Written answers
Thursday, 7 July 2011
- Department of Education and Skills
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all persons holding a Bachelor in Civil and Environmental Engineering who have successfully completed a Postgraduate Diploma in...
- School Staffing
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the redeployment of primary school teachers to gaelscoileanna, even if their standard of Irish may not be adequate to teach...
- Third Level Staff Remuneration
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the recent media reports in relation to remuneration levels for staff in third level colleges and universities; and if he...
- Education Schemes
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the recommendations in the value for money review of the special needs assistant scheme and the clear evidence highlighted in...
- School Curriculum
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify and confirm that, in the context of any future proposed reforms of the junior certificate cycle or programme,...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give a commitment to protect class sizes in this year's budget following recent figures from him which indicate a higher than...
- School Books
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider following the practice of the Department of Education in the United Kingdom by introducing a national school books...
- Psychological Service
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average time taken by the National Educational Psychological Service Agency to assess children under the age of six years suspected...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce an independent appeals process which would allow parents of special needs children to make appeals directly to...
- Future Skills Needs
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to utilise the skills currently available to meet the requirements of industry thus leading to greater...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that will have their higher education grants approved at €1,250 rather than €3,120 because of changes to the...
- Post Leaving Certificate Places
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the cap on students by 175 in Dún Laoghaire College of Further Education, County Dublin, which would enable the...
- School Enrolments
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to deal with the number of children who will be excluded from schools in September; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that children assessed under the Special Educational Act 2004 have a personal education plan in place. [19155/11]
- Public Private Partnerships
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is confident that funding can be secured through public private partnerships to build some of the 40 new primary and post primary...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that farming families are protected from any changes to the assessment for third level grants in view of the his...
- Bullying in Schools
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the recourse available to a victim of serious school bullying in cases in which the school authorities have contributed to the problem...
- Educational Projects
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date in advancing a new digital school resource; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19180/11]
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will explain the way in which a school principal is expected to guarantee that a person with no teaching qualifications is...
- School Books
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress, if any, made following his meeting with book publishers in relation to the need to reduce the costs of school books; and...
- School Transport
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the closed school rule as applied under the school transport scheme was, and is, a legally binding contract between the schools and...
- Private Schools Funding
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider carrying out a comprehensive review of the funding for the private school sector; and if he will provide a breakdown...
- Literacy Levels
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects the national literacy and numeracy strategy to be published in view of his promise to publish it at the end of June; and...
- School Staffing
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has any plans to introduce a centralised system for the advertising of teaching posts including principal and vice-principal...
- Education Schemes
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will elaborate on the findings contained in his value-for-money report on special needs assistants which found an over-allocation...
- School Curriculum
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for future co-operation with the North's Education Minister, John O'Dowd, MLA, in order that the expertise of Áisaonad can be...
- Third Level Staff Remuneration
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the increasing demands for funding from his Department's budget, if he intends to review or introduce a cap on the salaries,...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the growing concerns relating to the rollout of applications for higher education authority grants;...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding schools located in catchment areas that are commonly experiencing problems in relation to the rollout of...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which he expects to meet the educational requirements of children with special needs in the future; his plans to best...
- Irish Language
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he proposes to take to improve the quality and effectiveness of the teaching of Irish at second level as per the commitment in...
- Digital Literacy Levels
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the OECD PISA Digital Literacy Test results; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19178/11]
- Irish Language
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will encourage the provision of a graduate diploma in the teaching of specialised subjects through Gaeilge and that consideration...
- School Enrolments
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes to be made to the current school enrolment policy that will deal with the discriminatory practices which have allowed elite...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the circumstances in which a special education needs officers can overrule a specific and explicit recommendation by a consultant child...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the preliminary census results which indicate a significant growth in population here since 2006, the likely effects of this...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for special needs assistants that have been turned down; the number and percentage of schools that received...
- School Transport
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Bus Éireann received an over-payment of €14 million for administering the school transport scheme on behalf of his...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the situation regarding the reduction in VAT (details supplied) at hotels. [19264/11]
- Tax Collection
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is paying the correct universal social charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19284/11]
- Tax Code
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of tax breaks that can be availed of for 2011 through the Revenue Commissioners; if he will provide a breakdown of each tax break and its...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 88 of 30 June 2011, if, in view of the higher then originally expected discounts applied on NAMA loans which...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will increase the length of time in which the offence of mismanagement of a credit union can be investigated, which currently stands at two...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the role that the National Asset Management Agency has once it has taken over a company and acquired its assets in terms of the...
- Banks Restructuring
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Finance when a detailed plan, including a detailed timeline for the achievement of various milestones, for the downsizing and deleveraging of AIB is to be...
- Banking Sector Staff
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons currently employed by AIB and the number expected to be employed at the end of the downsizing and deleveraging process. [19366/11]
- State Banking Sector Remuneration
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of any reductions in basic pay which have imposed on or volunteered by the Chief Executive of Anglo Irish Bank and the...
- Banking Sector Remuneration
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Finance if there have been any reductions in basic pay, either voluntarily or by imposition, with the exception of the CEO post as provided for or governed...
- Financial Institutions Recapitalisation
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the total amount, listed by financial institution, already paid into or committed by the State to financial...
- State Agencies
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to implement any measures to ensure greater transparency in relation to the remuneration arrangements that apply at the National...
- Financial Institutions Regulation
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the identity and role of any outside consultants presently involved in the operation of individual financial...
- Deferred Interest Scheme
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the roll-out of the deferred interest scheme as recommended by the Expert Group on Mortgage Arrears and Personal Debt. [19380/11]
- Exchequer Savings
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance if, based on the end of June Exchequer returns, his views that the Budget for 2011 is on target in overall terms and, separately, with regard to...
- Banks Recapitalisation
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the matters regarding recapitalisation raised in correspondence (details supplied). [19407/11]
- Tax Collection
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance the way it is expected that a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can discharge a debt to the Revenue Commissioners in view of the fact that...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give a commitment to protect class sizes in this years budget following recent figures from his Department which indicate a...
- School Curriculum
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for the introduction of project maths as an additional subject in the secondary school education system in the context of...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school or a parent appeals the removal of a special needs assistant from a child, will the actual appeal process concentrate on...
- School Staffing
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in Dublin 8, having lost its special class, has been...
- School Patronage
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the review into the school patronage system across the Twenty-six Counties; and if it will be based on giving...
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 which, in spite of its catchment and pupil background, has not been granted...
- School Curriculum
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that any reform of the junior certificate cycle be accompanied by meaningful consultation with teachers' unions,...
- Psychological Service
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown per county, the areas currently covered, the amount of psychologists available and the number of posts...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a comparative analysis of the ratio of pupils and special needs assistants servicing national schools compared to...
- School Services Staff
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants in County Meath who have had their contracts terminated since March 2011; and the number of SNAs...
- School Enrolments
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can obtain a place in the current year at a school in County Kildare; and if he will...
- Schools Services Staff
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which it is expected to meet the requirement in respect of special needs assistants at a school (details supplied) in...
- School Staffing
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 30 June 2011, the reason he has not given a full and complete response to same; if he will...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants which have been assigned to date to schools in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to his announcement of a new primary school in the Stepaside area of Dublin South, if his attention has been drawn to the fact...
- Preschool Services
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his roles and responsibilities or any body under his aegis in relation to the development and provision of early years and preschool...
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the allocation of teacher numbers to Roscommon Vocational Education Committee in view of the fact that current...
- School Accommodation
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money committed for 2011 under the additional accommodation scheme. [19400/11]
- School Services Staff
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if will extend the time line beyond the current 12 month period to allow special needs assistants, who have had their working hours...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a detailed outline of plans to address the overcrowding situation in primary and secondary schools in Kildare North,...
- Special Educaitonal Needs
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will not cut the special needs assistant at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [19413/11]
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the number of persons in FÁS training programmes by area, who have a qualification at a given level on...
- School Staffing
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which the full requirements in respect of speech and language teaching have been determined; the extent to which these...
- School Transport
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the school transport curtailments inherited from his predecessor with a view to the introduction of a fairer and more...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he expects to be in a position to fulfil, in full or in part, the school building programme in the course of the coming year, with...
- Educational Policy
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he intends to take in general to alleviate the impact of curtailment of plans brought about by the economic situation he...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding devolved funding for an extension to a special school (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will...
- School Inspections
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process by which he can address the failure of a board of management to implement changes recommended by a whole school evaluation...
- School Inspections
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process by which a complaint can be made to him that a board of management has failed to implement changes recommended by a whole...
- Language Support Provision
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the two teachers required by a school (details supplied) in County Carlow who will teach English as an additional language will be...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Pension Provisions
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding pension payments for workers of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown in the allocation of funding for the National Lottery in respect of each of the years 2009,...
- Department of Finance
- State Properties
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the sites owned by the Office of Public Works at a location (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement...
- Flood Relief
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a flood relief project (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will confirm when this project was referred to the Office...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to publish the consolidated comprehensive spending review following the presentation of the same to the Cabinet in...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Information and Communications Technology
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the managing director of a company (details supplied) has admitted that...
- Job Losses
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he has taken to promote job retention and to counteract the tendency of companies to off-shore jobs from Ireland...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail the employees of Enterprise Ireland and the Industrial Development Agency who are physically based in...
- Pay Rates
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding low paid workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19405/11]
- Departmental Funding
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding discussions between his Department and other relevant Departments on the programme for Government...
- Credit Guarantee Scheme
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the programme for Government commitment to provide a temporary partial credit guarantee scheme that...
- Department of Social Protection
- Social Welfare Payments
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) who was refused rent supplement on the basis that they had vacated local...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to change the terms of the FÁS work placement programme for participants in view of the fact that participants in the new...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason social welfare payments cannot be automatically transferred to accounts in a Credit Union (details supplied); and if she will...
- National Internship Scheme
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason sole traders are excluded from hosting a person under the national internship scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare did not receive the back to school allowance; and if she will make a statement on...
- PPS Numbers
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider correspondence regarding a PPS number in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will be processed; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider granting a [i]pro rata[/i] respite payment to carer's whose role concludes before the completion of a 12 month...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost to the Exchequer, if any, of implementing the recommendations made by the Expert Group on Mortgage Arrears and Personal...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has had their rent subsidy cut; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an invalidity pension appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make...
- Employment Support Services
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is a timescale for the implementation of the new national employment service and the provision of a higher level of personalised...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when an appeal will be determined in respect of disability allowance or disability benefit in the case of a person (details...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when a PPS number will issue in the case of the children of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare whose spouse is a...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal regarding an application for jobseeker's allowance will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for domiciliary care allowance will be expedited and approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
Question 174: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an mbeidh buiséad caipitiúil de €12 mhilliún ar a laghad deimhnithe ag an Rialtas d'Údarás na Gaeltachta in 2012 chun...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Proposed Legislation
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when legislation to support the implementation of a postcode system will be introduced; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if it is the case that the tender process to select an organisation to implement a national postcode has not...
- Energy Conservation
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the initiatives his Department has taken to monitor and reduce energy consumption in terms of electricity and...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Proposed Legislation
Question 178: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce regulations or laws to allow gardaí enter a premises in which an alarm has been...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 179: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if funding will be made available under the small capitals scheme for pipe replacement in the Derrybeg and...
- Local Authority Expenditure
Question 180: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown in the communication costs involved in running each of the 34 county and city...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 181: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for land purchased by him from an organisation (details supplied); if it is possible for Leitrim...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 182: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a housing facility (details supplied) in County Leitrim; if there will be funding...
- Local Authority Financial Reserves
Question 183: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the surplus or debit balance of each county and city council, as outlined in their respective annual...
- Local Government Management Services Board
Question 184: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding or contribution, if any, each local authority has paid to the Local Government Management...
- Local Authority Expenditure
Question 185: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he monitors the level of travel and subsistence paid to senior officials in local authorities; the...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 186: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason he has decided that the best way forward for the future of water treatment in Cork city is not to...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 190: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government taking into account the 12.4% population increase in the Kildare north constituency, as outlined in census...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Garda Deployment
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the population increase since 2006 in the Kildare North Constituency of 12.4%, according to Census 2011, if he will consider...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 278 of 10 May 2011, if he intends to review the legislative position in relation to awarding...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for naturalisation will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if he will...
- Crime Levels
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown in the number of Gardaí who have been assaulted in each of the years 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011...
- Deportation Orders
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which a full appraisal of circumstances has been undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Residency Permits
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures undertaken to date in the matter of determination of residency and naturalisation in the case of persons (details...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected position in regard to the determination of naturalisation status in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Residency Permits
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in the determination of residency and citizenship status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Asylum Applications
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the residency status and procedures in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in the matter of determination of naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
- Deportation Orders
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19444/11]
- Residency Permits
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the history of the case in the matter of determination of residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
- Deportation Orders
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a full review of the circumstances will be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will...
- Residency Permits
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if details of residency permission updates granted since 1998 will be furnished in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1;...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Defence his proposals in respect of a property (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19323/11]
- Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
- Food Safety Standards
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to ban unpasteurised milk; if he will consider the option of regulating the industry in place of an outright ban...
- Grant Payments
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will receive their REP scheme payment; and if he will make a statement...
- Official Engagements
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he intends to visit China this year following the visit by the Chinese Vice Minister for Agriculture Mr Niu Dun in May of...
- Pension Provisions
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the basis on which is it proposed to reduce the pension entitlements arising from employment and early retirement on...
- Afforestation Programme
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 311 of 14 December 2010, if he will investigate this case further; if he will request...
- Department of Health
- Youth Services
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs taking into account the 12.4% population increase in the Kildare North Constituency, as outlined in Census 2011, the plans in...
- Missing Persons
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the delay in implementing the 116000 number for missing children. [19288/11]
- Preschool Services
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her roles and responsibilities or those of any body under her aegis on the development and provision of early years and...
- Health Services
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason a special care unit (details supplied) is being re-opened on 5 July, in view of the fact that none of the issues...
- Medical Cards
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card renewal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Pension Provisions
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that private employees of a company (details supplied) in Dublin 20 are being charged the public sector pension levy; the number...
- Medical Cards
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has received an application for a renewal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied). [19280/11]
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money the Health Service Executive has spent on security for the unopened Tralee Community Hospital, County Kerry, since it has been...
- Health Services
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of funding to provide a health care centre in Keadue [19302/11]
- Hospital Staff
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants that have received remuneration from the VHI of over €1 million; the number of consultants who receive between €900,000...
- Medical Cards
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made regarding an application for full medical cards by persons (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the criteria used to determine eligibility by a GP for a GMS contract; if he will clarify his intentions regarding the...
- Dental Treatment Scheme
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health if the findings of a survey by the Irish Dental Association has been brought to his attention; if he has quantified the economic costs to his...
- Primary Care Strategy
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline his plans for the primary health centre at a location (details supplied) in County Wicklow; the size of the centre; the process by...
- Medical Cards
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health if he will indicate if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Community Care
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the homecare package in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [19343/11]
- Ambulance Service
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health if, in relation to the failure of systems to have a liver transplant patient (details supplied) delivered to London in time, he will investigate the...
- Hospital Services
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the upgrading of phase 3 at Naas General Hospital, County Kildare, which, based on the 12.7% population increase in County...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health the policy making structures that exist within the Health Service Executive; the extent to which policy changes require his or his Department's...
- Medical Cards
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health if an evaluation has been done into the family circumstances and health and welfare in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; if...
- Medical Cards
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health if and when an EU medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medicinal Products
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health if a difficulty exists in obtaining supplies of a product (details supplied) or its generic equivalent in view of the fact that a number of patients...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the Exchequer funds given to CIE in 2010 excluding funds given to its subsidiaries; the administrative cost of CIE excluding...
- Taxi Regulations
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the review of the taxi industry; and if he will include the operation of the inspection regime...
- Public Transport
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when it is intended that Bus Éireann will introduce real-time bus timetable information in Cork city; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will be reappointing the board of the Dublin Airport Authority after it expires in 2011. [19350/11]
- Taxi Regulations
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that no plans were granted to the full-time taxi drivers in the review body. [19414/11]
