Written answers

Tuesday, 5 July 2011

  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Reliefs
      Question 37: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that the stamp duty exemption for farm consolidation is renewed by the end of June this year. [17636/11]
    • Corporation Tax Policy
      Question 38: To ask the Minister for Finance his understanding of France's position on Ireland's corporation tax. [14629/11]
    • Public Service Remuneration
      Question 39: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons currently employed by the State who are earning more than €100,000 per year; and the total cost to the State of all earnings...
    • Commercial Property Valuations
      Question 40: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 97 and 98 of 28 June 2011, the number of staff employed in the Valuation Office; the reason for the slow...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 42: To ask the Minister for Finance if lowering personal income tax bands and credits will form part of the additional revenue raising measures currently being considered by him as...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 44: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of his stated intention to impose losses on unsecured senior bondholders in Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide Building Society subject...
    • Eurozone Contingency Measures
      Question 46: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are contingency measures being put in place in the event of an Irish withdrawal from the euro or a break up of the eurozone; if such...
    • Tax Code
      Question 47: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a progress report on the proposed reform of capital gains tax and acquisitions tax as outlined in the EU-IMF programme. [18598/11]
    • Mortgage Arrears
      Question 48: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received any communications from the banking or lending sectors with a view to achieving a basis for addressing the ever increasing issue...
    • Tax Code
      Question 49: To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to increase the top rate of VAT as indicated in the programme for Government commitment to limit the top rate of VAT to 23%. [18608/11]
    • Banking Sector Remuneration
      Question 50: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the appointment of a new chief executive officer at Allied Irish Bank; if he will confirm if the bank has requested him to...
    • Tax Code
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for an increase in the carbon tax in Budget 2012 as required under the terms of the EU-IMF support programme. [18597/11]
    • Mortgage Arrears
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to assist families in mortgage difficulty; the discussions, he is planning with IFSRA on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue, if any, that is collected on works of art, many of which appear to be selling for record prices; his plans for revenue raising measures...
    • Tax Compliance
      Question 54: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding his work with regard to the programme for Government commitment to ensure that tax exiles make a fair contribution to the...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the National Assets Management Agency has a social good clause in its articles, the way citizens access information on which properties...
    • Banks Restructuring
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with the Irish Bank Officials Association regarding the ongoing job losses in the banking sector arising from the...
    • State Banking Sector
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had any consultations with the European Commission and the European Central Bank on the proposed establishment of a strategic investment...
    • Tax Code
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the development of a property tax to be included in Budget 2012 as required under the terms of the EU-IMF programme. [18596/11]
    • Debt Crises
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of his recent comments on the matter, if he will explain his views on the main differences between Ireland and Greece in terms of their...
    • Tax Code
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide any evidence currently held by him to support the conclusion that reducing VAT in the tourism sector will create jobs and the...
    • Mortgage Assistance
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce specific measures to assist mortgage holders in advance of budget 2012 and if the programme for Government commitment to...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the appointment of Christine Lagarde as head of the International Monetary Fund will be helpful to Ireland's efforts to ensure...
    • Jobs Initiative
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for Finance the mechanisms in place to monitor and review the impact of the jobs initiative. [18616/11]
    • State Visits
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the total costs to the State of the visits of Queen Elizabeth II and the President of the USA. [18434/11]
    • Constitutional Amendments
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to date on a wording for the referendum to protect whistleblowers; and if he intends to pursue a sectoral based or a central...
    • Tax Code
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Finance his views of the compatibility of the requirements on personal income tax bands and credits contained in the EU-IMF support programme with the...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail the funding provided by him to meet the programme for Government commitment to accelerate capital works that are shovel ready and...
    • Debt Crises
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the impact on Ireland of the ongoing debt crisis in Greece and if he will provide details of any specific assurances he has received...
    • State Properties
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of the revenue gained by the State from buildings leased by the State to either private sector or public sector tenants...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Finance if he expects to meet the €1,500 million additional revenue raising target for 2012 as set out in the EU-IMF support programme. [18589/11]
    • Judcial Remuneration
      Question 74: 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...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a progress report on the programme for Government commitment to provide the highest standards of transparency in the operation of...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Finance if he supports the statement by An Taoiseach that budget 2012 will contain no income tax increases. [18565/11]
    • Office of the Ombudsman
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the powers of the Ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17164/11]
    • Tax Code
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a progress report on proposals to reduce tax expenditures as required under the terms of the EU-IMF programme. [18599/11]
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance if the explicit permission of the European Commission, the ECB and IMF has been received to allow the State to use any remaining balance of the €35...
    • Tax Code
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the high fuel prices which have a knock on affect on the cost of living and the cost of getting to work, he will consider adjusting...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Census Staff
      Question 82: To ask the Taoiseach the number of enumerators employed on short-term contracts for Census 2011; the number of these who were in receipt of public service pensions; the number who...
    • Jobs Initiatives
      Question 83: To ask the Taoiseach his views on the timeframe for decisions from the Office of the Chief State Solicitor and his further views that the office would benefit from participating in...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 84: To ask the Taoiseach when he plans to appoint a second Secretary General in his Department; the remit of the new post; the area of responsibility that will be under the new...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 90: To ask the Taoiseach the number of external consultants that have been engaged either on a short term or long term by the Government since March 2011. [18737/11]
    • EU-IMF Programme
      Question 91: To ask the Taoiseach the reason he agreed a text at the conclusion of the most recent EU Council meeting which states that Ireland's debts will be sustainable without an interest...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      Question 92: To ask the Taoiseach the number and dates of formal meetings that he has had with the management advisory committee in his Department since his appointment; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 93: To ask the Taoiseach with regard to agencies (details supplied) and their sub-agencies, the levels of office rental paid; the location of offices and their landlords for the years...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 94: To ask the Taoiseach the number of Secretaries General who sit on State agency boards; the Departments that the Secretaries General are representing; the corresponding agency...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Irish Language
      Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason it is difficult for Irish citizens to have their passport details in the Irish language in view of the...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has made or intends to make an official statement regarding the recent unlawful killing of 15 Syrian citizens...
    • Comhaontú Aoine an Chéasta
      Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste agus Aire Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála cén fáth nach bhfuil príosúnach atáá choinneáil i bpríosún Mhaigh gCabraí i Lios na gCearrbhach, Contae...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 317 of 17 November 2009 and 145 of 20 May 2010, if a determination has been...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of foreign aid given to Botswana in each year since 2001. [18442/11]
    • Consular Services
      Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide the staffing levels in the Irish Embassy in Canberra, Australia; and the level of assistance it...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue to a person (details supplied); when the passport in question was printed; the reason for...
    • Trade Missions
      Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will be leading any trade missions to China in 2011; his plans to increase trade to China; and if he will make...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of new passports that are applied for per month; the number of renewal passports; the current waiting...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on ongoing allegations of political repression and intimidation in Zimbabwe; his further views on whether...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number and dates of formal meetings that he has had with the management advisory committee in his Department...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade with regard to agencies (details supplied) and their sub-agencies, the levels of office rental paid; the location of...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will detail the date, location and duration of all bilateral meetings he has personally held with Ministers of...
    • State Visits
      Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the total costs to the State of the visits of the Queen of England and the President of the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Secretaries General who sit on State agency boards; the Departments that the Secretaries Generals are...
  • Department of Finance
    • Illicit Trade in Fuel
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider establishing a multi agency task force involving Customs and Excise, Revenue Commissioners, Gardaí and local authorities to...
    • Moneylender Regulation
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance if legislation will be required to implement the commitment in the programme for Government to regulate moneylenders. [18290/11]
    • Tax Code
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance in the context of developing our own domestic renewable energy sector, particularly wood biomass and wind-generated electricity, as well as reducing...
    • Tax Reliefs
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding an application for revenue assist in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a...
    • Constitutional Amendments
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance when he plans to introduce the constitutional referendum to bring about changes to reverse the effects of the Abbeylara judgment to enable...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will investigate, reassess and alter the restrictively high turnover requirements for legal services for State and semi-State agencies; and if...
    • European Central Bank
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of any texts relating to reform of the European Central Bank which he has circulated to other EU leaders at any point;...
    • Departmental Representatives
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance the instructions he has given to the officers of his Department who represent him on the groups dealing with Ireland's position on the next EU...
    • State Agencies
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends, in view of recent disclosures of salary and bonus information at the National Treasury Management Agency, to introduce greater...
    • Bank Guarantee Scheme
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a month-by-month breakdown of bonds due to mature in Allied Irish Bank, Bank of Ireland, ESB and Permanent TSB broken down by...
    • Financial Services Sector
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance the avenue open to a person (details supplied) who was refused a mortgage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18215/11]
    • Flood Relief
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the drainage of the Dunkellin River, County Galway; the cost of same; the phases or stages involved; when work will commence;...
    • Property Valuations
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will instruct the Valuation Office and local authorities not to apply commercial rates to sporting organisations that are not for profit such...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the typing of documents and transcription of digital dictation has been outsourced to the Philippines by the Revenue Commissioners and...
    • Financial Services Sector
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Permanent TSB's interest rate on variable rate mortgages are significantly above that of other...
    • State Bodies
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Economic Advisory Council has met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17335/11]
    • Semi-State Bodies
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of semi-State companies here that paid bonus payments to their chief executive officer in 2009 and 2010 separately; the amount of each...
    • Financial Services Sector
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of home mortgages which were approved by the Irish banks in each of the past ten years; the average amount of money approved in each...
    • EU-IMF Programme
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance the savings to the State arising from a 1% reduction, a 2% reduction and a 3% reduction in the interest rate on the EU portion of the EU and IMF...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not been dealt with. [18430/11]
    • State Agencies
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance if the chairman of the National Asset Management Agency shall be remunerated pursuant to the terms or conditions of his contract with NAMA; the sum...
    • Public Service Remuneration
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance if the expenses paid to persons in the public purse should be known in addition to the pay rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details in relation to the resources available to the Revenue Commissioners dedicated to the area of fraud detection with...
    • EU-IMF Programme
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of projected future draw down of moneys from the EU/IMF programme for the remainder of 2011; the date on which such draw...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Secretaries General who sit on State agency boards; the Departments that the Secretaries General are representing; the corresponding...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Finance the arrangements he has made for fulfilling the role proposed for him in the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011 in resolving issues of...
    • EU-IMF Programme
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will meet with the EU-IMF delegation during its forthcoming visit to Ireland for the next quarterly review of the EU-IMF deal; and if he will...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to change lending practices within banks towards giving credit to businesses on the basis of their health and potential rather than on the...
    • Job Creation
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of both the rate and number of unemployed by the end of 2011; his estimate of the rate of emigration in the State by end of 2011; the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to proposals emanating from the EU that the duty conditions associated with agri-diesel are to be changed; and if he...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on his proposals for whistleblowers legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16719/11]
    • Mortgage Arrears
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied); if there is any mechanism available to the person to deal with the matter using the method the person...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for the introduction of cloud computing and other emerging information technology systems for use in Government services; and if he will...
    • Departmental Staff (2 comments)
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance the current arrangement in place regarding established civil servants wishing to take career break in 2011; the periods of which these career breaks...
    • Tax Reliefs
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance in his consideration of extending tax breaks to the Eircom Employee Share Ownership Trust scheduled to end in 2014, if he has considered the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the laundry and dry cleaning industry as a main service provider to the tourism industry, has not been included in the reduced VAT rate...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide figures for the way AIB, BOI, EBS and IL&P are spending on advisers including lawyers, investment advisers and underwriters as...
    • National Treasury Management Agency
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide figures for the amount the National Treasury Management Agency is spending on advisers including lawyers, investment advisers and...
    • Tax Reliefs
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding an application for a 2008-09 PAYE refund in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a...
    • Credit Availability
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Finance the options available to a non-business or farming person to appeal a decision of an Irish guaranteed bank to approve facilities for them; and if he...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his recent discussions with the pensions industry regarding the industry's ability to absorb the cost of the pension levy, and...
    • Mortgage Assistance
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans, to address and control the issue of rising mortgage rates in lending institutions such as EBS which are effectively owned by the State;...
    • Estate Administration
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Irish Government Bonds
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to issue sovereign bonds to the pension industry from the National Treasury Management Agency along the lines provided for in the social...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide full details, including a breakdown by unit with the agency, of professional and consultancy fees incurred by the National...
    • Tax Reliefs
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax generated by the Exchequer from stallion fees for each of the years 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. [18871/11]
    • Tax Code
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Finance on the commitment in the programme for Government to direct the Revenue Commissioners to examine the feasibility of introducing on a revenue neutral...
    • State Banking Sector
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made to date on the commitment in the programme for Government to establish a strategic investment bank; the preliminary...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Finance the number and dates of formal meetings that he has had with the management advisory committee in his Department since his appointment; and if he...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to agencies (details supplied) and their sub-agencies, the levels of office rent paid; the location of offices and their landlords for...
    • Commission on Credit Unions
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Finance in keeping with the commitment in the programme for Government to establish a commission to review the future of the credit union movement, if he...
    • Deposit Guarantee Scheme
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to put in place a scheme of guarantees for credit union stakeholders. [18951/11]
    • Mortgage Arrears
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that can be taken to encourage the mortgage lending sector to address the issue of the multiplication of mortgage arrears through the...
    • House Repossessions
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Finance to indicate the number of private houses repossessed by the various lending institutions in each of the past five years to date in 2011; the future...
    • Banks Restructuring
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Finance the full position in regard to projected or anticipated mergers, takeovers or other restructuring measures in the banking sector; and if he will...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which, in his view, the stress test carried out in the banking sector here and throughout Europe has been sufficiently robust to...
    • Price Inflation
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Finance the degree or extent to which it has been possible to identify any inflationary factors in the economy in each of the past three years to date in...
    • Tax Code
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he has become aware of taxation incentives in other eurozone states which might be deemed to influence investment in such...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which his European Union colleagues are conscious of issues most likely to affect foreign direct investment and economic progress with...
    • Croke Park Agreement
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the savings of €289 million in the sustainable pay bill under the Public Service Agreement 2010 to 2014, if he will provide an estimate...
    • Industrial Relations
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received documentation regarding a sports complex (details supplied) in County Limerick with regard to being awarded payment by the Labour...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the improvement of the qualifying criteria for the Springboard schemes to include recently unemployed persons who would...
    • Religious Congregations Indemnity Agreement
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money given over by the religious orders to fund services or supports for individual victims of abuse as part of the...
    • School Transport
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated savings that will be achieved from the abolition of the closed rule agreement in respect of the school transport scheme;...
    • School Staffing
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a replacement teacher will be provided to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the fact that in the absence of a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 64 of 30 March 2011, if the person (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if he will make a...
    • School Staffing
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of qualified primary teachers who will emerge in 2011 from the State teacher training colleges. [18275/11]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the building project at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; when funding for the commencement of...
    • School Staffing
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of retired teachers who have been re-engaged on teaching duties in schools for the years 2008, 2009 and 2010 in tabular...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total cost of renting prefabs in primary and secondary schools in 2009, 2010 and 2011 separately; the exact number of school prefab...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when payment will be made to a company (details supplied) in County Longford for State works, in view of the fact that the non-payment...
    • School Staffing
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of the large number of unemployed young teachers seeking work, he will inform schools that his Department will not be...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide special support for independent mature students, who have dependent children, and who from the beginning of the...
    • State Examinations
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of invigilators or supervisors employed on short-term contracts for the State examinations in 2011; the number who were in...
    • Third Level Examinations
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of invigilators or supervisors employed on short-term contracts for the third level examinations in 2011; the number who...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a mild general disabilities class; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Transport
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school transport (details supplied) in view of changes to the scheme that will come into effect from September...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to his announcement that a new primary school will be built in the catchment area of Stepaside, south Dublin, if he will ensure...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Meath will be given full special needs assistant care when they commence...
    • Bullying in Schools
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school teachers who have received training in anti-bullying procedures under the professional development support...
    • Teacher Training
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give a full breakdown of the number of personnel employed on the professional development support for teachers programme;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No 138 of 19 April 2011, if he has now considered in full a proposal from an organisation (details...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects the National Council for Curriculum Assessment recommendations for second level junior cycle reform to be published; if...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No 129 of 21 June 2011 if he will confirm that he received an appeal on a higher education grant in...
    • School Transport
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make the records of the 1969 closure of a school (details supplied) in County Clare available to the board of management, in...
    • School Patronage
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to establish an Irish language secondary school in the Dundrum/Ballinteer area of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the qualification system for primary teachers is changing in 2012; his plans to assist teaching graduates who have not been able to...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will supply details regarding projects (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18501/11]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of architects, architectural technicians and quantity surveyors employed by him; and his views on the level of expertise...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report progress made on the replacement of prefab accommodation at a national school (details supplied) in County Cork; the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Kilkenny Vocational Educational Committee has refused to establish a special class to cater for eight autistic children, a...
    • School Transport
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to co-ordinate transport services between school transport, rural transport and Health Service Executive transport services;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for a scheme and the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will make a decision on the devolution grant application submitted in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cork...
    • School Staffing
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered an application from a school (details supplied) in County Meath for a full-time learning support post; when a...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the planned amalgamation of three post primary schools (details supplied) in County Cork; if funding is still...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review a matter in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 regarding entry to a school. [18674/11]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the new primary schools in County Kerry that will be included in the new school building programme over the next six years. [18687/11]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to ensure that additional special needs assistants are granted to a school (details supplied) in County Louth...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total running cost of the National Council for Special Education; if he will provide a breakdown as to the way in which this money...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to the State of each additional special needs assistant that is provided. [18694/11]
    • School Books
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce the publication of unnecessary new school book editions; and his plans to reform the grant made available to...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will issue a revised schedule of residual accommodation and suggested future use of existing accommodation in respect of a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding payments in respect of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18725/11]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a whole time equivalent special needs assistant will be provide to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry in view of the severe...
    • School Staffing
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding panel rights in respect of a person (details supplied). [18741/11]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish a list of outstanding capital works on all primary and secondary schools in County Clare particularly a school...
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will designate Longford as the headquarters of the newly amalgamated Longford and Westmeath Vocational Education Committees, in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the school building programme in respect of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria that is to be used in calculating the distance from a students residence and the third level institution that they are...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a special needs assistant in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the purchase price of a series of sites for new schools (details supplied) in Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement...
    • School Transport
      Question 285: 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 in County Offaly from 2008 to...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the serious concerns of the school community (details supplied) in Dublin 24 which is set to lose...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and dates of formal meetings that he has had with the management advisory committee in his Department since his appointment;...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to agencies (details supplied) and their sub-agencies, the levels of office rental paid; the location of offices and their...
    • Departmental Estimates
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the statistical breakdown of the Estimates of his Department for each year from 2007 to 2011 inclusive, in particular the budgets for...
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of second level pupils, second level schools, further education students, further education facilities and other significant...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Secretaries General who sit on State agency boards; the Departments that the Secretaries General are representing; the...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will contact the Industrial Development Agency regarding the staffing position in Dundalk; if he will ensure that all...
    • Job Losses
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps that have been taken to persuade a company (details supplied) to reverse a recent decision to cut 130 of its Irish...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of Industrial Development Agency funding given to a company (details supplied) since its opening. [18262/11]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, further to Parliamentary Question No. 93 of 23 June 2011, if this Deputy is correct in calculating that approximately...
    • Job Losses
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to encourage a company (details supplied) to postpone or overturn its decision to move 130 customer service jobs...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will give serious consideration to the relocation of an Industrial Development Agency office (details supplied) in...
    • County Enterprise Boards
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of allocated grants to date this year by agencies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Industrial Development Agency or Enterprise Ireland is considering grants to a company (details supplied) in Dublin...
    • Trade Missions
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to have a trade mission to the USA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18826/11]
    • Credit Availability
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress that has been made over the past 100 days on the partial loan guarantee scheme. [18880/11]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number and dates of formal meetings that he has had with the Management Advisory Committee in his Department since his...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation with regard to agencies (details supplied) and their sub-agencies, the levels of office rental paid; the location of offices...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Secretaries General who sit on State agency boards; the Departments that the Secretaries General are...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the back to education allowance is only for those who want to upgrade their skills and not for those who want to retrain for a...
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to expand the Monetary Advice and Budgeting Service to alleviate the waiting period which is currently ten weeks; and if she...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the decision not to grant funding for a security licence course following a FÁS course to enable the person (details...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, or when back to school allowance is payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, who has high mortgage...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal against the decision to refuse an application for a clothing allowance in respect of a person (details...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the social welfare payments for which the universal social charge is deductible for the means test; if the Social Welfare and Pensions...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will grant a one year extension of the retirement age to a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in arranging a date for an appeal for one parent family claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to re-introduce some or all of the former dental entitlements formerly covered by the PRSI scheme; if health related aspects...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will...
    • Tax and Social Welfare Codes
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if legislation will be required to implement the commitment in the programme for Government to establish a commission on taxation and...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if legislation will be required to implement the commitment in the programme for Government to amend the 30 hour rule for rent supplement...
    • Employment and Entitlements Service
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if legislation will be required to implement the commitment in the programme for Government to introduce an anti-fraud enforcement drive,...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if legislation will be required to implement the commitment in the programme for Government to divert staff from elsewhere in the public...
    • EU Regulations
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if legislation will be required to implement the commitment in the programme for Government to address the issue of payment of child...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if legislation will be required to implement the commitment in the programme for Government to put the household benefits package out to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the current time taken to process applications for family income supplement; her views whether this is...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue regarding relocation for persons (details supplied) in County Galway whose houses were flooded in 2009 and...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal was lodged with the social welfare appeals office in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the date of...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when information (details supplied) will be provided to this Deputy under the Freedom of Information Act; the reason for the delay in...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the Tús scheme will be rolled out in south Mayo and if applications for workers to work a location (details supplied) can proceed;...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal for the grant of disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork;...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will release funding from the home relocation scheme regarding flooding to allow a person (details supplied) in County Galway to...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [18414/11]
    • Flood Relief
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the funding available for families who had to leave their homes due to flooding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18422/11]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for a rent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if an oral hearing will be...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the back to school clothing and footwear grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [18436/11]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who works on a community employment scheme, is not entitled to claim an adult dependency allowance...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of households in receipt of rent supplement as of June 2011; and the number of households who were in receipt of rent...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal against a decision to refuse social welfare payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Civil Registration Service
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the proposals in place regarding publishing online all details of births, marriages and deaths in all of Ireland by the Office of the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for rent supplement will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, in view of their...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has met with the Revenue Commissioners and other relevant State agencies to underline the commitment to combat fraud in the social...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a decision on an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied). [18534/11]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork [18545/11]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that persons seeking refunds of health or PRSI contributions are waiting up to 12 months for a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the appeal of disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied). [18690/11]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow is entitled to rent allowance in view of their current employment situation; and if she...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for the improvement of the qualifying criteria for Tús to include recently unemployed persons who would not normally qualify;...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the basis on which jobseeker's allowance was refused and again refused on appeal in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when mortgage interest relief can or will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare whose spouse is...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 21 June 2011, if new evidence submitted following an original refusal was examined...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the decision to refuse one parent family allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare was based on actual...
    • Departmental Reviews
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress of the mortgage interest supplement review as recommended by the expert group on mortgage arrears and personal debt; and if...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number and dates of formal meetings that she has had with the management advisory committee in her Department since her appointment;...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on their appeal for disability allowance; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of Secretaries General who sit on State agency boards; the Departments that the Secretaries General represent; the...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Planning Issues
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the architectural section in his Department was consulted regarding the South Dublin County Council Part 8 proposal for...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a grant scheme is available for the renovation of historic old churches either directly through his Department or...
    • Commemorative Events
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the planned meeting of the Famine Commemoration Committee took place in May; if he will provide a report from this...
    • Audiovisual Sector
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when he will publish the inter-agency strategy to develop the film, television and audio visual sectors here. [18787/11]
    • Commemorative Events
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has developed a programme of events to mark European City of Science 2012. [18788/11]
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the system he has put in place to ensure greater co-operation between arts officers in various local authorities. [18789/11]
    • Cultural Events
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when culture night will become a twice yearly event. [18790/11]
    • Caiteachas Ranna
      Question 392: To ask the Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén méid airgid atá ar fáil ag a Roinn in 2011 do scéimeanna-caiteachas caipitiúil, arna bhriseadh síos de réir gach...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number and dates of formal meetings that he has had with the management advisory committee in his Department since his...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht with regard to agencies (details supplied) and their sub-agencies, the levels of office rental paid; the location of...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of Secretaries General who sit on State agency boards; the Departments that the Secretaries General are...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Fuel Poverty
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if legislation will be required to implement the commitment in the programme for Government to produce a...
    • Fishing Licences
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, following the 30 day consultation period recently concluded, when he will make a decision on the granting of...
    • NewERA Project
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress on the NewEra proposal; and when material will be provided to the Oireachtas to begin assessing...
    • Energy Efficiency
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the grant supports provided by him or any other statutory agencies to persons wishing to install solar panels...
    • Semi-State Bodies
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if bonus payments were made to senior management in Bord na Móna and An Post in 2009, 2010 and to date in...
    • Inland Fisheries
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reasons fishermen who use a traditional method of fishing that is unique to the area are being denied the...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number and dates of formal meetings that he has had with the management advisory committee in his...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources with regard to agencies (details supplied) and their sub-agencies, the levels of office rental paid; the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of Secretaries General who sit on State agency boards; the Departments that the Secretaries General...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Energy Efficiency
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in the context of developing our own domestic renewable energy sector, particularly wood biomass and...
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he proposes to bring forward legislation to overhaul the Foreshore Act; and if he will make a statement...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he proposes to bring forward amendments to the Planning and Development Regulations to address the...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will detail any bonuses paid to local Government staff in 2010, including the amounts paid and the...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that of the total €8,900,437 allocation notified to Sligo...
    • Community Development
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the inability of the Leader programme to fund food related labour intensive projects under the...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to address the incorrect retention of tenants' deposits by landlords; and if he will make a...
    • Water Charges
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding plans to roll out domestic water meters around the country. [18307/11]
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will be proceeding with a comprehensive regeneration scheme for estates (details supplied) in County...
    • Community Development
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to make it a condition of funding for a company (details supplied) in County Galway that it...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the grant allocated to Caring for Carers Ireland Limited under the funding scheme to support national...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the funding allocated for the regeneration and development of Canon Mooney Gardens,...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if funding will be made available to purchase land to enable the building of a new fire station in Ferbane,...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Buttercup Regeneration Project in Dublin 17; and if...
    • Public Procurement
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the person who will have responsibility for the provision of furniture to the count centres for the...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding proposals for a project (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it has been brought to his attention that the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform informed Dáil...
    • Enforcement of Contracts
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the legislation in place to compel HomeBond, under its guarantee scheme, to undertake repair works on an...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will continue to maintain an option for tenant purchase of their own homes for existing tenants of...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm the amount of funding given by area partnership and Leader groups under axes 3 and 4 of...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that funding for the tenancy support worker, the youth project...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce legislation relating to fire safety in apartment buildings; and if he will make a...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to assist single persons, mainly men, on housing lists to access housing units in which they can...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the mechanisms available to the Private Residential Tenancies Board for enforcing determination orders; and...
    • Waste Management
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to provide grant aid to those persons who upgrade or provide new effluent treatments systems in...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the list of organisations that applied for the scheme of support for national and voluntary organisations;...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when approval will be given to Galway County Council to proceed with the preparation of contract documents...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to roll out replacement of senior citizen complexes, specifically Ballygall Road East and Mellowes...
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 19 April 2011 the reason a foreshore licence (details supplied)...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number and dates of formal meetings that he has had with the management advisory committee in his...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when a decision will issue in relation to the revised scheme of lettings submitted for his attention by...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government with regard to agencies (details supplied) and their sub-agencies, the levels of office rental paid; the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for social housing; if he will amend the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992; and if he...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to resolve the situation associated with ghost estates; the role of the National Asset Management...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of Secretaries General who sit on State agency boards; the Departments the Secretaries General...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to bring forward reform legislation regarding mental capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17906/11]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average time taken to process application for naturalisation lodged in 2010; the steps he will take to ensure that these...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for citizenship or residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in the determination of residency or citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; if...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will indicate the position regarding residency or citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the fact that all stages of planning have been completed for the provision of a new divisional and regional headquarters for...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the application process for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be completed; and...
    • Refugee Status
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected status in respect of residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in the determination of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 [18487/11]
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in regard to entitlement to residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if medical information might be sought in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; if he will review this case; and if he...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will examine the circumstances in the case of an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for a visa to remain here in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 whose passports were confiscated on 24 January...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will re-examine an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18555/11]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date and the outcome anticipated in the application for citizenship and family unification in the case of a person...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway who wishes to apply for...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views regarding a submission in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Security Dogs
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding dog training for the Garda, Prison Service and Customs Service; if there is an international standard or a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will indicate the targeted timeframe within which naturalisation applications lodged under the new application system and the old...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to close a centre (details supplied) in County Laois; the date of the closure; the contractual arrangements with the company...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for Garda clearance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Legal Aid Service
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there was a failure to provide legal representation to a person (details supplied) despite numerous requests from a...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding Garda clearance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork and when same will issue. [18728/11]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the work on Mountjoy Garda Station, Dublin 1, has been completed; the number of gardaí stationed at Fitzgibbon Street Station; the...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to employ persons who are not members of An Garda Síochána as drivers of ministerial cars in the near future. [18751/11]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applicants for naturalisation in each of the past ten years; the number of applications granted in each of the past ten...
    • Extradition Requests
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason no extradition proceedings were taken to bring a person (details supplied) back to Ireland to face proceedings here; and if...
    • Legal Aid Service
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the various legal aid offices in Dublin have found it possible to discharge the number of cases referred to them;...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected position in regard to the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which investigations into the application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin have...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18810/11]
    • Legal Aid Service
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to reduce the waiting lists for civil legal aid in view of how crucial early access to assistance and advice is...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent on refurbishment of Garda headquarters and the Garda training centre for the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date...
    • Garda Training
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps gardaí take to deal with a violent or aggressive prisoner when in Garda custody; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Transport
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional vehicles purchased for the Garda emergency response and regional support units in 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if cutbacks in the medical service have had any effect on the ability of An Garda Síochána to detain, arrest or charge persons...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacant superintendent positions in An Garda Síochána; the station and district concerned in each case; the dates at...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and dates of formal meetings that he has had with the management advisory committee in his Department since his appointment;...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality with regard to agencies (details supplied) and their sub-agencies, the levels of office rental paid; the location of offices and their...
    • State Visits
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the total costs to the State of the visits of the Queen of England and the President of the USA. [19487/11]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Secretaries General who sit on State agency boards; the Departments that the Secretaries General are representing; the...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide figures on the total public expenditure on the Reserve Defence Force for the past year for which financial accounts are...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Defence the point of a token military presence in Afghanistan regardless of UN approval; the work being done by this group; and the extent of our financial...
    • National Emergency Plan
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to update the public on the existence and content of the national emergency response plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will give consideration to pardoning the ex-Irish Defence Forces servicemen who deserted during World War II in order to fight fascism and who...
    • Army Barracks
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Defence the number and type of refurbishment works carried out at each military barracks in the Eastern Brigade for the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and to...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Defence the number and dates of formal meetings that he has had with the management advisory committee in his Department since his appointment; and if he...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Defence with regard to agencies (details supplied) and their sub-agencies, the levels of office rental paid; the location of offices and their landlords for...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Secretaries General who sit on State agency boards; the Departments that the Secretaries General are representing; the corresponding...
  • Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
    • Leader Programmes
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in view of the inability of the Leader programme to fund food-related labour intensive projects under the Axis 3 criteria,...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is drafting legislation that will result in the banning of raw milk; if there has been a public consultation on this...
    • Departmental Responsibilities
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the timescale for the amalgamation of the various marine related Departments under one Department of the Marine; and if he...
    • Food Safety
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans regarding the sale of raw milk; his plans to regulate the sale of this product and provide warnings for the public...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be paid farm equipment grants; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Animal Welfare Bodies
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of funding allocated by him to animal welfare organisations and charities for each of the years 2008, 2009, 2010...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive payment for REP scheme 4; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason we need legislation on the sale of raw milk; the purpose of this Bill; if this legislation is being introduced to...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the changes being planned particularly in relation to departmental and fishery harbour centres personnel and processes to...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a dairy hygiene grant will be paid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Reliefs
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding a farm consolidation certificate in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number and dates of formal meetings that he has had with the management advisory committee in his Department since his...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food with regard to agencies (details supplied) and their sub-agencies, the levels of office rental paid; the location of offices...
  • Department of Health
    • Child Poverty
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if legislation will be required to implement the commitment in the programme for Government to adopt a new area based approach to...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in relation to commercial rates on child care facilities if she will seek a review with the Department of the Environment,...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has any plans to establish an independent review into the commercialisation and sexualisation of children similar to the...
    • Guardianship of Children
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to develop a policy of the management and funding of the Guardian [i]ad litem [/i]as recommended in the Children Acts...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number and dates of formal meetings that she has had with the management advisory committee in her Department since her...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs with regard to agencies (details supplied) and their sub-agencies, the levels of office rental paid; the location of offices and...
    • Missing Persons
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to address the position of the provision of a missing child hotline number EU 116000; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of Secretaries General who sit on State agency boards; the Departments that the Secretaries General represent; the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card renewal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18738/11]
    • Health Services
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the dental service for Carnew, County Wicklow (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18213/11]
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has bean drawn to the fact that many of the products which were being previously sold in head shops are now widely available to...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarity on the motorised transport grant, with specific reference to the application process in 2011 for persons with...
    • Nursing Education
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the review of the decision to abolish payments to student nurses during their fourth year pre-registration rostered placement;...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 572 of 3 May 2011, if he has received the information sought from the Health Service Executive; and if he will...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the construction of the new cystic fibrosis wing at St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin; and the completion date of...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Health the length of time it takes to respond to persons in need of medical cards, especially persons in urgent and special circumstances; and if he will...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be made available to facilitate the outstanding 1,300 applications for fair deal nursing home places which have been fully...
    • Health Services
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Health the advice and support available in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [18309/11]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Health the number of agency nurses currently employed by the Health Service Executive; and the cost of their employment to the State. [18322/11]
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a redundancy package in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the ongoing problems that parents who hold valid medical cards are experiencing with adding their new born children to their...
    • Health Services
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that a person (details supplied) will be placed in a cheaper and more appropriate setting thus saving money for the...
    • Nursing Home Services
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Health his plans in respect of a nursing home (details supplied) in County Galway, in view of the fact that the future of the fair deal scheme is uncertain;...
    • Health Services
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail precisely the budget made available via the Health Service Executive to Beechpark Services; the total number of staff employed by...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Health the number of call centres recommended for closure in the Mason report 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18421/11]
    • Diabetes Services
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Health if he, or the Health Service Executive's national clinical programme for diabetes, has considered the proposed reorganisation of paediatric diabetes...
    • Health Services
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed closure of the dispensary at Doneraile, County Cork. [18441/11]
    • Nuclear Power Plants
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements in place to ensure that he is notified by the World Health Organisation of any health risks associated with radioactivity from...
    • Health Services
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Health when orthodontic services in Kenmare, County Kerry, will be restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18451/11]
    • Diabetes Services
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients, by county, treated for foot ulcerations who did not require a full or partial limb amputation in 2010; the number of those...
    • International Summits
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Health if he or the Health Service Executive will be sending a delegation to the United Nations High-Level Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases in New York...
    • Health Policy
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Health how he intends to support plans by the Danish authorities to make diabetes, as a model for chronic illness, a key priority during the Danish EU...
    • Board Membership
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the membership of the various hospitals, health-related statutory boards and institutions, including those set out...
    • Tissue Preservation
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding blood stem cell collection in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Longford will receive an appointment with the Health Service Executive hearing service; and if he will make...
    • Nursing Home Services
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Longford will be allowed by the Health Service Executive to take up the bed in Thomand Lodge, Ballymahon,...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for Health when the children's Beech Ward in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, was closed; the reason it was closed; and when it will re-open. [18509/11]
    • HIQA Inquiries
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that there is a Health Information and Quality Authority inquiry into the accident and emergency ward in Tallaght Hospital,...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Health if an outside agency will be retained to supplement public service staffing levels at the Primary Care Reimbursement Service in Finglas, Dublin 11,...
    • Health Services
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to hand over responsibility for adding babies to medical and general practitioner cards and other such changes to doctors' secretaries;...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Health the numbers and details of hospitals that have been subject to the removal of acute services such as accident and emergency in 2010 and 2011; the...
    • Health Services
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for Health the number of registered agencies which administer treatment and funding for drugs-related purposes; if he will provide a breakdown of each agency's...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the breakdown of the €13 million allocated for the development of St Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny; the amount allotted to each...
    • Health Services
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Health if an extensive plan of home help or a full home care package will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18561/11]
    • Medical Waste Disposal
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the disposal of medical waste; where this cost is incurred; the amount of this bill that is spent outside the jurisdiction; and if he...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on the outpatient waiting list at Cork University Hospital awaiting an appointment for a future date; if he will specify in...
    • Health Services
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive drug service in the mid west received any additional funding over the past two years; and the way this funding has...
    • Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Health the role of the Pre-Hospital Emergency Council; the cost of this organisation; the staffing levels and his arrangements for this council; and if he...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [18685/11]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the need for an arrangement to be made between the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin, and one or other...
    • Health Services
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to carry out a review of the benefits and risks of using mercury in silver dental fillings. [18713/11]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for Health the nature of consultations, feasibility studies and discussions that took place between the Health Service Executive South, his Department and other...
    • Health Services
      Question 606: To ask the Minister for Health if a respite bed will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [18722/11]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the appeal for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [18727/11]
    • Health Services
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed primary care facility for Balbriggan, County Dublin; if the Health Service Executive is close to finding a...
    • Commercial Rates
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for Health the rent and rates charged to coffee chains operating in St. James's, the Mater and St. Vincent's Hospitals in Dublin. [18816/11]
    • Health Services
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider transferring ownership of the old dispensary in Carrigart, County Donegal, to the local community to be used for the benefit of...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant dermatologists currently attached to Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; the number of persons on the waiting list; the average...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 616: To ask the Minister for Health the number of operating theatres in each of the three paediatric hospitals in Dublin at present; if all theatres are currently in use in each of the...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 617: To ask the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive staff by grade that were provided with mobile phones as part of their work duties; the reason staff are...
    • General Practitioner Services
      Question 618: To ask the Minister for Health if curtailments in the doctor on call service has had any effect on the availability of doctors to attend in order to test drivers who are suspected...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 619: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that all services at Tullamore and Portlaoise hospitals will be maintained in view of the junior doctor shortage, noting that 16...
    • Health Services
      Question 620: To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available for the 23 persons seeking day places in a centre (details supplied) in County Offaly this coming September in view...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for Health the number and dates of formal meetings that he has had with the management advisory committee in his Department since his appointment; and if he...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 622: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that medical practices are defrauding the State by obliging patients to pay the registered postage...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for Health with regard to agencies (details supplied) and their sub-agencies, the levels of office rental paid; the location of offices and their landlords for...
    • Health Services
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for Health the starting date for the planned residential centre for autism to be built at Dromavalla, Ballyseedy, Tralee, County Kerry; and if special needs...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 625: To ask the Minister for Health his policy in respect of the issue of cord blood stem cell collection; if this is facilitated in hospitals here for the personal use of persons to...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 626: To ask the Minister for Health the number of Secretaries General that sit on State agency boards; the Departments that these Secretaries General represent; the corresponding agency...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Network
      Question 627: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the bridge over narrow water project between County Louth and County Down; the timescale for completion...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 628: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason persons who appeal the imposition of penalty points on their licence receive an automatic doubling of the number of...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are any funding streams or grant supports available for a purpose (details supplied). [18212/11]
    • Taxi Industry Reform
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria used to select each member of the steering group on taxi industry reform; and the way each appointee met those...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 632: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the golfing successes enjoyed in recent years by Rory McIlroy, Graeme McDowell and Padraig Harrington if he will...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 633: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of specialist storage for equipment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18312/11]
    • Irish Coast Guard
      Question 634: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of an inspection at a station (details supplied); the outcome of the inspection; the timescale for the next...
    • Search and Rescue Services (5 comments)
      Question 638: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding support for Mountain Rescue Ireland in view of the cut in grants sustained over the past two years; the...
    • Regional Airports
      Question 639: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to carry out a cost benefit analysis comparing the cost of providing €1.3m operation expenditure funding to Galway...
    • Road Network
      Question 640: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is legal for county councils to seek bonds from forestry companies for the use of the public road and to charge forestry...
    • Tendering Procedures
      Question 641: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received correspondence from a company (details supplied) in County Offaly; if an investigation in relation to the...
    • Traffic Regulations
      Question 642: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has any plans to add a 40 kph speed limit for our roads in view of the fact that local authorities do not have this...
    • State Visits
      Question 644: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the fund from which the recent State visits were paid; if the National Roads Authority were allocated additional funds; if so,...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 645: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to expand the Dublin bicycle scheme into other local authorities. [18718/11]
    • EU Directives
      Question 646: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the negotiations he has had with the hauliers' association and the negotiations he has had with the EU in view of the EU plan...
    • Semi-State Bodies
      Question 647: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has the authority to terminate the contracts of board members within the Dublin Airport Authority; if so, the basis of...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 648: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons who currently hold a provisional driving licence for more than one year; and if he will make a statement...
    • Semi-State Bodies
      Question 649: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of bonus payments paid to senior management in the Dublin Airport Authority, CIE and the Irish Aviation Authority in...
    • Public Transport
      Question 650: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers carried by Bus Éireann and Iarnród Éireann for the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011; and...
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 651: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to increase the number of tourists coming here during the winter season; the budget allocated for same;...
    • Rail Fares
      Question 652: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Íarnród Éireann plans to reduce rail fares on the Kerry to Dublin line; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ministerial Meetings
      Question 653: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number and dates of formal meetings he has had with the management advisory committee in his Department since his...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 654: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport with regard to agencies (details supplied) and their sub-agencies, the levels of office rental paid; the location of offices...
    • National Car Test
      Question 655: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport one month on from the RTE television exposé on the National Car Testing Service, the progress that has been made in the...
    • Public Transport
      Question 656: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the Luas service ceased to operate on 19 June 2011 when 80,000 persons attended an event in Croke Park and when the...
    • Rail Services
      Question 657: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is possible to develop an early morning commuter service from Longford to Sligo; if he is in favour of developing this...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 658: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Secretaries General who sit on State agency boards; the Departments that the Secretaries General are...

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