Written answers
Tuesday, 31 May 2011
- Department of Health
- Hospital Services
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason cancer services at Sligo General Hospital have not yet been restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13458/11]
- Medical Cards
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way a person (details supplied) who is suffering from chronic illness and has been in receipt of a medical card for the past four...
- Child Care Services
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his plans to improve the quality of the preschool year by implementing standards and reviewing training options; if he has an...
- Primary Care Strategy
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action he will take to recover funds which have been allocated to support primary care teams; and the number of primary care teams...
- Smoking Ban
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimates for the public health impact of the implementation of the workplace smoking ban. [13424/11]
- Hospital Services
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the review being carried out by him into the transfer of services at the Orthopaedic Hospital, Cork, will be completed; and if he...
- Constitutional Amendments
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the proposed referendum on children's rights will be held. [8369/11]
- Health Services
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will respond to plans by the Health Service Executive to cut an additional €17.59 million across all services in the mid-west...
- Departmental Reports
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress he has made in relation to beginning a health study for the Cork Harbour region; when he expects such a study to be under...
- Suicide Prevention
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his views on whether community engagement through volunteering is an effective way to respond to the problem of suicide; and if he will...
- Health Services
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his policy in relation to the treatment of persons with diabetes in particular any proposals he has to improve policy in relation to...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to delays in respect of audiology referrals at Waterford Regional Hospital with patients waiting for a...
- Cancer Incidence
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the next set of priorities under the national strategy for cancer control. [13415/11]
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Health and Children in view of responsibility for drugs being transferred from the Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs to his Department,...
- Health Service Contracts
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the contracts between the Health Service Executive and clinical dental technicians will be finalised; and if he will make a...
- Dental Treatment Services
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will reverse the cutbacks to dental treatment schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13463/11]
- General Practitioner Services
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the policies he will be implementing to ensure that there will be enough qualified general practitioners to ensure the smooth roll-out of...
- Child Care Services
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way the new child welfare and protection agency promised in the programme for Government will be established; the process involved;...
- Health Service Staff
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way he proposes to maintain services at St. Columcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown and at all other health centres in Wicklow and south...
- Hospital Services
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he has given any instructions to the Health Service Executive regarding the retention of any acute hospital service in any part of the...
- Medical Cards
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he and/or the Health Service Executive has sought to ascertain the extent to which charges are being levied inappropriately on medical...
- Health Service Staff
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff employed in the Health Service Executive; the way that compares with the numbers employed in March 2008 before the...
- Hospital Services
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which adequate nursing and medical staff is available throughout the public and private hospital sectors; the extent to...
- North South Ministerial Council
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when he will meet his counterpart in the Six Counties to address the potential for greater all-Ireland co-operation in health care; and...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will take immediate action to address the 12 to 18 month waiting lost for endoscopy at Crumlin children's hospital, Dublin; and if...
- Health Insurance
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he has commissioned any external studies regarding the implementation of universal health insurance. [13423/11]
- Constitutional Amendments
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he remains committed to the time line provided in an interview on a programme (details supplied) during a recent visit to County...
- Public Sector Pay
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will reverse the pay cut, imposed without consultation or agreement, on fourth year undergraduate nurses and midwives undertaking...
- Health Service Staff
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when he expects the Health Service Executive to complete an investigation into the way an unregistered nurse was able to continue...
- Medical Cards
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of civil and public servants who have a general practitioner visit card; the number of civil and public servants who have a...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Health and Children with regard to the fair deal scheme, if he will provide the exact amount paid out by the Health Service Executive to private nursing...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if accurate figures are available to him regarding the extent of emergencies such as trauma and medical emergencies; the way that this is...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total number of beds available in public and private nursing homes for persons in need of ongoing long-term or respite care; the...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Ministerial Staff
Question 85: To ask the Taoiseach the names of the special advisers appointed to his office since 9 March 2011; their specific role and the level of salary they will be earning. [13394/11]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Irish Communities Abroad
Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he will take to help the undocumented Irish in the USA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13283/11]
- Ministerial Staff
Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the names of the special advisers appointed to his office since 9 March 2011; their specific role and the level of salary they...
- Passport Applications
Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passports issued from the Passport Office each year for the past five years; the staffing levels and average...
- EU Enlargement
Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on European Union enlargement; his further views on the current state of negotiations regarding Turkey's membership...
- Consular Services
Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the detention abroad of an Irish citizen (details supplied). [13594/11]
- Passport Applications
Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to open a passport office in the west of Ireland; if any reports have been commissioned on this matter; and if he...
- Department of Finance
- Waiver Applications
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding an application for a waiver which was received in the Chief State Solicitor's Office approximately a year ago in respect of a...
- Departmental Reports
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance the specific date on which the report from the Office of Public Works chaired working group regarding the former ISPAT site at Haulbowline will be...
- Illicit Trade in Tobacco
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the Europol report on criminal activity in the European Union which describes Ireland as one of the preferred destinations for cigarette...
- National Statistics
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance the national debt, GDP, GNP, total expenditure and total interest cost of servicing the national debt each year from 1980 to date in tabular form;...
- Freedom of Information
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the Freedom of Information Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13483/11]
- Flood Relief
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a progress report on plans for a flood relief scheme in Skibbereen, County Cork; the timescale for the completion of the project;...
- State Savings Products
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance if the moneys raised from the national solidarity bond are being used to fund current spending since the EU-IMF bailout deal; if he will consider...
- Pension Provisions
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 100 of 16 June 2010, the date in 2011 on which he proposes to introduce this legislation; if a title for the...
- EU-IMF Fund
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance the content, implications and cost of the modifications to the conditions underpinning the EU loans to the State under the EU/IMF support programme...
- State Companies
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has appointed a committee to examine the accounts and cost base of the semi-States, a bord snip for the semi-States; if he will recommend ways...
- Tax Reliefs
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that would potentially be raised by reducing the pension earnings contribution ceiling to €75,000; and if the figure is not known, the...
- Civil Service Staff
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Public Appointments Service has a panel or an established list of employees requiring redeployment to different Departments; if it approached...
- Pension Provisions
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter regarding private pensions (details supplied). [13377/11]
- Fiscal Policy
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance the size of the structural deficit in national budgets between 2006 and 2011 as a percentage of GDP and in monetary terms; and if he will make a...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance the names of the special advisers appointed to his office since 9 March 2011; their specific role and the level of salary they will be earning....
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance the average length of time it is currently taking the Financial Services Ombudsman to deal with new complaints submitted to the body by personal...
- Pension Provisions
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13478/11]
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance the way that persons who hold neither a passport nor a driving licence can prove their identity in order to open a bank account; and if he will make...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of hotels whose loans have been transferred to the National Asset Management Agency; the number of bedrooms in those hotels; the number...
- Pension Provisions
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance if he consulted with the Pensions Board in advance of deciding to impose a levy on pension funds; if he will publish any contribution or submission...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the credit union commission; the size of the commission and the way its membership will be decided; the way the Irish League of...
- Tax Collection
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to a refund of income tax paid in respect of maternity benefit payment in 2006 and if the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views regarding a school bus service (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that parents in the area are...
- Training and Work Experience Programmes
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details under the jobs initiative of plans to deal with redundant apprentices; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- European Globalisation Fund
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the agencies that received funds from the European Globalisation Fund (details supplied); the sum...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will re-open the FÁS training centre on Bannow Road in Cabra, Dublin, as part of the jobs initiative training and re-skilling...
- State Examinations
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Irish will remain compulsory for the leaving certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13231/11]
- European Globalisation Fund
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when drawing down the European Globalisation Fund in the provision of up-skilling for former SR Technics workers, if when seeking that...
- Student Support Schemes
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial or grant assistance available to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick studying to be a paramedic at a training...
- School Curriculum
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new agricultural science leaving certificate syllabus will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Íocaíochtaí Deontas
Question 127: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an gceadófar airgead faoin scéim oibreacha samhraidh do scoil (sonraí tugtha) de bharr chomh tais agus atá an scoil agus an...
- School Staffing
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has given any consideration to having a voluntary national redeployment panel for teachers who are employed by vocational...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a redundancy payment will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on...
- School Staffing
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the recent circular 30/2011 to schools in the Lucan area of County Dublin and the impact that this will have on a school...
- School Accommodation
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick. [13343/11]
- School Transport
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the school bus service for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Staffing
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the present requirements for teachers in relation to redeployment panels at primary level; the criteria for inclusion in these panels;...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of the special advisers appointed to his office since 9 March 2011; their specific role and the level of salary they will be...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the decision not to make an item of equipment available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [13400/11]
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the emergency works application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Waterford which urgently...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the present regime of higher education grants; if he has any proposals to change the funding levels and the distance...
- Language Schools
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grants available for setting up an international language school to teach English to international students; and if he will make a...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants that schools in the Dublin central constituency will lose in the next academic year 2011-12; and...
- School Staffing
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will allocate an additional English language teaching provision as a matter of urgency for a school (details supplied) in County...
- Departmental Properties
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7 has been transferred to his Department; if he has plans for its use; and if he will make a...
- Home-School Liaison Scheme
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the appointment of home school community liaison co-ordinators for 2011-12; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will take action to amend the anomaly whereby section 19(2) of the Education (Welfare) Act 2000 allows for a parent to act on...
- School Staffing
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the application by a school (details supplied) in County Cork to have an additional mainstream teacher appointed...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for extension works at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; the progress of the proposed...
- Home-School Liaison Scheme
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider retaining rural co-ordinators under the delivering equality in education scheme in view of the fact that the...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons employed by FÁS by grade and the pay scale by grade. [13598/11]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider documentation in relation to a person (details supplied); if he will approve home school tuition funding as...
- Research Funding
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure followed by the Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology in allocating research funding on behalf...
- School Accommodation
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application by a school (details supplied) in County Sligo. [13644/11]
- School Transport
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to review measures taken by the last Government to charge €200 per annum for school transport to all children within a...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Ministerial Staff
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the names of the special advisers appointed to his office since 9 March 2011; their specific role and the level of salary...
- Department of Social Protection
- Pension Fund Assets
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the value of foreign Government debt held by Irish pension funds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13332/11]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal against the decision to refuse an application for a clothing allowance in respect of a person (details...
- Community Employment Scheme
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a FÁS scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [13720/11]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on the application for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is eligible for mortgage interest supplement payments in view of the specific circumstances that have been...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in deciding the appeal for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied). [13244/11]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when carer's allowance will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the issues of...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to introduce a financial assistance scheme for self-employed persons whose businesses have failed as a result of the economic...
- Pension Provisions
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will conduct and publish a cost-benefit analysis of using the PRSI system not only to collect the auto-enrolment pension...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the names of the special advisers appointed to her office since 9 March 2011; their specific role and the level of salary they will be...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding self-employed persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13477/11]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 174: 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 Cork; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow is entitled to receive rent supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Schemes
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons who have been in receipt of jobseeker's allowance and subsequently take up work on a FÁS scheme lose their entitlement...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason domiciliary care allowance claimants caring for small children, some as young as five years of age with epilepsy, are being...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim was refused carer's allowance. [13642/11]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [13718/11]
- Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Bog Purchase Scheme
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport when a decision will issue on an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
- Inland Waterways
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the reason public berths recently taken in charge by Waterways Ireland at Leitrim village from a local development company...
- Job Creation
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport his plans to maximise the employment opportunities for artists in the interactive media games and digital graphics industry; and...
- Departmental Funding
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the amount of funding available for a centre (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Ministerial Staff
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the names of the special advisers appointed to his office since 9 March 2011; their specific role and the level of salary they...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Imeachtaí Comórtha
Question 189: To ask the Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir agus Spóirt ar ceadaíodh airgead ag aon am do Chomóradh 75 bliain Ráth Chairn Contae na Mí, in 2010; agus an ndéanfaidh sé...
- Scéimeanna Caipitil
Question 190: To ask the Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir agus Spóirt cé mhéid airgid atá ar fáil in 2011 do na scéimeanna caipitil sa Ghaeltacht, an caiteachas go dáta; agus an ndéanfaidh...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Fisheries Protection
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the Cromane salmon draft net fishery will be opened in Castlemaine Harbour, Country Kerry, in 2011. [13255/11]
- Telecommunications Services
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a progress report on plans for a high-speed broadband connection scheme in Skibbereen,...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the research that will be undertaken by him into all relevant implications of exploration by commercial...
- State Property
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline where the State lands are as referred to in the attached letter of 31 March 2011; and if he...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to ensure broadband capability in an area (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a...
- Public Procurement
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has the responsibility to ensure that all agencies and semi-State companies under the aegis of his...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the oversight systems he has in place to ensure that the services delivered under the national broadband scheme...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the names of the special advisers appointed to his office since 9 March 2011; their specific role and the level...
- Missing Children
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for the setting up of the 116000 EU hotline number for missing children; if he will expedite the...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action he will take to stop unsolicited text messages; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Energy Conservation
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied) regarding the domestic installation market; and if he...
- Departmental Staff
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of persons employed by his Department by grade; the pay scale of each grade in his Department....
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Local Authority Funding
Question 204: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the financial assistance available to a local authority for works (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Toxic Waste
Question 205: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the cost, in 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011, of dealing with all State responsibilities relating to...
- Voluntary Sector
Question 206: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce a national policy on volunteering to coincide with the European Year of Volunteering...
- Building Regulations
Question 207: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 62 to 64, inclusive, of 24 March 2011, if he will provide the full...
- Motor Taxation
Question 208: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding taxing business vehicles (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 209: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 107 of 4 May 2011, the contact details of the local development...
- Community Development
Question 210: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the role of the local action groups; the services falling under their remit; the make-up of their boards;...
- Litter Pollution
Question 211: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce a national "name and shame" scheme for those convicted of littering offences; if it...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 212: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to support the full implementation of the Cobh landslide programme, County Cork.; and if he will...
- Fire Stations
Question 213: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding applications for fire stations (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will...
- Waste Disposal
Question 214: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the increasingly problematic issue of waste and illegal dumping in Dublin and elsewhere, if he...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 215: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the allocation that has been provided to local authorities for the provision of one-off rural local...
- Community Development
Question 216: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will insist on co-funding on a 50:50 basis from the local authorities towards the cost of supporting...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 217: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the names of the special advisers appointed to his office since 9 March 2011; their specific role and the...
- Rural Development Programme
Question 218: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount allocated to each integrated company under each measure under the rural development programme and...
- Noise Pollution
Question 219: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to continue the work of the previous Minister on noise pollution legislation; and if he will make...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 221: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 246 of 24 May 2011, if this policy applies also to persons holding a...
- An Taisce Funding
Question 223: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to An Taisce for each of the years 2003 to 2011; if funding was ever stopped...
- Planning Issues
Question 224: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the composition of An Bord Pleanála; when the positions are due for change; the criteria for appointment to...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 225: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 239 of 24 May 2011, if he will provide details of the incremental...
- Walks Scheme
Question 226: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the current status of the walks scheme; his future plans to fund and continue same; and if he will make a...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 227: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a progress report on a planned sewerage scheme for the Skibbereen area; a timescale for...
- Housing Management Companies
Question 228: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the protection in place for purchasers of apartments in order that they are aware of any shortfall in the...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 229: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the planning regulations as they apply to wind turbines with vertical axis blades; and if he will make a...
- Planning Issues
Question 230: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to legislate for a maximum allowable height of hedges and trees in the gardens of private...
- Departmental Staff
Question 231: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons employed by his Department by grade; and the pay scale by grade. [13606/11]
- Planning Issues
Question 233: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of time that an objector to planning permission has to comment on further information once they...
- Employment Rights
Question 234: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received communication from the European Commission through the EU pilot system in relation to the...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 235: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will make funding available for the Glenville waste water treatment plant, Glenville, County Cork in...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 236: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the additional funding he will allocate to the housing services for which he is responsible for the...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Visa Applications
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason persons (details supplied) cannot receive a visa to visit Ireland from the Philippines in view of the fact their parents...
- Garda Investigations
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a file is forwarded by An Garda Síochána to the Director of Public Prosecutions and the DPP makes a recommendation for...
- Deportation Orders
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deportation orders signed on Tuesday, 8 March 2011. [13265/11]
- Scaoileadh Priosúnaigh
Question 240: To ask the Aire Dlí agus Cirt agus Comhionannais an bhfuil an chumhacht aige cead a thabhairt duine atá i bpríosún a scaoileadh amach, ar choinníoll go ndéanfadh an duine sin...
- Garda Stations
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a maximum area in square kilometres that a station, with one garda assigned to it, is expected to patrol. [13292/11]
- Missing Persons
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of children and adults classified as missing; and the position regarding a missing person (details supplied). [13303/11]
- Garda Investigations
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a case in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [13312/11]
- Garda Reserve
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to expand the powers of members of the Garda Reserve to include powers attested to all gardaí under sections 4, 6 and 8...
- Organised Crime
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if any Garda investigation has been undertaken into alleged criminality associated with some operations of the collection and sale of...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the names of the special advisers appointed to his office since 9 March 2011; their specific role and the level of salary they will be...
- Residency Permits
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Prison Committals
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners in Irish prisons aged 80 years or older; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13425/11]
- Garda Deployment
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the projected cost of Garda involvement in the visits of Queen Elizabeth II and President Barack Obama. [13431/11]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will waive the requirement for a birth certificate for an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details...
- Garda Investigations
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action that has been taken by An Garda Síochána to apprehend those responsible for the ongoing attacks on a home (details...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality, further to Parliamentary Question No. 259 of 24 May 2011, his plans to ensure that detailed updates are made available by the Irish...
- Housing Management Companies
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend the Multi-Unit Developments Act to ensure that purchasers are aware of any shortfall in the finances of the...
- Adoptive Leave
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider amending the Adoptive Leave Act 2005 to allow either parent to take adoptive leave. [13549/11]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider making an amendment to section 23 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 to substitute the word...
- Garda Deployment
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank in the Criminal Assets Bureau, Garda National Immigration Bureau and the Garda National Bureau of...
- Garda Transport
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of marked and unmarked Garda vehicles that are allocated to each Garda station in the Dublin region; and the number of Garda...
- Garda Deployment
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda forensic collision investigators in each Garda district or division; and his plans to increase this number. [13605/11]
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to improve the process of Garda clearance in the Sligo region. [13643/11]
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the contents of a report (details supplied); his views on the findings and financial conclusions of...
- Earcaíocht Fórsaí Cosanta
Question 265: To ask the Aire Cosanta cén uair a thosóidh earcaíocht san arm arís agus na cathláin den arm a bheidh i gceist. [13404/11]
- Defence Forces Reserve
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason the Reserve Defence Forces were not used during the recent high profile visits (details supplied). [13444/11]
- Defence Forces Personnel
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the termination of service in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13517/11]
- Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
- Animal Welfare
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of a person (details supplied) in County Laois regarding animal welfare; the...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when inspections under the Burren farming for conservation project are due to take place. [13246/11]
- Animal Diseases
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the costs incurred year on year since scrapie testing of sheep commenced; the percentage of slaughtered sheep tested each...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if Castlemaine Harbour, County Kerry, will be opened to the sourcing of mussel seed in 2011 prior to the seed being...
- Pigmeat And Poultry Sectors
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to ensure Irish pig and poultry farmers receive a fair price for a quality product; and if he will make a...
- Food Labelling
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to ensure that imported pig and poultry products are not presented to the consumer at the point of sale as Irish;...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the current staffing compliment at Bord Bia; the number of unfilled vacancies; and the period for which they have been...
- Tionscal na hIascaireachta
Question 277: To ask the Aire Talmhaíochta, Iascaigh agus Bia an bhfuil cosc ar áisíneachtaí forbartha ar nós Údarás na Gaeltachta deontais a cheadú do thionscal na mbradán feirme ag...
- Grant Payments
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will meet a delegation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13341/11]
- Grant Payments
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when an application for transfer of entitlements will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to replace staff in the BIM training school in Castletownbere, County Cork, in order that the full course may be...
- Grant Payments
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a farm waste management grant will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan. [13356/11]
- Animal Welfare
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will ensure the Irish Greyhound Board is prevented from exporting greyhounds to China via a third country; and if he...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the names of the special advisers appointed to his office since 9 March 2011; their specific role and the level of salary...
- Grant Payments
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he expects the consolidation application to be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork....
- Milk Quota
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the agreement which was entered into by his predecessors with representatives of a group (details supplied) who...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of staff employed by the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority by grade. [13599/11]
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Ministerial Staff
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the names of the special advisers appointed to her office since 9 March 2011; their specific role and the level of...
- Department of Health
- Voluntary Sector Funding
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will consider a request for funding from Western Alzheimers in view of the fact that a previous parliamentary question was...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff employed by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland by grade. [13599/11]
- Health Insurance
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when he will publish a detailed plan for the implementation of universal health insurance. [13619/11]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when his attention was first drawn to the 12 to 18 month waiting list for endoscopy at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin,...
- Health Services
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will seek a reorganisation of services in the Health Service Executive Dublin mid-Leinster area for children and adolescents with...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting time for an appointment with each specialist located at a hospital (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he...
- Missing Children
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will provide funding and resources to set up the 116000 EU hotline number for missing children in view of the number of children...
- Health Services
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding orthodontic treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [13293/11]
- Health Service Staff
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will confirm the Health Service Executive guidelines for providing accommodation such as hotel rooms or rented accommodation to...
- Ambulance Service
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will confirm that a sub-group was established as set out in the Health Service Executive management team minutes of 2 December...
- Hospital Services
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 384 of 12 April 2011, the progress made regarding a person (details supplied) to address their...
- Health Services
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) may obtain treatment under the E112 system; if he will determine the procedure the person has to follow...
- Medical Cards
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if this will be renewed as a matter...
- Health Service Staff
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the outcome of interviews that were held by the National Recruitment Service, Health Service Executive, HR services, Áras Sláinte...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a Supplementary Estimate will need to be introduced or amending legislation to alter the fair deal scheme in view of the current...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will assist in making a financial assistance package available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork for a specific...
- Hospital Services
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will consider assisting a person (details supplied) in County Cork in being transferred to a geriatric type hospital in a specific...
- Medical Cards
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will assist in having a medical card approved in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Cork. [13353/11]
- Ministerial Staff
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the names of the special advisers appointed to his office since 9 March 2011; their specific role; and the level of salary they will...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his plans to allocate further funding to the Tallaght drugs task force, Dublin, to ensure the continuation of the dial to stop drug...
- Medical Research
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding provided for research into prostate cancer; the plans for further investment in research into the cancer; and if he will...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 12 May 2011, when the information requested will be provided; and if he will make a...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons on waiting lists for methadone treatment programmes; and if he will provide a breakdown on a county basis. [7989/11]
- Medical Cards
Question 326: 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 Kilkenny. [13466/11]
- Medical Treatment Overseas
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will give urgent reconsideration to the refusal to cover costs, already incurred, in connection with travel overseas by a person...
- Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the removal of a drug (details supplied) from the Health Service Executive's drugs payment scheme and...
- Health Services
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding services for children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes (details supplied). [13520/11]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to long waiting lists and a minimum nine month wait to receive an MRI scan in Galway; if his further...
- National Children's Strategy (2 comments)
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the recent national consultation process with children and young persons for the...
- Medical Cards
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [13560/11]
- Hospital Services
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a surgical procedure in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [13564/11]
- National Lottery Funding
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for lottery funding in respect of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive their refund under the health repayment scheme. [13568/11]
- Medical Cards
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an appeal against a decision not to grant a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting lists for persons to receive an appointment for a MRI scan in the Mater Hospital, Dublin; his views on whether these delays...
- Hospital Services
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the reconfiguration of acute surgical services taking place at the three midlands hospitals,...
- Tobacco Sales
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of filling stations and supermarkets that have been prosecuted for selling cigarettes to persons aged under 18 years for the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons on the waiting list for each medical specialist at Temple Street Children's Hospital, Dublin 1; the average...
- Medicinal Products
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a medication (details supplied) is not available here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13610/11]
- Health Services
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will report on the Health Service Executive proposals to reduce public health nursing hours on Inis Méain from 24 hours a day as...
- Nursing Home Accommodation
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of long-stay public and private beds currently available for patients; the extent to which this number has fluctuated in the...
- Health Services
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which school medical examinations have been carried out in all schools throughout the country over the past five years; if...
- Hospital Staff
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which adequate staffing levels have been provided at all hospitals in the public sector throughout the country; the number...
- Hospital Services
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which the full range of services planned at each public hospital throughout the country have been put in place to date;...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the full extent of the developments and-or discussions to date on the issue of the location of the proposed new children's hospital; if...
- Hospital Services
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of hospitals currently providing neurological paediatric services; if the facilities for such treatments are only available...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of public hospital beds available in each of the years 1989, 1999, 2009 and to date in 2011; the number of private hospital...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the current average length of time for the processing of long-term illness scheme applications. [13669/11]
- Medical Cards
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the current average length of time for the processing of applications for exceptional medical cards, that is, medical cards for children...
- Hospital Services
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the criteria used for filling vacant beds in the District Hospital Carlow; and the person who decides who can occupy these beds, bearing...
- Medical Cards
Question 364: 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...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Accidents at Sea
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide an emergency tow vessel in the south east to ensure the environment can be protected in case of accident...
- Footpath Maintenance
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide funding for footpaths in the town council area as has been provided for the past number of years. [13435/11]
- Taxi Regulations
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if gardaí have the power to issue on-the-spot penalties for breaches of the taxi regulations under section 49 of the 2003 Taxi...
- Public Transport
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether a breach of contract occurred during Easter week 2011, when the National Transport Authority allowed...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the names of the special advisers appointed to his office since 9 March 2011; their specific role; and the level of salary they...
- Sports Funding
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the concerns regarding increased obesity rates in young persons in particular, his plans to increase participation...
- Road Network
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of private cars that used toll roads on the national roads network in 2010; and the way the number compares with the...
- Fáilte Ireland
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons on the waiting list for skills courses with Fáilte Ireland in each training centre in Dublin; and the...
- Tourism Promotion
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to stimulate genealogical tourism. [11436/11]
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he intends to invite new applications under the capital grant programme; if so, when this might occur; the amount of funding...
- Road Network
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent of funding estimated by the National Roads Authority and the local authorities as being required to keep the...
- Fishing Vessel Safety
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reconsider his decision on the RNLI man overboard guardian system and assist vessels and individual crew members to...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the €15 million allocated in the jobs initiative May 2011 for local sustainable transport projects is to be used to...
