Written answers
Thursday, 26 May 2011
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Human Rights Issues
Question 1: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding human rights issues. [13069/11]
- Middle East Peace Process
Question 2: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when he intends to formally declare recognition of a fully sovereign Palestinian state, as previously indicated; the...
- Passport Applications
Question 3: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding passports (details supplied). [13074/11]
- Department of Finance
- Flood Relief
Question 7: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received an application for compound channelling to the Bandon River and the Bridewell River located at Bandon, County Cork, on behalf of...
- Commercial Rates
Question 8: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the Valuation Office to revisit the issue of rates on commercial properties as it is having a devastating affect on jobs and small...
- Public Procurement Contracts
Question 9: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are companies that are not compliant with registered employment agreements or with the...
- Tax Code
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider including yoga studios in the sports and recreation facilities in the Finance Bill to enable these businesses to enjoy a lower...
- Tax Collection
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the position in relation to tax liability in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in respect of their...
- Cross-Border Projects
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain the way the proposal from a group (details supplied) does not meet the eligibility criteria of his reconciliation...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Expenditure Reviews
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Limerick can continue in its present complement; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Schools Building Projects
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary which has applied for major capital funding; the timeframe for...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assistance he will make available to a student who has to enrol in a boarding school 25 miles from home to complete their fifth and...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review an application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Provision
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide second level in schools (details supplied); if funding will be made available for such a secondary school in...
- Schools Amalgamation
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in relation to a school amalgamation (details supplied); if the design team are advanced in their work; when the final...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding allocated to schools in County Kilkenny under the water conservation scheme have received that funding; and if he will make a...
- Library Projects
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to renew the contracts of librarians working in primary schools for the year 2011/2012 and if so, when. [13104/11]
- School Staffing
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to cut funding for resource teacher for Travellers programme at a school (details supplied) and if he will provide details of...
- Preschool Services
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to cut funding for the Early Start programme at a school (details supplied); and if he will provide details of same. [13107/11]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the services available for children with autism living in Lucan, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13121/11]
- Psychological Service
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an educational psychologist's report will be prepared in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Cork. [13128/11]
- Higher Education Grants
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the eligibility for a post leaving certificate student grant for a level 5 course; if that person has previously...
- School Management
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure for a parent to complain about a school principal and or board of management to his Department; to whom and the location...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a special needs assistant will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and in view of the specific care...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of an extension at a school (details supplied) and when will work re-commence on this project....
- Department of Social Protection
- Social Welfare Code
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if consideration has been given to allowing siblings with no income who are living at home to qualify as a dependent adult for purposes of...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a claim for supplementary allowance will be expedited and approved and if a separate application for the purpose of assistance with the...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No 253 of 17 May 2011 if cognisance was given to the fact that a person's (details supplied) income was...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedure to be followed to undertake a full review of the application for mortgage interest relief in the case of a person (details...
- Employment Support Services
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will change the eligibility criteria for the position of Tús supervisors to allow FÁS community employment scheme supervisors to...
- Jobs Initiative
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the internship scheme as announced in the jobs initiative; if it is envisaged that these internships will include...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person is deemed eligible for rent allowance, the reason there is a ceiling on the maximum amount they are allowed to pay for housing;...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will give consideration to carers who are seeking to improve their skills and educational prospects by allowing them to apply for...
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an additional member, a money advisor, to the North Mayo Monetary Advice and Budgeting Service office which has a seven...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a disability allowance will be paid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when partial rent support will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the full entitlements in...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will be made in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for rent support in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if she will expedite...
- Grant Payments
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when payment under the back to work enterprise scheme will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Irish Language
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the extent to which she intends to further the promotion of the Irish language through the various agencies under the remit of her...
- Grant Payments
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if he will ensure full compensation for farmers, as agreed between him and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to...
- Arts Funding
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the position regarding structured funding in respect of a centre (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Fishing Licences
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason a draft net licence for 2011 was refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland is no longer supporting biomass or heat pump technologies...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Departmental Schemes
Question 60: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the full extent of the schemes available to him for the promotion of community activities in urban and rural...
- Community Development
Question 61: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he expects the CLÁR programme to deal with various grant aid applications in 2011; and...
- Departmental Funding
Question 64: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he expects to meet the various requests for financial assistance from community or...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 65: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received a report on the future options in relation to the Western Development Commission; and if...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 66: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends to introduce an application procedure for disbursement of grants from the dormant accounts...
- Planning Issues
Question 67: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that local authority planning officials are not granting time extensions to planning...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 68: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the commencement of a sewerage treatment scheme for Kilcummin, County Kerry; and if he...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 69: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the surplus or debit balance of each county and city council, as outlined in their respective annual...
- Building Regulations
Question 70: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the full extent to which he has examined the use of pyrite in the course of housing construction; the total...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Sexual Offences
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to implement electronic tagging for convicted sex offenders; the timing of same; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Investigations
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on an investigation in respect of a person (details supplied). [13067/11]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied). [13075/11]
- Asylum Applications
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will state, arising from Parliamentary Question No 381 of 17 May 2011, the way it transpired that a situation in respect of...
- Residency Permits
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the correct status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who originally had permission to remain in the State; if...
- Rights of Way
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the implementation of provisions of the Land and Conveyancing (Law Reform) Act 2009 in respect of the...
- Asylum Applications
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 377 of 17 May 2011, in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8, if this materially...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for the determination of an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the length of time it takes to process an application through the Garda vetting service; the number of applications that are currently...
- Asylum Applications
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected position in the matter of determination of residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth;...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures to be followed in order to validate the application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Deportation Orders
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected position regarding residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford, a verified victim...
- Asylum Applications
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in the matter of determination of residency or naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Residency Permits
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in the case of an application to family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Asylum Applications
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the determination of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he...
- Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
- Milk Quota
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if it is possible for successful applicants of category A brand new entrants to dairying to purchase additional quota on the...
- Fishing Industry Development
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will confirm if he received correspondence from a co-op (details supplied) in County Cork in relation to small scale...
- Animal Welfare
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the actions he has undertaken or is planning regarding the content and the industry reply to the UCD report on animal...
- Department of Health
- Health Service Expenditure
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is financial policy within his Department for the Health Service Executive national directors to use taxpayers money through the...
- Ambulance Service
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he had at any time a relationship with a private ambulance company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Staff
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will publish the audits and special investigation reports regarding public hospital consultants who were allegedly in breach of...
- Medical Cards
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the renewal of a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Medical Inquiries
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will provide an update on an investigation (details supplied). [13065/11]
- Medical Cards
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny and if he will expedite the matter. [13089/11]
- Health Services
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if and when nursing home accommodation or an alternative will be afforded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of...
- Health Service Expenditure
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the proposal by the Health Service Executive to cut funding for the mid-west region across all...
- Health Services
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the services available for children with autism living in Lucan, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13122/11]
- Health Service Staff
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the chief dental officer; when the position is likely to be filled; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Cards
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [13130/11]
- Alcohol Branded Sponsorship
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of any working group in his Department studying the phasing out of alcohol branded sponsorship in sporting and cultural...
- Medical Investigations
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will outline the 11 recommendations made in the investigation into the death of a person (details supplied) and the reason three...
- Medical Cards
Question 110: 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 Kildare; and if he will...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action he will take to ensure the operation of the nursing home subvention scheme, fair deal programme; if it is expected to ensure...
- Health Service Staff
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the full complement of nursing and care staff required at Maynooth community hospital, County Kildare; the degree to which such...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment at Tallaght hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Safety
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the legal obligations of local authorities regarding road makings, signage and so on for primary and second level schools; and...
- Road Signage
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that Carlow is added to the motorway sign, at the point that the M7 and M9 split at junction 11. [13142/11]
- Taxi Regulations
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if individual taxi drivers will have an opportunity to directly input into the review he will be undertaking into the taxi...
- National Car Test
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the operation of the national car testing service at a facility (details supplied) in Clondalkin, Dublin...
- Taxi Regulations
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the role of An Garda Síochána in regulating the taxi industry. [13151/11]
- Departmental Schemes
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the golden trekker free rail travel scheme for visitors aged 66 years and older will be made available in 2011. [13159/11]
