Written answers
Tuesday, 24 May 2011
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to increase the number of women in the Irish Defence Forces. [12055/11]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will identify any red line issues in his Department in terms of the forthcoming spending review. [12071/11]
- Defence Forces Training
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the training provided to members of the Defence Forces prior to being deployed overseas that allow them to respond to incidences...
- Defence Forces Deployment
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the cost to the State of the deployment of members of the Irish Defence Forces to Afghanistan since 2001 as part of the...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 59: To ask the Taoiseach if he will instruct his Ministers to follow the example of the Minister for Finance by publishing the departmental briefs they received on becoming Ministers;...
- State Visits
Question 61: To ask the Taoiseach if he plans to invite the UN Secretary General Mr Ban Ki Moon to Ireland. [12698/11]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Applications
Question 62: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding a passport application in respect of a person (details supplied). [12295/11]
- Departmental Staff
Question 64: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of persons employed by his Department by grade; and the pay scale of each grade. [12705/11]
- Department of Finance
- Public Service Recruitment
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the reserve jobs panel in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12400/11]
- Freedom of Information
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm if the vocational educational committees are subject to the Freedom of Information Act; and if this is not the case, the reason...
- Tax Reliefs
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Finance when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their DD1 form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12384/11]
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance if Minister Howlin is in the position to direct any members of his administrative staff; and the governance structures which currently apply in the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Finance the person who is the Accounting Officer for the various sections of his Department. [12402/11]
- Electronic Payments System
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Finance his e-payments strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12408/11]
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made on the commitment in the recapitalisation programme on the obligation to provide and promote basic or introductory bank accounts;...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of registered moneylenders here; the number of licences granted to moneylenders in 2008, 2009 and 2010 separately; his role in terms of...
- General Government Debt
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Finance the most recent figure for the general Government debt as calculated by EUROSTAT; the amount of the debt that is promissory notes which are yet to be...
- Bank Debt
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of bonds outstanding in the six Irish banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12427/11]
- Bank Funding
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Finance the amounts owing by the six Irish banks to the ECB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12428/11]
- Mortgage Lending
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of mortgage loans outstanding to the six Irish banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12430/11]
- Private Sector Lending
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance the outstanding credit advanced to the Irish private sector by the six Irish banks; the average interest rate of this credit; the average remaining...
- National Cash Reserves
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of cash reserves and all other investments held by the National Treasury Management Agency and the National Pensions Reserve Fund; and if...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of complaints that are pending review by the Financial Services Ombudsman; the average waiting time for these cases; and his views on...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of properties in Dublin central that are with the National Asset Management Agency. [12482/11]
- National Debt
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the total current level of debt held by the Government at the end of the first quarter of 2011 including...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance the consultancy contracts undertaken by a company (details supplied) on behalf of his Department in each of the years from 1993 to 2001; and the...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the €2.5 million in compensation paid to an organisation (details supplied) and the Supreme Court order for costs against Campus Stadium...
- Flood Relief
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a certain flood relief project (details supplied) in County Cork. [12565/11]
- Tax Code
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Finance if information has been published showing the current effective income tax rate including the universal social charge for a person in different...
- Croke Park Agreement
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance when the next detailed report will be issued in relation to the Croke Park agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12639/11]
- Departmental Properties
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance the payments by the Office of Public Works to an organisation (details supplied) in County Laois or to the Department of Education and Skills in...
- Pension Fund Levy
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the implications of the proposed pension fund levy on the take-up of private pensions and the contribution levels of existing pension...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance the amounts received from the national lottery in respect of worthy causes for each of the past five years; the amounts paid out to each Department...
- Government Expenditure
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance the date upon which the Government's capital expenditure review, with the focus on programmes and projects that will best support economic recovery,...
- Tax Code
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason tax relief on rent paid does not apply to local authority tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12692/11]
- Motor Vehicle Seizures
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vehicles seized by the Customs and Excise for the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011; the penalties applied to drivers in...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of dogs in each Customs dog unit; and his plans to increase the number of dogs. [12704/11]
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of those who will interview candidates for the positions on bank boards as advertised in the media; the way the interview board was...
- Bank Guarantee Scheme
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 102 of 17 May 2011, if he will also provide this breakdown to this Deputy; and if he will make a statement on...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance the grievance procedures that exist for customers of State supported banks or financial institutions; his plans for reviewing existing grievance...
- Tax Code
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason VAT is payable on the carbon tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12778/11]
- Banking Sector
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason he paid the IBEC membership fee for Anglo Irish Bank in the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Code
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a full list of all personal and corporation tax expenditures currently operating here; and if he will provide an estimation of...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an application by a school (details supplied) in County Galway is not a category 1 application in view of the fact that the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions for the July provision for students at a school (details supplied) in County Meath. [12328/11]
- School Management
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his official policy regarding the administration of medicines to children at ABA schools; the procedures that exist to allow parents to...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will issue a progress report on a new school (details supplied) planned for County Cork; when work on the project will commence;...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools from Limerick city and county that have applied for funding under the summer works scheme for 2011; the number...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to problems with a school building project (details supplied); the reason building work has ceased;...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the support available to a person who is working full time and has been offered a full-time third level education course; and if he...
- Post-Leaving Certificate Education
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered a representation made by a third level institution (details supplied) in connection with additional post-leaving...
- School Accommodation
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue on an application for funding under the devolved school grant in respect of a school (details supplied) in...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will increase funding for an academy (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12470/11]
- Higher Education Grants
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) seeking a grant can change their status from a mature student dependent on their parents to an...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review a decision regarding a school (details supplied) in view of the conditions highlighted in an appeal. [12487/11]
- Expenditure Reviews
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12492/11]
- School Text Books
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of the widespread concerns of the costs of school text books, he has met with school book publishers; and if he will make a...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in Dublin 6w will be granted funding to carry out important works under a works grant. [12512/11]
- School Staffing
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers currently employed on temporary contracts in both primary and secondary schools in the country; the number of...
- Employment Support Services
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of his acknowledgement that the former workers (details supplied) in receipt of the European globalisation funds will not...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an organisation (details supplied) has completed repayments for outstanding sums owed in relation to two programmes; the amounts, if...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will facilitate the transfer of children with special needs into primary, secondary school or different settings by easing the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the situation at a school (details supplied) in County Limerick in which a company has closed its...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used in awarding the second allocation of grants under the summer works scheme 2011; the priority given to the application...
- Third Level Fees
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason diplomas in a college (details supplied) are not included on the list for approved colleges for tax relief for fees; the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a planned extension to a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork; and a time line for the completion...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Wexford which stands to lose a full-time special needs assistant form...
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Wexford in which the loss of a rural co-ordinator will have a very serious...
- Traveller Education
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Wexford which will face serious difficulties as regards learning support...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding approved to a school (details supplied) in County Laois in respect of sports facilities in each of the past five...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding permanent recognition for a school (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Transport
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the value for money report undertaken by him and particularly inquiries relating to school transport provision....
- Special Educational Needs
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the issue of meeting the needs of children with Specific Speech and Language Disorder, SSLD; if he considers it desirable...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details in relation to the amount of funding allocated from the National Lottery Beneficiary Fund since 1998 to...
- Institutes of Technology
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is a ministerial function to appoint all members to the boards of institutes of technology; if he will furnish a breakdown of...
- Schools Amalgamation
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on the issuing of a new roll number to facilitate the amalgamation of two schools (details supplied); and...
- Departmental Funding
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports made available by him to the National Parents' Council, Primary, on an annual basis; and if he will define the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he has not been in contact with a national school (details supplied) in County Clare regarding the appointment of a design...
- International Students
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken in the USA to attract additional US students to study here. [12699/11]
- Teacher Support Services
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider abolishing the professional development service for teachers support service considering that it is not meeting the...
- Educational Projects
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the work programme and application of a centre (details supplied) to an Irish situation; and if he...
- School Services Staff
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the decision to terminate the position of rural co-ordinator at a school (details supplied) in County Kerry will be reversed due to...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No 380 of 5 May 2010 if he will provide the necessary funding in 2011 to a school (details supplied)...
- School Curriculum
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the success of the project maths programme post primary schools to date; the likelihood of a performance review...
- Post-Leaving Certification Courses
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the certificate course in leadership and advocacy at Dundalk IT, which caters for students with an intellectual disability across...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review an application for funding for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 10 under the schools summer works scheme 2011;...
- Departmental Payments
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when payment will issue to a company (details supplied) in County Longford for State works, as non-payment of same is threatening the...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has now been prevented from taking up employment as a resource teacher due...
- School Staffing
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the application of the public sector recruitment embargo to teaching posts; and if he will make a statement on...
- Library Projects
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual cost of running the junior certificate school programme library programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- School Accommodation
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will fund the shortfall in funding required to construct the extension to a school (details supplied) in County Cork in view of...
- Home-School Liaison Scheme
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of home liaison officers in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010; the number of home liaison officers available by county for these...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Legislative Programme
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his plans for a new Fair Trade Bill for producers; the measures he is considering to end predatory practices in the...
- Job Creation
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the reason the Industrial Development Agency rejected a plan for jobs on the north side of Dublin (details supplied). ...
- Patent Applications
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the supports available for persons when applying for patents in view of the fact that the cost of using an agency can be...
- Legislative Programme
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will bring forward the legislation proposals to extinguish the market right at Smithfield horse market, Dublin 7. ...
- Dairy Industry
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the financial supports available within his Department for firms seeking to expand within the dairy ingredients sector....
- Insurance Industry
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if competition law forbids insurance companies from forcing customers to use specific companies for motor repairs; and if...
- County Enterprise Boards
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will support a complex (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. ...
- EU Directives
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the position regarding the EU directive on Temporary Agency Workers 2008/104/EC which is due to be transposed into Irish...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 537 of 17 May 2011, the reason he is not in a position to issue similar...
- Department of Social Protection
- Civil Registrations
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Social Protection under which legislation could a birth certificate be amended in 1962 in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1. [12484/11]
- Employment Support Services
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if persons with a disability, including deaf persons, will be allowed participate on the Tús programme; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Funding
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will secure funding for a law centre (details supplied) in Dublin 17. [12914/11]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal on an application for carer's allowance will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway. ...
- Legislative Programme
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the date on which she will introduce transgender recognition legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11864/11]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Insurance
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the dental treatments available to persons under the PRSI scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12385/11]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will introduce measures to allow qualified adults receive the living alone allowance in cases where the spouse or partner resides...
- Electronic Payments System
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the target, which came from a Government decision of 7 December 2004 on increasing the use of e-payments by Government Departments and...
- Departmental Staff
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the relationship between her and the 26 community welfare officers employed in the rent supplement unit in Santry, Dublin 9. [12534/11]
- Employment Support Services
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will address the anomaly whereby persons are prevented from taking up employment in programmes such as the Tús Programme operated...
- Citizen Information Services
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will advise the Citizens Information Board that they should include a heading of disability on their homepage under which all...
- Employment Support Services
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the national internship scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12566/11]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of public and civil servants in receipt of family income supplement [12715/11]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a disability allowance claim will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 12 May 2011, if she will review the case in view of the fact that the person has already...
- Pension Provisions
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for a State pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; the timeframe for a...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to deal with the delays in processing domiciliary allowance appeals; if she is in a position to transfer staff from other...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Architectural Heritage
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if he will provide an update on his discussions with the Bank of Ireland regarding the handover of their College Green Dublin...
- Voluntary Bog Purchase Scheme
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the position regarding an application for sale of bogland in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and when...
- Departmental Funding
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport his arts strategy for the next year; the timeline for its implementation; the steps he is taking to ensure that funding in his...
- National Commemorative Events
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if a decision has been reached on the date, time and location in Ulster for this year's National Famine Memorial Day. [12854/11]
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Departmental Bodies
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of the membership of the Inland Fisheries Board, including the nomination procedure;...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the fact that the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland is no longer supporting...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will waive a levy imposed on a school (details supplied) who operate a school radio. [12299/11]
- Energy Prices
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the procedure for households to avail of Electric Ireland's new lower rates; if his attention has been drawn...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has been in contact with Eircom regarding the upgrade of the phone exchange to enable the provision of...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that the consent (details supplied) granted on the 25 February 2011 regarding the Corrib...
- Energy Conservation
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the introduction of a pay as you save financial model as part of the new better energy...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline separately in each of the past five years the amount received by his Department in respect...
- Energy Conservation
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report on the results of CER's smart metering trials; when the roll out of the national smart meter...
- Inland Fisheries
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if mono or multi-mono netting will be permitted for draft net salmon fishermen in view of the changes to...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 307 of 17 May 2011, the reason he is not in a position to issue similar...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- National Lottery Funding
Question 224: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the amount of funding allocated from the National Lottery Beneficiary Fund...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 225: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will have arrangements made for all major and big hotels here be requested to have available one...
- Planning Issues
Question 226: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there has been a local labour clause inserted into the agreement for the regeneration of an area...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 227: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, having regard to the objective of reuniting dormant account holders and policyholders or their next of kin...
- Noise Pollution
Question 233: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the outcome of the public consultation on the noise regulations has been published; his plans to...
- Waste Management
Question 234: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the legislation in relation to waste management responsibilities for rented properties...
- Unfinished Housing Developments
Question 235: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of bonds that have been called in by all local authorities relating to unfinished estates; and if...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 236: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if further funding will be made available to RAPID organisations under the community closed circuit...
- Special Housing Needs
Question 238: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 18 May 2011 his plans to investigate housing initiatives that...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 239: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a council (details supplied) has written to tenants...
- Air Pollution
Question 240: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the efforts being made by him or his agencies in dealing with foul smelling odours emanating from a meat...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 241: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide assistance to a group (details supplied) under the dormant account scheme or any other...
- Voluntary and Co-operative Housing
Question 242: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that capital funds given to a voluntary housing organisation (details supplied) are used...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 243: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if eligibility will be given to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry to qualify for emergency housing...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 244: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government regarding the national disability strategy, the Disability Act 2005 and sectoral plans, if funding is being...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 245: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the direction he has given Cork County Council with regard to the Lee Road water treatment works upgrade or...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 246: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the eligibility for social housing of non-EEA citizens holding a stamp 4; if the current guidance for...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 247: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to enact new legislation to ensure the sustainable future development of cemeteries; and if he...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 248: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding funding for litter wardens (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will make a...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 249: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that new housing assessment regulations which amalgamate some...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 250: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the necessary funding for proposed projects (details supplied) will be made available to relieve the...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 251: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authority mortgage holders in arrears in quarters 1, 2, 3, and 4 in 2008, 2009 and 2010...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 253: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 537 of 17 May 2011, the reason he is not in a position to issue...
- Housing Grants
Question 254: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if grants will be made available to homeowners in the next two to three years to install water harvesting...
- Building Regulations
Question 255: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 19 April 2011, the status of his reply to the correspondence...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Parental Leave
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) is entitled to parental leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12783/11]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total cost of hiring the 02 venue Dublin and other premises for Garda briefings on the visit of Queen Elizabeth II of Britain to...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will issue on applications for citizenship in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will...
- Crime Prevention
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify if anti-social behaviour orders can be issued to persons on private property causing a disturbance to their...
- Garda Stations
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the proposed works will be carried out at a location (details supplied); if money for the refurbishment is included in this year's...
- Asylum Applications
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an asylum application in respect of a person (details supplied). [12347/11]
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in issuing a Garda vetting certificate to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [12366/11]
- Asylum Applications
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the residency status of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Citizenship Applications
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the citizenship status of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14; the likelihood of citizenship being granted...
- Explosive Devices
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of viable explosive devices found here in 2011; his strategy to deal with this issue; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Legal Aid Service
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting times for a legal aid appointment in both criminal and civil cases. [12473/11]
- Garda Stations
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will indicate which budget will provide funding for the refurbishment of Fitzgibbon Street Garda Station, Dublin 1. [12483/11]
- Crime Levels
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 10 May 2011, the number of clients arrested and or convicted for soliciting under the...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the efforts he is making to work with his counterparts in the Assembly and in Westminster to ensure that those seeking to obtain Irish...
- Registration of Title
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a Land Registry application (details supplied) has not completed after nine years in the system; when it will be finalised;...
- Crime Levels
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of court convictions recorded each year for the past five years in respect of defective or unsafe public vehicles including...
- Garda Operations
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the practice of gardaí videoing and photographing persons attending Sinn Féin commemorations; the...
- Prison Staff
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to recruit additional prison officers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12653/11]
- Garda National Immigration Bureau
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of international students registered with the Garda National Immigration Bureau and Irish Naturalisation and Immigration...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures to be followed on an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
- Garda Remuneration
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details on the range of allowances paid to members of the Garda Síochána; and the amount paid to members of the...
- Departmental Contracts
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of providing uniforms for members of the Garda Síochána in 2009 and 2010; if he will give details of such uniforms purchased...
- Garda Equipment
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if all gardaí currently have the CS incapacity spray; if not, the percentage of the force that have the incapacity spray; and the cost...
- Garda Communications
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost to the Garda Siochána of using interpreters for the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011; and the top tne...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by an organisation (details supplied) as a result of delays in...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation to regulate the proliferation of gold shops; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12776/11]
- Garda Communications
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to any changes to the levels of phone calls to the gardaí from persons in an area (details supplied)...
- Recidivism Rate
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action he has taken to review the success of small scale prisons on lowering recidivism rates; if he intends to promote small scale...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of beds closed in all prisons due to staffing restrictions in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010; the number of beds that have been...
- Prison Committals
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons imprisoned for non-payment of television fines, dog licence fines or parking fines in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010;...
- Overseas Missions
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to visit members of the Defence Forces serving on overseas missions in the remainder of 2011; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Representative Bodies
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has put systems in place to facilitate regular engagement with PDFORRA and RACO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12342/11]
- Capital Projects
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Defence the nature of any capital projects which he intends to undertake or complete at the Curragh Camp, County Kildare, during the remainder of 2011; the...
- Ministerial Transport
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans in view of the current economic climate for the Government jet and the workers directly employed in relation to the jet. [12481/11]
- Defence Forces Remuneration
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Defence when will the instructors allowance in arrears for the instructors of the Transport Companies 1 Logistics Support Battalions in the Defence Forces...
- Explosive Devices
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of viable explosive devices found here in 2011; his strategy to deal with this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of doctors, nurses, dentists and so on in the Defence Forces Medical Corps; the number of vacancies in the corps; and if additional...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Defence if there is any possibility of retired Reserve Defence Force members being permitted to take up a scheme to fulfil duties of cadre staff that have...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which military installations decommissioned by the State have been disposed of; the extent of funding accruing to the State therefrom;...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of posts within the Defence Forces which were filled in each of the past two years to date in 2011; the number still outstanding; and if...
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which aircraft and ancillary equipment for the Air Corps maintains pace with international standards; if any particular improvements...
- Naval Service Vessels
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which he has evaluated ongoing requirements in respect of vessels and equipment for the Naval Service; the degree to which this keeps...
- Air Corps Strength
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Defence the degree to which the Air Corps has the necessary resources to maintain its commitments in respect of air sea rescue and surveillance; and if he...
- Naval Service Vessels
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied with the adequacy of vessels and equipment for the Naval Service to maintain its role in terms of patrols, surveillance and...
- Overseas Missions
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which he has had discussions with EU or UN colleagues in the context of further Irish troop deployment overseas; and if he will make a...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of cadets passing out in the Army, Navy and Air Corps in each of the past three years to date in 2011; the extent to which this is in...
- Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be seriously financially penalised if they are prevented from...
- Grant Payments
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive their agri-environment options scheme payment; and if he will...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an application under the early retirement scheme 2007 in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Grant Payments
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a payment under the grassland sheep scheme will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
- Irish Horseracing Industry
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in the week in which international attention is drawn to the Irish National Stud by virtue of the visit of Queen...
- Trade Missions
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of international trade missions he will undertake in the remainder of 2011; and if he will make a statement on...
- Grant Payments
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will review an application for a supplementary payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and...
- Departmental Staff
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there are any vacancies, temporary or permanent, in its functions in Castletownbere, County Cork, and the application...
- Grant Payments
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment under the single farm payment scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal;...
- Dairy Industry
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the financial supports available within his Department for firms seeking to expand within the dairy ingredients sector....
- Grant Payments
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a penalty relating to a REP scheme payment will be waived in view of the appeal lodged by a person (details supplied) in...
- Animal Identification Scheme
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views that proposed new electronic tags for sheep will work effectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- BIM Training Programmes
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it is no longer possible to complete a full skipper ticket at the BIM...
- Food Imports
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the import statistics for the range of fruit and vegetables consumed here over the past three years; and if he will make a...
- Apple Growing Industry
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the current apple orchard acreage; the variety grown; and if he has plans to expand the acreage. [12527/11]
- Grant Payments
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will issue a breakdown of the sums of money paid to persons (details supplied) in County Kerry as single farm payment...
- National Reserve Applications
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a decision will issue on an application under the national reserve 2011, category B, in respect of a person (details...
- BIM Training Programmes
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will appoint a second teacher at a college (details supplied) in County Cork to enable students complete their skipper...
- Afforestation Programme
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person who has participated in the early retirement scheme from farming is subsequently entitled to the farmer rate of...
- Departmental Properties
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if Glengarrif Woods, County Cork, have been sold to a private company by Coillte. [12806/11]
- Grant Payments
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive their agri-environment options scheme payment; and if he will...
- Fishing Quotas
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the boarfish quotas introduced in 2011 by the EC; the way it is proposed to distribute this quota; and if he...
- Department of Health
- Legislative Programme
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when he will publish the legislation on female genital mutilation; and if it will be included in the legislative programme for this...
- Child Care Services
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will review the allocation of child care places in Buncrana, County Donegal, for clients wishing to progress onto FÁS training...
- Nursing Home Grants
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the capital grants available for construction or refurbishment of nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12493/11]
- National Lottery Funding
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will provide details in relation to the amount of funding allocated from the National Lottery Beneficiary Fund since 1998 to...
- Crime Prevention
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he and the Garda Síochána have identified the increasing problem of prescription drugs being sold illegally; and the measures he...
- Child Protection
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his plans to legislate to ensure emotional abuse is included as a recognised form of abuse which must be addressed if a child's rights...
- Health Service Inspections
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the proposed meeting to formalise the suspension of the registration of a centre (details supplied) will take place; the person who...
- Health Services
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his views that a package of incentives should be introduced in order to stimulate the delivery of primary health care centres across the...
- Hospital Services
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if new patients diagnosed with haemochromatosis are being treated or admitted to the Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Limerick; if not the...
- Freedom of Information
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive has failed to respond within the applicable time limit to a freedom of information request...
- Health Services
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the dental treatments available to persons who have medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12386/11]
- Medical Cards
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the practice of general practitioners charging over 70s medical card patients for examinations, blood...
- Health Services
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the current criteria being applied when reducing home help hours. [12419/11]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will address the situation whereby the families of those in nursing homes under the fair deal scheme are required to cover the...
- Medical Cards
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will make a...
- Health Services
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children who suffer from diabetes in County Kildare; the number of these who have been referred to paediatric services in...
- Rare Diseases
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the time frame for the completion of the strategy on rare diseases; and if there will be consultation with a selection of persons with...
- Medical Cards
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an application for a medical card will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the nursing homes support scheme is still in place; if there is adequate funding to meet the expected demand this year; if the Health...
- Medical Cards
Question 361: 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 Carlow; and if he will make...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he intends introducing vaccine damage compensation for those Irish children injured by State promoted vaccines. [12486/11]
- Medical Cards
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied). [12488/11]
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will consider adding narcolepsy to the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12490/11]
- Hospital Procedures
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is his intention to meet with a representative group of women who have been affected by the practice of symphysiotomy in advance...
- Medical Cards
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [12497/11]
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will provide assistance to a group (details supplied) under the dormant account scheme or any other scheme that may be available....
- Health Services
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will evaluate a situation whereby a person (details supplied) was approved for assistance under the treatment abroad scheme but...
- Mental Health Services
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the retired mental health officer with the Health Service Executive south, Cork will be replaced in view of the level of suicides...
- Health Service Reform
Question 370: 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. [12515/11]
- Health Insurance
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he plans to sell the Government stake in VHI. [12517/11]
- Tobacco Advertising
Question 376: 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 cigarette appeal to...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he has had meetings or talks with clinicians and with the drugs industry with a view to achieving significant reductions in...
- Hospital Status
Question 378: 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 one, in order to improve...
- Health Service Expenditure
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Health and Children following recent warnings from the IMF that health costs are dragging the economy down and that savings of €1 billion may be required...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 380: 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...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of residents in long-term care facilities including both private and public patients for both 2009 and 2010; and if he will...
- Health Service Staff
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will confirm that the rent supplement unit in Santry, Dublin 9, will continue to operate and that the contracts of the 26...
- Health Services
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will be assessed by a service provider. [12546/11]
- Medical Cards
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if general practitioners are entitled to charge medical card holders for a blood test; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Child Protection
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his plans for the future implementations of out of hours social work service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12624/11]
- Smoking Ban
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive is legally entitled to create a no-smoking ban on the grounds of the Cork University Hospital. [12626/11]
- Child Protection
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his policy and that of the health services regarding the appointment of a [i]guardian ad litem[/i]; and if he will make a statement on...
- Child Abuse
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he is satisfied, regarding the transfer of responsibility from the Rape Crisis Network Ireland to the Health Service Executive and...
- Health Services
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an appointment will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16; and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will provide details of the amount of funding that has been allocated from the National Lottery Beneficiary Fund since 1998 to...
- Hospital Services
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the new centre of excellence for the provision of cancer services will open at St. James's Hospital, Dublin; the number of cancer...
- Water Fluoridation
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding mandatory fluoridation of our water schemes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Medical Cards
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if and when a medical card will be issued in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
- Hospital Services
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he plans to provide a cardiac catheterisation laboratory for Beaumont Hospital, Dublin. [12700/11]
- Mental Health Services
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if Health Service Executive officials will attend a meeting on 23 May 2011 in HSE Swords between the clinical director and local...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to long delays in respect of audiology referrals at Waterford Regional Hospital with patients waiting...
- Hospital Services
Question 404: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the closure of St. Bridget's Ward at St. Patrick's Hospital, Waterford, by the previous Minister; the...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will outline separately in each of the past five years the amount received by his Department in respect of national lottery...
- Hospital Services
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the services provided by the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath; his proposals for its future; and if he will make...
- Health Service Staff
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will provide a breakdown of the number of permanent nurses who have retired in 2010 and to date in 2011; and the number of agency...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 409: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be admitted to Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Service Staff
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) who was employed by the Health Service Executive west as a nurse was justifiably dismissed from their...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Offaly, who is an amputee with severe medical difficulties, was refused the disabled...
- Cancer Incidence
Question 412: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will provide details of the planned review by the Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Tony Holohan, of the incidence of cancer in the Cobh...
- Ambulance Service
Question 413: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 507 of 17 May 2011, the impact on the ambulance service of the introduction of a universal health...
- Health Insurance
Question 414: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons over the age of 60 years in the VHI; the percentage of their custom this represents; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will provide a breakdown of all moneys paid by the Irish Blood Transfusion Board to IBEC in the years 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010;...
- Hospital Services
Question 416: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an early appointment for an operation will be arranged at Kilcreene Hospital, Kilkenny, in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Preschool Services
Question 418: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will review an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath for an additional year under the early...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for National Lottery funding by an organisation (details supplied). [12803/11]
- Food Labelling
Question 421: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his plans to update the system of food labelling currently in use here to display clearly when products reach their use by date as...
- Health Services
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will have their teeth cleaned in view of the fact that they hold a medical card; and...
- Health Service Properties
Question 423: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the property portfolio currently leased by the Health Service Executive in Bandon, County Cork; the location of same; the services...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the month he expects the review of the efficiency and effectiveness of disability services funded from the health vote to be finalised...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Signage
Question 427: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the guidelines and protocols that he has issued to local authorities in respect of the provision of road safety signs and...
- Road Safety
Question 428: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce roadside drug testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11871/11]
- Road Haulage Licences
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the costs that hauliers are obliged to pay in Ireland in tabular form; his plans to ease the financial burden on hauliers; and...
- Trade Missions
Question 430: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of international trade missions he has undertaken since taking office; the precise missions he intends to...
- Driving Tests
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will end the requirement which states that farmers should sit a trailer towing driving test; if he will ensure that...
- Public Transport
Question 432: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the information office at Killarney bus station, County Kerry, will be kept opened on a seven day basis, due to Killarney...
- Tourism Promotion
Question 433: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the opening and staff arrangements for tourism information offices in County Mayo for 2011; the number of staff in each office;...
- Sport and Recreational Development
Question 434: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that darts cannot be considered a sport under the ISC Act 1999 which defines sport as all forms of physical activity...
- Sports Funding
Question 435: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide assistance to a group (details supplied) under the dormant account scheme or any other scheme that may be...
- Taxi Regulation
Question 436: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of financial surplus the Office of the Taxi Regulator had at the end of the last fiscal year in view of media...
- Departmental Investigations
Question 438: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when any of the investigations into the Luas and Dublin Bus crash that occurred on 16 September 2009 will report; and if he...
- Taxi Regulation
Question 439: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport following the creation of the taxi regulation directorate in the National Transport Authority following the dissolution of the...
- Tourism Promotion
Question 441: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the process by which Fáilte Ireland retail centres sell products on their shelves in order to provide local...
- National Car Test
Question 442: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to make changes to the national car test process in view of a recent television programme (details supplied). [12625/11]
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 443: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount applied for, approved for and drawn down by an organisation (details supplied) in County Laois under the sports...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 444: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline separately in each of the past five years the amount received by his Department in respect of national...
- Sports Funding
Question 446: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the streams of funding available for international sporting events here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12676/11]
- State Bodies
Question 448: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of solicitors from the Road Safety Authority panel that have been assigned work since it was set up; and if he will...
- Taxi Regulation
Question 451: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the gardaí or the National Transport Authority has briefed him on the number of taxi plate owners who do not have a public...
- Sports Funding
Question 452: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding funding for all weather facilities in respect of a club (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
- Taxi Regulation
Question 453: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures that can be taken to enforce the prominent display of identification photo and details by drivers in taxis; and if...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 454: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding available under the sports capital programme in 2011; if there will be a new round of the programme this year; when...
