Written answers
Tuesday, 20 September 2011
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Charitable Organisations
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the requirement to register as a charity; the checks and balances in place to ensure that no fraud takes place by charities; and if he...
- Anti-Social Behaviour
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the growing and on-going public concern arising from increasing levels of anti-social behaviour in...
- Sexual Offences
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 587 of 12 January 2011, the progress to date on the provision of information to parents; and if he...
- Magdalene Laundries
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of the group assessing the State's responsibilities regarding the victims of the Magdalene laundries; when he expects...
- Cash for Gold Trade
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the progress and a timeline for the report of the group within his Department that are looking into the...
- Community Restorative Projects
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to expand the number of community restorative projects in the State and to incorporate these into the justice system as is the...
- Garda Civilian Support Staff
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the proposed civilianisation policy being discussed between himself and the Garda Commissioner; and if...
- Garda Resources
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the full requirements of backup facilities are available to the Garda to combat the drug problem; if the Minister is...
- Judicial Staff
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Judges who have been appointed to regions of more than 20 kilometres from their homes; the cost of their travel,...
- Victims of Crime
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to ensure the rollout across the State of the undertakings in relation to the interaction between members of An Garda...
- Garda Investigations
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the controversy surrounding the death of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; if he will set...
- Legal Aid Service
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the free legal aid board are availing of the national internship scheme; if so are experienced solicitors rather than newly qualified...
- Joint Policing Committees
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the review of Joint Policing Committees; his plans to expand the functions and powers of these...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vetting applications received by the Garda Central Vetting Unit in each month of 2010 and to date in 2011; the number...
- Garda Training
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána who have completed the competency based driving assessments at each level respectively to date; the way...
- Garda Investigations
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there have been arrests, criminal charges or convictions against employees of a company (details supplied) or security personnel...
- Departments Bodies
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to widen the consultation process concerning the merger of the Equality Authority and the Irish Human Rights Commission,...
- Sale of Alcohol
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce the ban on below cost selling of alcohol; the estimated financial loss to the Exchequer; and if he will make a...
- Garda Investigations
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of Simon Carswell's investigation into the actions of Anglo Irish Bank and its directors, his views on whether it warrants a...
- Constititonal Referenda
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the consultants he has held with political parties and non-governmental organisation regarding proposals for forthcoming referenda on...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Departmental Transport
Question 85: To ask the Taoiseach the amount of money that was spent on taxis by his Department in the past year; the amount of money that has been provided for in the next year for taxi...
- Departmental Funding
Question 86: To ask the Taoiseach 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 Employers...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 87: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of all appointments made by him since he came to office and include internal departmental and appointments to semi-States. [22330/11]
- Departmental Funding
Question 88: To ask the Taoiseach the amount of money he has paid out individually to a company (details supplied) in the past decade; and if he will provide details of the tasks performed....
- National Lottery Funding
Question 90: To ask the Taoiseach the amount of national lottery funding his Department received in 2009 and 2010; if he will provide a list of the way in which this money was spent in tabular...
- Departmental Equipment
Question 91: To ask the Taoiseach 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 of each...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 92: To ask the Taoiseach 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 staff employed...
- Consultancy Reports
Question 93: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a report of the number consultancy reports commissioned by his Department between 1997 and January 2011; the cost of commissioning each...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 94: To ask the Taoiseach the annual Departmental spend for his Department per annum since 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22610/11]
- National Census
Question 96: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide the proportion of adults aged over 60 years in the 2006 census in a selection of district electoral divisions (details supplied) in tabular...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 97: To ask the Taoiseach the money saved if all State agency board member payments in his Department were reduced by €10,000 when their current annual payment is in excess of...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 99: To ask the Taoiseach the details of spending, using Departmental credit cards held by Department staff over the past four years; the numbers of persons in his Department who hold...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 100: To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons employed in each of the private offices and the constituency offices of his Ministers of State; the annual amount paid in respect of...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 103: To ask the Taoiseach the budget available to his Department for IT expenditure in 2010 and 2011; the provisions within his Department for the purchasing of IT equipment; the...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 104: To ask the Taoiseach if he will publish the details of his Department's submission and all correspondence to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform for consideration as...
- Live Register
Question 105: To ask the Taoiseach if he will give details of the most recent unemployment figures at a social welfare office (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on...
- Professional Fees
Question 106: To ask the Taoiseach the potential savings to the Exchequer by reducing professional fees paid by the State by 25%. [24288/11]
- Constitutional Convention
Question 107: To ask the Taoiseach the progress that has been made in establishing the constitutional convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24432/11]
- Commemorative Events
Question 108: To ask the Taoiseach if he will confirm the names of those who will comprise the Oireachtas consultation group in relation to the plans for the 1916 rising centenary; and if he...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 109: To ask the Taoiseach if he will deal with a matter (details supplied) regarding expenses claimed by a former Taoiseach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23695/11]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Applications
Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason a passport has not been issued in respect of a person (details supplied). [24594/11]
- Department of Finance
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the delays in the assessment of business plans by the National Asset Management Agency which is resulting in...
- Tax Collection
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount lost to the Exchequer due to tax evasion on a yearly basis over the past five years; his plans to minimise this amount as a means of...
- Tax Clearance Certificates
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will explain the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry is being forced to make repayment to them; and if...
- International Agreements
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance if any of the money has been drawn down from the bilateral loan agreements with the UK, Sweden and Denmark; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance the names of the State boards whose membership are determined by his Department; the date on which each of these memberships is due for renewal or...
- Personal Debt
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a debt forgiveness scheme for those in mortgage arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24988/11]
- Currency Printing
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance when the Irish Central Bank last printed Irish punts currency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25042/11]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a course in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a resolution of the special needs assistant issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath can be found as quickly...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he failed to inform a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary of his or her rights to apply for partial redundancy...
- State Examinations
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a leaving certificate recheck application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if he...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of centrally buying books for use by all primary and secondary schools and distributing them. [24405/11]
- School Staffing
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider looking at equity for job opportunities that may arise in post-primary schools for those who have been in...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider reviewing the higher diploma in education enforcement in all post primary schools including vocational education...
- School Staffing
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way he will ensure that his request to schools to employ younger teachers is being implemented in view of the fact that concerns...
- School Curriculum
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made to include history as a core subject in the junior cycle. [24774/11]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the progress made in relation to the provision of a replacement building for a school (details supplied) in...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the route he, FÁS and SOLAS are providing to ensure school leavers can be trained as tradespeople (details supplied). [24868/11]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a full-time special needs assistant will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20; and if he will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for school building funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines set down by him regarding calculating the distances from residences to colleges under the adjacent and non-adjacent...
- Post-Leaving Certification Courses
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of post-leaving certificate places available in County Wicklow; the location of these places in County Wicklow; the way this...
- Irish Language Exemption
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on examining the criteria for an Irish language exemption in primary and secondary schools to include consideration of...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the situation regarding a request for additional classroom and ancillary accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Cork;...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of the State boards whose membership are determined by his Department; the date on which each of these memberships is due for...
- Employment Support Services
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Springboard places out of the 5,900 provided as part of the recent jobs initiative that remain vacant; and if he will...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of back to education places out of the 3,000 provided as part of the recent jobs initiative that remain vacant; and if he...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money spent producing Government reports in both Irish and English on a yearly basis. [25409/11]
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Pension Provisions
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of pensions in excess of €100,000 per annum being paid to the Department of An Taoiseach; and the total cost to...
- Public Service Remuneration
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the savings that would be made to the Exchequer if all public sector salaries, including those at semi-State bodies, were...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total cost to the State of decentralisation; when a review of the scheme will be published; and if he will make a...
- Local Authority Valuations
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to amend the Valuation Act 2011 to allow an employer to appeal a rates valuation in volatile economic circumstances;...
- Pension Provisions
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to introduce a cap on the pensions of future Presidents of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Stations
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 11 May 2010, the position regarding this project; when the premises will be...
- Architectural Heritage
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if local workers will be hired in the restoration of Killarney house, County Kerry; if so, when the hiring will begin; and if...
- Civil Service Staff
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of promotions from age 63 years to retirement that were awarded to senior civil servants from higher executive...
- Flood Relief
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason correspondence from this Deputy on a decision made by Government last December on the interaction between...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to introduce the Construction Contracts Bills into Dáil Éireann this term; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Pension Provisions
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason he did not rescind the recent special severance gratuity payment agreed by the Top Level Appointments Committee to...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the names of the State boards whose membership are determined by his Department; the date on which each of these memberships...
- Departmental Staff
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of new Secretaries General and their senior staff appointed to Departments since 9 March 2011 whose appointments...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of money spent producing Government reports in both Irish and English on a yearly basis. [25416/11]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Rights Commissioner Service
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason for the delays in the Rights Commissioners issuing a decision on a case (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Registry of Friendly Societies
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if an organisation (details supplied) in County Sligo is registered with the Registry of Friendly Societies; if this...
- Small and Medium Enterprises
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on a proposal to establish an independent body, similar to the Money Advice and Budgeting Service, which would...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the names of the State boards whose membership are determined by his Department; the date on which each of these memberships...
- Industrial Development
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of site visits that the Industrial Development Agency and Enterprise Ireland have made to IDA and Enterprise...
- County Enterprise Boards
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding for the County Meath Community Enterprise Board in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010; the number of applications...
- Credit Guarantee Scheme
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when he will make the partial credit scheme operational; the amount of money that will be invested in the scheme; the way...
- Enterprise Ireland Mentor Network
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the numbers of business mentors under schemes operated by him available in County Meath and nationally; the number of...
- County Enterprise Boards
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost per job for community enterprise jobs in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24983/11]
- Enterprise Ireland
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of bank officials that have been trained by Enterprise Ireland in dealing with business loans for small and...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of money spent producing Government reports in both Irish and English on a yearly basis. [25414/11]
- Department of Social Protection
- Social Insurance
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount generated from PRSI contributions in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010; and the corresponding percentage of total revenue generating in...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the ongoing delay in processing the appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application for back to school allowance; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when a decision will...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide information on the operation of the mortgage interest relief supplement which is administered by her, in particular in...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a request for an oral hearing regarding an invalidity pension appeal will be decided in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway did not have their rent allowance reinstated; and if she will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reasons for reduction on the household benefits package that took effect from 1 September 2011; her future plans regarding this...
- Pension Provisions
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the transitional pension, which is due to come to an end in 2013, will be replaced by a similar scheme for persons who retire early but...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal against the decision not to grant a back to school allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is entitled to a back to school allowance; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Tax and Social Welfare Codes
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will explain the large discrepancy in the number of PPS numbers in existence as compared to the number of persons in the country;...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a back to school allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [24546/11]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for illness benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [24549/11]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a decision on an application for back to school clothing and footwear allowance in respect of a person (details...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who was advised by their local community welfare...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue in relation to the appeal for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17. [24596/11]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent by her paying all doctors, including those in the employ of the Health Service Executive, and general practitioners for...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal against refusal of disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo and if...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider amending the legislative conditions which must be satisfied to qualify for family income supplement so that those...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for community employment; and her further plans to ring fence community employment schemes specifically for persons being...
- JobBridge Scheme
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of places that have been offered on the job bridge scheme; the number of successful applicants there have been to date in 2011;...
- Tax Reliefs
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the numbers of persons estimated to begin drawing down additional social welfare payments as a gap solution between reaching retirement at...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has given any consideration to re-introducing the pre-retirement allowances for over 55s, which was abolished under the Social...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect to be called for an oral hearing. [24807/11]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on back to school clothing and footwear allowance. [24815/11]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an appeal for invalidity pension. [24819/11]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for carer's allowance. [24820/11]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on a domiciliary allowance. [24843/11]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive a decision on their application for disability allowance. [24849/11]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive a decision on their appeal for domiciliary care allowance. [24853/11]
- Departmental Schemes
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to provide extra places on the rural social scheme to FORUM Connemara in view of the low number of places allocated to them; and...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a back to school allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22. [24875/11]
- Departmental Responsibilities
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Social Protection how the transfer of responsibility for FÁS and SOLAS from her Department to the Department of Education and Skills is progressing; and if...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has an automatic entitlement to back to school clothing and footwear allowance; and if...
- Social Welfare Fraud
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the means by which the public services card will reduce social welfare fraud and waiting periods; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when payment will issue in respect of a rent support application in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will change the means assessment criteria for supplementary welfare allowance for those who have a second property either through...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the social welfare appeals office will hold an oral hearing in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that community welfare officers are using their personal discretion to refuse persons rent...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will amend the national internship scheme to enable candidates who were enrolled on a FÁS course in the previous three months to...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the names of the State boards whose memberships are determined by her Department; and the date on which each of these memberships is due...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of money spent producing Government reports in both Irish and English on a yearly basis. [25417/11]
- Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Endangered Species
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is a need for a licence under any environmental act to retain specific animals on a farm (details supplied); and...
- Heritage Sites
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will include unmarked burial grounds outside the confines of established burial grounds in the existing record of...
- Special Areas of Conservation
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a case (details supplied) will be dealt with; if he will confirm that he has received correspondence about this...
- Architectural Heritage
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consideration has been give to emphasising or utilising Hume Street as a cultural asset. [24769/11]
- NAMA Portfolio
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 32 and 36 of 11 May 2011, if the meeting with the National Assets Management Agency...
- Limistéir faoi Chosaint Speisialta
Question 316: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil sé i gceist aige síneadh ama a chur leis an sprioclá d'aighneachtaí a chur isteach in aghaidh ainmniú ceantar i...
- Archaeological Heritage
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if, in view of the fact that residents in County Kildare have been waiting more than ten years for the publication of the...
- National Parks
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason there is no mention at the Connemara National Parks Visitors Centre of the history of the Letterfrack industrial...
- Arts Funding
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports offered by him to independent arts centres across the county; if his policy will continue to support arts...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the names of the State boards whose membership are determined by his Department; the date on which each of these membership...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of money spent producing Government reports in both Irish and English on a yearly basis. [25554/11]
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Telecommunications Services
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason he is unable to provide broadband to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if it is...
- Fishing Rights
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will purchase fishing rights from a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Energy Resources
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the contract for the installation of charging points for electric vehicles in public locations will be put...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his involvement in the day to day operations of Bord Gáis, [i]vis-À-vis [/i]salary increases, its office...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding engagement by his Department or agencies under his remit with a proposed infrastructural...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the names of the State boards whose membership are determined by his Department; the date on which each of...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of money spent producing Government reports in both Irish and English on a yearly basis. [25556/11]
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Register of Electors
Question 331: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason gardaí serving on UN or EU missions abroad are unable to vote in the presidential election....
- Local Authority Charges
Question 332: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review local authority rates for struggling Irish businesses; and if he will make a statement on...
- Nuclear Plants
Question 333: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 29 June 2011, the steps he has taken to ensure the UK...
- Fire Services
Question 335: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied with the current level of fire services available in an area (details supplied) in County...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 336: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when funding will be made available to Kerry County Council for a project (details supplied); and if he will...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 337: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the local authorities that are implementing the incremental purchase scheme; the number of properties that...
- Unfinished Housing Developments
Question 338: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps being taken in conjunction with the relevant local authority and a developer (details supplied) to...
- Waste Management
Question 339: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the vast amount of waste that goes unsegregated by private waste...
- Temple Bar Cultural Trust
Question 340: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in view of the fact that the Temple Bar Cultural Trust, TBCT, organisation has been found to have offset...
- Departmental Funding
Question 341: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number and location of voluntary housing associations WHICH have not drawn down the annual maintenance...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 342: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the proposals and appropriate arrangements relating to the financial position of Sligo County Council that...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 344: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of commercial rates written off as bad debts over the past three years for each local authority;...
- Leader Programmes
Question 345: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an appeal for Leader funding by an applicant (details supplied) in County Mayo; and...
- Water Charges
Question 346: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the proposed cost and timeframe involved in the installation of water meters for households; and if he will...
- Referendum Proposals
Question 347: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the means by which the details of the upcoming referendum on parliamentary powers will be communicated to...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 348: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the proposed timeframe within which the working group on pyrite will be established; and if he will make a...
- Water Services
Question 349: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans in respect of the servicing and preparation he has been carrying out to prevent water disruptions...
- Local Authority Services
Question 350: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to roll out the [i]fixyourstreet.ie[/i] customer service for local authorities across the State;...
- Local Government Audit Service
Question 351: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views regarding local government not being covered under the remit of the Committee of Public Accounts;...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 352: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a situation regarding the impact of the public sector recruitment...
- Water Services
Question 353: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the harvesting of rainwater (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Deposit Protection Scheme
Question 354: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a deposit protection scheme for private tenants; the communication he has had with...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 355: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will reconsider his decision not to approve funding for the extension of the Sligo and environs...
- Water Services
Question 356: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider grant aiding community and sports centre controlled by local authorities and local...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 357: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the names of the State boards whose membership are determined by his Department; the date on which each of...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 358: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if recipients of carer's allowance are precluded from tenant purchase schemes and if so whether...
- Environmental Policy
Question 360: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the difference between an inspection charge for septic tanks and a registration charge; and if he will make...
- Waste Disposal
Question 361: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 4 million tyres are used every year here and the producer...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 362: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money spent producing Government reports in both Irish and English on a yearly basis. [25410/11]
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Visa Applications
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a visa application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
- Road Traffic Accidents
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of accidents that have been recorded by gardaí in the vicinity of Beaulieu Cross, Drogheda, County Louth, in each of the...
- Visa Waiver Programme
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of short-stay visitors who ordinarily require a visa to enter this country who have been allowed lawful entry to Ireland...
- Visa Applications
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person who has overstayed their visa by 15 months will be refused re-entry into the State if they leave; the penalties associated...
- Legislative Programme
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if legislation on mediation and conciliation will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24520/11]
- Asylum Support Services
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the accommodation options available to an asylum seeker with a guide dog. [24521/11]
- Garda Investigations
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures the Garda has taken to track down the 28 Irish driving licences unlawfully issued to foreign nationals who were not...
- Residency Permits
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a residency application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [24555/11]
- Freedom of Information
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on repealing the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Act 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24566/11]
- Garda Transport
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the size of the Garda vehicle fleet in 2010; the size of the fleet in 2011; the number of Garda cars taken off the road in 2010 and to...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the Ministerial Council on Migrant Integration; the purpose of the establishment of the council; the number of...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Charity Regulation
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the arrangements that are currently in place to ensure the bona fides of charity trustees and employees; and if he will make a...
- Social Welfare Fraud (1 comment)
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration has been given by him to introduce amendments to the Data Protection Acts in order that airlines could be compelled to...
- Court Procedures
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he considers it desirable to provide, in cases in which a conviction is set aside in the District Court, for a report to be provided...
- Legal Aid Service
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider expanding the legal aid scheme to enable the Legal Aid Board to provide legal advice in defamation claims; and if...
- Medical Records
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider amending legislation to facilitate patients accessing medical records held by private health care facilities in a...
- Disability Support Service
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the discussions he has had with, or instructions he has issued to, the officials of the Department of An Taoiseach who serve as a...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has held discussions with the Northern Ireland First Minister, Mr. Robinson, regarding the Smithwick tribunal. [18912/11]
- Interdepartmental Committees
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has any administrative role in overseeing or co-ordinating inquiries undertaken by Departments regarding matters of grave public...
- Detention Centres
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to proceed with the development of Phase 1 of the new national children detention facilities at Oberstown, Lusk, County...
- Human Trafficking
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which he intends to put in place measures to prevent trafficking in children; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Constitutional Amendments
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the timetable for the publication and enactment of legislation regarding the judicial pay referendum. [19805/11]
- Sexual Offences
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has examined the report from his Department following its visit to Stockholm; and if he has reviewed at the Attorney General's...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on their application. [24856/11]
- Garda Strength
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he expects the number of gardaí stationed in County Kerry to drop in the coming years; if so, the numbers and the stations that...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13. [24890/11]
- Garda Strength
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in a division (details supplied); the breakdown of gardaí assigned to each Garda station in the division; and if...
- Garda Investigations
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fraud perpetrated on an Irish citizen (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
Question 401: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the waiting times for Garda clearance; and his plans to reduce this waiting time for persons who are awaiting this clearance to take up...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the names of the State boards whose membership are determined by his Department; the date on which each of these membership is due for...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
Question 404: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if previous convictions of persons on witness protection programmes will show up in the Garda vetting procedure; and if he will make a...
- Garda Deployment
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the allocation of policing resources in the Gracepark area of Dublin 9 and the Donnycarney area of Dublin 5; and if he will make a...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify the issue in relation to an Irish citizen who worked in a number of countries abroad for an aid agency and now...
- Criminal Assets Bureau
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent the Criminal Assets Bureau have adequate resources to tackle organised crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Strength
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if adequate resources will remain available to the Garda to combat ongoing crime at all levels; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Stations
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if rural Garda stations will not close for whatever reason having particular regard to the need for better policing in rural areas...
- Garda Strength
Question 412: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the degree to which adequate resources remain available to the Garda to combat the increased level of drugs associated with criminal...
- Garda Operations
Question 413: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to combat the activities of drug dealing criminal gangs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25025/11]
- Witness Intimidation
Question 414: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent of intimidation of witnesses by criminals continues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25026/11]
- Crime Levels
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of crimes recorded having been committed by persons while on bail in the past 12 months to date in 2011; and if he will make...
- Criminal Assets Bureau
Question 416: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons, bodies or other entities the assets of which have been seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau in the past 12...
- Commissioners for Oaths
Question 418: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will supply a list of registered Commissioners for Oaths for Cork City from 1987 to 1994; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Gaming Regulation
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to bring forward proposals for a revised regulatory architecture for the online gambling industry in view of the number of...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 421: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of money spent producing Government reports in both Irish and English on a yearly basis. [25415/11]
- Irish Red Cross
Question 424: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will consider encouraging the Irish Red Cross to adequately address the issue of current long-serving members still serving on the council and...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Defence the names of the State boards the membership of which is determined by his Department; and the date on which each of these memberships is due for...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 430: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of money spent producing Government reports in both Irish and English on a yearly basis. [25557/11]
- Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
- Hunting Licences
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of hunting licences that have been issued for 2011 for hunting in Coillte-operated forests; the culling...
- Milk Quota
Question 432: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) only received 3,000 litres of milk quota in the recent distribution as he normally...
- Animal Protection
Question 433: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there is a need for a licence under any environmental Act to retain specific animals on a farm (details supplied); and if...
- Grant Payments
Question 434: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan may expect to receive the outstanding 25% of his REP scheme payments;...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme
Question 440: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when an application for agri-environment options scheme for 2010 will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied)...
- European Regulations
Question 441: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to publish the European Communities Agricultural Environmental Impact Assessment Regulation 2011; if the draft...
- Tax Code
Question 442: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will implement changes to the levy applied on foals; and if the levy could be based on percentage of the current...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 443: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when approval will issue for the first tranche of applicants for grant aid for sheep fencing and mobile handling units; and...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 444: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the names of the State boards whose membership are determined by his Department; the date on which each of these membership...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 445: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of money spent producing Government reports in both Irish and English on a yearly basis. [25553/11]
- Department of Health
- Child Protection
Question 446: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action she has taken to implement the recommendations of the May 2010 report, The Need for Child Contact Centres in Ireland;...
- Adoption Services
Question 447: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the legislative proposals put forward by the Adoption Rights Alliance, including their recommendation to change...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 448: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will extend the remit of the Children's Ombudsman to enable that office to examine the work of the National Council for...
- Family Resource Centres
Question 449: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an update on the discussions regarding local authorities or local partnerships taking over the family...
- Homeless Persons
Question 450: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for the development of a youth homelessness strategy as part of the overall strategy for ending homelessness here....
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 451: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the names of the State boards whose membership are determined by her Department; the date on which each of these membership is...
- Adoption Services
Question 452: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a person will be placed in charge of the adoption files at a location (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 453: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of money spent producing Government reports in both Irish and English on a yearly basis. [25555/11]
- Medical Cards
Question 454: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Childhood Obesity
Question 456: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to tackle the issue of childhood obesity in view of new statistics which show that 25% of three year children here are obese; the level of...
- Hospital Services
Question 457: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical procedure in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 467: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 362 of 21 June 2011, if he will clarify the statement in his reply that the figures provided include the cost...
- Hospital Services
Question 468: To ask the Minister for Health if an early date will be set for an hip operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [24460/11]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 469: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 362 of 21 June 2011, the reason for the significant increase in cost from 2009 to 2010. [24466/11]
- Departmental Investigations
Question 470: To ask the Minister for Health if he has received the report of the independent research report on the practice of symphysiotomy; if not, when he expects to receive same; and when...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 471: To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the call for the new National Children's Hospital to be named after Dr. Kathleen Lynn. [24489/11]
- Medical Cards
Question 472: To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be issued without delay in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [24496/11]
- Health Service Staff
Question 473: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce further voluntary redundancies within the health sector; and when such voluntary redundancies might be introduced. [24502/11]
- Hospital Staff
Question 474: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the abolition of payments to student nurses and midwives during their fourth year pre-registration rostered placement; and if he will...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 475: To ask the Minister for Health if standardised operating procedures are in place for all research ethics committees; the procedures in place for appointing members to these...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 476: To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange an appointment for an operation to be brought forward in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [24519/11]
- Medical Cards
Question 477: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [24544/11]
- Nursing Home Accommodation
Question 479: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the future viability of a hospital (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24557/11]
- Health Service Staff
Question 480: To ask the Minister for Health if he will make an exemption to the hiring embargo in the Health Service Executive in cases where it is cheaper to renew a contract with existing...
- Hospital Staff
Question 481: To ask the Minister for Health the wage bill in each of public hospital in 2010; the percentage of the Health Service Executive budget to each hospital that was spent on wages in...
- Health Service Properties
Question 482: To ask the Minister for Health the number of properties the Health Service Executive own which are used, either fully or partially to house sex offenders on their release from...
- Health Services
Question 483: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8, was not given the required orthodontic treatment before they turned 18 years of age; and will the...
- Ambulance Service
Question 484: To ask the Minister for Health the number of advanced paramedics who completed their training course in August 2011; the locations to which they were deployed; the numbers due to...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 485: To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
Question 486: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include free or discounted cleaning and scaling dental care for persons who are in receipt of the medical card; and if he will make a...
- Domestic Abuse
Question 487: To ask the Minister for Health his strategy in relation to front line services to victims of domestic abuse; the number of refuge places available, by location, throughout the...
- Hospital Services
Question 489: To ask the Minister for Health if outpatient physiotherapy care will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 490: To ask the Minister for Health when construction work will commence on the major new structure and extension to Sligo General Hospital which is intended to provide accommodation...
- Health Service Properties
Question 491: To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential units, including bed and breakfast provision, rented or leased by the Health Service Executive on an annual basis in south...
- Private Health Insurance
Question 494: To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the Voluntary Health Insurance Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24653/11]
- Hospital Services
Question 495: To ask the Minister for Health if an explanation will be provided by the Health Service Executive regarding the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry did not receive...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 496: To ask the Minister for Health the way the average figure for the cost of a nursing home bed through the National Treatment Purchase Fund was decided; and if he will make a...
- Health Service Staff
Question 497: To ask the Minister for Health the bonuses awarded to senior management and middle management in the Health Service Executive from 2007 to 2011 in tabular form. [24764/11]
- Compensation Tribunals
Question 498: To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of his meeting with the Irish Thalidomide Association on 15 July 2011, he has made a decision as to whether by thalidomide will be...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 499: To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the Health Service Executive plans for the provision of residential care for the elderly on the Iveragh Peninsula; if he will...
- Medical Cards
Question 500: To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards that have been issued to persons over 70 years; the number of over 70 years medical cards that are reassessed on an...
- Health Services
Question 502: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a date for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24873/11]
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 503: To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow will qualify to have an operation under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will make a...
- Medical Cards
Question 504: To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the processing of a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make...
- Ambulance Service
Question 505: To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances serving an area (details supplied); the number of personnel assigned to each ambulance and the grade to which these...
- Water Fluoridation
Question 506: To ask the Minister for Health if he has read the recent report by the EU Committee on Environmental and Health Risks into the scientific evidence around water fluoridation; if his...
- Drugs Task Forces
Question 507: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that cuts to regional and local drugs task forces were over and above those to his Department; and if he...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 509: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the fair deal scheme funding scheme; if any new applications are being funded as opposed to simply being processed; and if he...
- Mental Health Services
Question 510: To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to enhance services for persons with eating disorders; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that VHI and Aviva will...
- Health Service Staff
Question 511: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the recruitment of professional qualified social workers in the Health Service Executive area and especially those who...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 512: To ask the Minister for Health the names of the State boards whose membership are determined by his Department; the date on which each of these membership is due for renewal or...
- Hospital Services
Question 513: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24967/11]
- Medicinal Products
Question 514: To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to licence the cannabis derived medicine, Sativex, to alleviate the symptoms of multiple sclerosis and whose...
- Health Services
Question 515: To ask the Minister for Health if emotionally unstable personality disorder is a condition which qualifies for treatment under the E 112 treatment abroad scheme; and if the...
- Tobacco-Related Diseases
Question 516: To ask the Minister for Health his views that separate policies for reducing the consumption of both legal and illegal cigarettes should be organised by the Health Service...
- Hospital Services
Question 520: To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the Health Service Executive to expedite a procedure in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Hospital Records
Question 522: To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to the National Archives to preserve the records of psychiatric hospitals as highlighted in a recent television...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 523: To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money spent producing Government reports in both Irish and English on a yearly basis.. [25413/11]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Safety
Question 524: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take by ministerial regulation or legislation to address the growing practice of the sale of part worn tyres...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 525: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the sports capital programme will reopen; if he will provide information on same; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Rail Network
Question 526: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received a business case from Iarnród Éireann in relation to the development of a DART link to Dublin Airport; his...
- Road Network
Question 528: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the fact that a consultancy contract was put out to tender by the National Roads Authority to examine the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 529: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the successful projects funded by the smarter travel project fund in 2010, including the name of...
- Road Network
Question 532: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the Slane bypass; when the completion date is envisaged; if there has been a reduction in the costing of...
- Rail Network
Question 534: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on withdrawing the rail order for metro west unless he plans to implement the project in order to remove the need for...
- Road Network
Question 535: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost per vehicle that he is obliged to pay to the private company which operates the M3 Dublin - Navan motorway; and if he...
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 537: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given for grant assistance towards the upgrade of the Sligo town base swimming pool. [24947/11]
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 538: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the names of the State boards whose membership are determined by his Department; the date on which each of these memberships is...
- Road Safety
Question 539: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of fatalities that have been recorded as a result of accidents in the vicinity of Beauliew Cross, Drogheda, County...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 542: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of money spent producing Government reports in both Irish and English on a yearly basis. [25418/11]
