Written answers
Tuesday, 7 June 2011
- Department of Finance
- Fiscal Policy
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected ratio of spending cuts to tax increases expected in budget 2012. [14241/11]
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the establishment of an agricultural review board within the National Asset Management Agency, in view of the fact that it is...
- Croke Park Agreement
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the level of savings being achieved under the Croke Park agreement and if they are sufficient to avoid further pay cuts in...
- State Assets
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will make decisions on the recommendations of the review group on State assets and liabilities. [14161/11]
- International Organisations
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to meet representatives of the OECD in view of its recent recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13707/11]
- European Council Meetings
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a briefing on the content and decisions of last month's meeting of the euro group. [14226/11]
- State Assets
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Finance the implications for him of the report of the McCarthy committee on State assets. [11492/11]
- Financial Instruments
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Finance the average interest rate being paid on the outstanding circa €35 billion in unguaranteed senior bank bonds per issuing bank; the highest interest...
- Ministerial Meetings
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he has had discussions with his French and German counterparts and other EU finance Ministers on the economic issues facing...
- Tax Code
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether there is a conflict between the EU-IMF programme commitment on reducing tax credits and tax bands and his programme for...
- Financial Instruments
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Finance when the senior bonds held by Anglo Irish Bank will mature and if he will provide an estimate of their value for 2011, 2012 and 2013. [14228/11]
- Fiscal Policy
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Finance if the use of credit controls as a means of controlling inflation, as opposed to interest rate increases throughout Europe, has been discussed by EU...
- Public Service Pensions
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that outgoing Senators will receive lump sum pension payments in excess of €100,000 and €200,000; and the action he will...
- Tax Code
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to publish the terms of reference for the review into the universal social charge. [14248/11]
- Fiscal Policy
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Finance if the proposed fiscal correction in 2012 is still €3.6 billion. [14160/11]
- Jobs Initiative
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason he believes that putting approximately €1 of public money into job creation via the jobs initiative for every approximately €70 going...
- Banks Recapitalisation
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Finance the control systems he has put in place to ensure that the €20 billion earmarked for loans to small and medium sized business as part of the bank...
- Mortgage Arrears
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an estimate of the potential liabilities to the covered institutions arising from current levels of mortgage arrears as detailed...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Finance the publication date of the Finance (No. 3) Bill 2011. [14236/11]
- National Anthem
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Finance, in view of the fact that copyright protection is due to run out on Amhrán na bhFiann in 2012, his plans for protecting the national anthem; and if...
- Public Procurement
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Finance the barriers that have been identified to date which restrict access to procurement opportunities for small and medium enterprise; if these and other...
- Banking Sector
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of domestic and foreign deposits held in the covered institutions for each month of 2011. [14245/11]
- Credit Unions
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for the future of the credit union sector here. [14157/11]
- Mortgage Arrears
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to date in developing solutions to mortgage holders currently in mortgage distress; and the date on which he will publish the...
- Banks Recapitalisation
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Finance, in view of certain comments (details supplied), if he can reassure the public that no more taxpayers' money is going to go into the banks; and if he...
- Mortgage Arrears
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on Allied Irish Bank's recent statement that it would consider debt forgiveness in certain cases on its mortgage book. [14158/11]
- State Assets
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress of the ongoing review of the report of the McCarthy review group on State assets and liabilities, which is to be presented to the...
- Tax Code
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a site valuation tax, with specific reference to the way in which such valuations will be assessed; and the date on which the...
- Job Protection
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the assurances given on job retention in the proposed Liberty Mutual/Anglo deal on Quinn Direct Insurance. [10025/11]
- EU-IMF Fund
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a detailed report on his ongoing discussions with his ECOFIN colleagues regarding the renegotiation of the EU-IMF austerity...
- State Assets
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a timeframe for the sale of State assets. [10942/11]
- Tax Code
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance if his support for Christine Lagarde's candidacy as head of the IMF was conditional on Ireland's corporation tax being left untouched. [14163/11]
- Company Administration
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Finance the consideration that was given to the Quinn proposals to re-establish Quinn ownership. [9942/11]
- Tax Reliefs
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, according to the 2009 ESRI research series No. 14 on pension policy, 82% of all pension tax relief...
- Banks Restructuring
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of job losses he expects in the Irish banking sector arising from the restructuring of the sector. [14156/11]
- Pension Provisions
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance his view on whether the cost of the pension levy should not be passed on to savers by their pension fund managers; and the steps he will take to...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Finance the bond yield that he believes would prohibit the Government from returning to the bond markets in 2012 and 2013. [14232/11]
- Personal Debt
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects financial institutions to implement the recommendation for a deferred interest scheme in the final report of the expert group on...
- Job Creation
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of permanent full-time jobs he believes will be created as a result of the jobs initiative. [14237/11]
- Pension Provisions
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Finance, with regard to the programme for Government commitment on political pensions - that is, that no retired politician will get a political pension...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will seek to appoint a Minister for State with specific responsibility for the National Asset Management Agency. [14107/11]
- National Pensions Reserve Fund
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Finance the total funds currently contained in the National Pensions Reserve Fund; and his plans for these funds. [14235/11]
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Census of Population
Question 75: To ask the Taoiseach the steps he will take to ascertain the number of people affected by autism; and the reason a provision for collecting this information was not included in the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Applications
Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps, if any, a person (details supplied) in County Laois can take to obtain an Irish passport in circumstances...
- Department of Finance
- Public Service Remuneration
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Finance, in view of the worsening of pay and conditions for persons on low pay that are now being signalled, his views on whether it is reasonable and...
- Coastal Erosion
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Finance, following the recent landslide at Strandhill beach in County Sligo caused by coastal erosion, if he will provide Sligo County Council with any...
- Banks Recapitalisation
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount by which he expects the €24 billion bank recapitalisation bill arising from the stress test results to be reduced by the imposition of...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce the public service pensions (single scheme) Bill and the pension arrangements that currently apply for new entrants into the...
- National Solidarity Bond
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance the total cash value of investments in the national solidarity ten-year bond as offered by the National Treasury Management Agency; the plans that...
- Tax Code
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered imposing a levy on bondholders as an alternative revenue-collecting measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Proposed Legislation
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a date for the publication of legislation reversing the effects of the Abbeylara judgment. [13633/11]
- Tax Code
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance his position on the common consolidated corporate tax base. [13632/11]
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Finance the changes in the leadership of regulators and banks that the Taoiseach was referring to in his London speech on 18 April 2011. [9559/11]
- Departmental Responsibilities
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail all transfers of responsibilities which have been completed to date as a result of his departmental reorganisation announced on 9...
- Croke Park Agreement
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the progress of the Croke Park agreement. [12838/11]
- Departmental Staff
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance the instructions he has issued to staff, both permanent and non-established, in his Department regarding the handling of lobbying by persons and...
- Ministerial Meetings
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail any meetings he held with the EU-IMF delegation during their recent quarterly review. [9864/11]
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an itemised list of all bonuses paid to staff of the National Asset Management Agency since its establishment; and if he will make...
- Tax Code
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance the total sum lost to the Exchequer in 2010 due to below-cost selling of alcohol, which allows retailers to claim VAT refunds due to losses they make...
- International Meetings
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a secret meeting was held in Luxembourg on Friday, 6 May 2011 of the larger countries of the...
- Job Creation
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a public works programme as an immediate measure to combat unemployment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9934/11]
- National Lottery
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the licence for the National Lottery should again be made the subject of open competition, with the possibility of the licence...
- State Assets
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recommendation of the McCarthy report on State assets and liabilities that the proceeds of the sale of State assets should be used...
- Flood Relief
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the Office of Public Works survey work on a river (details supplied) in County Kerry which causes flooding in the locality;...
- Tax Code
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the price of diesel for coach and bus companies should be lowered to help offset the negative impacts on the industry brought...
- National Parks
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the 50,000 visitors per annum who come to Doneraile Court, County Cork, he will consider opening a facility that could capitalise on...
- Tax Collection
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance if there is evidence of tax being collected from a car repair and sales business operating at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 22 since the...
- Government Debt
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance the size of the Government debt between 2006 and 2011 as a percentage of GDP and in monetary terms; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Budget Deficit
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance the size of the Exchequer deficit in national budgets between 2006 and 2011 as a percentage of GDP and in monetary terms; and if he will make a...
- Economic Growth
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with EU colleagues on the issue of economic recovery throughout the eurozone; the extent to which various concepts and...
- Banking Sector
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance if banking staff, including middle to senior management, receive performance-related income arising from the manner in which they are expected to...
- Tax Yield
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the returns under the various taxation headings are on target with the projection at budget time in December 2010; and if he...
- Drainage Schemes
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which it is intended to complete or continue drainage works at various identified locations in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Energy Efficiency
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he encourages the use of alternative energy technology in the heating of all public buildings; and if he will make a statement...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he can identify and rectify areas of inflation throughout the economy; the extent to which corrective measures can be taken,...
- Flood Relief
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance if funding will be provided to repair the Glosha Sea embankment at Cromane, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14487/11]
- Fiscal Policy
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance the specific threats, as referenced explicitly by the Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland on national television, that were made by the European...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Higher Education Grants
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if mature students attending an institute of technology (details supplied), who are receiving the back to education allowance and...
- School Accommodation
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a submission to the building unit capital appraisal section of his Department from a school (details supplied) in County Kerry will...
- Third Level Fees
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a non-EU citizen, resident in County Cork since 2007, can qualify for fees under the Irish rate in third level college. [14136/11]
- School Accommodation
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision in respect of its application; and if he will make a statement...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to appoint special needs assistants at a school (details supplied) for the coming year beginning September 2011; and if he...
- School Services Staff
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person employed by a school as a cook and paid by the board of management should be subject to the public service pension levy;...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills, further to Parliamentary Question No. 105 of 19 April 2011, when a breakdown of the calculation of the redundancy payment will be...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the terms of the settlement with Chambers Ireland with regard to the competency development programme are confidential; if...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that the special needs class at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 17 will be retained for the next primary...
- State Examinations
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he will introduce to reform the points system at post-primary level and address the current demands that are placed on...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rights of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow regarding education. [14319/11]
- Higher Education Grants
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding funding in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Staffing
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes he will make to criteria governing the appointment of posts in the home school community liaison scheme and the...
- Third Level Staff
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an audit has ever been conducted to ascertain the average number of contact hours per week lecturers in publicly funded third level...
- EU Funding
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of his meeting with workers (details supplied) about retraining programmes funded by the globalisation fund; when he plans...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills, in view of the difficulties faced by the construction sector, the measures that exist to ensure that essential works to schools are...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the redeployment of primary school teachers should take into account the specific needs of gaelscoileanna; his...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14390/11]
- Rural Schools
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that he has no plans to close a school (details supplied) in County Donegal and other small schools of similar size...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is the case that the new Springboard programme is not open to persons in receipt of disability benefit; the reason this is the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a tender at a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Higher Education Grants
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of mature students in receipt of the full rate of the higher education grant for the 2010-11 academic year; the number of...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14442/11]
- European Globalisation Fund
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location at which a person (details supplied) may lodge a complaint regarding the European Globalisation Fund; and if he will make...
- School Transport
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review a matter (details supplied) regarding school transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14486/11]
- School Staffing
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made to retain a learning support teacher at a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to concerns about the failure rate in Irish for primary teacher training for students who studied in...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the pupil-teacher ratio at a school (details supplied) in County Waterford with a view to retaining the existing...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Wage-setting Mechanisms
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if any of the advice he has received in the process of formulating policy with regard to reform of the rate-setting...
- EU Directives
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when he will publish legislation to effect the transposition of the EU directive on the establishment of a European works...
- Wage-setting Mechanisms
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures he is considering in conjunction with the Department of Finance and the Department of Education and Skills to...
- Job Creation
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will set up a jobs task force immediately for County Kerry in view of the recent job losses in Castleisland and...
- Enterprise Support Services
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of itineraries he has, through the Industrial Development Agency, hosted by potential investors in each county to...
- Industrial Development
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will direct the Industrial Development Agency to increase the number of itineraries for potential investors in County...
- Employment Rights
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on a matter (details supplied) with regard to changes in wages for seasonal workers; and if he will make a...
- Department of Social Protection
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will introduce criteria for refusal of rent assistance on the basis of criminal or anti-social behaviour in line with the criteria...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will investigate the participation of a person (details supplied) on a FÁS community employment scheme. [14349/11]
- Free Travel Scheme
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a company (details supplied) does not accept the free bus pass on the new route passing through Ballinteer, Dundrum,...
- National Carers Strategy
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to implement the national carers strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14439/11]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if domiciliary care allowance will be approved as a matter of urgency in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [14131/11]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal for domiciliary care allowance will be processed and approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny....
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct amount of rent support payable in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when a decision will issue in respect of an oral hearing in the matter of carer's allowance in respect of a person (details...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to amend the entry conditions to labour activation schemes such as community employment, Tús and the rural social scheme for...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm if she is serious about making the fuel allowance available for persons with A1-rated houses, which is the highest...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an application for disability benefit will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the cost of a hearing device will be covered in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if social welfare entitlements will be restored to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for family income supplement will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; when payment...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if any changes are being made to the J1 scheme; if redundancies are currently being made; and if so, if all are voluntary. [14352/11]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork to have their application for rent supplement backdated to March...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 has had no social welfare payments or rent allowance for some time. [14366/11]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is any scheme in place to allow directors of a company who are searching for work or contracts in a dormant industry to avail of...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [14385/11]
- Job Creation
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide any financial grant aid assistance towards the establishment and operation of a jobs club in County Limerick; and if...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will arrange financial assistance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan. [14392/11]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the oral hearing for carer's allowance will be scheduled in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the waiting times for family income supplement claims; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14419/11]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [14489/11]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a rent supplement application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Inland Fisheries
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to studies carried out in rivers here in recent years by him or State agencies...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will introduce the new REFIT tariff on renewable energy, which was announced by the previous Government...
- Energy Efficiency
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the level of funding allocated to home energy efficiency and renewable energy programmes; and the percentage...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to make Ireland a centre of excellence in the management of carbon; and his plans to work with his...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a percentage breakdown of spending on programming by RTE, including domestic programming,...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the newly announced rural broadband scheme does not cover areas which were covered under the...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding television reception in areas (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on concerns that have been expressed regarding the type of mining known as fracking, which it is...
- Íocaíochtaí Deontas
Question 221: To ask the Aire Cumarsáide, Fuinnimh agus Acmhainní Nádúrtha, i bhfianaise an fhreagra a fuair sé ón Aire Talmhaíochta, Mara agus Bia, uimhir 277, an bhfuil i gceist aige...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 222: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a club (details supplied) in County Kildare can apply for funding to meet its development proposals; and...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 223: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authority housing loans which have been approved, on a county basis, since January 2011;...
- Voluntary Sector Funding
Question 224: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans regarding the long-term core funding of an organisation (details supplied) to help facilitate its...
- Road Network
Question 225: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the repeated road surface settlement occurring at bus stops throughout...
- Community Development
Question 226: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to move community employment and enterprise supports back to local government. [14183/11]
- Local Authority Charges
Question 227: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure all property-related revenues are part of the income stream of local government. [14184/11]
- Legislative Programme
Question 228: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will abolish the position of county manager and replace it with a chief executive; and if he will...
- Planning Issues
Question 229: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to amend the strategic planning guideline model. [14186/11]
- Local Government Audit Service
Question 232: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has implemented a requirement that the Local Government Director of Audit publish an annual report...
- Building Inspectorate
Question 233: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a single State building inspectorate service. [14190/11]
- Local Authority Services
Question 235: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the State or any agency of the State owns a domain name (details supplied) and the date on which this...
- Urban Regeneration
Question 237: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to initiate urban regeneration projects and the locations of same. [14194/11]
- Energy Efficiency
Question 238: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to move towards zero-carbon homes and the timeframe in which he envisages this happening. [14195/11]
- Waste Management
Question 239: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to drive a waste reduction programme through extension of producer responsibility initiatives and...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 242: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the date on which he will introduce legislation to allow local authorities to take housing estates in charge...
- Planning Issues
Question 243: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will introduce a mechanism to require all local authorities to carry out an educational impact...
- Waste Management
Question 246: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure specific producer responsibility requirements for construction and demolition projects...
- Election Management System
Question 248: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the storage and possible disposal of the electoral voting machines. [14205/11]
- Local Authority Housing
Question 249: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the guidelines for the construction of local authority housing that permit tenants to live...
- Departmental Contracts
Question 251: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the costs to date of the recent abstraction of water from Lough Ennell,...
- Rural Development
Question 252: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there is funding from him for a community to secure the boundary wall of an old cemetery which is not in...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 253: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the grants available for households to update or replace their septic tanks; if there are additional grants...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 255: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 31 May 2011, if he will forward a copy of the response...
- Rural Development
Question 256: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a source of funding available for a community hall (details supplied) in County Kerry, which the...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 257: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding staged payments of the non-principal private residence charge (details supplied); and...
- Water Charges
Question 258: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of water meters or water connections that have been installed in the four Dublin counties and in...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 259: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in view of the report by the Joint Committee on the Constitution of the Oireachtas published in July 2010,...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Garda Stations
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the provision of a new Garda station at a location (details supplied) in County Cavan; if a preferred site has...
- House Prices
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a timeframe for the establishment of the new property database which is intended to track and record market trends...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [14170/11]
- Garda Strength
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who retired from the Mayo Garda division in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011, in tabular form; and if...
- Garda Strength
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who were appointed to the Mayo Garda division in 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011, in tabular form; and if he...
- Visa Applications
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an appeal for a study visa in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [14287/11]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the legal status of a child born in this country to Chinese parents who are here on study visas. [14288/11]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he plans to have legislation enacted to remove restrictions to competition in the legal profession, as set out in the memorandum...
- Garda Reserve
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will reconsider the issue of Garda Reserve members who wish to wear a turban. [14304/11]
- Courthouse Refurbishments
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when funds will be allocated for the restoration and repair of Tipperary Courthouse; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Stations
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider revoking the closure order on the Garda station at Fitzgibbon Street, Dublin 1, which is providing a very valuable...
- Missing Persons
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to establish the 116000 EU hotline number for missing children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14341/11]
- Garda Reserve
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Reserve members operating in County Donegal; the areas in which they are operating; if there are any plans to...
- Naturalisation Certificates
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will make the necessary changes to ensure that certificates of naturalisation issued under the Irish Nationality and Citizenship...
- Mine Disaster
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider issuing an apology on behalf of the State to the families of the people killed in the Ballymanus mine disaster in...
- Visa Applications
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision on a visa application will issue in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Litter Pollution
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will amend the Data Protection Act to allow local authorities to name and shame those convicted of littering offences; and if he...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied). [14441/11]
- Garda Resources
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he will be in a position to supply a figure; and if an additional estimate for the Garda is anticipated. [14520/11]
- Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
- Milk Quota
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an appeal for milk quota in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will endeavour to move payments under the agri-environment options scheme forward from August as persons who are...
- Fur Farming
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will include a ban on fur farming in the proposed Animal Health and Welfare Bill. [14313/11]
- Grant Payments
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding a grassland sheep payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if this will...
- Departmental Funding
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the funding paid to companies (details supplied) in Dublin 17; the purpose of same in each of the years 2007, 2008, 2009...
- Grant Payments
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the basis upon which he calculated the standard cost which was used in an application for grant aid under the farm waste...
- Fur Farming
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to include a ban on fur farming in the new Animal Health and Welfare Bill. [14416/11]
- Department of Health
- School Absenteeism
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a breakdown of the absentee rate of 20 days or more per annum for the past three school years for each of the...
- Children in Care
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in each of the local health office community care areas that have been placed as a private arrangement...
- Tobacco Products
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Health the plans he has to reduce the consumption of tobacco products amongst minors in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14124/11]
- Tobacco-Related Diseases
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health the average life expectancy of a 13-year-old child when tobacco-based products are consumed and when tobacco-based products are not consumed; his...
- Childhood Obesity
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health the extent of childhood obesity here; the trends he has identified on this issue; if he will provide details of a comparison of childhood obesity in...
- Medical Cards
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be issued to a person (details supplied) and if he will expedite a response. [14132/11]
- Interdepartmental Committees
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health the number of committees and inter-departmental committees currently established, and working and sub-committees currently established and working...
- Departmental Strategies
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Health when the neuro-rehabilitation strategy, which has been under development for three years, will be published; if funding will be provided for the...
- Departmental Reports
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the next survey of lifestyles, attitudes and nutrition in Ireland; if the report will be as comprehensive as in previous years;...
- Stroke Awareness Campaign
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Irish Heart Foundation stroke awareness campaign has been successful in increasing the number of...
- Medical Cards
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health if, since the introduction of the fair deal scheme, there has been any change in the relative numbers leaving hospitals who are opting for nursing...
- Medicinal Products
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Health if any drugs used in lethal injection executions are manufactured here (details supplied); if the manufacture of these drugs is regulated and...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health if the proposed extension of the breast cancer screening programme to women aged 65-69 years, as committed to in the programme for Government, will...
- Health Services
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has been referred to London by a consultant for treatment has been refused for the Health...
- Health Services
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding orthodontic treatment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14211/11]
- Mental Health Services
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Health the criteria with regard to involuntary patients in psychiatric units on informing next of kin of changes of circumstances, treatments and progress...
- Health Services
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied). [14307/11]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Health if emergency funding will be provided for the fair deal nursing home support scheme to enable it continue to accept new beneficiaries while the...
- Medical Cards
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the transport charge introduced by the Health Service Executive through the rural transport initiative levied on persons with...
- Medical Cards
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
- Health Services
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [14347/11]
- Medical Cards
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision to refuse the medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; if he will continue to grant this...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant orthodontists employed by the Health Service Executive to supervise and carry out specialist orthodontic treatment; the...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Health if the certificate course in leadership and advocacy at Dundalk IT, County Louth, which caters for students with an intellectual disability, will be...
- Missing Persons
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Health if she will account for the delay in implementing the 116000 hotline number for missing children. [14383/11]
- Departmental Funding
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14402/11]
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Health his views on travel charges that the Health Service Executive imposes on clients attending training centres and day centres; his views on any...
- Health Services
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the urgent need for extra accommodation at a health centre (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he has sought...
- Hospital Services
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Health if breast cancer surgery at Sligo General Hospital will resume by 18 June 2011; the directions he has given to the Health Service Executive on this...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Departmental Funding
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a club (details supplied) in County Kildare can apply for funding to meet its development proposals; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, in view of compensation paid to an organisation (details supplied) and the Supreme Court order for costs against Campus...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the financial returns to the Exchequer to date from the public private partnership service areas that have been provided on our...
- School Transport
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will carry out a survey to establish the number of children wearing seat belts on school buses. [14273/11]
- School Curriculum
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the curriculum which was to brought in for cycle training. [14274/11]
- Taxi Regulation
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, further to Parliamentary Question No. 436 of 24 May 2011, his plans for the €20 million surplus that has been collected from...
- Public Transport
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, further to Parliamentary Question No. 105 of 5 May 2011, if he will supply details of all smarter travel projects to date,...
- Railway Stations
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the ticket office at Killarney Railway Station, County Kerry, will be adequately staffed, in view of the importance of this...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list the State agencies or commercial organisations that have access to vehicle plate registration...
- Museum Projects
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the facilities at Thoor Ballylee, Gort, County Galway, will be opened; the hours of opening each day; and if he will make...
- Road Network
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or the National Roads Authority has received a submission from a local authority (details supplied) about a road project;...
