Written answers
Tuesday, 12 July 2011
- Department of Health
- Proposed Legislation
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her legislative priorities for 2011. [19838/11]
- Departmental Agencies
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which she will establish the new child welfare agency. [19878/11]
- Child Abuse
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the planned child welfare agency will be accompanied by the establishment of an all-Ireland protocol for the exchange of...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has a contingency plan in place for any emergency legislation that may be required arising out of the pending Supreme Court...
- Youth Justice Service
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which the administrative structures of her Department will be finalised; the manner in which the work related to...
- Asylum Applications
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress made to date on addressing concerns regarding the care of unaccompanied minors claiming asylum; and if she will make...
- Child Welfare and Protection
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she will put the children first guidelines on a statutory footing; if it will then be possible to report Government...
- National Children's Strategy
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the national children's strategy implementation group last met; the current composition of the group; its current work plan;...
- Homeless Persons
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to tackle homelessness for children leaving care at 18 years of age. [19837/11]
- Child Welfare and Protection
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her role in ensuring the welfare of children with special needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19812/11]
- National Children's Strategy
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which she will publish the new national children's and young people's strategy for the period 2012-2017. [19889/11]
- Child Welfare and Protection
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her response to the 2010 annual report of the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church which highlighted a...
- Rights of the Child
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to increase children's ability to have their voices heard in matters concerning them; if she will increase the number of...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the joint work of her Department and the Department of Justice and Equality on the preparation of the...
- Institutional Child Abuse
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the implementation of the actions and policies set out in the Ryan report implementation plan; and if she...
- Children in Care
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the percentage of children in care with a care plan during this quarter and each quarter of each of the past four years; and if...
- Child Care Services
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which she will complete a review of the regulatory environment of pre-school and after school services including the...
- Child Welfare and Protection
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she has taken to remove child welfare and protection from the Health Service Executive; if she will provide details on...
- Departmental Staff
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has met with the Department of Health to discuss the number of social workers employed by the Health Service Executive; the...
- Constitutional Amendment on Children
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a full list of the children's advocacy groups she has met since her appointment in relation to the...
- Child Welfare and Protection
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress made to date in implementing the recommendations in the report on the Roscommon child care case; and if she will make...
- Youth Services
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which she will publish a new policy framework for youth work and youth service provision. [19893/11]
- Education Welfare Service
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will examine and reverse the decision to withdraw the visiting teacher service for Travellers' posts; if she will...
- Child Abuse
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she intends to put in place measures to prevent child abuse of a mental, physical or sexual nature; the degree...
- Child Welfare and Protection
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of meetings she has attended of the cross-Border group on child protection; the number of times it has met this year;...
- Missing Children
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which she will establish the 116000 hotline for missing children in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Bullying of Children
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she has had an opportunity to study the extent to which children and teenagers are bullied by their peers or...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funds that have been earmarked to deliver on the actions contained in the national recreation policy for young people; the...
- Youth Services
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding available for a centre (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18230/11]
- Children in Care
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the proposed child welfare agency will address the number of places in the State available to treat children with severe...
- Children's Services
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the work already done on the agenda for children's services is intended to be put into action; if so, the linkages between...
- Children in Care
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which she will publish the report on consultations with children living in the care of the State; the methodology used...
- Mental Health Services
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has discussed with the Department of Health the introduction of a detailed code of practice on admission to and treatment...
- Constitutional Amendment on Children
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which she will publish a draft Bill in respect of the children's rights referendum; and if she will confirm a...
- Child Protection and Welfare
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on calls for the setting up of a new child protection register as opposed to the existing child protection notification...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Trade Missions
Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will be leading any trade missions to Japan or China this year; his plans to increase trade to Japan and China;...
- Passport Applications
Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will receive their passport. [19563/11]
- Human Rights Issues
Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise the matter of parents in India having the sex of their young daughters changed to male from as young...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts he is making to see that human rights standards will be respected for all Sudanese women and men in...
- Trade Promotion
Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contact he has had with the Canadian ambassador about increasing trade between Ireland and Canada; and if he will...
- Certificates of Irish Heritage
Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to develop a certificate of Irish heritage scheme directed at the Irish diaspora worldwide; and if he will...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, following his response to my recent question regarding the allegations that the Irish aid boat to Gaza, the MV...
- European Neighbourhood Policy
Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the initiative he has taken regarding the European Union's Neighbourhood Policy. [15392/11]
- EU Treaties
Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his approach to discussions at European Council level regarding any treaties-related changes, such as opt-outs from...
- North-South Ministerial Council
Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he intends implementing any changes to scheduled meetings of the North-South Ministerial Council; the issues...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will sign the ministerial order regarding the leisure sector arising from section 117(2)(b) of the 2010 Finance Act; and if he will make a...
- Tax Reliefs
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Finance his views in relation to the provision of section 23 tax reliefs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19524/11]
- Tax Code
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance the vehicle registration tax charges that will be levied on vehicles (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19538/11]
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance the approximate number and value of loans transferred to the National Asset Management Agency on a bank by bank basis when the loans were fully...
- Tax Code
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance if businesses are legally obliged to pass on the reduced VAT rate to customers with effect from 1 July 2011; the checks that will be carried out to...
- EU-IMF Programme
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to secure a reduction in the interest rate on the EU-IMF bailout since the conclusion of the June European Council summit....
- Tax Code
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail fully the eligibility criteria for the new 9% VAT rate for the tourism industry; the tourism products that are to be covered by...
- Tax Yield
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance the total tax revenue expected for 2010 and 2011; and if he will supply in tabular form the value, in gross spending and percentage terms of this...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of employees in the National Asset Management Agency who earn €100,000 per annum or more; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Banking Sector Staff
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of new staff employed by Anglo Irish Bank directly, on contract or on secondment from professional firms in the past 12 months; the...
- Banks Recapitalisation
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider an alternative bank recapitalisation strategy involving the reversal of the National Asset Management Agency, temporary...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance if Goldman Sachs has been retained professionally by his Department, the National Treasury Management Agency or by any body under the aegis of his...
- Tax Code
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the matter (details supplied) regarding personal fund threshold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19721/11]
- Drug Seizures
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance the references to drugs and drug seizures in the Revenue's business plans for each of the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; if he is satisfied...
- Credit Availability
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the current rate of lending to small and medium business in the hospitality sector by Irish banks covered under the bank guarantee...
- Banks Recapitalisation
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the financial institutions which have been bailed out by the State and which are substantially or entirely owned by the State; the...
- Tax Collection
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 151 of 28 June 2011, if it is recognised that the tax payer concerned at all stages followed the advice of...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to any material systemic issues involving a company (details supplied); if the Central Bank informed him of any...
- Loan Facility Agreements
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance the day on which the margin on the bilateral loan from the British Government was agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19868/11]
- EU-IMF Programme
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance the profit that the IMF will make on the loan facility extended to Ireland as part of the EU-IMF programme assuming a full draw down of the moneys...
- Tax Yield
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money collected from the universal social charge for the first six months of the year; the amount which was expected to be collected;...
- Banks Recapitalisation
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance with respect to the €270,000 paid out in legal fees by EBS as part of its capital raising measures, if the EBS sought and received quotes from...
- Banking Sector Staff
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons employed in Allied Irish Bank, Bank of Ireland, Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide Building Society in each of the past...
- State Savings Products
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a scheme to issue national recovery bonds aimed at the Irish diaspora; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19958/11]
- Banking Sector Staff
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance the pay rises that have been awarded to staff of Anglo Irish Bank since nationalisation; if he will provide the list of pay rises awarded broken...
- Tax Code
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the universal social charge (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20052/11]
- Credit Availability
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will direct State assisted financial institutions to provide invoice discounting facilities to smaller and medium sized enterprises; and if he...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Patronage
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the publication of the recent Irish Human Rights Commission's report on education and religion, Education: A Human Rights...
- Teacher Training
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a detailed breakdown of costs involved in training a second level teacher, including primary degree and postgraduate...
- Irish Language
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the initiatives which are being taken by him to ensure pre-service and in-service training for teachers who are or who may be employed...
- State Examinations
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the optional béalscrúdú for junior certificate Gaeilge; his views that this is an important element in the learning of...
- School Staffing
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify matters relating to the teacher education section which advertises posts with the Professional Development Services...
- State Examinations
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views that the State examination papers should be a model for promotion of gender equality in their content and his further views...
- School Inspection Reports
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views that resources and professional supports be made available to address matters which are being noted in subject inspections...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an appeal for the summer works scheme in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role undertaken by special educational needs organisers. [19567/11]
- Soláthar Pinsin
Question 162: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh ar iarratas ar phinsean tinnis do dhuine (sonraí tugtha); agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh....
- Foirne Scoile
Question 163: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an bhfágfar cúntóir riachtanas speisialta ag mac léinn bunscoile (sonraí tugtha) do na scoilbhlianta 2011/2012 agus 2012/2013; agus...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will support the survivors of abuse in their opposition to the statutory trust fund. [19588/11]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding special needs assistant hours in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [19589/11]
- School Transport
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the school transport scheme to ensure that those students who would ordinarily have attended a closed school (details...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the numbers of special needs assistants employed at each school in County Donegal for the school year beginning September 2010, the...
- School Transport
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total proportion, in percentage and amount, of the school transport budget spent by Bus Éireann and/or his Department and...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who are doing FÁS courses in County Meath who already have a qualification on the level of the course they are...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the numbers of special needs assistants employed at each school in County Kerry for the school year beginning September 2010 in tabular...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in County Cavan that will be affected by the changes to the qualification criteria for non-adjacent student...
- School Transport
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of routes that will be affected by changes in the primary school transport by the failure to retain or keep a service in...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of special needs assistant hours that have been allocated in County Carlow for the school year 2011-12; and the way this...
- School Transport
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of bus routes and students that will be affected by the proposed increase in the minimum number of students needed to...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Ryan report. [19717/11]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding special education needs in respect of a person (details supplied). [19720/11]
- Third Level Courses
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the connections currently active between the third level sector here and the third level sector in Canada; and if he will make a...
- School Transport
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in County Donegal and across the State that are affected by the decision to renege on the historical commitment...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any grant aid assistance is available to students attending third level education whose parents' status in the State is governed by...
- Post-Leaving Certificate Courses
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Mayo has not been approved by him for any of the post-leaving certificate courses for...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the necessary funding to carry out emergency roof refurbishment to the gym and sports hall of a school (details...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will sanction full-time home tutor service in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [19826/11]
- Education Funding
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount the Catholic Church contributes to the annual budget for Irish schools. [19857/11]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will appoint a senior official from his Department to liaise with the parents of a child (details supplied ) and the different...
- European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on the application by a company (details supplied) for European Globalisation Fund expenses; and when a decision will...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school building project (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the timeframe for completion of works; and if...
- European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills, further to Parliamentary Question No. 77 of 16 June 2011, if he will provide the figures requested (details supplied); and if he will...
- School Accommodation
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in south Tipperary that have temporary accommodation and are awaiting permanent accommodation and the breakdown...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will continue to provide a full-time special needs assistant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [19959/11]
- School Transport
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills, further to Parliamentary Questions No. 243 of 5 July and No. 93 of 9 June 2011, if he will make available to the board of management...
- School Accommodation
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding schools (details supplied) in County Kildare; if a decision will be made prior to the commencement of the autumn...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a dependent of a non-EU national who is married to an EU national is eligible for higher education fees and grant assistance; and if...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the design of the proposed 40 new schools recently announced, if the design team will consider methods for the...
- Departmental Funding
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will restore funding to a local agency (details supplied) which assists students from low income backgrounds in Dublin 17, Dublin...
- State Examinations
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount paid to persons who supervised the leaving certificate and junior certificate examinations in each of the years 2009,...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Departmental Properties
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that his Department is duplicating payment of rent both on the burnt down...
- Job Creation
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any additional analysis has been done by him in relation to replacement rates and unemployment here since the completion...
- Public Sector Pay
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the review of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009 (No. 2) 2009 has commenced; when it is...
- Public Procurement
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to increase the €50,000 threshold for public procurement in view of the fact that there is an inordinate cost...
- Public Sector Pay
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the figure of €289 million stated as the reduction in payroll costs detailed in the review report on the Croke Park...
- Commercial Rates
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date the Valuation Office will be commencing its review of the commercial rates in County Meath; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the fact that Deutsche Bank estimates the total cost, including wages, of processing a single invoice is...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the consultants who have been hired to assist him with the work of public sector reform; the...
- Public Sector Pay
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that non-teaching staff in a private school whose wages are not paid by the Exchequer are excluded in the...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Employment Rights
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is reviewing the procedures that are in place to ensure that all contractors and sub-contractors who have been awarded...
- County Enterprise Boards
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding available to the individual county enterprise boards; and his views on whether this level of funding is adequate...
- Foreign Direct Investment
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the work he and State agencies under his aegis are engaged in with companies from Canada; and if he will make a statement on...
- Employment Rights
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated annual cost to employers in complying with the administrative burdens of employment regulation orders and...
- Industrial Development
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will account for the transactions of the Industrial Development Agency in relation to County Monaghan and provide...
- Job Creation
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will clarify and account for the transactions of Enterprise Ireland in relation to County Monaghan; if he will provide...
- Business Regulation
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the next report of the high level group on business regulation is to be published; if he will outline the suggestions...
- EU Directives
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress of the examination of the directive on casual trading by-Laws 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the...
- Department of Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [19507/11]
- Family Support Services
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when payment will issue on the back to school clothing and footwear scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary;...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a carer's allowance application will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) County Offaly; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a disability allowance appeal will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; if a medical assessment...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Social Protection with regard to agencies (details supplied) and their sub-agencies, the levels of office rental paid, the location of offices and their...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding rent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7. [19590/11]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she or her Department's officials have had any discussions with Dublin Bus, Iarnród Éireann, Bus Éireann or Veolia Transport (the...
- Employment Support Services
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of time it takes for a FÁS adviser to contact persons in County Meath who are on the live register; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of families, nationally and by region, in receipt of family income supplement; the estimated number of families who may be...
- Liúntais Gaeltachta
Question 243: To ask the Aire Coimirce Sóisialaí an bhfuil sé i gceist aici leanúint léi ag íoc an liúntais Gaeltachta le feidhmeannaigh ó FSS ar ghrád Oifigigh Leasa Phobail atá lena...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review an appeal for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make...
- Employment Support Services
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for the Government funding of the EmployAbility service and the offices of the Supported Employment Network Mayo in the short...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status regarding an appeal for supplementary welfare allowance and mortgage interest allowance in respect of a person (details...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if rent allowance will be approved as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [19653/11]
- Employment Support Services
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the organisations participating in the JobBridge programme; if vocational education committees and schemes under their remit will be...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the minimum payment that is issued to one person in the State per month; the average payment that is issued to one person in the State per...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review a decision to refuse an application for supplementary welfare assistance in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter with regard to supplementary welfare allowance payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review a matter in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can obtain the details necessary for them to make an application for rent subsidy; and if...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the grounds on which a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan had illness benefit cancelled; when the person will be medically...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will deal with the following matter (details supplied) regarding a hearing aid grant; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that an appeal lodged on rent supplement is adjudicated on as soon as possible in respect of a person (details...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to any over-payments as a result of the automated service of the back to school clothing and footwear...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when an appeal in respect of rent support will be heard in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
- Employment Support Services
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding eligibility for Tús employment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [19905/11]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if new guidelines have been issued regarding the operation or the criteria for the habitual residency conditions for the purposes of...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a domiciliary care allowance appeal will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; the criteria used...
- Community Welfare Service
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to move the delivery of community welfare services to local social protection offices from local Health Service Executive...
- Employment Support Services
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider a proposal to support and train in-company trainers in the service sector, that is, airports, security, retail and so...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding mortgage interest supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; if this payment can be...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Commemorative Events
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the 1916 centenary committee will have its first meeting. [18707/11]
- Arts Funding
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the fact that many community arts organisations depend on local development agencies, local authorities or other...
- Architectural Heritage
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consideration has been given by him to taking the Bank of Ireland building at College Green, Dublin into State ownership...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the Ceardlinn business units at Dingle, County Kerry, were closed by Udarás na Gaeltachta in 2006/07; if there...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when he will make appointments to fill the relevant vacancies on the board of the Arts Council; and if he will make a...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Telecommunications Services
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report on the roll out of the national broadband scheme; and the way it is being measured and...
- Prospecting Licences
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to ensure that gas exploration in the Upper Shannon catchment area is properly monitored...
- Natural Gas Grid
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Bord Gáis has a contract in place with SEPIl for the delivery of Corrib gas to Irish consumers; the terms...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a listing of RTÉ digital Saorview transmitters that are now operating at their full planned...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of weeks on which he has had newspaper advertisements in newspapers in County Donegal to advertise...
- Grant Payments
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will review a decision to amend a grant approved under the warmer home scheme to a person (details...
- Inland Fisheries
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will publish the statistics on salmon numbers recorded in the Suir Estuary over the past five years; his...
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if performance bonuses have been paid to the chief executive or senior management at Bord Gáis Éireann in...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to improve broadband service throughout rural Ireland and especially in areas in County Laois in...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Election Management System
Question 296: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will carry out a review of the district electoral divisions ahead of any constituency review in view...
- Rural Development
Question 297: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure sustainable rural communities across Ireland especially in view of the recent decision...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 298: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he...
- Local Authority Services
Question 300: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some local authorities are refusing to answer...
- Community Development
Question 301: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for future development of the RAPID programmes as administered nationally but with particular...
- International Agreements
Question 302: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the Aarhus Convention will be ratified and fully implemented; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Planning Issues
Question 303: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has given instruction or made regulation or given guidance in respect of the siting of wind farms in...
- Community Development
Question 304: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason he is withholding funding from a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Election Management System
Question 305: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if British citizens will be able to vote in a presidential election and referendum if they have been living...
- Waste Management
Question 306: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will indicate the proposal to replace the current waste from electrical and electronic equipment,...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 307: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money collected in each of the years 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011 for the non-principal...
- Urban Renewal Schemes
Question 308: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received submissions or proposals from Sligo Borough Council regarding the maisonettes at a...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 309: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to non-principal private residence, NPPR, tax, if there is an exemption in the case of...
- Retail Sector Developments
Question 310: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the report into retail planning guidelines as required under the EU-IMF deal has been completed; if it...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Magdalene Laundries
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will extend the remit of Senator Martin McAleese to include the Bethany Home in his review of State culpability in relation to...
- Refugee Appeals Tribunal
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the decisions archive of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal is only accessible by legal representatives and not academics and...
- Garda Equipment
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the insurance cover in place for An Garda Síochána patrol cars; if a patrol car is burned out as a result of vandalism, if the...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there are any indications coming from the Director of Public Prosecutions regarding possible legal proceedings arising from the...
- Garda Reserve
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is currently awaiting a report by the Garda Inspectorate on the Garda Reserve; if so, when this report will be published; the...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he will take to address the issue of bullying through the Internet, mobile phones and social networks; and if he will make a...
- Crime Prevention
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for improved child protection with particular reference to the need to prevent child pornography and/or opportunities leading...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in processing of Garda clearance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a...
- Garda Recruitment
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the circumstances in which the upper age limit for recruitment to An Garda Síochána is being considered; if members of the Garda...
- Garda Operations
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of policing arrangements at Shannon Airport for 2009 and 2010 including salaries and allowances, overtime, travel and...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a Garda clearance certificate will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the fact that the...
- Garda Deployment
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria to ensure that the allocation of the number of gardaí to areas in rural Ireland is adhered to; and if there is a maximum...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Trade in Illicit Tobacco Products
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that An Garda Síochána is taking to counteract the sale of illicit or counterfeit tobacco products at markets here; the...
- Magdalene Laundries
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will immediately publish the Magdalene Laundries inter-departmental committee terms of reference; and if he will make a statement...
- Control of Firearms
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) in County Carlow has been deprived of a gun licence since 2001 resulting in the loss of their...
- Garda Operations
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the changes to current legislation that are being considered to properly protect front-line gardaí from assaults in the wake of an...
- Garda Stations
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the recent census results and the population growth in Dublin North his plans to build a Garda station in Rush, County...
- Temporary Travel Documents
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when temporary travel documents issued by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service will be in line with the current...
- Residency Permits
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or proposed residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement...
- Criminal Prosecutions (1 comment)
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality, further to Parliamentary Question No. 280, the number of parents that have been sanctioned by the courts; and if he will make a...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the contacts he has had with political leaders and others in Northern Ireland regarding his policy towards the Smithwick tribunal; and...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [19931/11]
- Residency Permits
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be granted a stamp 4 residency; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Equipment
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if any Garda station in the Dublin region has requested any additional Garda vehicles for the years 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011; the...
- Garda Operations
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda checkpoints in the R and J districts of the Dublin region that were carried out that included other State agencies...
- Defence Forces Deserters
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will review the case of the Irish soldiers who deserted from the Irish Army to fight against fascism during the Second World War; and if he...
- Defence Forces Operations
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Defence the estimated costs to him for Defence Forces personnel on security duty at Shannon Airport for 2009 and 2010, including security duty allowances,...
- Defence Forces Discipline
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in the Defence Forces Ombudsman's 2010 report, she noted that 13 individuals from the Air Corps...
- Defence Forces Personnel
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of vacancies in the Air Corps and Naval Service by rank.. [20017/11]
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will introduce a timeframe for the recruitment of personnel to the Defence Forces; the number of retirements within the Defence Forces that...
- Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Fisheries and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 336 of 21 June 2011, when a decision will issue in relation to an application in...
- Raw Milk Sales
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Fisheries and Food if he will explain the reasoning behind the proposed ban on raw milk; when this legislation is due to be introduced; and if...
- Grant Payments
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reasons only 75% of REPS 4 payments due to a person (details supplied) were issued; and if he will expedite payment of...
- Compensation Payments
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason compensation is being denied to a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan for the eradication and disposal...
- Milk Quota
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will grant an application for additional milk quota to persons (details supplied) in County Limerick. [19608/11]
- Fishing Quotas
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in view of the investment made and legitimate expectation, he intends to allow all boats that fished for Celtic Sea...
- Departmental Offices
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will examine the decision to relocate workers in a Department office (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he...
- Grant Payments
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Bovine Diseases
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the changes that are taking place in relation to the testing for T.B. in cattle; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will waive the current licence fees for mooring of leisure craft at Dunmore East harbour, County Waterford due to the...
- Afforestation Programme
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will review a matter in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [19922/11]
- Grant Payments
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an appeal on REPS 4 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Animal Welfare
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has made any submissions to the drafting of the proposed new EU strategy for the protection and welfare of animals...
- Aquaculture Licences
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in view of the inordinate amount of time that it has already taken to conclude a management agreement for the licensing of...
- Animal Identification Scheme
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will review the existing tagging system for sheep in view of the fact that existing tagging is complicating matters...
- Raw Milk Sales
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the proposals for the sale of raw milk here, in view of the fact that some persons believe that they ought to have the...
- Department of Health
- Child Welfare and Protection
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for the establishment of a dedicated child welfare and protection agency as promised in the programme for Government....
- Foreign Adoptions
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress being made in respect of delays being encountered by Irish families attempting to adopt children from Belarus; when...
- School Meals Programme
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the current economic downturn is directly impacting on many more children going...
- Child Welfare and Protection
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will meet with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss its child protection concerns and recommendations; and if she...
- Youth Services
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she intends to address the ongoing issues of youth affairs with particular reference to the need to provide...
- Child Care Services
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which child support services are required on a nationwide basis; her plans to address this issue; and if she will...
- Family Support Services
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she and her Department have examined or intend to examine the most effective method to address issues faced...
- Hospital Services
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an approximation of the savings that will be made by him through the centralisation of catering facilities from Monaghan General...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be put in place and the necessary arrangements made to enable the palliative care unit to commence operation at a home (details...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be made available for an extension at Bandon Community Hospital, County Cork for extra beds and ancillary services; and if he will...
- Medical Cards
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card will be prioritised and approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [19573/11]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Health his intentions in regard to the fair deal scheme; if he can address the concerns being expressed by elderly persons relative to those seeking...
- Medical Cards
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appeal of a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Services
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Health if the central procurement that the Health Service Executive instituted for the hospital network has resulted in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin being...
- Medical Cards
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Health the grounds on which a person (details supplied) was refused a full medical card and granted a general practitioner card only; and if the decision...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Health the funding given to CoAction, west Cork for the children that have a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders only in west Cork; and if he will make a...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Service Executive appeals office is experiencing a significantly increased volume of...
- Health Service Staff
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to reverse the decision to cut student nurses pay, while doing their internship; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Health if all the support and equipment required at home by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be provided as a matter of urgency by the...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether there is a credibility gap in relation to some former senior banking officials sitting on health-related boards where they are...
- Health Services
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding surgery in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if they will be treated...
- Health Service Staff
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Health the way he will solve the unemployment issues for newly qualified physiotherapists; and if there is another agency that can assist them to start-up...
- Hospital Services
Question 409: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding proposed changes by the Health Service Executive earlier this year to services at the regional Orthopaedic Hospital in Croom,...
- Nursing Home Services
Question 412: To ask the Minister for Health his general policy in relation to Health Service Executive owned nursing homes for the elderly; if he has instructed the HSE to maintain the very...
- Health Services
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Health if home help will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny as a matter of urgency; and if he will arrange a package...
- Hospital Services
Question 417: To ask the Minister for Health if a paediatric nurse with expertise in the area of diabetes will be appointed to St Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny; if this area of care will be...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Health if an angiogram will be arranged as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if there is a reason for the...
- Hospital Services
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of the hospitals here who have contracted out their car parks; and the company that has the contract in each case. [19668/11]
- Vaccination Programme
Question 421: To ask the Minister for Health the information patients, or parents of patients, are currently given before giving their consent to the human papilloma virus vaccination; and if...
- Drug Treatment Centres
Question 423: To ask the Minister for Health if there are any legal protocols or guidance in place regarding the setting up of drug treatment centres; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Cards
Question 424: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
- Health Services
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Health if complaints (details supplied) should be investigated by the Health Service Executive, the Health Information and Quality Authority or another...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 427: To ask the Minister for Health the number of visits made by the Health Information and Quality Authority to a nursing home (details supplied) and the dates of same. [19722/11]
- Mental Health Services
Question 430: To ask the Minister for Health the sources of finance available for counsellors wishing to set up men's help groups, that is, in terms of combating mental health problems; and the...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for the fair deal funding in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Health Services
Question 432: To ask the Minister for Health when the review of the patient transport service (details supplied) will be published; if this review will contain provisions to cater for the...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 433: To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the role of the Health Service Executive in the provision of housing services; if he would agree with the need for single...
- Health Services
Question 434: To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [19762/11]
- Health Service Staff
Question 435: To ask the Minister for Health if he has any plans to offer a voluntary redundancy programme to Health Service Executive non-administration staff, that is, kitchen staff, cleaners,...
- Departmental Reports
Question 436: To ask the Minister for Health the number of recommendations of the national task force on obesity which were published in 2005 that have been implemented; the number of times the...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 437: To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency and accident cases dealt with by the accident and emergency unit in the Mater Hospital, Dublin 7, in each of the past three...
- Health Services
Question 438: To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for children for first time referrals for eye tests at Naas and Maynooth health centres, County Kildare; and if he will consider...
- Hospital Staff
Question 439: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that agency nurses employed by Nurse on Call, who are the sole contractors for the Health Service...
- Health Services
Question 440: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will be seen by a psychologist to review a learning disability; and if he will make a statement on...
- Hospital Services
Question 441: To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals, if any, at which treatment of benign prostatic lyperplasia is carried out by photoselective vaporisation of the prostate using laser...
- Medical Cards
Question 442: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card was not renewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork [19858/11]
- Hospital Services
Question 443: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a taxi rank which was located in the grounds of St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8, has been removed; if...
- Health Services
Question 445: To ask the Minister for Health if it will be possible to allocate extra home help in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
- Health Service Staff
Question 446: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a new voluntary redundancy scheme for Health Service Executive staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19945/11]
- Health Services
Question 448: To ask the Minister for Health the name of the company with which the Health Service Executive has a contract to provide customer support services to the primary care reimbursement...
- Mental Health Services
Question 449: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding Mental Health - A Vision for Change; when he will be appointing a secretariat to advance this; and if he will make a statement...
- Medicinal Products
Question 453: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make available on the drugs repayment scheme and the medical card scheme the enzyme medication sucraid in respect of a person (details...
- Grant Payments
Question 454: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the distress caused by the financial uncertainty surrounding an association (details supplied); if he will...
- Medical Cards
Question 455: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the cost of a medical which persons over 70 years of age must undergo in order to renew their drivers' licences is not covered by a...
- Hospital Services
Question 457: To ask the Minister for Health if he will give an assurance that the accident and emergency department of Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal will be allocated the...
- Hospital Staff
Question 462: To ask the Minister for Health the assistance the Health Service Executive is providing to the management of Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal to assist it in the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 463: To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be prioritised for an appointment at the Mater Hospital urology department, Dublin 7; and if he will make a...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 464: To ask the Minister for Health if he will fund a charity (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20058/11]
- Health Services
Question 465: To ask the Minister for Health the current issues in relation to the provision of services and matters that need to be examined and dealt with in relation to a facility (details...
- Tobacco Control
Question 466: To ask the Minister for Health, further to Parliamentary Question No. 376 of 24 May 2011, if the tobacco policy review group is considering reviewing the current tobacco control...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Taxi Regulations
Question 467: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason taxis not affiliated to a company (details supplied) are not permitted to work the rank located on the grounds of...
- Rural Transport Services
Question 468: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is committed to the ongoing funding of the current rural transport service; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Taxi Regulations
Question 469: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the names of the members of the steering group appointed to oversee research and examination of issues relating to the taxi...
- Road Network
Question 470: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is appropriate that Clare County Council has implemented a full road closure on the N68 Ennis to Kilrush road to...
- Taxi Regulations
Question 475: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a submission (details supplied) regarding the taxi regulation review. [19607/11]
- Road Network
Question 476: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason specific road grants cannot be notified to local authorities in January, in order that councils may properly plan...
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 478: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will disclose the full details of the severance payments made to the former CEO of Dundalk Port Company Limited who...
- Road Network
Question 479: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider introducing a revised local improvement scheme to provide greater flexibility to local authorities to clear...
- Public Transport
Question 480: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the introduction of integrated ticketing with particular regard for integrated ticketing between private commuter...
- Public Transport Vehicles
Question 481: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm if national development plan funded buses were used for private hire work in Waterford during the weekend of...
- Road Network
Question 482: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans for the Slane N2 bypass in County Meath, on the assumption that An Bord Pleanála gives approval; and if he...
- Taxi Regulations
Question 483: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason representatives of the Revenue Commissioners and the Department of Social Protection were not included in the taxi...
- Sports Funding
Question 484: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he operates any schemes to provide financial support to Irish sports scholarship students awarded scholarships in...
- Tourism Industry
Question 485: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport following his recent remarks on cruise liner potential for Dublin Port, if he will engage with the stakeholders in the...
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 486: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons employed by the Dublin Airport Authority by grade. [20016/11]
