary school in Dundalk....
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money allocated under the 2009 and 2010 summer works schemes respectively; the amount of the budget which was expended...
- School Patronage
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to open a second level Educate Together school in Waterford city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8502/11]
- Teachers' Remuneration
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding salary arrangements in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on...
- School Curriculum
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when politics will become examinable in the secondary school curriculum; when will the intake for teachers in the relevant training...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an aspect of the higher education grant scheme (details supplied). [8521/11]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he wiil take to immediately assist in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who cannot now attend at a...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make available in 2011 the necessary funding to carry out the essential roof remedial work to a school (details supplied)....
- Special Educational Needs
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the reduction in special needs assistants in a school (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Employment Rights
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to alleged serious irregularities in relation to the terms and conditions of employment on...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the numbers, duties and grades of all persons within his Department who are assigned to work on constituency matters for...
- Export Trade Council
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the date on which the export trade council will be established. [8275/11]
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the appointments his predecessor made to State agencies and State boards under the remit of his Department in 2009, 2010...
- Department of Social Protection
- Employment Support Services
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she expects the promised national employment and entitlements service to be established. [8281/11]
- Social Insurance
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated reduction in income for the remainder of 2011 from a halving of the lower rate of employer PRSI of 8.5% from 1 July 2011 and...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application to the Health Service Executive south in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork....
- Social Welfare Code
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will bring forward an emergency amendment to assist previously self-employed persons who through no fault of their own may owe...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount that can be saved by the State if the number on the live register falls to an average of 405,000 in 2011 in terms of social...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the case of an organisation (details supplied) regarding funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8141/11]
- Departmental Schemes
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the discussions she has had with Departments, local authorities and other State agencies in relation to providing matching materials money...
- Departmental Staff
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in her Department who have applied for transfers to the social protection offices in Donegal town; if she will...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will change the criteria for qualification for community enterprise schemes to accommodate individuals over the age of 65 years who...
- Employment Support Services
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the funding or grants available to a group of unemployed persons who have set up a networking group in an attempt to find employment; and...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the numbers, duties and grades of all persons within her Department who are assigned to work on constituency matters for her and any other...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the current procedure for claiming disability allowance, whereby claimants have to send their private medical records to a...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a jobseeker's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [8339/11]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications received for domiciliary care allowance for carers or parents of children diagnosed within the autism spectrum...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the waiting time for appeals for applications for domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8346/11]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Irish citizens returning home or relocating from the Six Counties are being denied vital...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of medical doctors currently on the live register and receiving social welfare payments. [8438/11]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will continue to pay benefits to unemployed persons on FÁS training courses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8457/11]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in County Meath who have availed of the mortgage interest supplement in the years 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010; the...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an oral hearing will be set up as soon as possible in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; the date and time for...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork for financial support to prevent the disconnection of their...
- Departmental Staff
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if medical assessors, doctors, nurses and so on, who carry out medical assessments in respect of applications for social welfare payments...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of child benefit who are asked to fill out forms in respect of continuing to qualify to receive child...
- Departmental Functions
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the transfer of the community services programme and the rural social scheme from the Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in the publication of a gender recognition Bill considering that the Department of Community, Equality and...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Ministerial Staff
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the numbers, duties and grades of all persons within his Department who are assigned to work on constituency matters for him and...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Fisheries Protection
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to allow island-based small fishing boats a preferential allocation of salmon fishing rights when the...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the numbers, duties and grades of all persons within his Department who are assigned to work on constituency...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the rural broadband scheme will be rolled out; the details of the scheme; the number of dwellings he...
- Electricity Generation
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will address issues raised by a person (details supplied) in relation to the REFIT scheme; the position...
- Energy Conservation
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to increase the maximum grant allocation to persons under the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the Skibbereen, County Cork, metropolitan area network project; when work will...
- Prospecting Licences
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider changing the old royalty-free tax regime applying to existing oil and gas exploration...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Tax Code
Question 200: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will rectify the anomaly whereby the executor of a will who is a homeowner is deemed liable for...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 201: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans regarding section 90 of the Housing Act 1966 and the Housing (Sale of Houses to Long-standing...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 202: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the numbers, duties and grades of all persons within his Department who are assigned to work on constituency...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 203: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce legislation or a policy framework to support the voluntary work of residents'...
- Grant Payments
Question 204: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide extra top-up compensation to the farmers in the Nephin Beg, Maumturk and Twelve Bens areas...
- Building Regulations
Question 205: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to his correspondence of 5 April 2011 to this Deputy in reply to correspondence concerning the...
- Fire Service
Question 206: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the pay of a chief fire officer is linked to the pay of a principal officer; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 207: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the housing agencies with which the National Building Agency has been amalgamated; the status of the housing...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 208: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding an application for funding in respect of a project (details supplied) in County...
- Motor Taxation
Question 209: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, in the interests of retention of public services and achieving new efficiencies in the administration of...
- Turbary Rights
Question 210: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding farmers who have signed contracts for sale of bogland in special areas of conservation...
- Foreshore Licences
Question 211: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a foreshore licence application in respect of a club (details supplied) in County...
- Building Regulations
Question 212: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding aspects of the Building Control Act 2007 (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Grant Payments
Question 213: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a payment under the hen harrier protection scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Citizenship Applications
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding naturalisation. [8149/11]
- Garda Recruitment
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when recruitment for An Garda Síochána will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8131/11]
- Visa Applications
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a short-stay visa to visit their family; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for Garda vetting was received in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal and when it will be...
- Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality, further to Parliamentary Question No. 182 of 30 June 2010, if this application has been decided upon; and if he will make a statement...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers, duties and grades of all persons within his Department who are assigned to work on constituency matters for him and any...
- Garda Investigations
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a traffic incident in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [8259/11]
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to tackle the promotion and sale of cheap alcohol; his further plans to amend opening hours for off licences; his plans to...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [8308/11]
- Courts Service
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he will take or the legislation he will introduce to protect those in ward of court who have lost on investments made by the...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a naturalisation application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; when the application...
- Garda Complaints Procedures
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many complaints which are referred to the Garda ombudsman are actually investigated by...
- Departmental Internships
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for allowing students who apply to do so to carry out internships in Departments while they are still in college, in order to...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a naturalisation application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when a decision will...
- Residency Permits
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the EU treaty rights application in respect of a person (details supplied); and when a decision is expected on...
- Detention Centres
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the food procurement policies of detention centres (details supplied); if these goods are sourced...
- Private Security Authority
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of organisational licences and individual licences issued by the Private Security Authority in each of the years 2007, 2008,...
- Garda Deployment
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank in each local and district drugs unit. [8490/11]
- Visa Applications
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons refused entry into Ireland by each port of entry for the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011; the...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will issue in relation to an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- Belturbet Bombing
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an investigation is being carried out in respect of the Belturbet bomb on the 28 December 1972; and if he will make a statement on...
- Court Accommodation
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the situation regarding the deteriorating condition of the court house at a location (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; the future...
- Irish Red Cross
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Defence, in view of his commitment to good corporate governance practice, if he has concerns that the executive committee and the central council of the...
- Defence Forces Operations
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Defence if the upsurge in the prevalence of improvised explosive devices throughout the country is placing a strain on the resources of the Defence Forces;...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Defence the numbers, duties and grades of all persons within his Department who are assigned to work on constituency matters for him and any other Ministers...
- International Agreements
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on requirements for increased spending on defence under the Lisbon treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8386/11]
- Common Foreign and Security Policy
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Defence his views in relation to the EU military strategy based on battle groups in view of the legal support given to this strategy in the Lisbon treaty,...
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Defence his expectations or preferred options in respect of the Defence Forces with particular reference to strength, equipment, levels of training,...
- Defence Forces Personnel
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of posts on promotion or otherwise awaiting approval at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8527/11]
- Overseas Missions
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which he has received requests from the EU or UN for participation in overseas peacekeeping missions by the Defence Forces; the likely...
- Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their payment for the agri-environment options scheme 2010; and...
- Animal Identification Scheme
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 75 of April 2011, the reason he believes a system for food traceability and disease...
- Harbours and Piers (1 comment)
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will respond to an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8179/11]
- Grant Payments
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will review a single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [8184/11]
- Aquaculture Licences
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding recent licence applications for mussel farm sites at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the numbers, duties and grades of all persons within his Department who are assigned to work on constituency matters for him...
- Grant Payments
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment of a suckler herd scheme application will issue in respect of persons (details attached) in County Kildare; and...
- Direct Payment Schemes
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has introduced a new stricter interpretation of what is eligible land for the single farm payment, different from that...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will consider addressing a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8314/11]
- Direct Payment Schemes
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans regarding any additional percentage payment on environmental schemes in acknowledgement of the additional costs of...
- Agricultural Education Programmes
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to introduce distance learning programmes for students who are attending agricultural colleges on the part-time...
- Grant Payments
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their outstanding 25% REPS 4 payments; and if he will make a...
- Animal Welfare
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action he will take regarding greyhounds (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8413/11]
- Grant Payments
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding a grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement...
- Animal Welfare
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will review a matter (details supplied) regarding greyhounds. [8443/11]
- Grant Payments
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the sheep census form for 2010 was mislaid by his Department in respect of...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the date on which Bord Iascaigh Mhara processed the application of Iascairí Chois Chósta Iorrais Teoranta for the Marine...
- Honey Production
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the estimated amount of honey produced here in 2008, 2009 and 2010; the value of the honey produced in each of those years;...
- Grant Payments
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when REPS 4 and suckler cow payments will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the intended use of the dormant accounts fund; the persons who oversee the fund; the current figure for the amount...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the numbers, duties and grades of all persons within her Department who are assigned to work on constituency...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if funding can be reallocated to salaries, programme costs and overheads to extend the programme (details...
- Department of Health
- Departmental Offices
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will clarify the future of the community welfare office at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 12; if his attention has been...
- Medical Cards
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the refusal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding home support hours in respect of a person (details supplied). [8442/11]
- Vaccination Programme
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if recipients of a vaccine (details supplied) will be provided with information regarding possible side effects. [8145/11]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a scan will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Insurance
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will provide the detail of his proposals for the introduction of a universal health system based on the private insurance model;...
- Departmental Properties
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a building will be made available to a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8163/11]
- Hospital Services
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will put on hold the phasing out and closure of St. Luke's cancer hospital in Rathgar, Dublin, pending his review of the services;...
- Medical Cards
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for renewal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the numbers, duties and grades of all persons within his Department who are assigned to work on constituency matters for him and any...
- Medical Cards
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied). [8258/11]
- Departmental Staff
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding two community welfare officers currently working at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 12; if a decision has...
- Medical Cards
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [8282/11]
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a tendering process in respect of a hospital (details supplied) in County Donegal; the date on which the process...
- Health Service Staff
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if physician assistants have formal recognition within the health profession; his plans to bring these qualifications into recognition;...
- Medical Cards
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a renewal application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [8301/11]
- Home Help Service
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application to the Health Service Executive south in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Health Services
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he or the Health Service Executive has set out plans to invest in a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Medical Cards
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive their medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8310/11]
- Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in processing an application for a drug payments scheme card in respect of a person (details supplied) and when...
- Health Service Staff
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding having a person transferred within the Health Service Executive south. [8326/11]
- Hospital Services
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding having a person transferred to a specific hospital for urgent surgery. [8327/11]
- Medical Cards
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a medical card was refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; if an analysis of all income and...
- Mental Health Services
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will make reforming our mental health services an urgent priority; if he will commit to making mental health services more open...
- Medical Cards
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will reinstate the full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Promotion
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason no healthy eating guidelines have been issued to schools; if he will issue these guidelines as part of the social personal...
- Hospital Services
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is likely to be admitted to Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24, for surgery; and if he will...
- Health Services
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an urgent dental appointment; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision on an appeal for the fair deal scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare. [8410/11]
- Medical Cards
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will ensure automatic entitlement to medical cards for all children with Down's syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Services
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [8476/11]
- Hospital Staff
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of consultant neurologists at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; the average waiting time to see the consultant; the number of...
- Health Services
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will receive a dental appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8510/11]
- Hospital Services
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 370 of 12 April 2011, if he will outline his plans for community and district hospitals; if his...
- Health Services
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the full range of services required by a person (details supplied) in County Carlow are not being delivered by the Health...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the new measures he is taking to help the 1,854 persons who are waiting in Beaumont and Tallaght hospitals for colonoscopies; and if he...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of recipients of the fair deal in 2009 and 2010 who received therapy services from the State and the number paying for these...
- Health Services
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in the Health Service Executive conducting an occupational therapy, OT, report in respect of persons (details...
- Medical Cards
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for a renewal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [8551/11]
- Health Service Reform
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he has appointed an expert to co-ordinate the setting up of a Dutch model health service here. [8630/11]
- Health Insurance
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his plans to sell the Government stake in VHI. [8632/11]
- Smoking Ban
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his plans to introduce a ban on logos and distinctive branding on packets of cigarettes in order to reduce the appeal of cigarettes to...
- Medicinal Products
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the meetings or talks he has had with clinicians and the drugs industry with a view to achieving significant reductions in expenditure...
- Hospital Services
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will amend the status of Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal, from a local hospital to a regional hospital, in order to...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, following recent warnings from the International Monetary Fund that health costs are dragging the economy down and that savings of €1...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his views on whether the National Treatment Purchase Fund offers value for money and is effective in reducing waiting time for patients...
- Hospital Services
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will confirm that 34 beds dedicated to cystic fibrosis patients only as recommended by international experts will now not be...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Light Rail Project
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of spending and the works being carried out on metro north during 2011; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the numbers, duties and grades of all persons within his Department who are assigned to work on constituency matters for him...
- Road Network
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the progress towards the commencement of essential bypass works of the towns of Virginia and Belturbet...
- Cycle Facilities
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the construction of a walkway or cycle path along the railway viaduct between Malahide and Donabate in...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of any grants available to assist community groups to provide an astro turf facility in their area....
- Road Network
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make additional funding available for the repair and upgrade of key secondary and local roads in Dublin North East...
- Rural Transport Services
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding to extend the ring-a-link rural link transport service; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tourism Employment
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is the intention of Fáilte Ireland to operate training programmes for new entrants in the Cork training centre during...
- Road Network
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when construction of the flyovers at both the Sarsfield Road and Bandon Road roundabouts, Cork, will commence; and the...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of money received from the national lottery by his Department and distributed in 2010. [8518/11]
- Olympic Games
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding available to athletes preparing for the 2012 Olympics; the amount he will spend on Ireland's involvement in the...
- Public Transport
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a full list of routes being cut, routes being amalgamated, routes being re-routed and the number of buses...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will explain the relationship between him and Dublin Bus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8599/11]
- Public Sector Pay
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of money the executives of the harbour companies are paid. [8601/11]
- Road Safety
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the commitment in the programme for Government to introduce roadside drug testing programmes to combat the problem...
- Rail Network
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of his support for infrastructural projects on the island of Ireland, his plans to support the railway transport...
