Written answers

Wednesday, 15 June 2011

  • Department of Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 36: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are any red line issues in her Department. [15359/11]
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      Question 37: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of money saved by her through measures identifying welfare fraud and non-malicious overpayments, respectively, each month to...
    • Carer's Strategy
      Question 38: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she intends to publish the carers' strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15358/11]
    • Job Creation
      Question 40: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the impact of the jobs initiative on the live register. [15366/11]
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 41: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the point at which it is intended to establish the national employment and entitlement service; if community employment schemes will...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 42: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of cases for carer's allowance currently on appeal and awaiting decision whether by way of oral hearing or otherwise; the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 43: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are estimated numbers for those who will transfer from rent supplement to the rental accommodation scheme in the lifetime of...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 44: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress that has been made to date on raising the issue of payment of child benefit in respect of non-resident children at EU level;...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 47: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that participation in a FÁS course has the effect of making persons ineligible to apply for...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      Question 49: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the last audit of social welfare fraud was completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15315/11]
    • Programmes for Government
      Question 50: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she will deliver on the programme for Government promise to extend eligibility for the back to education allowance and if the changes...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason executives from companies in the private sector are being given responsibility for overseeing the implementation of the national...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for the roll-out of the PPSN card; and the projected costs involved. [15326/11]
    • Industrial Relations
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she consulted with Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation on its proposals on wage reform before they were presented to the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will arrange for a disability heading to be included on the homepage of the citizens information website; and if she will raise this...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views that in the absence of specific safeguards the introduction of the Tús scheme may facilitate a driving down of wages, conditions...
    • Programme for Government
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline any progress on the commitment in the programme for Government to tightly regulate debt collectors. [15365/11]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many public servants who have experienced a reduction in pay due to recent budget cuts...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason she will not conduct and publish a cost-benefit analysis of using the PRSI system not only to collect the auto-enrolment pension...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to amend the Civil Registration Act 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15316/11]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views regarding the possible creation of a race to the bottom in workers' pay and conditions as a result of the proposals to halve...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will extend the rural social scheme by raising the cap on numbers that can participate in this scheme; and if she will make a...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 70: To ask the Taoiseach if he will conduct a peer review examination of the work of the Economic and Social Research Institute; his views on whether a new higher academic institute...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 71: To ask the Taoiseach the auditors currently employed by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15769/11]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 72: To ask the Taoiseach the costs that are borne by his Department relative to his constituency office and home such as telephone, IT services and so on; if the lease or rent of a...
    • Official Travel
      Question 73: To ask the Taoiseach the policies in place in his Department to encourage the use of public transport by staff travelling to and from work; the policies in place to encourage staff...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 74: To ask the Taoiseach the number of barristers, junior counsel currently engaged by the State to defend immigration cases on the Judicial Review list; and if he will make a statement...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 75: To ask the Taoiseach his plans to make Ireland a centre of excellence in the management of carbon; and his plans to work with his Northern Ireland counterpart in doing so. [15447/11]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a list of non-governmental organisations which receive funding from Irish Aid, the amount of...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the auditors currently employed by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15763/11]
    • International Criminal Court
      Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support the issuing of arrest warrants by the International Criminal Court as requested by its chief...
    • EU Presidency
      Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will endorse the proposal made by former British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair, by supporting the calls for an...
    • Consular Services
      Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if he has made representations to the...
    • Food Safety
      Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contact he has had with his European counterparts in relation to the mutant e-coli outbreak, which has caused...
    • Emigrant Support Services
      Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures he has taken to assist the undocumented Irish in the US since his election to office; and the plans he...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the costs that are borne by his Department relative to his constituency office and home such as telephone, IT...
    • Official Travel
      Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the policies in place in his Department to encourage the use of public transport by staff travelling to and from...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on correspondence regarding passports (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • International Agreements
      Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he will ratify the Antarctic Treaty. [15268/11]
    • Passport Applications
      Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare [15412/11]
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make representations to the embassies of the United States and Turkey to ensure the safety of a person...
  • Department of Finance
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance the auditors currently employed by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15762/11]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance when it is envisaged that reforms, as proposed in the programme for Government, will take place in regard to the Freedom of Information Acts. [15808/11]
    • Local Authority Valuations
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance when he envisages the completion of the up-to-date valuation of all local authority areas to be finished; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance when an unregistered VAT rebate will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Galway and if the matter can be expedited. [15836/11]
    • Tax Code
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding stamp duty charges for first-time buyers; if consideration has been given to the elimination of stamp duty for first-time...
    • Negative Equity Mortgages
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on negative equity mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15841/11]
    • Coast Guard Service
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works intends to upgrade the Coast Guard Service facilities in Greystones, County Wicklow; his views on the conditions which...
    • Tax Code
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to lower the rate of VAT on architectural services to a possible 13%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15880/11]
    • Debt Crisis Resolution
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance if the suggestion that gold profits in the European Union central banks should be used to tackle the debt crisis in the peripheral countries in the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance if a vehicle (details supplied) will be classified as a commercial vehicle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15894/11]
    • Flood Relief
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a river (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15118/11]
    • Consumer Protection
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps taken to date to deliver on the programme for Government promise to tightly regulate moneylenders. [15289/11]
    • Tax Code
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance if a levy will be imposed on health insurance policies from 1 September 2011 as part of the proposed new insurance levy to increase the moneys...
    • Tax Reliefs
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any proposed changes to be made in section 23 homes and particularly in the rule whereby eight had to be together; if he will clarify...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 99 of 1 June 2011, if the tax changes will be retroactive to the commencement of a civil partnership in view...
    • Consumer Protection
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance if the representations from a support group (details supplied) will be determined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15043/11]
    • Tax Code
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance following on from the recent decision to reduce the vat rate from 13% to 9% and the significance of this reduction to the tourism sector here, if he...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of legal fees incurred by a company (details supplied), and which he has now agreed will be paid by the State in respect of the legal...
    • Credit Union Movement
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of his plans, referred to in the EU / IMF deal, to consolidate the number of credit unions; and if he will make a...
    • EU-IMF Programme
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the amount of money drawn down to date from the funding available under the EU-IMF programme and also from the...
    • State Funding Reserves
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a statement of the amount of cash reserves held by the National Treasury Management Agency on behalf of and available for use by...
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance if he continues to raise with the European Central Bank the need for a medium-term funding facility for Irish banks. [15105/11]
    • Credit Union Movement
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the financial consequences for Irish credit unions of the losses imposed by Irish Life & Permanent on junior...
    • Exchequer Cash Balance
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance the projected Exchequer cash balances at the end of March 2011, the end of December 2011, the end of December 2012, the end of December 2013, the...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance the underlying or pre-fiscal-consolidation GDP and GNP growth rates used in producing the stability programme update 2011 for each of the years...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Finance the liability to corporation tax of financial institutions in each of the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009; and the cumulative tax losses being...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance the costs that are borne by his Department with regard to his constituency office and home, such as telephone, IT services and so on; if the lease...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance the policies in place in his Department to encourage the use of public transport by staff travelling to and from work; the policies in place to...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent agreement between the Central Bank and the Unite union which will result in extra holidays and pay in return for accepting...
    • Banking Facilities
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request Bank of Ireland or Allied Irish Bank to provide a publicly accessible ATM facility in the Baldoyle area of Dublin 13 as an...
    • Tax Code
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons resident in Northern Ireland and working in the Republic of Ireland; the number of such persons who receive a refund of the...
    • National Monuments
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance the location of the Durrow High Cross, formerly located on the grounds of Durrow Abbey, County Offaly; his plans, if any, for public access to view...
    • Public Service Remuneration
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance, following the controversy surrounding the severance package of the former FÁS chief executive, Rody Molloy, which was agreed by the previous...
    • Tax Code
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance if allowance will be made for persons who bought their homes three months in advance of the reduction of stamp duty and paid stamp duty at the rate...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on a property (details supplied) in County Mayo including a timing and a costing for the envisaged works. [15299/11]
    • Departmental Recruitment
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance if there is any new recruitment under way in the Office of Public Works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15300/11]
    • Flood Relief
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance the works that have been undertaken in improving flood prevention defences at Arklow, County Wicklow; if he will detail all outstanding works that...
    • National Assets Management Agency
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the National Assets Management Agency is contributing to social development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15408/11]
    • Tax Code
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance the way persons who inherit land but are unable to pay their stamp duty may have the deeds stamped; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the fact that public sector employees in commercial State bodies are not subject to the public sector pension levy, if he will...
    • Tax Code
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the tax system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15501/11]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the reintroduction of a stamp duty exemption for first-time buyers; if he considers that the reintroduction of a first-time...
    • Tax Code
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding stamp duty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15506/11]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance the dates on which his departmental officials were made available to members of the Fine Gael, Labour and Sinn Féin parties, between 1 November...
    • EU-IMF Programme
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has raised the issue of an interest rate reduction on the three bilateral loans with the UK, Swedish and Danish Governments; the response he...
    • Banking Charges
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding cost-based charges in the banking system (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15580/11]
    • Credit Union Movement
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether, since its inception in the late 1950s, the credit union movement has, helped by a number of State subsidies, contributed...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money the State has injected into the banks since September 2008 and the legislative measures that have been enacted or are proposed...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the National Asset Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15621/11]
    • Tax Code
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is due a tax rebate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15666/11]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reverse the decision of the previous Government regarding primary school transport and the eligibility criteria for same in...
    • School Patronage
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timings of the work of the forum on patronage; and his response to same. [15676/11]
    • School Staffing
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify his position regarding the cutting of resource teacher posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15732/11]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the higher education grant applications to take into account disposable income and reflect outgoings such as mortgage...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the auditors currently employed by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15759/11]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the future of FÁS; the responsibility he has in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15794/11]
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to a cost-neutral proposal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15798/11]
    • School Placement
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school place in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15802/11]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 97 and 98 of 25 May 2011, about the appointment of contractors to school building programmes,...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Residential Institutions Redress Board did not take into account section 1(3) of the Residential Institutions Redress...
    • Student Support Schemes
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider putting in place a student loan scheme for third level and postgraduate students, who cannot secure loans from...
    • School Fees
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost each post-primary school in County Donegal charges per pupil for education purposes per year on top of the capitation grant;...
    • School Transport
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average cost of transport for school buses per pupil in County Donegal each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount by which the education budget has been cut in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15875/11]
    • Mock Examinations
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way he intends to alleviate the burden of costs on parents of mock examination fees in the current economic climate; and if he will...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address questions (details supplied) relating to the accelerated technician programme at institutes of technology arising...
    • School Transport
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements in place for a school (details supplied) in County Cork regarding the bus service. [15893/11]
    • Home-School Liaison Scheme
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been reached regarding the number of home school community liaison hours allocated to a school (details supplied) in...
    • School Applications
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review an application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Home-School Liaison Scheme
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there have been any further developments in the home-school community liaison programme; if there will be any changes to it in the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a special needs assistant in respect of a person (details supplied). [14999/11]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to restructure or reform FÁS. [15072/11]
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider extending the institutional abuse compensation scheme to institutions and organisations run by non-catholic...
    • Training and Education Programmes
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places in training and education opportunities that were in place in February 2011; and the number in place now. [15285/11]
    • School Enrolments
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the restrictions that apply to the withdrawal of children from one school to enrol in another local school; if this is a problem in the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15039/11]
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the redundancy package at the Tallaght sports complex, Dublin, is being funded. [15053/11]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on a school (details supplied) in County Dublin and the need for an extension to the school; and if he...
    • Training and Education Programmes
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review a matter in respect of a person (details supplied). [15054/11]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to parents in which they have been advised by the school in which their child is enrolled that the school cannot...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to retain the original non-adjacent rate of student support for all existing mature students who are currently on a course;...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that has not been spent from the money allocated to the SR Technics EU Globalisation Fund; the amount of the remaining money...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools in County Kerry which have applied for funding under the summer works scheme 2011; the schools that have been approved for...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to include the assets of farmers as well as their incomes when assessing farming families eligibility to avail of the higher...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the need for a permanent school building in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures in place to address literacy and education disadvantage among members of the Traveller community; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a new primary school at a location (details supplied) in County Limerick. [15156/11]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the costs that are borne by his Department relative to his constituency office and home such as telephone, IT services and so on; if...
    • Official Travel
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policies in place in his Department to encourage the use of public transport by staff travelling to and from work; the policies in...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average size of primary school classes when non-teaching staff are excluded from the calculation; and if he will make a statement...
    • School Transport
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposed changes to the school bus system affecting a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [15216/11]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the planning application for the renovation of a school (details supplied); if his further attention...
    • School Transport
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual cost of the school transport scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15226/11]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick. [15262/11]
    • School Staffing
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the redress open or available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has been in full-time teaching of multiple subjects...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review an application for a higher education third level grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare....
    • School Transport
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will set out the terms of reference for the review that was agreed regarding schools affected by the proposed changes in the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15406/11]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has taken a decision to close a special class in a school (details supplied); if this school will lose a resource teacher as a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider an appeal under the summer works scheme 2011 in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Sligo. [15457/11]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for accommodating post-primary students in Maynooth, County Kildare; if there is scope to expand the current school; if a new...
    • Training Programmes
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in cases in which workers who had been made redundant from companies (details supplied) embarked on retraining courses funded by the...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that an organisation (details supplied) has a voice regarding the accreditation system on the National Qualifications...
    • School Staffing
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will investigate the request by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry to retain the second English teacher as an additional...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assistance available for the unemployed who wish to study at postgraduate level; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review an application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the teaching time that Irish trainee teachers in the UK must complete before they are fully qualified to teach here; and if he will...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills that due to high levels of unemployment amongst young teachers, his plans to review the process of teacher training in order that more...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options FÁS are considering for the disposal of the Bannow Road, Cabra training centre site, Dublin 7. [15545/11]
    • School Staffing
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been taken to grant a school (details supplied) an additional special needs assistant to offer full-time assistance...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount he has spent on teacher payslips in 2010 and to date in 2011; his plans to change the system of payment whereby payslips are...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has made any formal contact with publishers on a matter (details supplied) or have the publishers made contact with him with a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way funding was provided for a schools complex (details supplied); if the funding from the sale of a school was used for that...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a special needs assistant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15559/11]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a planned new school building project (details supplied) in County Cork; and if any consideration has been given...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which the student grant application forms for 2011-12 will be available; his views on whether the delay in publishing the...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to decrease the current funding stream to Pobal now or during his term in office. [15617/11]
    • School Curriculum
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the decline in the number of students taking higher level maths for the leaving certificate and the measures that will be...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • Media Industry
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has reviewed the findings of the advisory group on media mergers, published in June 2008; and if he intends to seek an...
    • Consumer Prices
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to invigilate competition in the food, energy, retail, legal and medical sectors in view of recent...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the auditors currently employed by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15760/11]
    • Media Industry
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding legislation governing the ownership of all media based here; his plans to change current legislation...
    • Job Creation
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in addition to the recent jobs initiative the plans he has in place to help tackle the south east region's high unemployment...
    • Job Losses
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will intervene with a company (details supplied). [15038/11]
    • Employment Rights
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will ensure any review that occurs through the correct channels and works will protect the wage rates and terms and...
    • Job Creation
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the initiatives in place and the progress achieved in finding a replacement enterprise for a business (details supplied) in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the costs that are borne by his Department relative to his constituency office and home such as telephone, IT services and...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of site visits made by Enterprise Ireland or the Industrial Development Agency to County Kerry in each of the...
    • Official Travel
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the policies in place in his Department to encourage the use of public transport by staff travelling to and from work; the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he and State employment agencies are making efforts to attract research and development divisions of manufacturing...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the National Employment Rights Authority; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting time for a decision on applications for disability allowance; if she will provide a breakdown on a county basis in...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the auditors currently employed by her; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15766/11]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [15779/11]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he plans to introduce a pension protection fund or a similar programme which would protect occupational pensions; and if she will make...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the future of FÁS and, in particular, community employment schemes; the role she has in this matter; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive domiciliary care allowance. [15797/11]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if the matter will be...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason unemployed single parents in receipt of one parent family allowance are ineligible to apply for any position on the new Tús...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider introducing a requirement on pension fund managers to disclose their fees on a continual basis in order to encourage...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review an application for mortgage interest relief in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action taken by her predecessor in response to calls from the Opposition at the time to provide, by way of redeployment, sufficient...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will process a redundancy claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [15247/11]
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the fact that the State calculates the average cost per person of providing free transport to the elderly and to the disabled...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a community employment scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [15654/11]
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if additional staff resources will be made available to the Money Advice and Budgeting Service in County Meath as a result of the increase...
    • Registration of Births
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will investigate the illegal birth registrations which allegedly took place in 42 mother and baby homes which were closed in 1972....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made regarding travel expenses in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 157 and 158 of 31 May 2011, if she will provide a monetary figure for the estimated Irish...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the social welfare appeals office will hold an oral hearing in relation to the appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Social Protection what, if any, outreach measures exist to increase Traveller participation in the workforce; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • State Bodies
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the proposals to prohibit sitting public representatives form taking positions on certain State boards, if she is concerned at...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for supplementary allowance will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a positive response relative to an appeal for disability allowance in respect f a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the costs that are borne by her Department relative to her constituency office and home such as telephone, IT services and so on; if the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the policies in place in her Department to encourage the use of public transport by staff travelling to and from work; the policies in...
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the latest support she has given to the Money Advice and Budgeting Service in view of the concerns expressed by the organisation that it...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if community groups can apply for national lottery funding through her Department to open a community centre; if application forms are...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total budget allocated to the free travel pass scheme nationally; the private operators' allocations per county; if she will provide...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [15230/11]
    • Social Insurance
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if all workers, including employees and the self-employed, will be on the same PRSI scheme, in view of the fact that any differential is a...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the winter free fuel allowance will be paid in a lump sum instead of a weekly basis. [15305/11]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a claim for jobseeker's allowance, now under appeal, will be expedited and approved in respect of a person (details supplied). [15407/11]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the schemes now available to part-time farmers who want to up-skill or simply boost their income by off-farm welfare schemes or...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal for jobseeker's allowance will be expedited and approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny and if...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received rent allowance since February 2011; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for rent supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider including persons on lone parents allowance for consideration on the Tús initiative scheme and other such employment...
    • Social Welfare Appeals (1 comment)
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a date for an oral hearing will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny and if she will expedite...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be granted supplementary welfare allowance on a once-off basis to rectify a problem in their home...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent, if any, to which cross referencing exists with the Revenue Commissioners to deter the possibility of persons in full time...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she plans to review the operation of the rent supplement scheme with a view to introducing a code of conduct for rent supplement...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will give consideration to a vetting system which can prevent fraud and at the same time ensure that hardship is not caused to the...
    • Training and Education Programmes
      The Department of Social Protection funds the provision of work experience and work placements under a number of different programmes and through a number of different agencies. The work...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is committed in the next budget to reversing the cuts in payments to the blind, the disabled, home carers and widows and if she...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • National Museum
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will consider re-housing the Fry Model Railway in Collins Barracks in view of the fact it is being moved out of...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the auditors currently employed by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15756/11]
    • National Library
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will review his decision to put original Catholic records on microfilm on free access sites. [15883/11]
    • Road Network
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if repair and resurfacing works will be carried out on the National Park Road from Muckross House to Torc, Waterfall,...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to provide funding to Killarney House, County Kerry; the amount of same; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he intends to publish a national landscape strategy; if so, when a draft strategy will be published for consultation;...
    • Traveller Community
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on the recommendation of the all-Ireland Traveller health study in respect of mounting a national exhibition of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the costs that are borne by his Department relative to his constituency office and home such as telephone, IT services and...
    • Official Travel
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the policies in place in his Department to encourage the use of public transport by staff travelling to and from work; the...
    • Inland Waterways
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide information on the person or body that decides to open or close sluice gates on the River Shannon; and...
    • Natural Heritage Areas
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the names and locations of the peat bogs in County Meath; the regulations surrounding their use; and if he will make a...
    • An Teanga Gaeilge
      Question 356: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil aon phlean aige comhoibriú a dhéanamh leis an Aire Stáit nua atá ag rialtas na hAlban, a bhfuil...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Media Industry
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the current structure of media ownership here and his further views on whether there is sufficient...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the requirements for objectivity and impartiality in section 39(1) of the Broadcasting Act 2009...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he or a Government colleague will bring forward proposals to end the practice of grossly excessive...
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will indicate current proposals for oil and gas exploration off the Irish coast in 2011 and 2012; and if...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm if formal approval for the biomass REFIT scheme has been submitted to the EU DG Competition;...
    • Departmental Functions
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the auditors currently employed by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15758/11]
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the current feed-in tariffs in connection with wind turbines here; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Onshore Exploration
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the process of fracking or hydraulic fracturing is being allowed to happen in the Shannon basin or in other...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for the development of a contingency strategy for the allocation of energy resources in the event of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the costs that are born by his Department relative to his constituency office and home such as telephone,...
    • Official Travel
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the policies in place in his Department to encourage the use of public transport by staff travelling to and...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the single electricity market is of the type known as a regulatory requirement market in which labour and...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding feed-in tariffs in respect of turbine investment; his plans and developments on this...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to undertake a risk assessment of the impacts of peak oil; how they might affect Ireland; if he...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the relationship between the State and the ESB with regard to the operation of the salmon hatchery at...
    • Onshore Exploration
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if an exploration licence was granted in the last days of the last Dáil; if it allows for fracking; and, if...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will indicate his position on the inclusion of air transport in the EU emissions trading system; if he...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the auditors currently employed by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15761/11]
    • Homelessness Strategy
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to tackle homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15790/11]
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will decide on funding for an area (details supplied) as per proposals on preferred options for...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an application for a housing scheme (details supplied) in County Limerick. [15817/11]
    • Water Charges
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 143 of 8 June 2011, if he will confirm that persons with private wells...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the responsibility that falls to local authorities in the case of apartment developments which will be...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the salary of each county and city manager by local authority; his plans to reduce the number of county and...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider the possibility of allowing persons who are at risk of losing their homes or who have...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider an amendment to the relevant legislation to facilitate a system of payment by...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in view of the report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution, published in July 2010, which...
    • Election Management System
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money that has been spent on the storage of the e-voting machines to date; the person who is...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of the communications expenses for the 34 local authorities in Ireland for the...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an outline of the work of the national Traveller accommodation consultative committees...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the costs that are borne by his Department relative to his constituency office and home such as telephone,...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding new regulations on social housing in local authorities (details supplied); and if he...
    • Official Travel
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the policies in place in his Department to encourage the use of public transport by staff travelling to and...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if community groups can apply for national lottery funding through his Department to open a community...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the situation regarding the Glenties and Dungloe waste water schemes, County Donegal; and when he expects...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that new application forms for local authority housing require...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the portion, if any, of the €2 million funding approved in respect of the Cranmore regeneration project in...
    • Water Quality
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to harmonise water pressure and quality for all domestic users across the country. [15411/11]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it is correct that the chairman of An Bord Pleánala is receiving a multi-million euro pension. [15429/11]
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way both the Litter Pollution Act and Waste Management Act are working with particular emphasis on the...
    • Local Government Reform
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the date on which he will publish his policy statement on local government reform. [15451/11]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will respond to a matter (details supplied) regarding a property; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects to make a decision on the approval of sewerage schemes at locations (details supplied) in...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he considers there is an urgent need to enact domestic climate change legislation in view of the fact...
    • Fire Services
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding provided towards the refurbishment of the Dublin fire brigade training centre, Marino,...
    • Water Charges
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage and total value of non-domestic water charges that were outstanding for each of the years...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details on his precinct improvements scheme; the current budget for the scheme; the...
    • Nuclear Plants
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has raised the issue of Sellafield with the British Government and the British Prime Minister Mr....
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider introducing a differential rates scheme for all local authorities that will ensure...
    • Recycling Policy
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason farmers who buy plastics for silage and pay the levy for recycling when buying are being charged...
    • Waste Management
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will give a commitment that his new waste management policy statement will not contain plans for...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
    • Garda Disciplinary Proceedings
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the recent decision by the courts to suspend a sentence of imprisonment on a member of An Garda Síochána found guilty of...
    • Magdalene Laundries
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has contacted the Attorney General since taking office to request a date by which the latter will conclude his review of the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to introduce legislation to carry out a root and branch reform of the auctioneering profession in view of the role of...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will issue regarding an application for a certificate of naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the auditors currently employed by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15765/11]
    • Organised Crime
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional steps being taken to deal with the recent increase in serious organised crime particularly in Dublin; and if he will...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the list of garda stations in the Dublin region that have been approved for refurbishment or extension works; and if he will make a...
    • Courts Service
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacancies currently at the District Court, Circuit Court and the High Court; his plans to fill these positions; and if he...
    • Organised Crime
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will support a common European policy on organised crime. [15783/11]
    • Extremist Groups
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures in place to prevent a rise in the growth of extremist and radical groups in this country; and if he will make a statement...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of the average time it takes the Irish Immigration and Naturalisation Service to process applications for...
    • EU Strategies
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality as EU governments will have to submit national Roma strategies by the end of 2011, his plans for developing this strategy and the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the registration certificate fee payable under the Immigration Act 2004 can be waived or reduced when a person (details supplied) is...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider the introduction of legislation to compel management companies of private multi-housing developments to include the...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the fact that he stated on the 19 April 2011, that the Garda investigation file remains open in regard to the bombing in...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a naturalisation application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his strategy for addressing a matter (details supplied); if he will consider developing and implementing a relevant strategy; and if he...
    • Courts Service
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to expedite the family breakdown and dispute mediation services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15050/11]
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a matter (details supplied); if any action has taken place in regards to same; if not, when a decision will issue; and if...
    • Drug Courts
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will develop the drugs court as an alternative to prison. [15056/11]
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the role and function of the national Traveller monitoring advisory committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15127/11]
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a certificate of character for the purpose of employment will be issued from the Garda central vetting unit in respect of a person...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 5 April 2010 the current backlog in processing applications for naturalisation; when...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the costs that are borne by his Department relative to his constituency office and home such as telephone, IT services and so on; if...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a holiday visa will be extended in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Official Travel
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the policies in place in his Department to encourage the use of public transport by staff travelling to and from work; the policies in...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation governing the issue of disclosure and the sharing of soft information on potential child abusers...
    • Garda Ombudsman Commission
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality since the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission's inception, the number of successful prosecutions that have been initiated by GSOC...
    • UN Committee Against Torture
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the findings and recommendations of the UN Committee Against Torture in regard to prison facilities and Magdalene...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the upper age limit for entry to An Garda Síochána; if he will provide an age exemption to members of the Garda...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which he will publish his report on the cash for gold trade here. [15284/11]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which legislation will be published to give effect to the programme for Government commitment to require all public bodies...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of serving gardaí on 31 May 2011 excluding the Garda Reserve. [15295/11]
    • UN Committee Against Torture
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the findings of the UN Committee against Torture concluding observation and recommendations regarding those involuntarily...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding right of way law under the Land and Conveyancing Act 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15306/11]
    • Crime Levels
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of recorded cases of the crime of card skimming here for the past year; if there has been an increase in the number compared...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures that the Legal Aid Board has in place to ensure persons in custody who require legal representation in family law cases...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a matter (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [15430/11]
    • Prison Medical Service
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of doctors employed to work in prisons here; the number of hours per week doctors are on duty at the various prisons; and...
    • Parking Regulations
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding illegal parking throughout an estate (details supplied) in Dublin 13. [15493/11]
    • State Visits
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons arrested during the recent visit of Queen Elizabeth II and the US President; the number of persons charged and...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to expand the closed circuit television network at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Defence the auditors currently employed by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15768/11]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Defence when paperwork requested from him will be sent to the State pension office regarding an application for State contributory pension in respect of a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Defence the cost that has been incurred by the change and purchase of new berets under way within the Reserve Defence Forces; the reason for such a change;...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of personnel in the Defence Forces currently serving overseas; and the number by location. [15496/11]
    • Air Corps Investigations
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of complaints against commanding officers in the Irish Air Corps submitted since 2006 under section 114 of the Defence Act 1954 and...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of former cadets from the Defence Forces currently receiving pensions while also employed in various State and semi-State bodies; and if...
  • Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
    • Grant Payments
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason 25% of a REP scheme payment has not been paid in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the auditors currently employed by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15755/11]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when an application for suckler cow welfare scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway....
    • Food Safety
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the contacts he has had with his European counterparts in relation to the mutant e-coli outbreak, which has caused numerous...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 315 of 24 May 2011, if he will clarify the position (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to further resource or restructure the agri-environment options scheme in line with recommendations from farming...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the areas to which the money collected from penalties applied under the single farm payment scheme is reallocated. [15111/11]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to examine the stringent criteria attached to the single farm payment; and if there is room for a less harsh...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the costs that are borne by his Department relative to his constituency office and home such as telephone, IT services and...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an application for additional milk quota in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford;...
    • Official Travel
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the policies in place in his Department to encourage the use of public transport by staff travelling to and from work; the...
    • Food Industry
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide a list (details supplied) in linear format in respect of all meat processing plants here approved by his...
    • Veterinary Licences
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason there is a delay regarding veterinary practices acquiring licences for medicines to treat livestock, in some...
    • Commonage Division
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if ownership of the commonage at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry can be transferred to a group of persons who...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the manner in which Irish modulation moneys have been used to date; the way they are to be used in the future; if a mart...
    • Fishing Industry
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will request his EU ministerial colleagues to address the wasteful practice of fish quota discards. [15250/11]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive a outstanding payment under the REP scheme. [15256/11]
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in view of the minuscule incidence of scrapie within sheep for slaughter, if he intends to seek a review of the current EU...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the results of an appeal of a grassland sheep scheme application will issue in respect of a person (details supplied)...
    • Tax Code
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will consider the current implementation of the thoroughbred foal levy (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 18 May 2011, the reason a person (details supplied) has not received a payment;...
  • Department of Health
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the auditors currently employed by her; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15757/11]
    • School Absenteeism
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide the figures on the absentee rate of 20 days or more at secondary schools (details supplied). [15709/11]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of rents the family mediation service pay in each of its local services for the years 2008, 2009, and 2010; and if she...
    • School Absenteeism
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she 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...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide necessary funding to an organisation (details supplied). [15882/11]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of money allocated to the child care facility at a centre (details supplied); the number of staff suported by the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff supported by her as part of an overall project (details supplied); the funding granted since its inception...
    • School Completion Programme
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of funding granted to the homework club or to the three university projects located at a centre (details supplied)...
    • Official Travel
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the policies in place in her Department to encourage the use of public transport by staff travelling to and from work; the...
    • Foster Care
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of relatives caring for children who are in receipt of foster care allowance. [15375/11]
    • Missing Persons
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of unaccompanied minors claiming asylum who have been reported missing in each month since 1 January 2009; and of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the costs that are borne by his Department relative to his constituency office and home such as telephone, IT services and so on;...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reasons organisations in the town of Drogheda, County Louth, are not permitted to apply for funding under the young persons...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a primary care certificate to enable a person (details supplied) to change their car and have it adapted to allow for their...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied). [15711/11]
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Health if he has any plans to implement, in whole or in part, the Neurological Alliance of Ireland ten-point action plan (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Health Services
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons by county, currently being treated for acute neurological conditions; the average time it takes, by county, for persons with...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the service that doctors are contracted to provide to medical card patients under the general medical scheme contract;...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Health the auditors currently employed by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15764/11]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocated to Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, for the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011; the actual amount spent by the hospital in...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick [15815/11]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding staffing levels, particularly the use of agency nurses at a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Health if the signed service level agreement 2010 for an organisation (details supplied) included a value for money audit; and the date on which he expects...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to amend the Health Act 2004, in order that supported care homes would be excluded from the definition of a designated centre in a way...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding funding for the Rape Crisis Network Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15832/11]
    • Health Services
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a case of a person (details supplied) whereby a processing error on the part of the Health Service Executive has altered the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Health the recommendations of a review by a person (details supplied) into section 38 and 39 agencies in 2010; the savings to date; the projected further...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, will be prioritised and approved. [15877/11]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 230 of 25 May, 2011, if he will arrange an outpatient clinic appointment in respect of a person (details...
    • Health Services
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Health if a more extensive care plan and home care hours will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be approved, without further delay in respect of a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15002/11]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Health his views on measures being taken to address payroll errors in the Health Service Executive that allow staff to receive pensions while still working;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Health the costs that are borne by his Department relative to his constituency office and home such as telephone, IT services and so on; if the lease or...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Health if the full-time psychologist post under the auspices of a group (details supplied) to a school in County Kerry will be enabled to work their full...
    • Infectious Disease Control
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for Health in the interests of infection control within the hospital network, if he will consider the implementation of "bare below the elbow" practices as is...
    • Health Services
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Health if he will immediately allocate additional home help hours to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [15538/11]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of permanent and temporary, whole-time equivalent, staff employed in the Health Service Executive for 2008, 2009 and 2010; and if he will...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15518/11]
    • Health Services
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [15514/11]
    • Health Services
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Health if, under the national diabetes programme, it is intended to increase the number of diabetes treatment centres available in the Dublin and...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital consultants who are understood to have treated a higher ratio of private patients at public hospitals than is permitted under...
    • Health Services
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for Health if appropriate levels of speech therapy, occupational therapy and physiotherapy will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied); if the...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for Health the grants available to assist active retirement groups to provide sports activity for their members as part of a better health maintenance programs;...
    • Treatment Centres for Juveniles
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for Health the number of dedicated treatment centres there are for young adults under 18 years of age who have problems with drink and drugs or mental health...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Health the number of retired Health Service Executive personnel on full pensions who are now in consultancy contracts with the HSE or his Department; and if...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the rise in administration levels (details supplied) in the Health Service Executive prior to and following the 2004 reform to the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card application will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [15468/11]
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the final report by the expert group on the hereditary cancer risk, established by the National Cancer Screening Service; if...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 588: 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 589: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application under the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Unfair Dismissals
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a case of unfair dismissal successfully taken by a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow against an agency...
    • Health Services
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to improve services for children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes, in view of the huge pressure on these services at...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny and if he will expedite the matter. [15416/11]
    • Community Care
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Health if there is a consistency in the provision of home support hours in counties Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford and Wexford; if cuts to these hours have...
    • Health Services
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure a robust psychological and social work supports are provided to regional diabetes networks. [15400/11]
    • Health Services
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the provision of services to persons with diabetes in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15396/11]
    • Health Services
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for Health the number of child psychologists employed at the Mater Hospital, Dublin 7. [15307/11]
    • National Disability Strategy
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to put in place a scheme to help disabled persons who have to avail of specialised taxi or hackney services for their transport. [15304/11]
    • Health Services
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for Health if he will sanction the accepted application for the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who had been refused renewal of a medical card, will be assessed for post traumatic stress disorder payment due to the...
    • Health Services
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop a national strategy on Parkinson's disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15266/11]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to amend the Public Health (Tobacco) Amendment Act 2009 to bring it into line with more flexible arrangements operating in duty free areas...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 614: 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...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the regulation of medical cannabis for the treatment of patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15246/11]
    • Health Services
      Question 616: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6. [15222/11]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 617: To ask the Minister for Health the feasibility of automatic renewal of medical cards for adults with life-long physical or intellectual disabilities in the interest of saving the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 619: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding surgery in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if they will be seen as a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 619: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding surgery in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if they will be seen as a...
    • Official Travel
      Question 620: To ask the Minister for Health the policies in place in his Department to encourage the use of public transport by staff travelling to and from work; the policies in place to...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be issued as a matter of urgency to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will expedite the matter. [15168/11]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 622: To ask the Minister for Health if an earlier appointment will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; the reason for the delay in making this...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 83 of 7 April 2011 if an application for a medical card had been assessed yet in respect of persons (details...
    • Health Services
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for Health if he has read the submission made by a person (details supplied) regarding a proposal to introduce a nursing-led screening and brief intervention...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 625: To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding the fair deal scheme; if he will address the concerns being expressed by elderly persons relative to those seeking residential...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 626: To ask the Minister for Health the number of private houses purchased by the his Department or the Health Service Executive as part of community care initiatives in Kilkenny city...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 627: To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 100 psychiatric nursing posts that were granted exemption from the recruitment moratorium that have been appointed; and the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for Health the revenue from the health levy for each month in 2010. [15148/11]
    • Magdalene Laundries
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 632 of 3 May 2011 the status of the Health Service Executive's reply. [15139/11]
    • Health Promotion
      Question 631: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 627 of 3 May 2011 the status of the Health Service Executive's reply. [15138/11]
    • Traveller Community
      Question 632: To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in improving interagency work in respect of the health of members of the Traveller community, subsequent to the publication of the...
    • Health Strategy
      Question 633: To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the HSE National Intercultural Health Strategy 2007-2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15132/11]
    • Health Services
      Question 635: To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of the diabetes health budget that is spent on complications as opposed to preventative measures. [15120/11]
    • Water Fluoridation
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to cease fluoridation of public water supplies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15537/11]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 639: To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the medical card renewal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [15024/11]
    • European Court Judgments
      Question 641: To ask the Minister for Health in view of the obligations to the Council of Europe on the way he intends to execute the findings of the ABC [i]v.[/i] Ireland judgement the actions...
    • Food Safety Standards
      Question 642: To ask the Minister for Health the contact he has had with his European counterparts in relation to the mutant E-coli outbreak, which has caused numerous deaths and serious illness...
    • Water Quality
      Question 643: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the fluoridation of drinking water, which is an issue of health and safety concern; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 644: To ask the Minister for Health when orthodontic treatment will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Child Abuse
      Question 646: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding talks between him and the Rape Crisis Network Ireland and Health Service Executive about the continuance of funding beyond...
    • Positive Aging Strategy
      Question 647: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the national positive aging strategy; the timeframe for the implementation of this strategy; and if he will make a...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 648: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to change the nursing home scheme to ensure that the same participation criteria applies to elderly members of the farming community as to...
    • Health Services
      Question 649: To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that the Diabetes Expert Advisory Group recommended one paediatrics diabetic nurse specialist per 100 children with diabetes, the...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Network
      Question 650: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views that the National Roads Authority have not prioritised support for the N56 Bonagee link, bypassing Letterkenny; his...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 652: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will indicate his position in relation to the inclusion of air transport in the EU emissions trading system; if he or any...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 653: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is currently considering any plans or proposals for an area (details supplied). [15752/11]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 654: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the auditors currently employed by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15767/11]
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 655: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of drivers who have been refused a public service vehicle licence for the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date...
    • Public Transport
      Question 656: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times Luas, Iarnród Éireann, Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann have applied for permission to increase their fares...
    • Road Network
      Question 657: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the progress of and funding being made available for the N11 upgrade works, which are to provide road widening...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 658: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to develop Waterford and the south east region to enable it to maximise its potential to attract more tourists to the...
    • Rural Transport Services
      Question 659: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the increasing uncertainty to the rural transport service if he will make a firm commitment on the future of same....
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 661: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount given by him to Fáilte Ireland over the past five years to encourage international students to study here; the...
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 662: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to review the rules in which a taxi driver seeking renewal of his licence requires a vehicle that is less than nine...
    • Access to Sporting Facilities
      Question 664: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the grants available to assist active retirement groups to provide sports activity for their members as part of a better health...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 666: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider a project (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will meet directly with the promoters of the...
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 667: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will explain the role of the National Transport Authority in the strategic development, maintenance and control of a...
    • Airport Development Projects
      Question 668: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the upgrading of Donegal International Airport; and if he will continue the public service order for the...
    • Public Transport
      Question 669: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the financial details of Bus Éireann's expressway services; and if this service is making a profit; and if...
    • Rail Network
      Question 670: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will implement the plan to extend the DART to Drogheda as announced in 2009 under the Transport 21 initiative. [15223/11]
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      Question 671: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to bring sports policy formation back to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15221/11]
    • Community Development
      Question 673: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if community groups can apply for national lottery funding through his Department to open a community centre; if application...
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 674: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views regarding a submission on small public service vehicles (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Transport
      Question 675: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the policies in place in his Department to encourage the use of public transport by staff travelling to and from work; the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 676: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the costs that are borne by his Department relative to his constituency office and home such as telephone, IT services and so...
    • Road Signage
      Question 677: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ask the National Roads Authority to provide directional signs for a location (details supplied) in County Kilkenny...
    • Road Network
      Question 678: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding to deal with the road traffic issues at Johnstown, County Kilkenny, arising from the completion of...
    • Railway Stations
      Question 681: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the fact that Killarney, County Kerry, is the tourism capital of Ireland, the steps he will take to ensure that...
    • Air Services
      Question 682: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Air Asia is looking for tenders (details provided) from airports for a route...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 683: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of all the organisations offered funding in 2011 by the festivals and participate events unit within...
    • Traffic Regulations
      Question 684: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when legislation, due under the programme for Government, will be forthcoming to regulate the vehicle clamping industry; and if...

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