Written answers

Thursday, 21 July 2011

  • Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Arts Plan
      Question 11: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which he will put in place a co-ordinated and integrated plan to enable the arts to play a central role in the...
    • Cultural Centres
      Question 13: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to advance the capital development plans for the National Gallery of Ireland, the National Concert Hall, the Abbey...
    • Heritage Sites
      Question 15: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of heritage sites throughout the country which are protected under various criteria on a county basis; the number...
    • Wildlife Protection
      Question 16: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the level of grant aid available to farmers to assist in the preservation of corncrakes in meadows will be increased to...
    • Commemorative Events
      Question 17: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to commemorate the tragedy of the [i]Titanic[/i], the centenary of which occurs in 2012; and if he will make a...
    • Arts Plan
      Question 19: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will consider the development of a St. Patrick's fortnight as a two-week programme to celebrate and showcase Irish...
    • Arts Funding
      Question 20: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to further develop all-Ireland co-operation in the area of touring arts; his views on the scope for greater...
    • Inland Waterways
      Question 21: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if €35 million was ring-fenced for the restoration of the section of the Ulster Canal between Clones and Upper Lough...
    • Cultural Institutions
      Question 22: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there has been any progress in finding a new tenant for the Lighthouse Cinema in Smithfield, Dublin 7, in order that...
    • Straitéis 20 Bliain
      Question 24: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil sé in ann níos mó eolais a thabhairt don Teach mar gheall ar an tslí ina bhfuil siad chun an Straitéis 20...
    • An Teanga Gaeilge
      Question 25: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta, i bhfianaise thuairim an Choimisinéara Teanga go bhfuil dhá chomhlacht poiblí - Feidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 26: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on the recent report from the Western Development Commission which highlighted the potential for a doubling of...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 27: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on the potential application here of a welfare and support programme for artists similar to GUSO in France; if...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 28: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way he plans to promote greater co-operation between local authorities to promote the arts and develop cultural...
    • Mental Health Promotion
      Question 29: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht how he plans to encourage people to improve, maintain and protect their mental well-being through art; and if he will...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      Question 31: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén plean atá ag an Rialtas maidir le bord Údarás na Gaeltachta a ainmniú; an bhfuil an Rialtas ag dul i gcomhairle le...
    • An Teanga Gaeilge
      Question 33: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an molfaidh sé beartas faoinar chóir Billí uile an Rialtais a thionscnamh go dátheangach chun a chinntiú go...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 34: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the commitment in the programme for Government to identify buildings in the National Asset...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 35: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has had any discussions with the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport regarding the Gathering, an important...
    • Caiteachas Ranna
      Question 36: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén méid airgid atá ann d'Fhoras na Gaeilge, cé na dualgais a bheidh acu; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. ...
    • Forbairt na nOileán
      Question 37: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cé na pleananna atá aige chun na hoileáin sa Ghaeltacht agus na hoileáin i gcoitinne a fhorbairt; agus an ndéanfaidh...
    • Scéimeanna Ranna
      Question 38: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil scéim nua ag an Rialtas fós chun ionad scéim labhairt na Gaeilge a ghlacadh; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas...
    • Commemorative Events
      Question 39: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the National Famine Commemoration day; the date and venue for the commemoration; and if he will make...
    • National Monuments
      Question 40: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there has been any further development regarding the application for ministerial consent to carry out works at the...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      Question 42: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cathain a bheidh an Rialtas ag earcú príomhfheidhmeannach nua le haghaidh Údarás na Gaeltachta; agus an ndéanfaidh sé...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 43: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the locations of the Irish embassies and Irish consulate offices worldwide; and the cost of operations for each...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 44: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the numbers and locations of his Department's buildings that are currently in upwardly-only rent review contracts;...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 46: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding a case (details supplied) in the USA, in view of the fact that the Government needs to support...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 47: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Northern Ireland. [21966/11]
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 48: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of National Lottery funding his Department received in 2009 and 2010; and if he will provide a list of the...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 49: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has satisfied himself with the presence of a group of Defence Forces personnel with EUTM Somalia in view of the...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 50: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the request of the British Government to allow the injured Iranian refugees in Camp Ashraf to avail of...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 51: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a sum in euro of the value of trade conducted between Ireland and the Holy See for 2010; if he...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 53: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of applications made to him for travel documentation by Irish citizens for children born through...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 54: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the sum of any public funds and their purpose which have been awarded by his Department either directly or indirectly...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 55: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to ensure that State boards have at least 40% of each gender, as provided for in the programme...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 56: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of computer servers that are owned or leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 57: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position on the treatment of an organisation (details supplied) in China; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 58: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has, in view of the change of name of Departments, procured a new logo for his Department, new signage and any...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 59: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of quangos, agencies and authorities that were established by his Department in each of the years 1997 to...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 60: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a report of the number consultancy reports commissioned by his Department between 1997 and January...
  • Department of Finance
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a rule regarding private pensions that would allow a person who has not yet reached 65 years and who has in excess...
    • EU Funding
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Finance if his statement on 13 April 2011 that Ireland's contribution to the proposed European Stability Mechanism will be €9.87 billion is still valid;...
    • Strategic Investment Bank
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for Finance the action he has taken to establish a strategic investment bank to finance large capital projects and which will act as a lender to small and medium...
    • Tax Code
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Finance if a cost benefit analysis to the economy of a VAT harmonisation across the island of Ireland has been completed; and if so, the details of same....
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money invested in private pension funds each year since 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21926/11]
    • Tax Reliefs
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will quantify the cost of income tax revenue foregone by granting relief of 75% to landlords for allowable mortgage interest relief as an...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will quantify the total value of executive pension funds in place for proprietary directors; and if he will further quantify the value of...
    • Tax Reliefs
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Finance the total value of income and number of taxpayers availing of the retirement relief for certain sports persons in respect of the tax years 2006 to...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance if any loans were transferred from the banks to the National Asset Management Agency at full value without a discount, especially in cases in which a...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will agree to an alternative schedule for repayment on tax due by a company (details supplied) in County Meath; if the...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Finance the rules on the amount of their available cash credit unions can lodge in any one financial institution; and if he plans to review this matter in...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the Irish Revenue Commission report published in February 2011 entitled Economics of Tobacco which stated on page 29 that a tax increase...
    • Banking Sector
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to any proposals to create a new Irish bank in order to increase competition within the banking sector. [22113/11]
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is his intention to balance the national budget; and the year he estimates that this will happen. [22114/11]
    • Credit Availability
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to encourage banks to provide timely credit for small and medium enterprises. [22115/11]
    • Bank Deposits
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance the strategies he has in place for increasing and maintaining deposits in Irish banks; and his views on a zero rate of DIRT for one year as a...
    • Tax Code
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance if a reduction in stamp duty on commercial properties has been considered to bring Irish rates in line with the 1% rate charged in London. [22118/11]
    • Banking Sector Remuneration
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 30 June 2011, if the report he has requested from Anglo Irish Bank has been supplied to him; and if he...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance the timeline for the construction and completion of the local social welfare office in Balbriggan, County Dublin, thus avoiding the need for...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 3 November 2010, the number of the three apprentices who were offered fixed term contracts that remain...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance the sum of any public funds and their purpose which have been awarded by his Department either directly or indirectly to the Irish Business and...
    • Banks Restructuring
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding his negotiations with AIB about the broad parameters for AIB's upcoming redundancy packages; if he is close to agreeing the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding his deliberations on the way the €600 million call on the Insurance Compensation Fund triggered by Quinn Insurance Limited...
    • Bank Guarantee Scheme
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance if the stress tests carried out on the four covered institutions are adequate in view of the fact that there are concerns that some of the adverse...
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance if the proposed recapitalisation of the covered institutions in July will be the last taxpayer funded recapitalisation by him for the covered...
    • EU-IMF Fund
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects to have the next formal opportunity to raise the issue of an interest rate reduction on Ireland's EU-IMF loan facility with our...
    • Credit Availability
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of new residential mortgages approved by AIB; and the number drawn down to date in 2011 [22292/11]
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance if Ireland is required to achieve a fiscal correction of a nominal amount of €3.6 billion in 2012 or achieve an 8.6% under the EU's excessive...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance the nominal amount of GDP and GNP expected to be achieved in 2011 based on all currently available economic data; the way this compares to the...
    • Budget Submissions
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the work which will be carried out by him on the preparation of budget 2012 from the date Dáil Éireann rises to its...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount by which he expects VAT and PRSI receipts to fall short of budget 2011 expectations for the period 1 July 2011 to 31 December 2011 as a...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has plans to review the interest rates available through the various State savings products in view of the April and July 2011 ECB rate...
    • Bank Guarantee Scheme
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details, for each covered institution, of the number and identity of any directors who were a member of the board at the time of...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance if he believes the recent decision of the Supreme Court in the McKillen case will have any impact on the work of the National Asset Management...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of unfinished residential developments in which the National Asset Management Agency has come into the ownership of vacant properties....
    • EU-IMF Fund
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance following the recent successful mission review by the troika, when the next draw down of funds under the EU-IMF programme is due to take place; if...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount he estimates could be made from extending the current betting levy to remote and online betting including betting exchanges; and if he...
    • Tax Reliefs
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail the property tax reliefs that exist; their current annual cost to the State in tax forgone; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he intends to take to implement a minimum effective tax rate of 30% for very high earners, the additional revenue he believes this would...
    • Personal Debt
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to regulate money lenders and debt collectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22404/11]
    • EU-IMF Fund
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the amount of Government bonds held by each of the Irish banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22410/11]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that State boards have at least 40% of each gender, as provided for in the programme for Government; and if he will...
    • Financial Services Ombudsman
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the number of complaints currently under consideration by the Financial Services Ombudsman; the number of new...
    • Tax Code
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are discussions ongoing between officials in his Department and officials at European level regarding plans at European level to introduce...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of computer servers that are owned or leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department; and the capacity...
    • State Banking Sector
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Finance the remuneration package in place for the chief executive officer of Anglo Irish Bank. [22502/11]
    • Banking Sector Remuneration
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details, including the overall value involved and the number of current and former employee beneficiaries, of any of the...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a report of the number consultancy reports commissioned by his Department between 1997 and January 2011; the cost of...
    • Tax Code
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the statement (details supplied) that a household charge has to reflect a person's ability to pay; the way he plans to calculate such...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide for safe regulations and incentives for the financial services industry here; the amount that these provisions will cost; the...
    • Credit Availability
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to force the banking industry to provide fixed rate loans that are not excessively inflated with large banking premiums. ...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Finance the money saved if all State agency board member payments in his Department were reduced by €10,000 where their current annual payments are in...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money that will be saved by cutting the services of special needs assistants. [21931/11]
    • European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to examine proposals issued by the European Commission on the 10 June 2011 to continue the European Globalisation...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and post-primary schools that are broadband enabled; the percentage of primary and post-primary schools that are...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the recent disclosure about the usage by youths of synthetic drugs deriving from online delivery services; his plans to...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated number of places on the Springboard scheme available in Counties Cavan and Monaghan. [22458/11]
    • Irish Language
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the students attending a school (details supplied) in County Kerry will have the same language supports as those children attending...
    • An Teanga Gaeilge
      Question 162: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an bhfuil plean aige faoi na hábhair múinteoirí a bhíonn ag freastal ar chúrsaí sa Ghaeltacht; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina...
    • Psychological Services
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in Bantry, County Cork who is transferring schools following the amalgamation of...
    • Skill Shortages
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to develop skills and training to meet the needs of the IT sector. [21891/11]
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the numbers and locations, of buildings his Department leases that are in upwardly only rent contracts and the amounts that these...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school building projects planned to enter the architectural and planning stages for each of the next four years. [21904/11]
    • Education Schemes
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on implementation of the Investing Effectively in Information and Communications Technology in Schools 2008 to 2013...
    • Adult Education
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [21933/11]
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposals he has to provide funding for the further development of e-learning in schools and the provision of high quality...
    • Schools Building Programme
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been achieved in the building and completion of a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if he will...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider his decision to close a school (details supplied) in Donaghmede, Dublin 13 on 29 July 2011. [21967/11]
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of National Lottery funding that his Department received in 2009 and 2010; if he will provide a list of the money that was...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the decision to discontinue the services of the two special needs assistants at a school (details supplied) in County...
    • School Patronage
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the work and timetable of the review of school patronage and diversity. [21994/11]
    • School Curriculum
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the likely impact in terms of subjects of his intention to reduce the number of junior certificate subjects. [21995/11]
    • Literacy Levels
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the research which he has commissioned on issues of literacy in schools and the wider community. [21996/11]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected outturn of net spending by his Department; and the way this figure relates to the Estimates as available in January 2011....
    • Research Funding
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has taken any decision concerning the future of research funding programmes operated under the Higher Education Authority. [21999/11]
    • School Patronage
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has asked the review of school patronage and diversity to consider potential issues concerning educational attainment in the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that the full allocation of special needs assistants is made in 2011 as provided for in this year's financial...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the full grant will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [22038/11]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 28 of 9 June 2011, the position regarding the liaison with the receiver in question; the next...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasoning behind Dublin City Council changing the requirements for non-adjacent grants for independent mature students, resulting...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the special needs unit in a secondary school (details supplied) in Dublin North; if this unit will provide for children...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide assurances that students on particularly low incomes will continue to receive a top-up in the special rate of the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost for the rental of prefabricated buildings in primary schools for 2010; and the projected cost for 2011 in tabular form. [22198/11]
    • School Refurbishment
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal and the progress made by his Department...
    • School Staffing
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will appoint more teachers to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal as they have requested, in view of the support that...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work that has been completed on a targeted early childhood education programme for disadvantaged children, building on existing...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a new school by a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the sum of any public funds, and their purpose, which have been awarded by his Department either directly or indirectly to the Irish...
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his reasoning, including the details of the criteria used, for the revised mergers of vocational educational committees as announced in...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a grant for a FETAC 5 nursing studies course at Ormonde College, Kilkenny, will be approved by Kilkenny Vocational Education...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposals, if any, he has to review the leaving certificate engineering syllabus; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Post-Leaving Certificate Courses
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional post-leaving certificate course places will be allocated to County Leitrim Vocational Education Committee; and if he will...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has decided on the model of delivery to facilitate the provision of training opportunities after the integration of the training...
    • Adult Education
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide clarification on the scope and definition of further education in the context of forthcoming legislation on the...
    • Skills Development
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the recent reports of up to 2,000 vacancies in high-tech jobs here; his views on whether this skills deficit can be...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date on the proposal to develop new educational facilities on the site of the former Army barracks in Monaghan...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied); if the request from the school has been processed; the position regarding the application;...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the acquisition of a site to facilitate the construction of a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork....
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills, further to his announcement of 40 new schools on 27 June 2011, the next step in the process of developing a new second level school...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding planned refurbishment work and a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [22445/11]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a planned extension to a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will set out a timeline for...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the application for a new school building by a national school (details supplied) in County Cork. [22448/11]
    • School Transport
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school transport for a school (details supplied) in County Longford. [22449/11]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied); the actions he proposes to address the concerns raised; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure that State boards have at least 40% of each gender, as provided for in the programme for Government....
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of computer servers owned or leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department; and the...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money spent by his Department in the past three years refurbishing school buildings that are leased by his Department;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on the development of a new primary school at Rathcormac, County Cork; the expected date for completion of the...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills, further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 15 and 50 of 7 July 2011, if his attention has been drawn to a situation whereby different...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when and the reason FÁS has ceased payment of the security license fee as part of the FETAC security training course; and if she will...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the situation regarding an application for partial redundancy in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath in view of the change in diagnosis this year and the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of quangos, agencies and authorities that were established by his Department in each of the years 1997 to January 2011; the...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a report of the number of consultancy reports commissioned by his Department between 1997 and January 2011; the cost...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the proposed extension for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if his attention has been drawn to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the money saved if all State agency board member payments in his Department were reduced by €10,000 where their current annual...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
    • Public Procurement
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made to amend procurement procedures to promote local contractors' tendering for government projects, promote the...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will respond to concerns raised by a person on the issue of public service pensions (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount paid so far to a company (details supplied) for its construction and operation of the National Convention...
    • Oifig na nOibreacha Poiblí
      Question 247: To ask the Aire Caiteachais Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe an mbeidh fáil ar threoraithe a bhfuil Gaeilge acu ag formhór na láithreán staire faoi stiúir Oifig na nOibreacha...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to address excessive pay in the public and private sectors and in the sheltered professions; and if he will make a...
    • Exchequer Savings
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the money saved if all ministerial pay was capped at €100,000 per annum. [22183/11]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of whole time equivalent temporary agency workers employed the public sector in the first six months of 2011....
    • Heritage Sites
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on criticism of a professor (details supplied) on the way Departments neglect and under utilise the tourism...
    • Public Investment Projects
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that has been made to the new development plan reflecting Ireland's changed economic circumstances covering the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the details of the budget allocated to capital expenditure in tabular form; the amount spent in tabular...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has consulted all parties concerned regarding the Construction Contracts Bill 2010; his intentions relative to this...
    • Heritage Sites
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of visitors annually attending at the 20 most popular heritage sites in the country; and if he will make a...
    • Public Service Contracts
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding a promised construction contracts Bill to address the situation regarding subcontractors that have not...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expenses incurred by Office of Public Works staff members in each of the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 in tabular...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a decision will be made in relation to the tenders that were advertised for a Garda station in Bunbeg, County Donegal....
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the flood prevention measures that have been taken locally by Government agencies, in view of the fact that insurance...
    • Programme for Government
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will be in a position to sell the non-strategic State assets; and if the target is still €2 billion. [21168/11]
    • Job Creation
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the action he has taken to accelerate capital works that are shovel-ready and other labour-intensive projects, recognising...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the numbers and locations of his Department's buildings that are currently in upward-only rent review contracts; the cost of...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of National Lottery funding his Department received in 2009 and 2010; if he will provide a list of the money that...
    • Tax Code
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason public sector pension levies are deducted from the salaries of a range of workers who will not benefit form a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the sum of any public funds and their purpose which have been awarded by his Department either directly or indirectly to the...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding amount to be provided in respect of Blarney Garda Station, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to reduce the number of quangos; and the number he believes can be closed. [22389/11]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to ensure that State boards have at least 40% of each gender, as provided for in the Programme for...
    • Expenditure Reviews
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the input that the Oireachtas will have into the planned Government expenditure review; if the outcome of the review will be...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of computer servers that are owned or leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • State Agencies
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a request by the Industrial Development Agency for an exemption from the recruitment embargo for the purposes of...
    • Job Creation
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the targets set for job creation, by sector and on a county basis; and the timetable for meeting same. [21869/11]
    • Industrial Development
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an analysis of grants awarded by the Industrial Development Agency split between feasibility grants,...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the value of preference and ordinary shares held by Enterprise Ireland in companies which it supports. [21879/11]
    • Job Creation
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on cost benefit to the economy of the establishment of a €300 million job retention fund to subsidise employees...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the locations of the Industrial Development Agency offices, Enterprise Ireland offices, Irish embassies and Irish consulate...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number and locations of his Department's buildings that are currently in an upward only rent review contract; the cost...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of National Lottery funding his Department received in 2009 and 2010; if he will provide a list of the money that...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline any outreach activities proposed for the Dublin area as part of Dublin City of Science 2012; the proposed...
    • Research Funding
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports that are being put in place or that are planned to support the indigenous digital gaming industry by reforming...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the sum of any public funds and their purpose which have been awarded by his Department either directly or indirectly to the...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if, in conjunction with the Department of Health and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, he will initiate a...
    • Green Card Applications
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason a person's (details supplied) application for a green card permit was denied when they have a job offer from an...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of computer servers that are owned or leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his...
    • State Boards
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to ensure that State boards have at least 40% of each gender, as provided for in the programme for...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has, in view of the change of name of the Departments, procured a new logo for his Department, new signage and any...
    • Job Creation
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the 1999 task force on County Donegal unemployment; the further position regarding the 2002...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of quangos, agencies and authorities that were established by his Department in each of the years 1997 to January...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of consultancy reports commissioned by his Department between 1997 and January 2011; the cost of commissioning...
    • Semi-State Bodies
      Question 320: 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 Code
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is any data available to indicate the number of public sector workers currently in receipt of family income supplement; if he...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the take-up of the internship scheme, JobBridge, by sector and geographic location. [21899/11]
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the numbers and locations, of buildings his Department lease that are in upwardly only rent contracts and how much those rents have been...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [21920/11]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite and approve payment of a jobseeker's assistance claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for back to school clothing and footwear 2010 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will support a person (details supplied) regarding rent allowance. [21964/11]
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of national lottery funding her Department received in 2009 and 2010; if she will provide a list of the money that was spent in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when payment will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary in respect of the back to school clothing and...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedure to be followed to undertake a full review of an application for supplementary welfare and rent allowance in the case of a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite and approve an application for the back to school clothing and footwear scheme in respect of a person (details...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite and approve an application for redundancy in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, in view of the independence of the social welfare appeals office in making decisions, a case will be re-examined in the appeal for a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite and approve an application for supplementary welfare allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if any steps are in place to review the personal public service system in view of the discrepancy between the quantity of personal public...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the transitional pension; if same will come to an end in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a domiciliary care allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; the reason the child...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if core funding for a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 17 will be provided in the social protection budget for 2012; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of domiciliary care allowance claims that have been approved and refused since the administration of the scheme was taken over...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress that has been made to convert the Money Advice and Budgeting Service into a strengthened personal debt management agency with...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on appeal for carer's benefit will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [22278/11]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an application will issue in respect of a person (details supplied), County Kerry. [22279/11]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if disability allowance has been approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [22316/11]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if back to school allowance was approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [22320/11]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal relative to an application for disability allowance will be expedited and approved in respect of a person (details supplied)....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for child benefit payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [22344/11]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) has not yet been completed, noting that a...
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the role officials in her Department have or could play in identifying homes that are most in need of retrofitting; her views that this...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to ensure that rent supplement is only paid to landlords who are tax compliant and registered with the Private Residential...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when redundancy payment will issue with full entitlement in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare qualifies for contributory old age State pension on foot of self-employment contributions...
    • Programme for Government
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she proposes to establish a national employment and entitlement service as promised in the programme for Government; and if she will...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to ensure that the membership of State boards comprises at least 40% of each gender, as provided for in the...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of computer servers that are owned or leased by her Department and each State agency under the aegis of her Department; and the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be reached on a disability allowance appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the community welfare officer's decision to refuse assistance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7....
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of quangos, agencies and authorities that were established by her Department in each of the years 1997 to January 2011; the...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of consultancy reports commissioned by her Department between 1997 and January 2011; the cost of commissioning each report; if...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue under the national internship scheme in respect of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of State funding, directly or indirectly, that has been paid to fund trade unions, related bodies or trader union interests or...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for those at risk of long-term unemployment; the priority treatment these persons can look forward to receiving; and if she will...
    • State Agencies
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the money saved if all State agency board member payments in her Department were reduced by €10,000 where their current annual payment...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Cultural Institutions
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a decision will be expected on whether or not Athlone Town Council will be able to lay the foundations of the art...
    • Arts Council
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has had any further discussions with the Arts Council regarding their role in assuming responsibility for Opera...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding emergency funding (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21951/11]
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of national lottery funding his Department received in 2009 and 2010; if he will provide a list of the money...
    • Heritage Sites
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the definition of heritage; if this includes Ireland's rich industrial heritage; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the bogs which fall under the special area of conservation in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the sum of any public funds and their purpose which have been awarded by his Department, either directly or indirectly, to...
    • Caighdeán na Gaeilge
      Question 396: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil i gceist an leagan leasaithe de Chaighdeán na Gaeilge a réitíodh taobh istigh dá Roinn a fhoilsiú agus má tá...
    • Seirbhísí Farantóireachta
      Question 397: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta ó tharla cúraimí na nOileán a bheith air céard atáá dhéanamh aige lena chinntiú go mbeidh daoine i gcathaoireacha...
    • Policy Development
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he plans to develop an accurate and comprehensive arts and culture statistical system to aid policy formation and...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which he has received applications for funding from various art or heritage groups in County Kildare...
    • Departmental Functions
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will indicate the mission statement of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22429/11]
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which he expects to carry out restoration works towards the protection of buildings throughout the country...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which an amicable solution can be reached with turf cutters affected by the special areas of conservation or...
    • Heritage Sites
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of heritage sites, including ring forts, currently accessible to the public; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of computer servers that are owned or leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps he is taking to ensure that the membership of State boards comprises at least 40% of each gender, as provided...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has, in view of the change in the names of various Departments, procured a new logo for his Department, new signage...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of quangos, agencies and authorities that were established by his Department in each of the years 1997 to...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a report of the number of consultancy reports commissioned by his Department between 1997 and January...
    • Cultural Institutions
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress made on protecting the cultural space in Smithfield, Dublin; and when the Lighthouse Cinema will re-open on...
    • State Agencies
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the money saved if all State agency board member payments in his Department were reduced by €10,000 where their current...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the money spent on the home energy scheme over the past five years; and the amount that will be committed on...
    • Fuel Poverty
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures he proposes to take to address the persistent problem of fuel poverty in Irish society; the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his commitment to providing next-generation broadband to every home and business here; and the date for...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage area (details supplied) in County Donegal that currently has Saorview coverage for digital...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to develop a cross-departmental strategy with the Department of Education and Skills in view of the...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of National Lottery funding his Department received in 2009 and 2010; if he will provide a list of...
    • Onshore Exploration
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the proposed method to extract natural gas from the North-West...
    • Energy Efficiency
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of contractors who are registered to participate in the better energy scheme; the requirements for...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when gas from the Corrib field will come ashore; if he will give any direction to the Commission for Energy...
    • Energy Regulation
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason new entrants to the electricity market are not regulated by the Commission for Energy Regulation;...
    • Energy Prices
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views, in the context of the recent decision by Bord Gáis to hike up prices by 12% for consumers, that the...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action he will take against termination charges for mobile phone users; his views on whether this is the...
    • Television Licence Fees
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to replace the current television licence system with a content licence system; the appliances the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the sum of any public funds and their purpose which have been awarded by his Department either directly or...
    • Semi-State Bodies
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a list of the commercial semi-state companies under his remit whose chief executives have...
    • Utility Charges
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, in view of the difficulty many customers are having budgeting to afford household bills, if he will engage the...
    • Sports Facilities
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of the means by which members of the public can report their concerns regarding the...
    • Telephone Hacking
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of complaints ComReg has received in each of the years 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011 from customers...
    • Missing Persons
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has any proposals to put in place a hotline number for missing children which is operational in some EU...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of computer servers that are owned or leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis...
    • Telephone Hacking
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he proposes to introduce legislation to compel mobile phone companies to introduce security measures to...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to ensure that State boards have at least 40% of each gender, as provided for in the...
    • Post Office Network
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will work to ensure that mail sorting services will be retained by An Post offices at Kilmacrennan,...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of quangos, agencies and authorities that were established by his Department in each of the years...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of consultancy reports commissioned by his Department between 1997 and January 2011; the cost of...
    • State Agencies
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the money saved if all State agency board member payments in his Department were reduced by €10,000 where...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will quantify the potential for tax revenue arising from increasing the current €200 second home...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure all local authorities, Dublin City Council in particular, have ended the...
    • Carbon Credits
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he will take to claw back part of the €850 million worth of carbon credits that have been gifted...
    • Forbairt na Gaeltachta
      Question 450: To ask the Aire Comhshaoil, Pobail agus Rialtais Áitiúil cad é an plean atá ag an Rialtas le haghaidh Mheitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to address the anomalies in the shared ownership loans as presented by local authorities (details...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the numbers and locations of his Department's buildings that are current in upward-only rent review...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of national lottery funding his Department received in 2009 and 2010; and if he will provide a...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the impact of his policies on conditions that attach to grants of planning permission by planning...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of the grant approved to Laois County Council in 2011 under the housing adaption grant scheme,...
    • Commercial Rates
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities are under a statutory obligation to levy rates on property used for commercial purposes...
    • Air Pollution Regulations
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the implementation timeline for the planned new law for a low-sulfur standard for coal which he announced on...
    • Census of Population
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the 2006 preliminary census results underestimated the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when phase two of the Innishannon regional water scheme in west Cork will be initiated; and if he will make...
    • EU Funding
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there is any funding available from him or the EU under the water framework directive for funding...
    • Local Authority Services
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the [i]fixmystreet[/i] website will be set up as provided in the programme for Government; and if he...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of cases that have been taken by the Private Residential Tenancies Board against landlords for...
    • Fire Services
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has been sent a copy of the Hayes Higgins Partnership report by Dublin City Council, which was...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons on the homeless list, the housing list, the transfer list, and the priority housing...
    • Homeless Persons
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of homeless persons in Dublin in 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011; and if he will make a...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the final report on the Mahon tribunal will be published; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has had any response from developers to his request that they act without delay and address the...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there will be a permanent funding stream for a law centre (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if he will...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on allowing Dublin City Council to alter the differential rent scheme to charge tenants who live...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the capital housing grant application for senior citizen housing projects that Dublin City Council has made...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applicants on each of the local authority housing lists. [22248/11]
    • Derelict Sites
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to Dublin City Council's derelict sites scheme, which allows the council to...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to alter the position whereby a landlord who enters into a licence agreement directly with a...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the sum of any public funds and their purpose which have been awarded by his Department either directly or...
    • Water Charges
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the studies that have been undertaken into the introduction of water meters; if major urban areas and the...
    • Community Development
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria for funding under the existing Clár programme for rural water schemes as operated by his...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if funding will be provided to Cavan County Council towards improvement works to unfinished housing estates;...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to address the issue of anti-social behaviour in public or social housing, including the...
    • Community Development
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the RAPID funding which was previously allocated to County Westmeath; and if he will...
    • ICT Services
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of computer servers that are owned or leased by his Department and each State agency under the...
    • State Boards
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to ensure that State boards have at least 40% of each gender, as provided for in the...
    • EU Funding
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applications for funding under the Leader programme for the production of food-related...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will amend the Housing Act to specifically name domestic violence as anti-social behaviour in order...
    • Homeless Persons
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will include domestic violence as one of the factors used to assess a person as homeless under the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has, in view of the change of name of the Departments, procured a new logo, new signage or...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of quangos, agencies and authorities that were established by his Department in each of the years...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of consultancy reports commissioned by his Department between 1997 and January 2011; the cost of...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if persons who are already on local authority housing lists will not be removed from the list and new rules...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding that has been set aside for developments (details supplied); the length of time the funding will...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has any plans to abolish the Dublin Docklands Development Authority and incorporate its functions into...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
    • European Conventions
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects the Irish State to sign and ratify the Council of Europe's Convention on preventing and combating violence against...
    • Coroner Service
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deaths that have been referred to Dublin City Coroner of persons in Dublin central area for each of the past five years...
    • Course Accreditation
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21919/11]
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status including naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons prosecuted under the new gangland legislation. [21932/11]
    • Sexual Offences
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way a community deals with a sex offender after they have been released from prison; and the further way public representatives can...
    • Gender Discrimination (3 comments)
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, in relation to Ireland's national report in advance of the UN Universal Periodic Review, there is reference only to women's rights...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of national lottery funding his Department received in 2009 and 2010; if he will provide a list of the money that was spent...
    • Small Claims Procedures
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is provision for a service provider who has not been paid for a service to seek redress in the Small Claims Court; the...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the cash for gold report will be published; the actions that will be taken in view of same; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Court Sittings
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the court sitting terms will be changed to ensure that judges will sit for longer, due to the fact that there is a long break from...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects the equality legislation pertaining to transgendered people to be extended in view of the fact that the Gender...
    • Travel Documentation
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a temporary travel document will be issued to a person (details supplied) or an alternative travel document will be granted to them;...
    • Courts Service
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a permanent Civil Court of Appeal, as provided for in the programme for Government, will be established; and if he will make a...
    • Legal Services
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the regulation of the writing of wills here; his views on the training that solicitors receive in the writing of...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of anti-social behaviour orders that have been issued under the Criminal Justice Act 2006 each year since 2007 and to date...
    • Prison Sentencing
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is carrying out a review of sentencing policy; his views on whether adequate sentences are being handed down for those found...
    • Recidivism Rates
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on monitoring or collecting information at Departmental level on prisoner re-offending rates in view of the fact that the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when civil partnership legislation will be amended to address the anomalies and omissions relating to children, as provided for in the...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the sum of any public funds and their purpose which have been awarded by his Department either directly or indirectly to the Irish...
    • UN Conventions
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the expected timeline for the measures necessary to ensure full compliance with the criminal law provisions for the Optional Protocol...
    • Human Trafficking
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the National Action Plan to Prevent and Combat Trafficking in Human Beings in Ireland 2009 to 2012 will be reviewed; and if he...
    • Prisoner Numbers
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in prison here as of 1 July 2011. [22351/11]
    • Criminal Convictions
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of criminal convictions that were recorded for the year 2010, or the last year for which figures are available, or the last...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position in relation to the provision of a new Garda district headquarters at Bailieboro, County Cavan; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Support Services (1 comment)
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the support, monetary or otherwise, given to asylum seekers when they are deported from Ireland back to their country of origin; and if...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that have been taken to date, including staffing reallocations, to ensure that administrative duties are carried out by...
    • Whistleblower Protection
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding whistleblowers. [22414/11]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when residency status will be decided in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the family's position...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the residency file in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status and entitlements in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when consideration of residency application will be concluded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [22421/11]
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if deportation will be deferred in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which an application for asylum or refugee status was fully examined in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Prison Building Programme
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the planned development of the new prison at Thornton Hall, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has engaged in discussions with the Garda authorities, with any of the Garda representative associations or with any other body,...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the proposed referendum on judicial remuneration; and when he will publish a referendum bill. [22479/11]
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of computer servers that are owned or leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department; and...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking to ensure that State boards have at least 40% of each gender, as provided for in the programme for Government;...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he plans to include provision for recognition for pre-nuptial agreements in any future family law Bills; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for refugee status in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; when they can expect a...
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Probation Service will increase the number of hours' service being carried out at a cemetery (details supplied) in County...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of quangos, agencies and authorities that were established by his Department in each of the years from 1997 to January 2011;...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of consultancy reports commissioned by his Department between 1997 and January 2011; the cost of commissioning each report;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of State funding, directly or indirectly, that has been paid to fund trade unions, related bodies or trade union interests...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of motor vehicles caught breaking speed limits since 2009 in tabular format on a county basis; and if he will make a...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of national lottery funding his Department received in 2009 and 2010; if he will provide a list of the money that was spent in tabular...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Defence the sum of any public funds, and their purpose, which have been awarded by his Department either directly or indirectly to the Irish Business and...
    • Civil Defence Operations
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Defence the proposed changes to the Civil Defence Act 2002; the proposed changes to the operations of the Civil Defence; the impact of these changes of...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of computer servers that are owned or leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department; and the capacity...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Defence the expenditure on the Reserve Defence Force, RDF, in 2010; the expenditure on RDF cadre pay and employers' PRSI (subhead B) costs for 2010; and if...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Defence if, in view of the change of names of Departments, the Department has procured a new logo, new signage and any other branding such as stationery; if...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of quangos, agencies and authorities that were established by his Department in each of the years from 1997 to January 2011; the number...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of consultancy reports commissioned by his Department between 1997 and January 2011; the cost of commissioning each report; if he will...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Defence the money saved were all State agency board member payments in his Department to be reduced by €10,000 where their current annual payment is in...
  • Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
    • EU Directives
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on a matter regarding farmers and lands (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22274/11]
    • Food Industry
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he will take to develop the agri-food sector. [21160/11]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has received correspondence from a company (details supplied) in County Offaly; if an investigation with regard to the...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; if this application has...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of national lottery funding his Department received in 2009 and 2010; if he will provide a list of the money that...
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the manner in which a herd number was transferred on a permanent or interim basis in respect of animals on the lands owned...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, under the terms of the rain water harvesting scheme, planning permission is required in situations where the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the problem with regard to processing of applications under the farm improvement scheme; if schemes that have already been...
    • Food Safety
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the work that has been done to create a single food safety monitoring agency, building on the existing Food Safety...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the sum of any public funds and their purpose which have been awarded by his Department either directly or indirectly to...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, regarding an application to the scheme for allocation of milk quota to new entrants in respect of a person (details...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the agri-environment options scheme for 2010 will be awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22338/11]
    • Domestic Abattoirs
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the purpose for which the insurance fee on animals which are slaughtered in a factory is used; the cover, if same is...
    • Chuanta Iascaigh
      Question 583: To ask the Aire Talmhaíochta, Iascaigh agus Bia an bhfuil i gceist táillí páirceála a ghearradh ar oileánaigh ag an gclós páirceála de chuid na Roinne i Ros an Mhíl ó...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the division of responsibilities between the Minister and the Minister of State at his Department. [22470/11]
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of computer servers that are owned or leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his...
    • Food Safety
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will engage in discussion with the stakeholders regarding the proposed ban on raw milk; if he will develop a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the grants under the agri-environment options scheme 2010 will be awarded; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he is taking to ensure that State boards have at least 40% of each gender, as provided for in the programme for...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will contribute to the development of piers at Dunquin and An Blascaod Mór, County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in view of the change of name of the Department, he has procured a new logo for his Department, new signage or any...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of quangos, agencies and authorities that were established by his Department in each of the years from 1997 to...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of consultancy reports commissioned by his Department between 1997 and January 2011; the cost of commissioning...
    • State Agencies
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the money saved if all State agency board member payments in his Department were reduced by €10,000 where their current...
  • Department of Health
    • Adoption Services
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will seek to establish the existence and whereabouts of files such as medical and social work files pertaining to the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if certain issues (details supplied) will be addressed in the children's referendum; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • National Lottery
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of national lottery funding her Department received in 2009 and 2010; if she will provide a list of the money that was...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if additional financial resources will be established to ensure the successful implementation of the Children First legislation...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will approve the hiring of additional social workers alongside the 270 social workers committed to as part of the...
    • Youth Services
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she supports the Big Brother Big Sister mentoring programme for children in the community organised by Foróige. [22119/11]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the sum of any public funds and their purpose which have been awarded by her Department either directly or indirectly to the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 606: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the organisations and the amounts each of them were awarded by the youth service general grant scheme and the special projects...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to ensure that State boards have at least 40% of each gender, as provided for in the Programme for...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of computer servers that are owned or leased by her Department and each State agency under the aegis of her...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 609: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if, in view of the change of name of the Department, she has procured a new logo for her Department, new signage or any other...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of quangos, agencies and authorities that were established by her Department in each of the years 1997 to January...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of consultancy reports commissioned by her Department between 1997 and January 2011; the cost of commissioning each...
    • State Boards
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the money saved if all State agency board member payments in her Department were reduced by €10,000 where their current annual...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for Health if those in receipt of a State and work pension are entitled to a medical card once they reach 70 years, as in the case of a person (details...
    • Health Services
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if same will be expedited; and if he...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for Health the numbers and locations of his Department's buildings that are in an upward-only rent review contract; the cost of rents for 2008 to 2010,...
    • Nursing Home Support Scheme
      Question 617: To ask the Minister for Health if and when the fair deal scheme will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 618: To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance bases here; the number of 24/7 bases; the bases that are achieving Health Information and Quality Authority targets for...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 619: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to fulfil commitments given to the people of Roscommon in Dáil Éireann on 30 June 2011; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 620: To ask the Minister for Health the capacity of the accident and emergency department at Mayo General Hospital; the actual capacity up to July 2011 based on the level of staffing;...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the baseline figures for the mortality rates at Roscommon County Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21945/11]
    • Health Services
      Question 625: To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [21965/11]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      Question 626: To ask the Minister for Health his views on including myasthenia gravis as a recognised condition under the long-term illness scheme; if so, when this will take place; and if he...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 627: To ask the Minister for Health the amount of national lottery funding his Department received in 2009 and 2010; and if he will provide a list of the money that was spent in tabular...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 628: To ask the Minister for Health the proposals he will put in place to expedite the time frame associated with the processing of medical card applications; if his attention has been...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for Health if he will give a commitment that current levels of ambulance service in Youghal, County Cork, will be maintained; if ambulance vehicles will be...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of the Children's Hospital School, Temple Street, Dublin 1 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 632: To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 regarding autism support. [22037/11]
    • Smoking Ban
      Question 634: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a ban on smoking in cars which are transporting children under 16 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22049/11]
    • Health Services
      Question 635: To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Laois will receive the necessary speech therapy that is needed for their development; and if he will make a...
    • Tobacco Products
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for Health, further to Parliamentary Question No. 248 of 18 May 2010, if he plans to continue the practice that the Office of Tobacco Control has no function in...
    • Health Services
      Question 639: To ask the Minister for Health if the proper procedures were followed in relation to the recent awarding of a permanent consultant gynaecologist obstetrician contract at Sligo...
    • Stem Cell Research
      Question 640: To ask the Minister for Health when legislation will be forthcoming on the regulation of stem cell research in view of the fact that it is in the programme for Government; and if...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 641: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide detailed statistics on the mortality rate increase in the mid-west region, and County Clare in particular, due to the...
    • Thalidomide Survivors
      Question 642: To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding the arrangement made between the parents of children affected by thalidomide and the Government in 1975. [22120/11]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 643: To ask the Minister for Health if EU pensioners are entitled to an Irish medical card without being means tested once they are in receipt of a pension from their country of origin;...
    • Patient Statistics
      Question 648: To ask the Minister for Health the number of incidents of harm and near-misses by hospitals and community-based health care facilities reported in 2009 and 2010; and if he will...
    • Health Services
      Question 654: To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is being deducted the correct payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22153/11]
    • Organ Donation
      Question 655: To ask the Minister for Health when legislation will be forthcoming on the change to an opt-out system of organ donation, rather than an opt-in system, as provided in the Programme...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 656: To ask the Minister for Health the full economic cost per day of a bed in public and voluntary hospitals. [22200/11]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 658: To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State of providing medical care for private patients in public beds in public hospitals. [22202/11]
    • Hospital Co-Location
      Question 660: To ask the Minister for Health the moneys budgeted for capital costs relating to hospital co-location for 2011 and 2012 in tabular form. [22204/11]
    • Generic Medicines
      Question 663: To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State for all medicine purchased within the public health system. [22207/11]
    • Pharmacy Services
      Question 670: To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State of the over-prescribing of medicines via the public health system. [22214/11]
    • Health Service Reform
      Question 671: To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on the introduction of universal health insurance with equal access to care for all; the cost implication of such a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 672: To ask the Minister for Health the sum of any public funds and their purpose which have been awarded by his Department either directly or indirectly to the Irish Business and...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 673: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision on a medical card will issue in respect of a person (details supplied). [22277/11]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 674: To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the implementation of recommendations 15.2.1, 15.2.2, 15.2.3, 15.2.4, 15.2.5, 15.2.6, and 15.2.7 of A Vision for Change, the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 676: To ask the Minister for Health if a full medical card will be issued to persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [22314/11]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 678: To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment at Waterford Regional Hospital will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [22317/11]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 682: To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be approved in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Carlow. [22329/11]
    • General Practitioner Services
      Question 684: To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time GPs registered with the Irish Medical Council in 2011 and in 2006; the breakdown by terms of general, specialist and training...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 686: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical and general practitioner visit card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick;...
    • General Medical Service
      Question 688: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that cuts in general medical service payments to general practitioners are having a disproportionate...
    • Health Services
      Question 689: To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting speech therapy; the average waiting time for patients in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 690: To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech therapists who will be working in County Donegal from September 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22376/11]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 691: To ask the Minister for Health the proposals he has to develop a medical assessment unit at Monaghan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22377/11]
    • Prescription Charges
      Question 693: To ask the Minister for Health when he intends to abolish the 50 cent fee on prescriptions; the legislative measures needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22408/11]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 694: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a renewal application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [22455/11]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 695: To ask the Minister for Health the salaries and expenses of all Health Service Executive executives and managers receiving more than €100,000 per annum. [22459/11]
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 696: To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money raised to date by the sale of lands and properties formerly used for psychiatric institutions; the amount devoted to implementing...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 697: To ask the Minister for Health the total cost to the State of the public and private contracts of hospital consultants. [22461/11]
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 698: To ask the Minister for Health if he will allocate the required funding to enable Mullingar Regional Hospital, County Westmeath, to staff the new 23-bed unit, which remains closed;...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 699: To ask the Minister for Health the current services provided by Navan Hospital, County Meath; and his future plans for this hospital. [22464/11]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 700: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that State boards have at least 40% of each gender, as provided for in the programme for Government; and if he will...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 701: To ask the Minister for Health the number of computer servers that are owned or leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department; and the capacity...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 702: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Mental Health Act 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22505/11]
    • Health Services
      Question 703: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the need to have GP services restored at Ballinagh Health Centre, County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 705: To ask the Minister for Health the number of quangos, agencies and authorities that were established by his Department in each of the years 1997 to January 2011; the number of...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 706: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report of the number consultancy reports commissioned by his Department between 1997 and January 2011; the cost of commissioning...
    • Clinical Trials
      Question 707: To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a written proposal in relation to the development of a clinical trial site here (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 708: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 710: To ask the Minister for Health the total number, in whole-time equivalents of temporary agency workers that were employed throughout the health service in the first six months of...
    • Alcohol-Related Illnesses
      Question 711: To ask the Minister for Health the number of alcohol related hospital illness cases in Dublin central for each of the past five years, by the DCC areas of Cabra, Glasnevin and...
    • Drug-Related Deaths
      Question 716: To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths that had drug-use associations for each of the past five years by the DCC areas of Cabra, Glasnevin and north inner city; and if...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 718: To ask the Minister for Health the money saved if all State agency board member payments in his Department were reduced by €10,000 where their current annual payment is in excess...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Public Service Vehicles
      Question 719: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on amending legislation to provide for a position in which a hackney business could be willed on by an owner to a...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 721: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is the case that parking in a cycle lane is not currently a fixed charge offence; his views on amending this, in view of...
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 722: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [21934/11]
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 723: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of national lottery funding his Department received in 2009 and 2010; if he will provide a list of the money that...
    • Public Transport
      Question 724: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the proposed increases in fares to be implemented by Bus Éireann and Iarnród Éireann; his further views on...
    • Road Network
      Question 725: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views regarding a submission (details supplied); if the National Roads Authority had a public consultation in regard to...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 726: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when applications will be opened up for funding under the Sports Capital Programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Sports Funding
      Question 727: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be made available to the Irish clay pigeon shooting team for the 2012 Olympic Games in the UK; if funding will...
    • State Airports
      Question 728: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of scheduled flights into Cork Airport for each quarter for the past five years; if he plans to introduce any...
    • Smarter Travel Scheme
      Question 730: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects a decision to be made on funding for the smarter travel scheme and the locations for the scheme, in view of the...
    • Railway Stations
      Question 731: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is scope within phase two of the Irish Rail Kildare route project to include the creation of a railway station in...
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 732: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a public taxi rank at St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8, has recently been made...
    • Road Network
      Question 733: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a piece of infrastructure (details supplied) for a town in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Public Transport
      Question 734: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the numbers of drivers and staff at Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann at the end of the 2010; the numbers of drivers and staff at...
    • Light Rail Projects
      Question 735: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projected cost to the State of the proposed metro north project; if consultants and or companies from outside of Ireland...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 738: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of workers who have expressed an interest in taking the voluntary redundancy package at the merging of the Railway...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 741: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress that has been made on a new National Development Plan reflecting Ireland's changed economic circumstances covering...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 742: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the sum of any public funds and their purpose which have been awarded by his Department either directly or indirectly to the...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 743: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way he intends to capitalise on the recent successes of Irish professional golfers on the international stage; if, in view...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      Question 744: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will detail the extent to which sports promotion agencies within his remit utilise social media and other tools to...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 745: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to attract high-profile sporting events to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22387/11]
    • Arbitration Processes
      Question 746: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure that all agencies under his remit sign up to a dispute resolution process that would prevent disputes...
    • Coast Guard Stations
      Question 747: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a planned building project (details supplied) in County Cork under his aegis. [22444/11]
    • Driving Licences
      Question 748: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the consideration he has given to a reciprocal agreement with the Canadian Government to allow drivers to transfer licences...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 749: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of computer servers that are owned or leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 750: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will contribute to the development of piers at Dunquin and An Blascaod Mór, County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 751: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to ensure that State boards have at least 40% of each gender, as provided for in the Programme for...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 752: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it has, in view of the change of name of the Department, procured a new logo, new signage or any other branding such as...
    • Road Safety
      Question 753: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify a matter (details supplied) relevant to the testing of heavy goods vehicles; and if he will make a statement...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 754: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of motor vehicles caught breaking speed limits since 2009 in tabular format on a county basis; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 755: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of quangos, agencies and authorities that were established by his Department in each of the years from 1997 to...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 756: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make national lottery funding available in respect of a centre (details supplied) in County Limerick. [22590/11]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 757: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a report of the number consultancy reports commissioned by his Department between 1997 and January 2011; the...
    • Rail Network
      Question 758: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will justify the increase in the rail fare from Tipperary town to Waterford from €5.90 to €14.00; and if he will make...

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