Written answers
Tuesday, 21 June 2011
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way he is interacting with the Maritime and Energy Research Campus and Commercial Cluster; his views on the...
- Energy Prices
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether international energy prices are set to inflate dramatically over the coming decade; if the...
- Electricity Transmission Network
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will publish the Cahill report. [15719/11]
- Energy Resources
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when it is expected that the gas from the Corrib gas field will become available here; if all necessary planning...
- Fisheries Conservation
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the rationale for the ban on eel fishing in 2010; and if the current ban might be removed, in view...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the degree to which high speed or state-of-the-art broadband is likely to become available in all regions here...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to encourage the development of community based renewable co-operatives; and if he will make a...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has spoken to the chairman or chief executive of RTÉ regarding the need to ensure that RTÉ breaks even...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to streamline the process for renewable energy projects, that is, solar, wind and sea to connect to...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to address contention on the broadband infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on...
- Inland Fisheries
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will extend the salmon and trout fishing season to the end of October; and if he will make a statement on...
- Craoltóireacht Sheirbhís Phoiblí
Question 49: To ask the Aire Cumarsáide, Fuinnimh agus Acmhainní Nádúrtha céard iad na céimeanna atá sé ag glacadh lena chinntiú go gcomhlíonfaidh RTÉ a dhualgais dhlíthiúla i leith...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of applications received under the recent oil and gas exploration round; the terms offered to the...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has considered the possible contribution of microbes to the production of sustainable biofuels rather than...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the promised review on licensing arrangements for oil and gas exploration; and if he will...
- Energy Conservation
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views that the reduction in grants available under the better homes scheme will stimulate employment and...
- Teilifís na Gaeilge
Question 55: To ask the Aire Cumarsáide, Fuinnimh agus Acmhainní Nádúrtha an bhfuil i gceist aige athrú a dhéanamh ar an bpolasaí atá ann go bhfaigheann TG4 an chuid is mó dá maoiniú...
- Energy Resources
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to address gate access to the national grid; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Departmental Staff
Question 57: To ask the Taoiseach the current numbers and grades of staff employed in North-South co-operation units in every Department as established under the Good Friday Agreement; the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 58: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the expenses incurred for recent travel and subsistence for all the ambassadors that were recalled to...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 59: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that the Prohibition of Depleted Uranium Weapons Bill will be brought before Dáil Éireann as soon...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 60: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the National University of Ireland's participation in awarding degrees in countries with atrocious human...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 61: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide assistance to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who had a significant amount of money...
- Passport Applications
Question 62: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding passport application forms (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Trade Missions
Question 63: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the work he has done regarding trade missions and identifying opportunities for inwards investment. [14507/11]
- Work Permits
Question 64: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish persons who took up working holiday visas in 2010 under the agreements with Argentina, Australia,...
- EU Treaties
Question 65: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to hold a referendum on the changes to the Lisbon treaty that have been agreed at the European Council; his...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 66: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the ambassador or any representative of the Israeli embassy has made contact with him or his Department as part of...
- Passport Applications
Question 69: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason a person (details supplied) was only issued a two year passport; if they can receive a longer validated...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 72: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he will take to ensure that the EU's 2013 country strategy for Colombia supports the return of peasant...
- Department of Finance
- Pension Provisions
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Finance if office holders who own approved retirement funds, ARFs, are obliged to declare these to him and to the Standards in Public Offices Commission in...
- Economic and Monetary Union
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Finance if the establishment of the European stabilisation mechanism will lead to further centralised EU control over national budgetary and economic...
- Pension Provisions
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of judges who have voluntarily agreed to a contribution equivalent to the pension levy in accordance with the provisions of the...
- Tax Code
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review a matter (details supplied) in respect of a person in Dublin 9. [16186/11]
- Disabled Drivers
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the awarding of a primary medical certificate under the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations...
- Tax Reliefs
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding mortgage interest relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16200/11]
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will publish the Strategic Review of the Credit Union Sector carried out by Grant Thornton on behalf of the Financial Regulator. [16203/11]
- Credit Availability
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Finance when the partial loan guarantee scheme will be up and running; when he will be setting up a bank dedicated to helping the small and medium enterprise...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the car scrappage scheme past 30 June 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16227/11]
- Public Sector Staff
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a detailed breakdown of each of the public service sectors employment control frameworks up to and including 2014. [16261/11]
- Vehicle Registration
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider amending vehicle registration forms to include PPS numbers. [16271/11]
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a month by month breakdown of bonds due to mature in Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide Building Society detailing their value,...
- Freedom of Information
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to make the Data Protection Commission subject to the Office of the Ombudsman or the Freedom of Information Act; and if he will make a...
- Economic Growth
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance the economic growth rates for the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010; his forecast growth rates for the same periods; and if he will make a...
- Banks Recapitalisation
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the €30.5 billion that has been designated to banks participating in the National Asset Management Agency; the amount of this money...
- Flood Relief
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance if urgent remedial works will be carried out at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry as a matter of urgency. [16324/11]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance if the comprehensive spending review will be completed by the end of July 2011 for use in the preparation of the Estimates process and if he will...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance with reference to citizens whose businesses and or personal finances are affected by the National Asset Management Agency and in the context of...
- Tax Collection
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance when a tax clearance certificate will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [16333/11]
- Public Private Partnership
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the moneys due to be paid out of Exchequer funds under public private partnerships, including the annual amount to...
- Insurance Industry
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance the arrangements being put in place to ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be able to get flood insurance for their house...
- Tax Code
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the introduction of a carbon tax on coal fuel. [16381/11]
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid to solicitors employed by the National Asset Management Agency; the fee structure; the number of solicitors retained by NAMA and...
- Tax Code
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a risk equalisation within the alcohol retail industry by way of a reduction in excise paid by public houses which would be...
- Museum Projects
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the Irish children's museum, which is planned for a site adjacent to Heuston Station, Dublin; his plans regarding this...
- Financial Sector Restructuring
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the promised two universal full service domestic banks to be fully operational; when the re-structuring process of Irish Life and...
- Credit Union Movement
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance the options available to the credit union movement in relation to the ratio of loan losses and the risk to the viability of some credit unions; the...
- Tax Collection
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 245 of 12 January 2011, if contact was made with an employer (details supplied), who has failed to obtain a...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance if there is finance available to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who was refused on appeal a primary medical certificate and is...
- Departmental Staff
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the situation regarding the Revenue Commissioners and their engagement with public representatives on behalf of clients who have...
- Department of Education and Skills
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a national craft certificate in respect of a person (details supplied). [16512/11]
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will direct Offaly Vocational Education Committee to honour its commitments to an organisation (details supplied) for funding in...
- School Staffing
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the proposed staffing levels for September 2011 at a school (details supplied) in County Limerick, with a view to...
- State Examinations
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties with leaving certificate, higher level maths paper 1; and if he will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the poor physical conditions of a school (details supplied); if he will consider the use of a site...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will amend the higher education grant circular of 3 May 2011 to limit the changes in criteria to only the new students who are...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if in view of projected enrolment and the requirement for additional classroom accommodation in the near future he will review the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the recently published circular on learning support and resource hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- European Globalisation Fund
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the European Globalisation Fund (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16246/11]
- Schools Amalgamation
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if small rural schools (details supplied) in County Louth will be supported in the vital work in which they are engaged, educating...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding building of new extensions for schools (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanism used to calculate distance from a qualifying third level institution for the purposes of the third level maintenance...
- State Examinations
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of errors on each leaving certificate paper that have come to light during the exam and were notified to students for each...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider a decision to turn down an application for funding under the summer works scheme in respect of a school (details...
- Primary Education
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average cost per annum to educate a child at primary level; if he will provide a breakdown of the calculation; and if he will make...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills, further to Parliamentary Question No. 70 of 4 May 2011, if a person (details supplied) in County Cork has received their redundancy...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on an appeal in respect of an application for a higher...
- School Curriculum
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to make information and communication technology a compulsory subject for the junior and leaving certificate...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to make a secondary school classroom in County Carlow (details supplied) safe. [16463/11]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review his plans for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry. [16481/11]
- School Transport
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if free school transport will be provided in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review an application for funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 10 under the schools summer works...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review an application for funding for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 6W under the school's summer works scheme 2011;...
- School Transport
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and post-primary school students who have availed of the school transport scheme from 2008 to date in 2011,...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of courses provided by FÁS in Baldoyle, Dublin 13; the courses provided within the centre; the courses which are...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following his recent visit to a school (details supplied) in County Meath, if any further update is available on the provision of a new...
- Straitéis 20 Bliain 2010
Question 140: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an bhfuil sé i gceist aige an grúpa ardleibhéil atá luaite i Straitéis 20 Bliain 2010 a bhunú go luath; agus an ndéanfaidh sé...
- School Staffing
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current allocation of resource teachers to a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is in receipt of an appeal of the summer works programme decision in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cork; if...
- School Transport
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the issue of school transport in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Limerick. [16577/11]
- Third Level Fees
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that has been paid in student fees to the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland for those from non-EU countries [16583/11]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Credit Availability
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the date on which the partial credit guarantee scheme will start; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16470/11]
- Work Permits
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding a work permit application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [16230/11]
- Departmental Reports
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the work of the sales law review group which was established in November 2008; if it has completed...
- EU Directives
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the draft EU consumer rights directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16496/11]
- Enterprise Support Schemes
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there are any grants available to a small business in the construction sector that has increased its staffing levels from...
- Department of Social Protection
- Employment Support Services
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding employment support or placements. [16137/11]
- Pension Provisions
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 9 May 2011 the options available to a person (details supplied) after the Pensions Ombudsman...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is entitled to supplementary welfare allowance in view of the fact that the appeals...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [16120/11]
- Employment Support Services
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the predicament of law graduates in the context of the graduate placement scheme, details of which are to be announced...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a claim for jobseeker's allowance now under appeal will be approved and payment expedited in respect of a person(details supplied) in...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that part-time fire-fighters are entitled to receive social welfare payments in view of the fact that otherwise the...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason supervisors on a community employment scheme in Tallaght, Dublin 24, have not been paid since 18 March; and if the transfer of...
- Employment Support Services
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way the national internship scheme (details supplied) will work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16179/11]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the situation whereby persons in receipt of the carer's allowance who are providing care to a child are eligible for...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [16228/11]
- Employment Support Services
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons who have been trying to get full-time employment but can only get occasional work, are excluded from the Tús scheme in...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if in the interest of local authorities ability to collect overdue rent payments, an arrangement could be established whereby arrears...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for domiciliary care allowance will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if the...
- Social Welfare Offices
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that persons residing within areas of Crumlin, Dublin 12, have to travel to Terenure, which...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will grant an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that while cohabiting couples are deemed to be on a par with married couples for taxation purposes, if the male...
- Flood Relief
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be re-located under the flooding re-location scheme set up by the previous Government to help those...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will increase the mortgage interest relief being paid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason an appeal over the refusal of an application for a carer's allowance has been delayed for more than nine months in respect of a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason an application for a jobseeker's allowance is being refused on the grounds that the person is not an Irish citizen (details...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal for an invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if supports are being considered to alleviate the plight of former self-employed citizens; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of providing the current social welfare offices in Portlaoise, County Laois, including the CWS; the cost of establishing and...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16533/11]
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 299 of 15 June 2011, if she will advise the timescale involved in the review being carried out by...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if domiciliary care allowance will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will expedite a...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the standard application form for carer's allowance does not allow for deductions such as mortgage payments, tax, PRSI and...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for rent support in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Heritage Sites
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans for the development of the 14-17 Moore Street national monument, Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Funding
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total funding provided by him to Waterways Ireland for 2011; the breakdown between capital and current; the mechanisms...
- Natural Heritage Areas
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the names and areas of designated bogs in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16309/11]
- Departmental Schemes
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding an application for sale of bogland in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim....
- Hare Coursing
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will consider refusing this year's application from a club (details supplied) for a licence to net hares for the 2011...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the agencies or bodies to which he provides funding or in respect of which it is administratively responsible; the bodies...
- Departmental Funding
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of unspent money returned by him to the Department of Finance each year since 2007; the Departmental budget for...
- Departmental Websites
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of Government websites operated by him including agencies under his Department; the cost of maintenance of these...
- Special Areas of Conservation
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the phased basis for more than 130 raised bogs conservation sites; when the phases will be imposed; and the names and...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Energy Prices
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he has taken to ensure the energy market here is competitive; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way he proposes to assist low income households with the cost of digital set up boxes and when necessary...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which the requirement in terms of investment in communications technology such as broadband is...
- Postal Services
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent, if any, to which he has had discussions with An Post in the aftermath of de-regulation in the...
- Energy Prices
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action, if any, he can take to persuade the gas and electricity authorities to keep prices at the lowest...
- North-South Interconnector
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the provision of gas and electricity interconnectors North, South, east and west; if it...
- Energy Resources
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent of commercially viable oil gas or other discoveries arising from exploration on or off-shore in each...
- Departmental Funding
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the various grants currently available under Sustainable Energy Ireland; and the grants that were available at...
- Public Service Obligation
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will cap the public service obligation levy on energy bills for voluntary organisations in order that the...
- Radio Broadcasting
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding plans for the auctioning of 4G licences here; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he intends setting a national renewable target in public buildings through the introduction of a biomass...
- Electricity Transmission Network
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he intends directing EirGrid to halt any further work on the Meath-Tyrone interconnector until an...
- Legislative Programme
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to review the Consolidated Fisheries Act 1959; and if consideration will be given to provide for...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to provide adequate broadband service for the Leitrim village area of County Leitrim; and if he will...
- Warmer Homes Scheme
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will address a ten to 12 month waiting list for an installation service relevant to his Department...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if consideration can be given to extending the remit of the newly announced rural broadband scheme to rural...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- International Agreements
Question 236: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money that is being paid by the State to Europe per annum in relation to the Kyoto agreement;...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 237: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that he will be in a position to forward funding to the community workers co-operative...
- Radon Gas
Question 238: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government due to the fact that parts of Ireland has high levels of radon gas and that radon is considered a public...
- Unfinished Housing Estates
Question 242: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the level of funding awarded to each county council for working on unfinished housing estates; and if he...
- Water Charges
Question 243: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when water meters will be installed in each home; the date of same; if there will be a tender process to...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 244: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to review the legislation regarding anti-social behaviour of persons in receipt of rent allowance...
- Community Development
Question 245: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the work carried out by the Community Workers' Co-operative funded by him and other Departments since that...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 252: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a sewerage scheme (details supplied); and when full approval will be given to same....
- Local Authority Staff
Question 253: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he proposes to transfer the administration of rent allowance to the local authorities; and if the local...
- Library Projects
Question 254: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will provide the necessary funding to Longford County Council to provide libraries at Granard and...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 255: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will amend the terms of the recently announced tenant purchase scheme to allow for the inclusion of...
- Environmental Policy
Question 256: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the legal decibel level pertaining to house alarms in residential areas; the length of time they are...
- Waste Disposal
Question 257: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there is still a need for the Nevitt Lusk dump in County Dublin, in view of the money recently invested...
- Household Charges
Question 258: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding exemptions on property and water charges in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Planning Issues
Question 260: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding re-zoning; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Register of Electors
Question 262: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to use the PPS number system to improve the integrity of the electoral registration system; and if...
- Forum on Philanthropy
Question 263: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to increase philanthropy here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16455/11]
- Local Authority Charges
Question 264: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the non-principal private residence charge is liable to persons who own a property here but live outside...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 267: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the number of local authority houses that have been built in County Meath...
- Local Government Audit Service
Question 268: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the Statutory Audits of Annual Accounts and Consolidated Accounts Directive 2006, which covers quality...
- Environmental Policy
Question 269: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the INSPIRE Directive, quality assurance for environmental management, as adopted in 2010 has been...
- Foreshore Licences
Question 271: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when an application for a foreshore licence and or lease (details supplied) will be processed and a decision...
- Grant Payments
Question 272: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm the number of grant applications made and the number and amount of grant approvals given...
- Departmental Funding
Question 273: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the level of financial support given to An Taisce per year for the past five years; and if he will consider...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Proposed Legislation
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reform bankruptcy laws here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16418/11]
- Garda Stations
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has set aside the necessary resources to progress the refurbishment of a Garda station (details supplied) in Dublin 1; when work...
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- Seirbhís Chúirteanna
Tá curtha in iúl dom go bhfuil beann ag an tSeirbhís Chúirteanna ar a cuid oibleagáidí faoi alt 8 d'Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003. Glacann an tSeirbhís Chúirteanna cúram chun a...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Court Orders (1 comment)
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications that have been made following the failure of residential parents to comply with court orders; and the number...
- Visa Applications
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will approve a stamp 4 visa in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Detention Centres
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures he has taken to end the practice of sending children to St. Patrick's Institution; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Stations
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans regarding the provision of a Garda station for Donabate in North County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Legislative Programme
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the status of the Sale of Alcohol Bill and if the review of this bill has been completed; and if he...
- Garda Operations
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a family (details supplied) in Dublin 17. [16136/11]
- Residency Permits
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is likely that a decision will be reached in the case of residency and leave to remain in the State in respect of a person...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a certificate of character for the purpose of employment will be issued to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13 from the Garda...
- Court Services
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting time for a High Court hearing for persons going through a legal separation; if he will provide a breakdown by...
- Detention Centres
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there are any opportunities for persons currently working at a location (details supplied) to be redeployed, as agreed under the...
- Website Security
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of recent hackings into the IMF and the US Senate websites, the level to which Government websites are secure; the precautions...
- County Registrars
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will remove the moratorium when it comes to replacing a position such as that of a county registrar. [16257/11]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the initiatives he will take to end sex trafficking of men, women and children and prostitution in Ireland; his plans to introduce new...
- Public Sector Salaries
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current salary scales of the various grades of judges. [16263/11]
- Garda Recruitment
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the announcement that no Garda recruitment will take place for the coming years of 2011 and 2012, if he will consider...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there are hundreds of asylum seekers still living in reception centres, up to ten years in some cases, waiting on decisions...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will make the Equality Authority and the Irish Human Rights Commission directly accountable to the Oireachtas as an important...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the problems faced by children of two naturalised parents in obtaining third level education as an...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reform the Domestic Violence Act 1996 to extend its remit or to bring forward a new domestic violence Act. [16411/11]
- Immigration Issues
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the fact that there is no provision in the immigration system for the proper documentation of legally resident non-EU...
- Firearms Licences
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans, to legalise a defence product (details supplied) that is non-toxic and non-irritant and is readily available in the UK, by...
- Residency Permits
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) has not been deemed eligible for naturalisation; if they can qualify at some point in the...
- Garda Deployment
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí stationed at each station in the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16529/11]
- Garda Transport
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent on petrol and diesel on Garda vehicles for the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011; when the tender was last...
- Garda Stations
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of custody cells in each Garda station in the Dublin region; the number of cells reserved for females only and the number of...
- Garda Transport
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he intends to provide three new marked Garda cars for Clondalkin Garda station in view of the fact that the current cars in the...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No 432 of 15 June 2011 wherein I asked if he proposes any legislative changes to reinforce in...
- Irish Red Cross
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Irish Red Cross. [16184/11]
- Harbours and Piers
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding transfer of Furious pier, at Millcove, Castletownbere to Cork County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Defence Forces Personnel
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 293 of 24 May 2011 the reason he and military authorities are involving the conciliation and arbitration...
- Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
- Harbours and Piers
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give details of his most recent discussions with Howth fishermen regarding No. 6 West pier, Howth, County Dublin;...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in respect of the 1994 scheme's terms and conditions, under the early retirement for farming, the reason an application in...
- Grant Payments
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will reconsider his recent decision on agri-environment options scheme top-up payments; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide the expenditure figures of his Department in respect of the individual years 2004 to 2010; and if he will...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will reopen the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme in view of its importance to rural economies; and if he...
- Beekeeping Industry
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 514 of 3 May 2011, the further progress that has been made regarding the permission to...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to an application made to his Department by Waterford County Council in 2009 for €1.2...
- Aquaculture Licences
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he expects an application for an aquaculture licence to be processed and a decision communicated to a person (details...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide a detailed up-to-date report on the proposed pier for Cromane, County Kerry. [16317/11]
- Aquaculture Licences
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide an up-to-date list for May 2011 of all of the current offshore marine finfish aquaculture licences issued...
- Fish Farming
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the total number of employees and full-time equivalent directly employed in salmon farming operations here in 2010; and the...
- Fishing Industry Development
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason the Irish seafood development operational programme does not allow the Irish seafood processing sector to draw...
- Aquaculture Licences
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of aquaculture licence applications currently with him; the length of time each application has been with the...
- Foreshore Licences
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of foreshore licence applications currently with him; the length of time each application has been with him and...
- Departmental Properties
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the monetary level of commercial rates he pays on properties in Killybegs, County Donegal. [16379/11]
- Afforestation Programme
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of acres applied for forestry premium by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the number of acres rejected...
- Suckler Cow Quota
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a decision has been made on an appeal against a decision to refuse a suckler cow grant in 2009 in respect of a person...
- Legislative Programme
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he expects that the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction (Amendment) Bill to be published; and if he will make a...
- Milk Quota
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the requirements for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow to acquire milk quota. [16460/11]
- Regulatory Bodies
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has received an application from a company (details supplied) in County Cork to be regulated by his Department in...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Departmental Agencies
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which she will establish the new child welfare and protection agency; if she will provide an update on the...
- Health Services
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the Health Service Executive has not taken action to assist a family (details supplied) in Dublin 17. [16121/11]
- Children's Rights Referendum
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to hold the proposed referendum on children's rights in 2012; the stage the new wording is at; if there is a team...
- Child Care Services
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if grant assistance is available to develop childcare facilities, particularly when demand for such services has been identified;...
- Preschool Services
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason preschools and crèches are now being required to charge no more than a €92 voluntary top-up fee when such a charge...
- Department of Health
- Assisted Human Reproduction
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) in view of the recent European Court of Human Rights decision in A,B and C [i]v. [/i]Ireland.; and if he...
- Health Services
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding full-time residential care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16737/11]
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Health the date on which he will announce the details of the review of the National Children's Hospital project; the scope of this review; and if he will...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on a application for a national lottery grant in respect of a group (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make...
- Patient Private Property Fund
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Health further to Question No. 228 of 6 July 2010, the value of payments made to date; the payments made in 2010; the number of payments which have been...
- Medical Cards
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Health the changes that have been made recently regarding the number of years that medical cards remain valid; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Gambling Impact Study
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Health when the national gambling impact study, as recommended by the Public Health Institute, will take place; and if it is known, the number of persons...
- Suicide Incidence
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Health if statistics are compiled in respect of the number of former psychiatric inpatients who commit suicide shortly after their release from psychiatric...
- Medical Cards
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for appeal in respect of medical cards in the Health Service Executive Dublin north east region; and if he will make a statement on...
- Health Services
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Health if he envisages the introduction of a neurological care programme along the lines suggested by the Neurological Alliance of Ireland; and if he will...
- Medical Cards
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite and approve applications for medical cards in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [16220/11]
- Health Services
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide additional funding to the Health Service Executive to permit clients and patients to avail of free transport services attending...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons accessing care in nursing homes under the fair deal scheme; and the total public expenditure on this form of care. [16234/11]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Health the annual sums spent by the Health Service Executive in each of the past five years on fluoridation of the public water supply under the Health...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for approval of applications under the fair deal scheme as of 13 June 2011; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language classes and courses being provided to children during each of the months June, July, August, and September broken...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the operation of the National Treatment Purchase Fund; the recourse persons have who are on a public waiting list in excess of...
- Health Services
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Health if it is the case that blood samples from patients at risk of genetic blood disorders can be only be referred to the National Centre for Medical...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the practice of hospital patients having to lie on trolleys in accident and emergency departments rather than being admitted to...
- Nursing Home Services
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of persons at any given time who are in nursing homes but are capable of independent living; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the circumstances in which the family of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has been told that the Health Service...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Health in his examination of the fair deal scheme, the cost for drugs to both medical card and non-medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on...
- Medical Cards
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny is no longer receiving a full medical card, only a general practitioner visits card, and if...
- Hospital Staff
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Health the number of certified non-consultant hospital doctor posts in the country's hospitals at present; if he will provide a breakdown of the number of...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Health the timetable for the threatened removal of 24-hour accident and emergency services from St. Colmcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown, County Dublin; the...
- Health Service Executive Contracts
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information on a matter (details supplied) relating to a Health Service Executive contract; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Acquired Infections
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Health the measures taken by the Health Service Executive to combat the reported occurrence of the super bug CRE, Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacteriaceae,...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Health in view of recent reports in regard to funding originally intended for the fair deal scheme, if he will consider the appointment of auditors to...
- National Disability Strategy
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the delivery of the national disability strategy. [16413/11]
- Health Service Staff
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Health if a national investigation he promised to examine the number of unregistered nurses working in the Health Service Executive has begun; the scope and...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Health in the context of the fair deal scheme, the way the €30m savings in non-service related spending will be achieved; and if he will make a statement...
- Medical Cards
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card for a person aged over 70 years (details supplied) in County Cork. [16469/11]
- Primary Care Strategy
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care teams currently in the Dublin north east region; the number of staff by grades and services available at each primary care...
- General Practitioner Co-operatives
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors and other non-frontline staff currently working for D-Doc; the numbers of drivers and vehicles that are currently in use for...
- Ambulance Service
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive ambulances, advanced paramedic vehicles and motorcycle paramedics in the Dublin north east region; the number...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Health if he will secure and advise the number of inpatient acute hospital beds across our public hospital network; the number of day case beds across our...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the charge applied to disabled persons in County Donegal for travel to their training day or day centres under the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the capital investment for each unit that will be required with upgrading community hospitals and nursing homes in...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Health the terms of reference and membership of the special action group on obesity; when he expects it to report; and if he will make a statement on the...
- General Practitioner Services
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that GP services are restored, without delay, to a health centre (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make a...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals of elder abuse the Health Service Executive received in 2008, 2009 and 2010; the action he will take regarding the fact that...
- Employment Rights
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Health the rights that are in place for women in the workplace who wish to breast-feed their children by expressing; and if the current legislation in a...
- Primary Care Strategy
Question 401: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the establishment of a primary care health centre in Bray, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Ambulance Service
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the ambulance service in County Wicklow; the number of ambulances based in County Wicklow; the areas of County Wicklow in...
- Domestic Abuse
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider reversing his decision to cease funding Safe Ireland and to ask for a commitment to continue funding the network since it serves...
- Health Services
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Health, further to Parliamentary Question No. 487 of 17 May 2011, if the Health Service Executive has responded to the nature of the current arrangements...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Taxi Regulations
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the names of the persons being assigned to the taxi review steering group. [16122/11]
- Rail Services
Question 409: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers who travelled on the rail services commencing in Galway and terminating in either Ennis, Limerick or...
- Rail Network
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a decision will be made to grant funding for the design of the second phase of the western rail corridor between Tuam and...
- Public Transport
Question 412: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding that will be provided by him this year to Bus Átha Cliath; the population that this company serves; the basis on...
- Taxi Regulations
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the nine year rule in respect of hackney and taxi drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Rail Services
Question 416: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans regarding the ongoing problem with non-functioning power sockets on intercity trains as this has been reported...
- Road Network
Question 417: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the N4 Mullingar to Drommod upgrade; and when this project will proceed. [16208/11]
- Taxi Regulations
Question 418: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the old yellow hackney plate will be re-introduced to make it easier to identify hackneys at night time; and if he will make...
- Sustainable Transport
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress in the smarter travel scheme selection of towns for the scheme; and when prospective towns will be made aware of...
- Emergency Management Plan
Question 421: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent of oil and chemicals currently in Dublin Port; if there is an adequate protocol for transporting hazardous...
- Marine Safety
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason he has not given approval to the man overboard guardian system which was launched in December 2007. [16380/11]
- Road Traffic Collisions
Question 423: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the statistics for the years 2006 to 2010 in relation to alcohol and drug-related collisions will be published (details...
- Departmental Funding
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the agencies or bodies to which he provides funding or in respect of which he is administratively responsible; the bodies and...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 427: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of national lottery funding he expects to be allocated from the Department of Finance in 2011; the amount of this...
- Parliamentary Questions
Question 428: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of written and oral questions submitted to him in the period 9 March 2011 to 9 June 2011; the number of these...
- Departmental Websites
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Government websites operated by him including agencies under his Department; the cost of maintenance of these...
- Ministerial Meetings
Question 430: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will accept an invitation from the 16 Moore Street committee to take part in a tour of the site at a time and date of his...
- Driving Tests
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to change the status of a driving centre (details supplied) in County Limerick. [16518/11]
- Road Network
Question 432: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the construction works on the M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy, N24 Carrick-On-Suir bypass, N3 Belturbet bypass, and...
- Driving Tests
Question 433: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons on the waiting list for each category of driving test in each driving test centre in Dublin; the average...
- Rail Network
Question 434: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the funding allocated for the Navan to Dublin rail link; and if he will make a...
