Written answers
Thursday, 14 July 2011
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Expenditure Reviews
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has discussed his instruction to heads of Departments, to include further human resource or structural reforms beyond...
- Departmental Estimates
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the vote headings and sub-heading that he intends using for his own Department in the Estimates Volume; the full year baseline...
- Expenditure Reviews
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if and when he instructed Department heads to consider substantial savings in subsidised publicly provided transport and...
- Departmental Staff
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he held interviews for the position of Secretary General in his Department; the number of same; and the persons involved in...
- Public Service Reform
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the work he has carried out in respect of models of corporate governance within the civil and public service; and his plans...
- State Agencies
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of chief executives of commercial State companies that have voluntarily reduced their salary by 15%. [20293/11]
- Public Expenditure
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he has identified the areas most prone to public expenditure overruns by reference to the figure for each...
- Public Service Provision
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will carry out an assessment of the geographic imbalance in respect of the delivery of public services in which areas of...
- Ministerial Functions
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the delegation orders which he intends signing in respect of any Minister of State. [20321/11]
- Departmental Bodies
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his involvement in the work of the tax strategy group. [20302/11]
- Civil Service Recruitment
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason, despite the completion of the progress report on the Croke Park agreement which found that the total reduction in...
- Ministerial Functions
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role he will play in representing Ireland at EU level. [20310/11]
- Official Engagements
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the meetings he has held with representatives of the trade unions and employers in the past three months. [20304/11]
- Employment of Agency Staff
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of agency staff employed in the public sector; the agencies being used; the cost of same; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Staff
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the name and terms for all non-established personnel in his Department. [20309/11]
- Secret Service
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform following the circulation of the 2011 Estimates for Public Services this week, if he will explain the reason the spend on the...
- Public Service Recruitment
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of the negative impact the ongoing recruitment embargo is having on the public services, his views on whether the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the changes he has made in the staffing of the units transferred to his Department. [20303/11]
- Public Sector Pay
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will give a commitment that there will be no further cuts to public service pay. [20298/11]
- Public Sector Recruitment
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of the programme for Government commitment that all appointments at principal officer Level and above will be open to...
- Official Engagements
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the discussions he has had with the Croke Park Agreement implementation body. [20297/11]
- Departmental Staff
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number, grade and locations of staff in his Department and further changes to any of these details which he envisages for...
- Departmental Properties
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if consideration will be given to the sale of land and buildings or the surrender of leases even where this might have...
- Expenditure Reviews
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will give details of the proposals sought for the rationalisation of grant and subsidy schemes to be included in the...
- Sale of State Assets
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans regarding the sale of State assets; if he will provide a timeframe for same; and if the proceeds will be used to...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide examples of reasonable co-payment mechanisms to offset in part costs associated with the delivery of public...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Applications
Question 54: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the nature of any outstanding requirements in respect of the issue of a passport in the case of a person (details...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 55: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the grants available for the transportation of disused medical equipment to developing countries; and if he will make...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 57: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if companies (details supplied) are employed by his Department; and if so the capacity of same. [20502/11]
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 58: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide full details of all appointments made at his Department since he took up office. [20575/11]
- Departmental Properties
Question 59: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total value of the property portfolio of his Department including all embassies abroad; and if he will make a...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 61: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total cost of hiring external public relations companies by his Department over the past decade; and if he will...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 63: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of State funding directly or indirectly that has been paid to fund trade unions, related bodies or trade...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the reduction in VAT for Irish newspapers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20396/11]
- Tobacco Smuggling
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of illegal cigarettes that were confiscated by the Customs Service in 2010 and to date in 2011; his plans to tackle the illegal...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is equitable that a company is permitted to resume development of a site under National Asset Management Agency supervision...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will issue guidelines to the banks for dealing with residential borrowers who are in negative equity; his views on outlining to the banks the...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance if companies (details supplied) are employed by his Department; and if so, the capacity of same. [20501/11]
- Tax Reliefs
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of tax expenditures and tax breaks currently in place; the total number of tax expenditures and tax breaks; the number of...
- Tax Code
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the practice of certain newspapers of failing to pass on the entirety of the recent cut in VAT to their customers; and if he will make a...
- Tax Reliefs
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to eliminate tax breaks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20550/11]
- Ministerial Staff
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of all appointments made at his Department since he took up office. [20574/11]
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the total amount of money paid by the State to a company (details supplied) in the past decade; and details of the...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the up to date estimates of payments of fees to consultants, advisers and other professionals to the National Assets...
- Parliamentary Questions
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Finance the most up to date estimate of the cost of answering a parliamentary question; the estimated cost to the Exchequer of this service per annum; and...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost of hiring external public relations companies to all Government Departments over the past decade; and if he will make a statement on...
- Banking Sector
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason he voted for the re-election of five directors of the Bank of Ireland at the AGM despite their service having commenced before 2008, the...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance the method of selection for the appointment of the Fiscal Council; the way they were chosen; if they were personally selected by him or recommended...
- Banking Sector
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the selection process for appointment of new board directors to the banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. ...
- Company Administration
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) in relation to the Quinn Group. [20672/11]
- Banking Sector
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance if he provide details of the amount that bondholders were paid (details supplied). [20673/11]
- Company Administration
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will guarantee the citizens of Ireland that proper procedures were followed at all times in relation to the take-over of the Quinn Group and...
- Banking Sector Staff
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the recent salary cap, he supports the position that a person who is in receipt of a substantial salary from a commercial semi-State...
- EU-IMF Programme
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details on his involvement in the latest quarterly review by the troika of Ireland's financial assistance package; and if he will...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of State funding directly or indirectly that has been paid to fund trade unions, related bodies or trade union interests or causes in the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Relocation
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application by a school (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20404/11]
- School Transport
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school transport routes that will be affected after September by the changes in the school transport scheme. [20411/11]
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grounds on which it was decided to change the previous proposed amalgamation of Roscommon and Galway Vocational Education Committees...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that were approved funding under the summer works scheme 2010 in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the number of...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary has made an application for additional funding or any building works; the status of...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if companies (details supplied) are employed by his Department; and if so the capacity of same. [20499/11]
- Third Level Courses
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will assure the public that places on the springboard scheme in university are additional to previously existing college places...
- School Transport
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the decision in relation to primary school transport charges regarding a family (details supplied) in County...
- School Staffing
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) has been placed on a supplementary panel for County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Accommodation
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount the State spends per annum on temporary school accommodation at primary and secondary level; the measures being taken to...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide full details of all appointments made at his Department since he took up office. [20572/11]
- School Staffing (1 comment)
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in the Donegal Gaeltacht is unable to provide the Sruth...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has any plans to increase vocational education committee grants for mature students in view of the fact that the grant as it...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the current classroom overcrowding problem at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; the...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the number of quangos which are currently affiliated to his Department; the name and location of each...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants employed by schools in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; if he will provide the list of these...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the total amount of money paid by his Department to a company (details supplied) in the past decade; and...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of State funding directly or indirectly that has been paid to fund trade unions, related bodies or trade union interests or...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Employment Rights
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding plans by him to bring about an increase in inspections by the National Employment Rights Authority in...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of State funding directly or indirectly that has been paid to fund trade unions, related bodies or trade union...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the total amount of money paid by his Department to a company (details supplied) in the past...
- Departmental Functions
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the division of responsibilities between his Department and the Department of Finance. [20520/11]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 30 June 2011, the items procured for the establishment of his Department under...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if companies (details supplied) are employed by his Department; and if so the capacity of same. [20508/11]
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will specify the number of semi-State companies that paid bonuses to second-tier management staff in each of the years...
- Departmental Staff
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide full details of all appointments made at his Department since he took up office. [20581/11]
- Public Service Staff
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it is expected that budgetary requirement appertaining to the public service in terms of employment levels are likely to be...
- Public Sector Reform
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his priorities in respect of public sector reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20638/11]
- Public Service Staff
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which reduction in the number of public sector employees as intended by the previous administration is on target...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the danger posed to young children from looped cord window blinds which have resulted in...
- Industrial Relations
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the specific concerns that were voiced at his recent meeting with the Communications Workers' Union; the specific actions...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if companies (details supplied) are employed by his Department; and if so the capacity of same. [20503/11]
- Job Creation
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way ready access to the provisions of the jobs initiative can be made in the case of a person (details supplied) to...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide full details of all appointments made at his Department since he took up office. [20576/11]
- Skill Shortages
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of US multinationals that have expressed concern about the lack of adequate training in the science, innovation...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of the total amount paid by his Department to a company (details supplied) in the past decade;...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of State funding directly or indirectly that has been paid to fund trade unions, related bodies or trade union...
- Department of Social Protection
- Civil Registration
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be awarded rent by the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when a back to education allowance will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
- Pension Provisions
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is on a reduced rate of pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal for disability allowance will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be awarded rent allowance. [20428/11]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal on a recent decision regarding illness benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if companies (details supplied) are employed by her Department; and if so the capacity of same. [20506/11]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that an application for back to school clothing and footwear allowance has been received in respect of a person...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has brought the report of the gender recognition advisory group to the Cabinet this week; if a timetable has been agreed for its...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for the back to school clothing and footwear allowance will be expedited and approved in respect of a person (details...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide full details of all appointments made at her Department since she took up office. [20579/11]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for the respite grant to date in 2011; the number of applications which have not been processed and awarded;...
- Civil Registration
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the review of the Civil Registration Act 2004 to enable the registration of the deaths of Irish persons abroad; and...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review proposals to recover over-payment of social welfare payments in view of the fact that the person (details supplied) in...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide details of the total amount of money paid by her Department to a company (details supplied) in the past decade; and...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
- National Parks
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding repairs to roadways to Muckross House (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if companies (details supplied) are employed by his Department; and if so the capacity of same. [20495/11]
- Turbary Rights
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht regarding Coolrain or Windsor Bog, County Laois, in view of the fact that the site was adopted by the European Commission...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide full details of all appointments made at his Department since he took up office. [20568/11]
- School Curriculum
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in the Donegal Gaeltacht is unable to provide...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total cost of hiring external public relations companies by his Department over the past decade; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Funding
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of State funding directly or indirectly that has been paid to fund trade unions, related bodies or trade union...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if companies (details supplied) are employed by his Department; and if so the capacity of same. [20496/11]
- Ministerial Staff
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide full details of all appointments made at his Department since he took up office. [20569/11]
- Exploration Licences
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the processes that would have to be gone through and the permissions that will have to be granted to enable a...
- Remediation Works
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if it is intended to carry out further remedial works at the old Silvermines site in County Tipperary; if the...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of the total amount of money paid by his Department to a company (details supplied)...
- Departmental Funding
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of State funding directly or indirectly that has been paid to fund trade unions, related bodies or...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Departmental Agencies
Question 196: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons employed by the Environmental Protection Agency who had a basic salary in excess of...
- Waste Management
Question 197: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the grants available for organisations to remove disused or obsolete medical equipment from the State; and...
- Fire Services
Question 198: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the fire fighting services for the community of Castlegregory, County Kerry, that covers the environs of...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 199: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if companies (details supplied) are employed by his Department; and if so the capacity of same. [20500/11]
- Unfinished Housing Estates
Question 200: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to circulars HFPD and PSSP2/11 Unfinished Estates and Public Safety, if he will confirm the...
- Mortgage Schemes
Question 201: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of mortgages provided and the total amount of mortgage funding lent through the home choice...
- Planning Issues
Question 202: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the rationale behind the provision of the facility whereby under the planning and development regulations...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 204: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the extraordinarily high rate multiplier being applied by Kerry County Council, which is by far...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 205: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a timeframe for the passage of the environment Bill through the Oireachtas; the...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 206: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide full details of all appointments made at his Department since he took up office. [20573/11]
- Departmental Agencies
Question 207: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied with reports of wasteful spending by the Environmental Protection Agency; and the...
- Building Regulations
Question 208: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends amending the building regulations to ensure that providers of waste water products will be...
- Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta
Question 209: To ask the Aire Comhshaoil, Pobail agus Rialtais Áitiúil an bhfuil feidhmeannach neamhspleách ainmnithe do MFG mar a sonraíodh i bhFreagra Scríofa Parlaiminte den 10...
- Waste Disposal
Question 210: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding steps he has taken to ensure that household waste collectors, including private...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 211: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the total amount of money paid by his Department to a company (details...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 214: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of State funding directly or indirectly that has been paid to fund trade unions, related bodies...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Ground Rents
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the issue of existing ground rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20405/11]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when it is expected that the Sale of Alcohol Bill will come before Dáil Éireann; and if it is envisaged that a minimum pricing...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the process of naturalisation for non-Irish citizens can take up to 26 months to process. [20429/11]
- Legal Services
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he will appoint an ombudsman for the Bar Council and the Law Society. [20442/11]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he will bring the Judicial Council Bill before Dáil Éireann. [20443/11]
- Legal Services
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to deal with the number of complaints against solicitors and their reluctance to comply with section 68 of the Solicitors...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for naturalisation will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if companies (details supplied) are employed by his Department; and if so the capacity of same. [20505/11]
- Legal Costs
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of the average cost of judicial reviews for decisions made in District and Circuit Courts; the number of...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for a certificate of naturalisation will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry....
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide full details of all appointments made at his Department since he took up office. [20578/11]
- Private Security
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of intruder alarm installations that are carried out by installers in each of the turnover bands in 2010. [20629/11]
- Private Security Authority Licences
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons licensed by the Private Security Authority in each of the years 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 that were nationals;...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the salary of the chief executive officer of the Private Security Authority; and the salary scale of inspectors of the Private Security...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the new legislation on the new private securities Act will be published. [20632/11]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and likely position in regard to determination of citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and...
- Residency Permits
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in the determination of residency and/or citizenship entitlement in the case of a person (details supplied)...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and/or anticipated residency and citizenship status and entitlement based on the progress to date in the case of a person...
- Residency Permits
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position on an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the present location, status and future intentions in regard to the use, ownership or disposal of the motor vehicle owned by a person...
- Prison Education Service
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if or when it might be possible for a person (details supplied) to avail of training, educational facilities or appropriate duties to...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of the total amount of money paid by his Department to a company (details supplied) in the past decade; and...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide full details of all appointments made at his Department since he took up office. [20571/11]
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide details of the total amount of money paid by his Department to a company (details supplied) in the past decade; and details of...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of State funding directly or indirectly that has been paid to fund trade unions, related bodies or trade union interests or causes in the...
- Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if companies (details supplied) are employed by his Department; and if so the capacity of same. [20494/11]
- Departmental Agencies
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made to date with the Department of Finance in lifting the moratorium on Teagasc hiring extra staff; and if he...
- Third Level Courses
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to deal with the 700 applicants who have been turned away by agricultural colleges; and if he will make a...
- Irish Horseracing Industry
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of State financial support going into horse racing; the reasons for such State support; and if he will make a...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide full details of all appointments made at his Department since he took up office. [20567/11]
- Grant Payments
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when agri-environment options scheme payments for 2010 will be made; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a...
- Bovine Disease Controls
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the criterion in place for the allocation of bovine herd numbers in cases where the herdowner is deceased and is not the...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide details of the total amount of money paid by his Department to a company (details supplied) in the past...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of State funding directly or indirectly that has been paid to fund trade unions, related bodies or trade union...
- Department of Health
- Youth Services
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to any application for the establishment of a community café in Carrigaline, County Cork; the...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a charity (details supplied) in County Kerry will qualify for national lottery funding in order that it can continue its...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if companies (details supplied) are employed by her Department; and if so the capacity of same. [20497/11]
- Ministerial Staff
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide full details of all appointments made at her Department since she took up office. [20570/11]
- Adoption Services
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the Health Service Executive has refused to accept adoption files from a centre (details supplied) in County Cork; if...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details of the total amount of money paid by her Department to a company (details supplied) in the past...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of State funding directly or indirectly that has been paid to fund trade unions, related bodies or trade union...
- Medical Cards
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card which was cancelled in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will be allocated a nursing home bed under the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement...
- Driving Licences
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Health his views that the costs associated with obtaining a medical certificate in order to obtain a driving licence for a person over 70 years of age...
- Mental Health Services
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health if it is the case that St. Ita's, Portrane, County Dublin, has been instructed that there can be no further admissions for acute mental health care...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health if companies (details supplied) are employed by his Department; and if so the capacity of same. [20504/11]
- Health Services
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding orthodontic treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health the long-term plans for Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin, if the new proposed children's hospital at the Mater Hospital,...
- Hospital Services
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health his plans as part of the rationalisation of hospitals to provide additional funding to the remaining hospitals that will be providing the services to...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health when the fair deal scheme will be fully functional again in view of the fact that inpatient beds are currently being used in various hospitals for...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding children with special needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20557/11]
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report on the building of the new accident and emergency unit at Kerry General Hospital; the position regarding...
- Hospital Services
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health the cost to Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal, of securing laundry services including collection and distribution throughout the hospital...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide full details of all appointments made at his Department since he took up office. [20577/11]
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid by the Health Service Executive to health centres (details supplied) for general medical card services under the primary care...
- Hospital Services
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Health if he will reassure us that the deficit of €5.1 million for Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24, year to date will be bridged from the €16.4 million...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a hospital placement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20614/11]
- Health Service Staff
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that a community hospital (details supplied) in County Donegal run by the Health Service Executive is operating at half its...
- Medical Cards
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the total amount of money paid by his Department to a company (details supplied) in the past decade; and details of the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health the amount of State funding directly or indirectly that has been paid to fund trade unions, related bodies or trade union interests or causes in the...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Search and Rescue Service
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will co-ordinate a multi-departmental approach to financing Mountain Rescue Ireland, in view of the recent significant...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons employed by the National Roads Authority who had a basic salary in excess of €100,000, €150,000,...
- Sports Funding
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that there is no conflict of interest on the board of the Irish Sports Council and the National Sports...
- Rail Services
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the method of booking seats on Irish Rail inter-city trains; if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties that...
- Public Transport
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the method of fare calculation on Dublin Bus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20450/11]
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if companies (details supplied) are employed by his Department; and if so the capacity of same. [20507/11]
- Anti-Social Behaviour
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the recent increase in anti-social behaviour incidents on the Luas red line; if his further...
- Tourism Industry
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Iarnród Eireann will investigate the possibility and viability of running return trips on a steam locomotive out of...
- Road Network
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if statistical data exists for the number and types of vehicles travelling each way on the N22 from Ballyvourney to...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide full details of all appointments made at his Department since he took up office. [20580/11]
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he intends to take to ensure that the accounts of CIÉ, Iarnród Éireann and Dublin Bus are more transparent in...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the total amount of money paid by his Department to a company (details supplied) in the past...
- Departmental Funding
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of State funding directly or indirectly that has been paid to fund trade unions, related bodies or trade union...
