Written answers
Thursday, 5 May 2011
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Technology Research Centres
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when the competition process for the new technology research centres that will determine the timing and location of the...
- Tax Code
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will examine, with the Department of Finance, an extension of the corporation tax break for start-up companies...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his plans to reduce the cost to business of energy, telecommunications, waste management and transport; and if he will make...
- Trade Council
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the preparations he is making for the Trade Council meeting on 13 May 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Regional Aid
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will publish his Department's draft submission made to the European Commission on Regional Aid guidelines post-2013;...
- Job Creation
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of targets in the Horizon 2020 strategy that have been delivered upon thus far in terms on direct and indirect...
- County Enterprise Boards
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his plans to overhaul county and city enterprise boards and to formalise arrangements for constructive dialogue with small...
- Job Creation
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the work he has undertaken with the enterprise development agencies under his remit to develop a jobs programme; the work he...
- Public Procurement
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he has received the report and data from the National Procurement Service in relation to public procurement here, in...
- Research Funding
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the status of the programme for research in third-level institutions. [9885/11]
- Departmental Reports
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the future, if any, he envisages for Shannon Development. [9937/11]
- County Enterprise Boards
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if additional sources of funding will be identified and provided to enterprise boards in view of the fact that Meath County...
- Jobs Initiative
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the measures he will take to counter youth unemployment and emigration. [9936/11]
- Business Regulation
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the progress made to date in reducing the regulatory burden on business by 25%; the timeframe for the completion of same;...
- Trade Relations
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the position he will take regarding the international trade negotiations between the EU and Mercosur; when will the EU and...
- Commercial Rates
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the discussions he has had with the Department of Finance or the Department of the Environment, Community and Local...
- EU Directives
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the role he is playing in the audit of the transposition of EU directives; the directives that are under scrutiny by him; if...
- Industrial Disputes
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his views on an industrial dispute at a location (details supplied) now into its second year, in which workers of up to 38...
- Enterprise Support Services
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his plans for the development of business incubation centres and hot desk centres here; and if he will make a statement on...
- Industrial Development
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if, following his recent comments in Dáil Éireann, he has sought an opportunity to meet senior executives of a company...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 38: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the actions being taken at EU and UN level in response to the Syrian Government's use of violence against pro-democracy...
- Department of Finance
- Insurance Industry
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Finance the full extent of the State commitment to the Anglo Irish Bank-Liberty Mutual preferred bid for Quinn Insurance Limited in either direct cash terms,...
- Illicit Trade in Tobacco
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is accurate that up to 24% of all tobacco consumed here in 2010 evaded Irish excise duty; if he will provide an estimate for the loss of...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the shortage of secondary school places at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 16; his plans to...
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of pupils that come from disadvantaged areas and have special needs at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 1. [10094/11]
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has had discussions with the relevant authorities on the issue of apprentices whose training has been interrupted by the economic...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received an application from a person (details supplied); if additional hours have been granted; and if he will make a...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Export Trade Development
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his plans to establish an export trade council. [10089/11]
- Work Permits
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will review the employment permit in respect of a person (details supplied) in view of the new information supplied to...
- Job Creation
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his proposals to facilitate job creation and job retention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10120/11]
- Jobs Initiative
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will set out, arising from his discussions with the various stakeholders, his intentions to address economic obstacles...
- EU Funding
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the degree to which he can obtain support from the EU to facilitate industry seeking to modernise and become more...
- Job Creation
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his priorities for the expansion of job creation in the manufacturing and service areas; and if he will make a statement on...
- Technology and Innovation
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the extent to which he intends to encourage or incentivise the use of technology and innovation as a means of economic...
- Small and Medium Businesses
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the extent to which he proposes to address the issues raised by small and medium enterprises with a view to maximising their...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his views on the proposed legislation requiring compulsory engagement with unions; and his views on fears that foreign...
- Department of Social Protection
- International Agreements
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Social Protection 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 Ireland's...
- Employment Support Services
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for the future of a national employment service; if she will review and enhance services available to the unemployed, which...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a child benefit application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [10091/11]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for disability benefit in respect of a person (details supplied). [10176/11]
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Inland Fisheries
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the owners of fishing rights to a river can legally charge a price per tag on commercial salmon caught within...
- International Agreements
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the agreements in place between Ireland and the UK for the import and export of energy once the east-west...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Grant Payments
Question 67: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [10171/11]
- Election Management System
Question 68: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the tender for sale of voting machine units; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Citizenship Applications
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to examine rights to Irish citizenship for members of the Irish diaspora across the world including allowing those of Irish...
- Garda Operations
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on Garda Operation Abbey; the number of persons arrested and charged to date; the number of convictions secured to...
- Road Traffic Accidents
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the imposition of fees charged to families bereaved through road collisions for copies of Garda sketch maps and...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by a centre (details supplied) as a result of delays in obtaining...
- Garda Stations
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his proposals for a building programme in respect of garda stations in the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Residency Permits
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application made for family reunification in respect of a person (details supplied)in Dublin 1; and if he will...
- Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding moneys clawed back through penalties in the single farm payment regime; if these funds go into a...
- Grant Payments
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10101/11]
- Departmental Schemes
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if it is possible for a person (details supplied) to obtain a quota; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10172/11]
- Department of Health
- Health Service Allowances
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason mobility allowance was discontinued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, 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...
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the widely reported practice of general practitioners charging medical card holders for blood tests;...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 334 of 19 April 2011, the number of persons who received support under the fair deal scheme during...
- Nursing Home Services
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will provide an update on the work of the National Ancillary Group. [10084/11]
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will expedite an application for the long-term illness scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he...
- Medical Cards
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [10093/11]
- Assisted Human Reproduction
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will publish a Bill legislating for the area of surrogacy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10104/11]
- Health Services
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of orthodontic care in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [10105/11]
- Medical Cards
Question 90: 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. [10107/11]
- Data Protection
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his plans to delay the destruction of Guthrie cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10108/11]
- Mental Health Services
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his policy regarding the closure of antiquated psychiatric hospitals; if he is committed to the development of person-centred,...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the options available to a child having completed one year of the early child care and education scheme, but due to a special needs...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will present a progress report regarding his review of proposals for a new national children's hospital; if he will detail plans...
- Hospital Services
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action he proposes to take following the release of the recent report on operating theatres in the three children's hospitals in...
- Smoking Ban
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a complaint (details supplied). [10169/11]
- Care of the Elderly
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he has approved the proposed privatisation of the home help service being undertaken by the Health Service Executive; if he will...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Jobs Initiative
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures included in the jobs initiative to ensure the target of an additional 15,000 jobs in the hospitality sector as...
- Road Safety
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific timeframe after the purchase of the new tranche of intoxilyser machines by the MBRS for testing, and training on...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the international models he studied when devising the smarter travel initiative; if they have been successful; and if he will...
- Fáilte Ireland
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the fact that Fáilte Ireland has ceased to provide training in the hospitality industry for unemployed persons at...
- Public Transport
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which the smarter travel projects are funded; and if they are funded through the Exchequer funds or EU assisted...
- Road Network
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects construction work on the Galway city bypass to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10113/11]
- Rail Network
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of additional inter city rail cars and DART rail cars that have been brought into operation in each of the years...
- Road Safety
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the programme of activities he is undertaking to coincide with the launch of the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety which is...
- National Car Test
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an national car test can be carried out instead of a commercial vehicle test in respect of a person (details supplied); and...
