Written answers
Thursday, 2 June 2011
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Human Rights Issues
Question 10: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress being made to ban female genital mutilation at both EU and UN level; and if he will make a statement on...
- Trade Promotion
Question 12: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his objectives to expand the country's trading opportunities with EU and non-EU countries; the extent to which he can...
- Emigrant Support Services
Question 13: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the financial assistance to centres in Britain supporting homeless Irish persons; his plans to develop promised...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 14: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position towards the upcoming UN General Assembly special session on HIV and AIDS; and the action Ireland will...
- Trade Delegations
Question 16: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the locations he has visited since his appointment as Minister; the locations and industries he foresees as potential...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 17: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had or will have any discussions at EU level or directly with the Bahraini authorities regarding the...
- International Agreements
Question 18: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if prior to bringing the Bill on Serbia's stabilisation and association agreement before the Oireachtas, he will...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 19: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has held with the Spanish Government on the potential of the ongoing peace process in the Basque...
- Irish Communities Abroad
Question 20: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress made to date on resolving the issue of the undocumented Irish in the US; and if he will make a statement...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 21: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will commit to publishing the Africa trade strategy; and if he supports the broad thrust of this strategy....
- Military Neutrality
Question 22: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he still describes Ireland as a neutral state and if so, the way that can be compatible with allowing US troops...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 24: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on his commitment to leading the charge as previously stated in supporting the...
- Common Foreign and Security Policy
Question 28: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Irish Government representative agreed with the proposal by the EU Council of Ministers to provide military...
- Diplomatic Representation
Question 29: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the impact of the new embassy in the United Arab Emirates particularly in relation to economic and...
- Foreign Policy
Question 30: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, following the visit of the previous Minister, Deputy Micheál Martin, in 2009 to Cuba and the visit of the Cuban...
- Development of the European Union
Question 32: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he will encourage his EU colleagues to re-discover the original ideals as set out by the modern...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 34: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the work he is undertaking to seek the protection of the rights of expression and assembly for lesbian, gay, bisexual...
- Global Economic Irish Forum
Question 39: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will publish an up-to-date summary of the outcome of the first Global Economic Irish Forum at Farmleigh in...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 40: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will actively support and develop the peace process in Colombia; and if he will raise same at United Nations...
- Passport Applications
Question 41: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, in view of the widespread concern about delays in processing passport applications, the proposals he has to reduce...
- Diplomatic Relations
Question 43: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which a diplomatic initiative has been extended throughout the EU in order to familiarise our EU...
- EU Enlargement
Question 44: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding EU enlargement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14082/11]
- Human Rights Issues
Question 46: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the top ten locations worldwide now deemed as areas of regular human rights abuses; the efforts made at EU or UN...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 47: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which the political situation in the Western Balkans has evolved; and if he will make a statement on...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 49: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which Irish Aid is successful in targeting areas of most need worldwide; and if he will make a...
- Department of Finance
- Flood Relief
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a progress report on plans to dredge the Bandon River, County Cork; if funding has been sanctioned to Cork County Council to...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will engage with the National Asset Management Agency to identify buildings and properties in its portfolio which might be suitable for local...
- Departmental Properties
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Finance if any property reverted to the State in accordance with the State Property Act 1954 following the dissolution of a company (details supplied) in...
- Tax Code
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Finance the hospitality and retail businesses that can implement the reduced VAT rate of 9% from 1 July 2011; if restaurant and catering services, including...
- Tax Collection
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will be allowed more time from the Revenue Commissioners to enable them to get the tax affairs of...
- EU-IMF Fund
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Finance if the EU, IMF and ECB insisted that an additional buffer of €5.3 billion be included in the bank stress results which were announced at the end of...
- Debt Management Companies
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to tackle growing concerns over debt management companies here following the scandals in the UK which saw firms holding on to...
- Pension Provisions
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a proposal (details supplied) along with the proposed pension levy on pension funds. [14039/11]
- Departmental Staff
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the numbers of staff employed in the public sector, by section, for end of 2008 to date in 2011, inclusive, in tabular form, with...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Higher Education Grants
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to change the current criteria governing the allocation of maintenance grants for students attending third level education....
- School Curriculum
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make Irish an optional subject for the leaving certificate examination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13956/11]
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when will he decide on the merging of vocational education committees; if County Kerry will remain a stand-alone entity; and if he will...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider making funding available to a school, (details supplied) which has not received any State support since September...
- School Transport
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the decision made in the budget for his Department in 2011 regarding a school bus service; and if he will examine the...
- School Fees
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount each school in County Donegal charges per pupil for education purposes per year. [14015/11]
- School Transport
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average cost of school bus transport for pupils in County Donegal. [14016/11]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total expenditure on primary and secondary education services in County Donegal in each of the years 2005 to 2010, inclusive, and...
- School Staffing
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the staffing allocation to a school (details supplied) in County Cork for the 2011/12 school year; and if...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding payment or grant assistance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a...
- School Patronage
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he proposes to extend the number of patronage bodies for second level schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14064/11]
- Skills Development
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the proposal to establish a skills agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14067/11]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide funding to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14071/11]
- Departmental Funding
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the necessary funding that will be provided through the vocational education committees, the Health Service Executive and any other...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Enterprise Support Services
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will provide a list of organisations or agencies that provide assistance with the development of small businesses...
- Department of Social Protection
- Departmental Staff
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that the rent supplement unit in Santry, Dublin 9, will continue to operate after October 2011 and that the contracts...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, further to Parliamentary Question No. 43 of 26 May 2011, if she will give consideration to allowing persons on the 15-hour care payment to...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be paid their rent supplement on a weekly basis instead of a monthly basis; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal against a decision not to award carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the entitlement to jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Architectural Heritage
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has requested Bank of Ireland to transfer its branch at College Green in Dublin city centre to the State; and if he...
- Turbary Rights
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in relation to the proposal to pay €1,000 to bog owners who do not cut turf in designated areas, if he will clarify that...
- Special Areas of Conservation
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when Coolrain Bog also known as Windsor, Cahir custodial, Rosnacloonan and Larkins was adopted by the European Commission as...
- Art Collections
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the ongoing expense of curating and maintaining an art collection and in view of Anglo Irish Bank's intention to...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Fisheries Conservation
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the mechanism available to a club (details supplied) to enure fishing stock can be maintained; and if he will...
- Health and Safety Reports
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the KEMA safety report into the Eirgrid project in Rush, County Dublin, will be concluded; and the impact...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the extensive delays in issuing IDs to contractors under the better home...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Rural Development
Question 102: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the concerns received by him from the European Commission on the basis of Article 28 of Regulation 1698/2005...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 103: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the need for a regional waste water treatment plant as outlined in the greater Dublin...
- Architectural Heritage
Question 105: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there is funding available for restoration and associated works on thatched cottages. [14057/11]
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Coroners Service
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will implement procedures that require every maternal death, regardless of circumstance, to be submitted to a coroner's inquest...
- Visa Applications
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has considered the adoption of an entrepreneur visa similar to that in the UK. [14043/11]
- Garda Stations
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position on the priority list of a Garda station (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality, further to Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 26 of May 2011, if another application has been received by his Department (details...
- Programme for Government
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to promote the recognition of Irish sign language as outlined in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [14000/11]
- Garda Operations
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the individual cost to An Garda Síochána of policing each game of the Carling Nations Cup recently played at the Aviva Stadium...
- Naturalisation Certificates
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the practice of providing naturalisation certificates only in the Irish language; if he will consider offering...
- Criminal Assets Bureau
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of properties acquired by the Criminal Assets Bureau; the number disposed of; the number pending; the total funds...
- Asylum Applications
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to date in respect of determination of residency in the case of a person (details supplied); when a decision will issue;...
- Residency Permits
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14095/11]
- Asylum Applications
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to grant extended leave to remain on humanitarian grounds in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if...
- Residency Permits
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position and progress made to date in the determination of residency, naturalisation and citizenship in the case of a person...
- Air Corps Training
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Defence the structure of air traffic control for all the airports within his control; the number of staff assigned to each airport; the rating of each...
- Army Barracks
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Defence his long-term plans for the military barracks site in Nenagh, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14028/11]
- Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a penalty relating to a REP scheme payment will be waived in view of an appeal lodged by a person (details provided) in...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will ensure that the Animal Health and Welfare Bill is brought before Dáil Éireann prior to the summer recess; and...
- Department of Health
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients which are on the orthopaedic consultant general's Saint Mary's Orthopaedics Hospital, Cork orthopaedic hip list;...
- Hospital Services
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason an operation for a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been cancelled three times; and if he will confirm when it...
- Civil Registration Service
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will investigate the situation whereby the 42 mother and baby homes which were allegedly involved in illegal or informal adoptions...
- Community Care
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 349 and 504 of 10 May 2011, regarding the proposed new Community Hospital in Kenmare, County...
- Health Services
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the facilities available to a family (details supplied) in County Kildare to allow them receive treatment; and if he will make a...
- Health Service Staff
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his plans to recommence the return to nursing programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14003/11]
- Medical Investigations
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will publish the full report of the investigation into the death of a person (details supplied). [14006/11]
- Health Services
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the long-term plans that will be provided for diabetes paediatric services for children living in County Clare; and if he will make a...
- Vaccination Programme (1 comment)
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the cervical cancer vaccine will require joint parental consent; and if not, if he will explain the way this can be, in view of the...
- Health Service Staff
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the procedure attached to retirement payments for Health Service Executive employees in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is any provision or funding for getting a child 14 years and older or children in third year and subsequent years at second...
- Parliamentary Questions
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he proposes to reform the answering of parliamentary questions in Dáil Éireann by him and Ministers of State for his Department and...
- Health Services
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 143 of the 12 May 2011, if he will arrange speech therapy in respect of a person (details...
- Hospital Staff
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his plans to appoint a specialist paediatric nurse in endocrinology at Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal, to provide a...
- Health Services
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting times being experienced by paediatric patients and adolescents for insulin pumps in order to control and manage their...
- Medical Cards
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if and when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the necessary funding that will be provided through the vocational education committees, the Health Service Executive and any other...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Taxi Regulations
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, with regard to the taxi industry, the number of public service vehicle licence holders who are not holders of PSV driving...
- Public Transport
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason an accessible bus does not stop anywhere in a town (details supplied) to allow those who use power wheelchairs to...
