Written answers
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Wage-Setting Mechanisms
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the stakeholders with whom he met while consulting on the proposed changes to the joint labour committees; and if he will...
- Industrial Development
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there have been any expressions of interest in the former Amgen site outside Carrigtwohill, County Cork; the efforts that...
- Credit Guarantee Scheme
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when he will introduce a credit guarantee scheme; the amount of money that will be invested in this scheme; and the criteria...
- Enterprise Support Services
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions he will take to promote the use of co-operatives in order that they reach their full potential; if his attention...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a timeline for the introduction of fair trade legislation. [17629/11]
- Departmental Responsibilities
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the division of responsibilities for foreign trade between his Department and the Department of Foreign Affairs; the number...
- Enterprise Support Services
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has taken any initiatives to facilitate the development of energy co-operatives. [21161/11]
- Legal Fees
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions he will take to reduce costs to local businesses in view of the fact that the legal system is now 12% more...
- Enterprise Support Services
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action he has taken to construct a microfinance start-up fund. [21158/11]
- Public Procurement
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to improve access by small and medium enterprises to public procurement. [21070/11]
- Wage-Setting Mechanisms
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he has taken to date and the steps he will take in the immediate and longer term to ensure that the JLCs are put on...
- Enterprise Support Services
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to develop a vibrant and effective social enterprise sector; and the number of persons that will be employed in...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the proportion of Ireland's loss of competitiveness in recent years that was due to currency fluctuations; and his immediate...
- Industrial Development
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the efforts that will be made to bring jobs to County Kerry (details supplied). [21135/11]
- Information Technology Sector
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action he proposes to take to enable Ireland to realise the full economic benefits of cloud computing in view of his...
- Foreign Direct Investment
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if an audit has been carried out of ready-to-go advance buildings suitable for the location of foreign direct investment...
- Credit Guarantee Scheme
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions he has taken on the commitment in the programme for Government to ensure that an adequate pool of credit is...
- Enterprise Support Services
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when he plans to implement the promise of the programme for Government to allow small businesses to restructure debt without...
- Industrial Development
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will consider buying a factory (details supplied) at Boyle, County Roscommon, and making it available to a new...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Europe 2020 Strategy
Question 51: To ask the Taoiseach the recommendations submitted by him for a national reform programme under the Europe 2020 strategy for jobs and growth; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Census of Population
Question 53: To ask the Taoiseach if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the census protocols in place to respect prisoners' privacy were routinely set aside by the Irish Prison...
- Constitutional Convention
Question 54: To ask the Taoiseach the mechanisms that are to be established to involve persons who are interested in assisting with the constitutional convention. [20774/11]
- Departmental Contracts
Question 55: To ask the Taoiseach if companies (details supplied) are employed by him; and if so, the capacity of same. [20896/11]
- Departmental Appointments
Question 56: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide full details of all appointments made at his Department since he took up office. [20898/11]
- Departmental Contracts
Question 57: To ask the Taoiseach the amount of money paid by his Department to a company (details supplied) in the past decade; and the details of the projects. [20973/11]
- Social Partnership
Question 60: To ask the Taoiseach if any savings have been made as a result of the collapse of social partnership networks and bodies and reductions in related expenditure; and if he will make...
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 62: To ask the Taoiseach the savings to the semi-state sector in his Department in a full year if he were to cap the maximum salary available in semi-state bodies at €100,000. ...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Service
Question 63: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the provision of Irish passports to adopted children, with reference to section 3 of the Irish passport...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 64: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support UN membership for a Palestinian state. [20883/11]
- Emigrant Support Services
Question 65: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will put in place additional supports for Irish emigrants, particularly in the areas of further education while...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance his view on a policy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20735/11]
- Energy Conservation
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 177 of 7 July 2011, if he has communicated these initiatives to other Departments; and if he will keep...
- Pension Provisions
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance if former miners will have their pensions reduced by 10% as a result of the 0.6% Government pension levy; the number of other pension plans and...
- Tax Code
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Finance if any tax or charge is envisaged on a product (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21284/11]
- Tax Yield
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who paid capital acquisitions tax in the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010; and if he will analyse the numbers in...
- Tax Reliefs
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of tax relief that was provided in respect of mortgage interest on principal private residences in 2009 and 2010; and the estimated cost for...
- Economic Growth
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated impact on nominal GDP growth and real GDP growth of the July 2008 budget adjustments, budget 2009, the February 2009 budget adjustments...
- Tax Yield
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated additional yield of capital acquisitions tax in 2011 if agricultural and business relief was reduced from 90% to 75%. [20819/11]
- Personal Debt
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a matter (details supplied). [20825/11]
- Tax Code
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has explored the viability and potential net earnings of a 1 cent or 2 cent levy on text messaging; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is his intention to bring the National Treasury Management Agency CEO salary structure into line with commercial semi-state CEO pay ceilings;...
- Tax Code
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance when the ministerial order applying carbon tax to solid fuel will be commenced, in view of the fact that the Marketing, Sale and Distribution of...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the cessation of overdraft facilities in a particular case (details supplied); if there is any mechanism, such as an appeal or review...
- International Agreements
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance the commitments submitted under the Euro Pact Plus on 3 May on Ireland's behalf; if he will circulate a copy of these commitments under each of the...
- International Financial Support Measures
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance the scale of private-sector involvement in the voluntary roll-over of existing Greek debt at maturity; the additional funding from official sources...
- Currency Support
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has a contingency plan in the event of a requirement for the State to rely on our own currency. [20996/11]
- Tax Code
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a reduction of the excise duty on cider for on-premise sales in view of the history of excise increases on cider by past...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide this Deputy with data on the likely uptake for the employment and incentive scheme, which was announced in 2010 to replace the...
- Tax Yield
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an analysis of the capital gains tax take for the years 2007 to 2010, inclusive, split between land, property, shares and other...
- Tax Code
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide this Deputy with the data on the volume and value of sales of principal private residences for the years 2007 to 2010, inclusive....
- Tax Yield
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide this Deputy with an analysis of the capital acquisitions tax, CAT, take for the years 2007 to 2010, inclusive, indicating the...
- Tax Code
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Finance the return to the Exchequer in a full year if the rates of capital gains tax were increased to 30% and 40%. [21044/11]
- Pension Provisions
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide data on the total value of Irish pension funds to which the 0.6% pension levy applies. [21046/11]
- Tax Yield
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide analysis of the corporation tax take by industrial sector for the years 2007 to 2010, inclusive. [21053/11]
- Tax Code
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies availing of the research and development tax credit scheme from the years 2007 to 2010 scheme by industrial sector and on a...
- Tax Yield
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide analysis of the VAT take, split between the two rates of 13.5% and 21%. [21060/11]
- Tax Code
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance if any cost benefit analysis has been undertaken as to whether VAT should continue to be applied to equipment supplied to public hospitals. [21061/11]
- Tax Yield
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of direct and indirect jobs involved in the construction and refurbishment of hotels that qualified for tax incentives in the years 2004...
- Tax Code
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance the advice taken on the legal aspects of the proposal to restrict or guillotine property tax incentives in budget 2011; if he will publish same; and...
- Tax Yield
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax revenue expected for 2012, 2013 and 2014; if he will supply in tabular form the value, in gross spending and percentage terms, which is...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance if the recently reported proposed bonus payment of €7 million to Bank of Ireland officials, which in essence is taxpayers' money, will be allowed...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will refer to recent media reports that the drawdown of funds under the EU-IMF bailout programme is far ahead of schedule, and provide details...
- Tax Yield
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the issue of Internet shopping and VAT on same from the Central Statistics Office and the Revenue Commissioners aspect; the data...
- Bank Guarantee Scheme
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance if €800 million has been spent so far on unguaranteed unsecured senior bond holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21344/11]
- Credit Rating Agencies
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support the proposal by the new head of the IMF, Ms Christine Lagarde, that the four main ratings agencies be precluded from commenting...
- Revenue Commissioners Staff
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons employed by Customs and Excise at Dublin Airport, Dublin Port and Dún Laoghaire Port by grade. [21364/11]
- Tax Code
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding VAT rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21401/11]
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Finance the savings to his Department in a full year if he were to cap the maximum salary available in semi-State bodies at €100,000. [22630/11]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the bureaucratic and costly requirements imposed on schools awaiting the summer works programme; and...
- Skills Development
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has identified areas in which there is employment demand but a lack of skills or training; the efforts he has made to address...
- Student Support Schemes
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he has decided to implement a reduction in the mature student grant and to do so retrospectively; his views on whether this...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when schools will receive allocations of special needs assistant hours and their provision. [20727/11]
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the survivors groups that have been consulted about the establishment of the statutory trust fund envisaged by the Institutional...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will amend the rules on third level grant applications to allow those who have been resident here for two out of the last four...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in respect of special needs assistant posts at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and the reason notification...
- Traveller Education
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills, further to Parliamentary Question No. 156 of 17 May 2011, the schools across the country that received alleviation or adjustment...
- School Transport
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 194 to 198, inclusive, of 17 May 2011, if he has received a detailed analysis from Bus...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 regarding the loss of a special needs assistant for this person....
- Redundancy Payments
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills, further to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 7 June 2011, if investigations have been completed into the issues raised (details...
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria that was used in deciding the vocational educational committees to be amalgamated and the VECs that were to stand alone;...
- School Libraries
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of his literacy initiative, he will restore the school library grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20839/11]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reverse the decision to reduce the number of special needs assistants at a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [20878/11]
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding abuse. [20882/11]
- School Curriculum
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the possible utilisation of a company (details supplied) as a means of encouraging interest in local history in...
- School Transport
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is willing to be flexible with parents of children who are willing to pay for school transport but who do not meet the...
- Institutes of Technology
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the decision by Athlone Institute of Technology, County Westmeath, to sack a small number of lecturers following a Labour...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices who applied for the redundant apprentice placement scheme in each local authority area; the number of...
- Home-School Liaison Scheme
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to maintain the home-school community liaison scheme in its current form; the changes that are envisaged for the scheme in...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils with Down's syndrome in the mainstream school setting that have a diagnosis of DS with a mild intellectual...
- School Accommodation
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of additional accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a...
- School Transport
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a response will issue to correspondence (details supplied). [20983/11]
- School Accommodation
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision will issue on the provision of additional accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
- Third Level Charges
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider abolishing the capitation fee for graduate-entry medical students, taking into account the fact that they are not...
- Medical Certificates
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the basis upon which he notified schools that doctors' certificates from the North are not acceptable; the length of time certificates...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a summer works scheme application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make...
- Skills Development
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21091/11]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to ensure more open, transparent and regularly updated information to the public about applications by schools...
- School Transport
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will have the results of the analysis of the changes in school transport in rural schools; and if he will make a statement on...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding plans for new accommodation in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants employed at primary and second level schools in Dublin Central; and if he will provide a...
- School Accommodation
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding plans for new accommodation in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a...
- School Transport
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine if funding being provided for school transport is being used on ordinary bus runs; and if this is so, whether it...
- School Staffing
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21256/11]
- School Transport
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the costs being charged to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick in respect of school transport will be examined; and if he...
- School Accommodation
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the costs associated with the provision of temporary accommodation for 11 schools in south Tipperary; his views on whether these costs...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will have the staffing complement of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 reviewed in view of the serious concern about the...
- School Enrolments
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will advise persons (details supplied) who have been unable to secure a place in a suitable secondary school for this September...
- School Staffing
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 has had its special needs assistant allocation cut from 13 to 6.5, a reduction of...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons employed by the State Examination Commission and the National Council and Curriculum Assessment by grade. [21363/11]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a special needs assistant will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement...
- Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students from abroad that his Department grant aided via scholarships to come to Ireland in 2009 and 2010 to study; the...
- Third Level Staff
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grants provided by his Department for university lecturers, professors or officials to travel abroad; the purpose and duration of...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is expected that construction will commence on the new post-primary school in Ballinamore, County Leitrim; and if he will make...
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the savings to the semi-State sector in his Department in a full year if he were to cap the maximum salary available in semi-State...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- State Agencies
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timetable for a reduction in the number of quangos; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20897/11]
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the savings to the Exchequer in a full year if he were to cap the maximum salary available to public servants at €100,000....
- Public Sector Remuneration
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total value of bonuses awarded to staff in the public sector from the years 2007 to 2010. [21063/11]
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the savings to the semi-State sector in a full year if he were to cap the maximum salary available in semi-State bodies at...
- Public Service Remuneration
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the return to the Exchequer in a full year if he capped ministerial salaries at €100,000, TDs' salaries at €75,000 and...
- Public Sector Staff
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of exemptions requested by Departments, local authorities and State agencies to the current moratorium on...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Credit Guarantee Scheme
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, further to Parliamentary Question No. 134 of 17 May 2011, the position regarding a temporary partial credit guarantee...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amounts of office rental paid by an agency (details supplied) and their sub-agencies; the location of the offices; their...
- Departmental Reports
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, further to Parliamentary Questions No. 195 of 12 April 2011 and No. 217 of 17 May 2011, the position regarding the same...
- Employment Rights
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will introduce legislation to protect employees in companies under administration who remain working but who are not...
- City and County Enterprise Boards
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans for city and county enterprise boards. [15596/11]
- Industrial Development
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his policy regarding the location of foreign direct investment enterprises into Ireland [i]vis-À-vis[/i] locations in...
- Job Creation
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he has examined issues impeding job creation; the measures taken or intended to address such issues; and...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he has identified competition faced by Irish manufacturers and service providers; his proposals to...
- Job Losses
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which he has monitored job losses in the manufacturing and service sectors by county in each of the past 12...
- Job Creation^^ Job Creation
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will indicate the number of jobs created, by county, in each of the past 12 months to date in 2011; and if he will...
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the savings to the semi-state sector in his Department in a full year if he were to cap the maximum salary available in...
- Department of Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the existence of cash payments on top of rental allowance. [21235/11]
- Departmental Schemes
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the schemes and funding she offers to fund the provision of school meals in primary and post-primary schools; if she intends to extend the...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason additional information provided in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare was not considered when refusing a...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons who are in receipt of a Northern Ireland child tax credit have this credit assessed as a payment for the purposes of...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount granted under the exceptional needs payment for funeral expenses in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the evidence based upon which the one-parent family allowance was terminated and upheld on appeal in the case of a person (details...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will publish in future on a monthly basis the income received by the social insurance fund and spending on the various schemes that...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will assist the case of a person (details supplied). [20824/11]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to ensure that the self-employed are permitted to claim jobseeker's benefit, as these people are essential to generate job...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will comment on and advise in a case (details supplied) about the payment of industrial norms in redundancy. [20851/11]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the reason for the delay in same; and...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason traders and businesses who do not employ at least one person are excluded from the JobBridge scheme. [20987/11]
- Social Welfare Benefits (1 comment)
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an increase in rent support is warranted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare while awaiting accommodation; if...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will expect a decision on their farm assist appeal; and if she will make a statement on...
- Pension Provisions
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford, they will be able to draw down their pension; the value of that...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she plans to carry out a review of rent allowance provision prior to budget 2011, in view of abuses of the social welfare system; and...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal against a decision to refuse mortgage interest supplement in respect of a person (details supplied); if...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an application for the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance in respect of a person (details...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of the PRSI DTB dental benefit scheme for 2010; if comparison with the past five years can be given; if an estimate for 2011 can...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Sligo who was on a FÁS scheme was given one year instead of the usual three-year term;...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, further to Parliamentary Question No. 252 of 12 July 2011, if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick;...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to assist persons who, due to property and other investments which have no present financial value but may have a future value,...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21370/11]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, further to Parliamentary Question No. 101 of 4 May 2011, if she will confirm the result of an appeal in respect of a person (details...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the payment of mortgage interest supplement to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
- An Teanga Ghaeilge
Question 300: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cé chomh minic is atá Coiste an Rialtais maidir leis an nGaeilge tar éis teacht le chéile. [20724/11]
- Turbary Rights
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht which bogs in east Galway are to be closed in the coming years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20850/11]
- Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
Question 302: To ask the Aire Gaeltacht Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil sé i gceist aige Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla a leasú chun fáil réidh leis an ngá Achtanna a...
- Arts Funding
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the sources of funding available to a community group (details supplied) in County Kerry for a heritage-related project;...
- Coastal Protection
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action he has taken to ensure compliance with the dune restoration order for Tinnaberna Dune, County Wexford, signed in...
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the savings to the semi-state sector in his Department in a full year if he were to cap the maximum salary available in...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Local Authority Grants
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on a grant scheme for the general public to replace single-glazed windows with energy-efficient...
- Inland Fisheries
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the locations used for counting fish in the River Barrow. [20960/11]
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for the renewable energy co-operatives referred to in the programme for Government; if he will ensure...
- Energy Resources
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the potential revenue that could be achieved annually if a levy of 10% was to be applied to the value of all...
- Postal Services Regulation
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Postal Services Bill will ensure proper licensing and regulation to protect the integrity of the postal...
- Energy Efficiency
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties caused by the Better Energy initiative in view of the fact...
- Electricity Supply
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the entitlement of the ESB to obtain wayleaves over private lands to facilitate the passing of overhead...
- Prospecting Licences
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has made investigations into the possibility of mining at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to incentivise the use of self-generation by individual householders; and if he will make a statement...
- Energy Efficiency
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will require the Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland to investigate the possibility of offering group...
- Inland Fisheries
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, further to Parliamentary Question No. 48 of 21 June 2011, if he will extend the wild salmon and sea trout...
- Energy Prices
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will review a matter (details supplied) regarding energy costs. [21249/11]
- Postal Services
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the tender process for postcodes which started in January 2011; if a new process is...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to extend the wind renewable energy feed-in tariff; and his views on whether this scheme is designed...
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the savings to the semi- state sector in his Department in a full year if he were to cap the maximum salary...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Local Authority Charges
Question 331: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the development levies raised for the Exchequer directly and indirectly in the construction and...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 333: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the noise pollution Bill will be introduced; his views whether that legislation is urgent; and if he...
- Local Authority Mergers
Question 334: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make a statement on the proposed merger (details supplied) of Limerick City and Limerick County...
- Planning Issues
Question 335: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that decisions being awaited from An Bord Pleanála are being received in a reasonably...
- Community Development
Question 336: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if any further progress has been made in relation to a project (details supplied) in County Limerick; when...
- Unfinished Housing Developments
Question 337: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will investigate an unfinished development (details supplied) in County Kerry in order to ascertain if...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 338: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of moneys collected towards the environment fund in 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011; the...
- Waste Management
Question 339: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will respond to a matter (details supplied) regarding waste bin collection; and if he will make a...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 340: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to direct local authorities to cap the fixed cost charges for water consumption in order that they...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 342: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of whole-time equivalents, on a county basis, in local authorities in 2010; how this compares to...
- Housing Grants
Question 344: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the credit policy and guidelines for the assessment of all applications for local authority housing loans;...
- Pension Provisions
Question 345: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 409 of 5 July 2011, if a person (details supplied) in County Cork...
- Housing Grants
Question 346: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the level of funding that has been returned to his Department by local authorities with regard to the...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 347: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has notified local authorities the amount that they will be allocated through the Local Government...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 348: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will intervene on behalf of small businesses to ensure the system of imposing commercial rates is made...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 349: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if funding will be made available to the national voluntary drugs and alcohol service providers in order to...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 350: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he is planning to introduce to address the problem of anti-social behaviour in privately owned...
- Planning Issues
Question 352: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has any information available to him regarding the amount of land zoned for residential development...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 353: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the steps he is taking to assist South Dublin County Council in its efforts to deal...
- Local Authority Schemes
Question 356: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the moneys allocated by his Department to Meath County Council in 2009, 2010 and 2011 under the housing aid...
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 359: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of tenancies in Dublin Central that were registered with the Private Residential Tenancies Board...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 363: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of requests received from Donegal County Council to lift the employment embargo on posts in the...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 364: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider amending the electronic payment system for the non-principal private residence charge in...
- Local Authority Budgets
Question 366: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Sligo County Council has had the highest overall deficit...
- Local Regeneration Projects
Question 367: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 248 of 10 May 2011, in which he confirmed that his Department is...
- Foreshore Licences
Question 369: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if all foreshore licences will be put on public display through the local authority, public libraries and...
- EU Directives
Question 370: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the EU directive on crematoria which includes measures on emissions from crematoria;...
- Professional Regulation
Question 373: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the submission made to him in July 2010 from Engineers Ireland on the regulation of...
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 374: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the savings to the semi-state sector in his Department in a full year if he were to cap the maximum salary...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Courts Service
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reduce the current arrangements at a courthouse (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on...
- Legal Profession Regulation
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a ban on solicitors' acting on both sides of any transaction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20690/11]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and when a decision...
- Garda Vetting Service
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for Garda vetting in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be expedited. [20717/11]
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the legal measures he will take in order to remove the protection afforded by the statute of limitations in civil cases regarding child...
- Courts Service
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received the Courts Service work and operational plan for 2011; his views on the effect of that plan on court services...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the review of upward-only rent reviews; his plans for dealing with this issue; the number of meetings he has had...
- Illicit Trade in Tobacco
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to treat the illicit tobacco trade as a serious crime in the forthcoming White Paper on crime. [20765/11]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the case of a person (details supplied). [20780/11]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the legal provisions for recognising the biological parents of a child born through surrogacy; and his views on legislating to provide...
- Magdalene Laundries
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received correspondence from the Justice for Magdalenes group on the inter-departmental committee's terms of reference, the...
- Telephone Hacking
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, in view of revelations of phone tapping and computer hacking in the United Kingdom, he has discussed the possibility of similar...
- Visa Applications
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will reconsider the decision to refuse a visa application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Property Repossessions
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of repossession orders that were made for County Meath properties in the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011 in...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has any indication from the Director of Public Prosecutions on how his investigations into our banking scandals are progressing,...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline details on a contract (details supplied) in County Laois; if there are plans to renew or not to renew this contract;...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for naturalisation will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [21019/11]
- Garda Operations
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the overall cost as of 12 July 2011 for the Garda involvement in the visit of Queen Elizabeth II and President Obama; if he will...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he plans to bring in legislation to enable persons with maintenance orders from family law courts in their favour to have those...
- Witness Protection Programme
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on introducing a witness protection programme Bill or any other legislation to establish the Garda witness programme on a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 403: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a reduced payment or an instalment regime of payment will be considered for those filing for naturalisation when the €950 fee...
- Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal
Question 404: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the envisaged completion date for the criminal injuries compensation tribunal (details supplied); and if he will...
- Gaming Regulation
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality, further to Parliamentary Question No. 120 of 21 April 2011, if his attention has been drawn to the recent withdrawal of a gaming...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Office for the Promotion of Migrant Integration will be funding the Show Racism the Red Card creative competition for 2011 to...
- Garda Operations
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the final cost of the visits of Queen Elizabeth II and President Obama of €36 million have a major impact on the budget for the...
- Legal Aid Service
Question 409: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the recourse that a person (details supplied) in County Longford has in respect of legal aid to seek a decree of judicial separation;...
- Registration of Title
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a person (details supplied) in County Longford with a map of Abbeyderg Bog, Keenagh, County Longford, outlining the...
- Courts Service
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases heard in the Circuit Court in each of the past five years; the number of cases heard in the High Court in each of...
- Garda Stations
Question 412: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when work will commence on the refurbishment of the custody area in a Garda station (details supplied), in view of the fact that the...
- Garda Deployment
Question 413: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of stables currently in use by the Garda Mounted Unit; and the number of trainers, vets and so on currently working in the...
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the savings to the semi-state sector in his Department in a full year if he were to cap the maximum salary available in semi-state...
- Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
- Departmental Schemes
Question 417: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason the food distributed here in 2010 under the most deprived persons scheme was full-saturated-fat cheese; his...
- Forestry Sector
Question 418: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if tree-felling licences will be put on public display through the local authority, public libraries and online in view of...
- Grant Payments
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding a REP scheme application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; if an explanation...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the levels of office rental paid by the agencies (details supplied) and their sub-agencies; the location of the offices;...
- Harbour Development
Question 421: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the fishery harbour and coastal development programme for 2011 will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will review the rules for the bioenergy grant scheme to allow those farms where there is a certified growth failure to...
- Harbour Services
Question 424: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry is being charged berthage fees in respect of a licensed vessel while...
- Grant Payments
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the outstanding REP scheme 4 payment due in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork;...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 427: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding efforts to transfer Dingle Ice Plant, County Kerry to a alternative operator; and if he will make a...
- Fishing Industry Development
Question 428: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is satisfied with recent attempts to forge a strategic partnership with French fishing vessels; if he envisages...
- Food Industry
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the provision of incentives to encourage the production of honey in view of the lucrative market for this...
- Coastal Protection
Question 430: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will liaise with Kerry County Council with a view to settling the issue of outstanding moneys due to Kerry County...
- Departmental Properties
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list details of all organisations with access to footage from the CCTV or surveillance cameras in operation at a...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 432: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 346 of 5 April 2011, his further views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will...
- Grant Payments
Question 433: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Commonage Division
Question 435: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will confirm that commonage lands (details supplied) were inspected by offices of his Department in 2010; the number...
- Horse Racing Ireland
Question 437: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the names of each of the board members of Horse Racing Ireland; the date they were appointed; the date their appointment is...
- Forestry Sector
Question 440: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding forestry. [21248/11]
- Milk Quota
Question 442: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will consent to the sale of milk quota with land in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if...
- Grant Payments
Question 443: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when an outstanding REP scheme payment for 2010 will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cavan;...
- Milk Quota
Question 444: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will confirm receipt of an application for additional milk quota on hardship grounds from the Milk Quota Appeals...
- Grant Payments
Question 445: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford for funding under the...
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Question 446: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has been refused the suckler cow grant scheme for failure to...
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 447: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the savings to the semi-state sector in his Department in a full year, were he to cap the maximum salary available in...
- Department of Health
- Child Care Services
Question 448: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on broadening the child care employment and training support scheme to incorporate registered child minders; and if she...
- Adoption Services
Question 449: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the Health Service Executive has, apparently, refused to take charge of files pertaining to an adoption facility...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 450: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the levels of office rental paid by the agencies (details supplied) and their sub-agencies; the location of the offices; their...
- Early Childhood Education
Question 451: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the early childhood care and education scheme; if she will examine whether it...
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 452: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will investigate the reason it is difficult for Irish couples to adopt UK children when the UK authorities are advertising...
- Departmental Funding
Question 453: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will give urgent and detailed consideration to the request by Foróige for funding towards the mentoring programme Big...
- Early Childhood Education
Question 454: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow. [21332/11]
- Missing Persons
Question 455: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views regarding a submission (details supplied); if an offer was made in regard to funding; if such an offer is still...
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 457: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the savings to the semi-state sector in her Department in a full year if she were to cap the maximum salary available in...
- Prison Medical Service
Question 458: To ask the Minister for Health the number of prisons that have had outbreaks of TB in the past year; if his attention has been drawn to the steps that the Irish Prison Service and...
- Health Services
Question 459: To ask the Minister for Health the support services that are available for parents who act as full-time carers for children with disabilities. [20776/11]
- Medical Cards
Question 460: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card application was refused twice in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [20834/11]
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 462: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider a health levy to be applied to units of alcohol sold from off-licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20997/11]
- Water Quality
Question 463: To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the treatment of water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21245/11]
- Hospital Services
Question 464: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a service (details supplied) in County Limerick; if patients presenting at this facility have been referred elsewhere in the...
- Medical Cards
Question 465: To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the Health Service Executive to introduce a more concise and user-friendly medical card renewal form; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Services
Question 466: To ask the Minister for Health if Cork University Hospital accident and emergency department has been the subject of a Health Information and Quality Authority examination...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 467: To ask the Minister for Health the reason it took 14 months to secure an eye test appointment at Our Lady's Hospital Crumlin, Dublin 12, in the case of a person (details supplied)...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 468: To ask the Minister for Health the levels of office rental paid by agencies (details supplied) and their sub-agencies; the location of the offices; their landlords for the years...
- Hospital Services
Question 469: To ask the Minister for Health the projected savings to the Health Service Executive of closing the laundry services at St. Conal's Hospital, Letterkenny, County Donegal. [20716/11]
- Health Services
Question 470: To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be allocated for the primary care facility at Clonbrusk, Athlone, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Staff
Question 471: To ask the Minister for Health the midwife-to-patient ratio at Mullingar Hospital, County Westmeath; and if he has satisfied himself that there are sufficient staff levels to...
- Prescription Charges
Question 472: To ask the Minister for Health his policy towards prescription charges for medical holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20731/11]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 473: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive hearing aid specialists cannot repair bone anchor hearing devices, which would save the HSE money; and if he...
- Hospital Services
Question 474: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide this Deputy with a copy of the report that indicates the mortality rate at Roscommon hospital for heart attack victims is...
- Medical Cards
Question 475: To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Limerick is eligible for a medical card or general practitioner visit card; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 476: To ask the Minister for Health the cost to publish and circulate the annual report and financial statement of the Health Service Executive; and his views on whether to have future...
- Hospital Services
Question 477: To ask the Minister for Health if or when an appointment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Medical Cards
Question 480: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarification that a spouse of a retired individual is entitled to an EU medical card on the basis that the retired person is in...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 481: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement the legislation developed under the previous Government to regulate the cosmetic surgery industry. [20782/11]
- Hospital Services
Question 482: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be called for an appointment; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a...
- Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 483: To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the reason for a delay in payment from the Health Service Executive to a pharmacy (details supplied); and when the payment will...
- Hospital Staff
Question 484: To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the number of nurses currently employed in Naas General Hospital, County Kildare, is adequate to ensure patient safety; if...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 485: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a group (details supplied) who have applied for funding under the National Lottery health fund; and if he...
- Health Services
Question 486: To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for a pneumatic compression device in the North East region; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Staff
Question 487: To ask the Minister for Health the way the allocation of €69,000 to an organisation (details supplied) compares with taxpayers' moneys paid since 13 October 1995 including lump...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 489: To ask the Minister for Health if he will recognise myasthenia gravis as part of the long-term illness scheme (details supplied). [20866/11]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 490: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for nursing home support in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Health Services
Question 492: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the progress made by the Health Service Executive in filling the senior audiological scientist position in Galway, which has...
- Medical Cards
Question 499: To ask the Minister for Health if refunds are available for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16 who is over 70 years of age, who did not apply for a medical card upon turning...
- Health Services
Question 500: To ask the Minister for Health the number, locations and facilities provided by each of the primary care teams in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Strategies
Question 501: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding and the future plans for the national positive ageing strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20998/11]
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 502: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the partnership approach to the national drugs strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21004/11]
- Hospital Services
Question 503: To ask the Minister for Health when he will meet with the Save Our Hospital Services committee from Dundalk to discuss services at the Louth County Hospital, as requested by it in...
- Drugs Task Force
Question 505: To ask the Minister for Health when he expects that the Drugs Programme Unit will sanction the second round of Drugs Task Force funding; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Services
Question 506: To ask the Minister for Health if he will give an assurance that there will be no downgrading of the services being offered at present from Bantry General Hospital, County Cork;...
- Medical Cards
Question 507: To ask the Minister for Health if all cancer sufferers will automatically receive a full medical card when requested, despite their personal circumstances. [21090/11]
- Health Services
Question 509: To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive plans to fund an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21177/11]
- Medical Cards
Question 511: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Services
Question 512: To ask the Minister for Health if he will make enquiries about the case of a person (details supplied) who was referred from his GP to a hospital on two occasions in recent years...
- Medical Cards
Question 514: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8. [21247/11]
- Hospital Services
Question 516: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath was unable to have a procedure carried out in the week commencing 4 July 2011 due to the...
- Health Services
Question 517: To ask the Minister for Health when a long term care bed will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21287/11]
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 520: To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is entitled to a hip replacement operation under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he...
- Health Service Staff
Question 521: To ask the Minister for Health the amount the Health Service Executive spent on overtime for Kerry mental health service psychiatric nurses for 2010; the amount the HSE spent on...
- Health Services
Question 526: To ask the Minister for Health if his or the Health Service Executive's attention has been drawn to an addiction rehabilitation centre being formed at a location (details supplied)...
- Hospital Services
Question 527: To ask the Minister for Health if he will oppose any outsourcing of jobs at the Incorporated Hospital in Clontarf, Dublin 3, in view of the fact that it is in breach of the Croke...
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 529: To ask the Minister for Health the savings to the semi-state sector in his Department in a full year if he were to cap the maximum salary available in semi-state bodies at...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Departmental Bodies
Question 530: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport the levels of office rental paid to the agencies (details supplied) and their sub-agencies; the location of the offices; their...
- Public Transport
Question 531: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that public bus services operating to and from Dublin Airport terminate at midnight...
- Road Safety
Question 532: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the new regulations or laws that are planned to prohibit the dumping into the Irish tyre market of part-worn tyres from other...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 536: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the sports capital programme will be open for new grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20864/11]
- Air Services
Question 537: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the Kerry to Dublin public service obligation; when he expects flights to resume; and if he will make a...
- Taxi Regulations
Question 538: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procedure and the basis on which the three taxi representatives were selected on the taxi review group; and if all...
- Tourism Promotion
Question 539: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to worldwide networking undertaken by a company (details supplied); the extent, if any, to...
- Road Network
Question 541: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the remaining cost of the construction of the new N22 Ballyvourney to Ballincollig road, County...
- Rail Network
Question 543: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the factors that will be considered in determining whether the DART underground connection project will proceed; if the...
- Regional Airports
Question 544: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of private aircraft that landed at Ireland West Airport, Knock, and Sligo Regional Airport during each of the years,...
- Arts Funding
Question 545: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent from the public purse on pyrotechnics as part of festivals or other events for each year in the past five...
- Rail Services
Question 546: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of additional Inter City rail cars and DART rail cars brought into operation in each of the years 2007, 2008, 2009,...
- Public Transport
Question 547: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific guidelines for Dublin Bus regarding the appointment of ticket vending agents throughout Dublin; if there are set...
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 549: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the savings to the semi-state sector in his Department in a full year if he were to cap the maximum salary available in...
