Written answers
Wednesday, 4 May 2011
- Department of Education and Skills
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional staff that have been allocated for Traveller pupils under DEIS for the 2011/2012 school year; and the number of...
- School Management
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the powers of a school patron to authorise the dismissal of a teacher; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Training and Work Experience Programmes
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide 30,000 additional training places across the education and training system; and the location of same. [9837/11]
- School Accommodation
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to phase out the inefficient renting of school prefabs; the number and cost of prefab rental contracts to which the State is...
- School Patronage
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has consulted or commissioned any research concerning the educational outcomes of different forms of patronage for primary...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to prioritise school building projects; the number of school building projects that will be started during each of the next...
- Higher Education Sector
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to explore the establishment of a multi-campus technical university in the south east. [9856/11]
- Adult Literacy
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if adult literacy programmes are restricted by staff embargos and funding restrictions from answering the mushrooming demand for their...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will devolve an annual capital budget to schools this year to allow schools to plan for capital projects. [9849/11]
- Psychological Service
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reverse the cut to the number of psychologists in the National Education Psychological Service in budget 2011. [9853/11]
- Higher Education Grants
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to develop initiatives to increase access to further higher level education for the unemployed; and if he will make a...
- Third Level Remuneration
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to ensure that unauthorised allowances are not paid to senior staff of third level institutions in the future....
- Colleges Recognition
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procurement procedures followed in the granting of ministerial approval to a college (details supplied) to operate in the field of...
- Bullying in Schools
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that all schools develop anti-bullying policies and strategies to combat homophobic bullying in their schools. [9854/11]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Questions No. 207 of 24 March 2010, Nos. 640 and 641 of 2 February 2010 and No. 1123 of 19 January 2010, the current status...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the South Dublin County Council scheme that allows persons to complete apprenticeships; and his plans...
- National Literacy Strategy
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which he will publish a national literacy strategy for children and young persons. [9846/11]
- Further Education
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanisms which will be in place to ensure the co-ordination of further education services following the completion of the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received representations in relation to a new primary school at a location (details supplied) in County Cork; the progress...
- Third Level Remuneration
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the salaries of each of the heads or Provosts of third level institutions here for this coming academic year and for each of the past...
- School Patronage
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he envisages the vocational education committees having a greater role in the provision of primary education; and if he supports the...
- School Evaluations
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his plans to give parents access to more information regarding schools as a result of the proposed school evaluation system amounts...
- Teacher Training
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he still has concerns around the fact that the five primary schools colleges are controlled by religious orders; and if he has any...
- Early Childhood Education
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of funds that will be invested in a targeted early childhood education programme for disadvantaged children. [9844/11]
- Education Schemes
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to help teen parents complete their second level education. [9851/11]
- Higher Education Strategy
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects to begin the review of the recommendations in the Hunt report. [9883/11]
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which he will publish the Educational Research Centre evaluation and report of the DEIS scheme; the date on which he will...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which was ratified by Ireland in 1992, clearly states that...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Departmental Funding
Question 50: To ask the Taoiseach the level of State grants and-or other supports given to the Institute of International and European Affairs during the two decades up to 2011; and if he will...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the imposition of a carbon tax on Dublin Bus which, along with the abolition of the fuel rebate, cost the company €14.1 million...
- Revenue Commissioners Staff
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of full-time customs and excise officials working in the Border, midlands and west region for the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010;...
- Customs Searches
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of private aircraft searched for drugs at Ireland West Airport Knock in the years 2008, 2009 and 2010; and if he will make a statement on...
- Motor Vehicle Registration
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the cost of registering a classic or vintage car increased from €50 to €200 last month; and whether there is any discretion for cars...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to special purposes vehicles set up to take advantage of the provisions of section 110 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, as amended,...
- Insurance Industry
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the proposed introduction of a new industry-wide levy on all non-life insurance policy holders of between 1% and 2%; his views...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the Irish bank stress tests carried out by BlackRock Inc., Boston Consulting Group and Barclays plc cost up to €30 million;...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Finance the protection in place for whistleblowers who expose wrongdoing in financial institutions; his plans to introduce legislation to further protect...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Finance his views of rateable valuations; if he will reform the system and update the legislation to ease the cost burden of local authority rates on the...
- State Property
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the area known as the Moat, Fiddown, County Kilkenny is owned by the State; his plans to develop the area as a local amenity; and...
- Tax Code
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Finance when the 2011 budget changes for deducting the universal social charge from medical cardholders will be implemented and when refunds due will issue....
- Tax Collection
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of instances in which the Revenue Commissioners have taken legal action against taxpayers in each of the past five years to date in 2011,...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding action taken or proposed by the relevant authorities against banks or others deemed to have failed to take action to protect...
- State Banking Sector
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance the role and salary grades of the 200 additional staff taken on recently by Anglo Irish Bank. [10062/11]
- Department of Education and Skills
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the numbers of FÁS training places lost in the cuts of budget 2011; the actions he may now be considering to remedy this deficiency in...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding entitlement to redundancy by special needs assistants who were employed by his Department and have recently been...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the cost of the safe pass refresher day course is more than €1,700; his views on this fee for one day; if he will reduce...
- School Staffing
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the alleviation measures being provided to assist schools who have had their resource teachers for Travellers withdrawn under circular...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of commitments in the programme for Government to cut the number of State bodies substantially, the State bodies or agencies in...
- School Staffing
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question 108 of 29 March 2011, the reason he has not contacted the person or the school as outlined in his...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue in respect of an appeal for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 76: 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. [9957/11]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be assessed for eligibility for a special needs assistant. [9958/11]
- Schools Recognition
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will issue a response on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9972/11]
- Schools Amalgamation
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in respect of a school amalgamation (details supplied); if the design team is advanced in its work; when the final...
- Skills Development
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his proposals to facilitate an upgrade of skills to meet the needs of the public and private sectors in the future; the degree to which...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role of the special needs assistant within the education system; the criteria on which special needs assistants are appointed; and...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons there has been a delay in processing a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied). [10054/11]
- Departmental Funding
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of State grants and or other supports given to the Institute for International and European Affairs during the past two...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Consumer Protection
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when he will be bringing forward proposals to end restrictions on competition in the legal, medical, accountancy and other...
- Departmental Staff
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his intentions regarding retired civil servants applying for Civil Service positions. [9955/11]
- Music Industry
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the steps he will take to address the difficulties facing the Irish music industry. [6336/11]
- County Enterprise Boards
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his view on the proposal to transfer the county enterprise board operations to the Department of Environment, Community and...
- Copyright Law
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the discussions he has had at an EU level regarding proposals for a copyright term extension; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Funding
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the State grants or other supports given to the Institute for International and European Affairs during the past two decades...
- Department of Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons (details supplied) in County Kerry were refused mortgage interest relief even though one of the persons works for less...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for supplementary welfare allowance and payment of pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Social Insurance
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the likely additional yield if PRSI was calculated on the same basis of assessment as the universal social charge. [9923/11]
- Departmental Schemes
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of citizens seeking work who are supported by the various work support schemes administered by her at present; and if she will...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she will introduce legislation to establish the National Employment and Entitlements Service; the elements of departmental or agency...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the appeal for increased rent allowance and financial assistance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Compulsory Purchase Orders
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) has received no settlement in respect of lands that were compulsorily acquired by...
- Departmental Funding
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the level of State grants and or other supports given to the Institute for International and European Affairs during the past two...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Telecommunications Services
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the plan to roll out the provision of Wifi availability in all public buildings in an...
- Electricity Transmission Network
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his policy regarding the undergrounding of electricity cables by EirGrid; if he has conducted any independent...
- Departmental Funding
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the level of State grants and or other supports given to the Institute for International and European Affairs...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Departmental Schemes
Question 108: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding works carried out under the energy retrofitting scheme 2010 and the compliance status...
- Planning Issues
Question 109: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will respond to constituents' requests to hold a commission of investigation or other public inquiry...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 110: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the latest proposals for the greater Dublin drainage scheme; if proposed sites for a new regional waste...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 111: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the turn around time for void houses in Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council local authority areas;...
- Recreational Facilities
Question 112: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if any schemes are available for the provision of playgrounds within communities; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Funding
Question 113: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the level of State grants and or other supports given to the Institute for International and European...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Asylum Applications
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an asylum application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Cork. [9926/11]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide clarity on a timeframe of a citizenship application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [9956/11]
- Asylum Applications
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the length of time asylum seekers must wait for applications to be processed; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding extending the closed circuit television to a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Employment Regulations
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the economic downturn and in particular the difficulty that this poses for law graduates in securing a firm of solicitors to...
- Departmental Funding
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the level of State grants and or other supports given to the Institute for International and European Affairs during the past two...
- Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if an appeal in relation to a grassland sheep scheme application will be successful in respect of a person (details...
- Common Agricultural Policy
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on matters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10075/11]
- Departmental Funding
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the level of State grants and or other supports given to the Institute for International and European Affairs during the...
- Department of Health
- Preschool Services
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of a place for a person (details supplied) in County Cork in the early childhood care and education...
- Water Fluoridation (1 comment)
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will respond to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10030/11]
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made to date towards making a direct payments system available to those persons with disabilities who would prefer to be...
- Health Services
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is possible for a person with a personal assistant funded by the Health Service Executive to switch service provider; and the way...
- Medical Cards
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the removal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
- Health Services
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the care of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [9924/11]
- Hospital Services
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding physiotherapy services at a hospital (details supplied). [9925/11]
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the number of children in County Louth who are clients of the Louth Early Intervention Team for each...
- Health Service Staff
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will furnish statistics on the number of speech therapist, occupational therapist and physiotherapist whole-time equivalents...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his plans for a hospital (details supplied); when he expects work to start on the new hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Community Care
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will ensure the continued operation of an organisation (details supplied) which provides valuable community services and faces...
- Medical Cards
Question 144: 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 County Kilkenny and if he will...
- Health Services
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a full-time care plan or long-term bed will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if he will...
- Medical Cards
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny and if he will expedite the matter. [10000/11]
- Health Services
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding is being provided for patients who attend a centre (details supplied) for treatment of an eating disorder; if it is the...
- Medical Cards
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a review of a decision to award a general practitioner visit card in respect of a person (details supplied) County Limerick will be...
- Health Service Staff
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the number of social worker vacancies for the protection of older people within the Health Service Executive....
- Medical Cards
Question 150: 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 County Limerick. [10061/11]
- Departmental Funding
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of State grants and or other supports given to the Institute for International and European Affairs during the past two...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will start taking applications for funding under the National Lottery funded sports capital grant programme as recently...
- Coast Guard Service
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when will Malin Head Coast Guard station, County Donegal be upgraded with integrated communications system. [10031/11]
- Departmental Programmes
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects to announce the successful applicants for the smarter travel initiative. [10033/11]
