Written answers

Tuesday, 27 September 2011

  • Department of Health
    • Literacy Levels
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for implementing the new literacy and numeracy strategy as it applies to the preschool and early education sector; and...
    • Youth Services
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her priorities with respect to youth organisations, youth affairs and youth work generally; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Child Protection
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to extend the Murphy commission to examine the record of further Catholic dioceses in regard to child protection...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the discussions she has had with representative bodies of professions for whom it will be obligatory to report under the upcoming...
    • Family Support Services
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to set up a child and family support agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26081/11]
    • Child Protection Services
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the Health Information and Quality Authority standards for oversight of the Health Service Executive child protection...
    • Homeless Persons
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she liaises with other Departments in respect of the problem of youth homelessness; the joint initiatives under way, if any;...
    • Missing Persons
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to her previous parliamentary question reply of 12 July 2011, the progress she has made in conjunction with the Department...
    • Anti-Poverty Strategy
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the plans she has to tackle child poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26066/11]
    • Children in Care
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action she is taking in respect of the provision of aftercare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26073/11]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the public service recruitment moratorium is currently being applied to the hiring of additional social workers; and if she...
    • Youth Services
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for the reform of the funding structure for youth organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25939/11]
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the plans she has to examine the impact of consumerism and the media on children; the action she has in mind in this area; and if...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for the reform of the system of care for unaccompanied minors seeking asylum; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Children in Care
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of young persons who currently avail of aftercare, support for children in care after they turn 18 years of age; the...
    • Youth Services
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her role in ensuring there are adequate youth facilities throughout the country; if that includes carrying out an assessment of...
    • Child Abuse
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the mechanisms, legislatively and administratively, she proposes to take to prevent child sex abuse or other abuse of children or...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on her meeting with the Special Needs Parents Association; the assurances she has given it; her plans to ensure...
    • Child Abuse
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the further action that will be taken in response to the Cloyne report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26080/11]
    • Child Protection Services
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied that the level of staffing and resources will be in place to ensure the implementation of Children First; and...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Employment Levels
      Question 81: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details on the eight sectors that reported increases in employment in the latest quarterly national household survey; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 82: To ask the Taoiseach the names and salaries of every special adviser appointed by him and the Minister of State in his Department since 9 March 2011; and if he will give the same...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      Question 83: To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has submitted a strategy statement to him, as specified under the 1997 Public Service Management Act; and if so, if he will publish this...
    • Independent Commissions
      Question 84: To ask the Taoiseach his plans to commemorate the centenary of 1916 and will he consider appointing an independent commission to consider a new national anthem and review national...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 85: To ask the Taoiseach notwithstanding Civil Service circular No. 28, if he will provide a list of the current pay of each senior civil servant from higher executive officer to...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the mechanisms in place to monitor the way Irish Government overseas aid is spent by the recipient governments and...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in regard to Palestine, if he is in a position to work with the Agricultural Project, Green Palestine for Rural...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if it is envisaged that framework legislation will be introduced to underpin the commitment to the State's programme...
    • International Agreements
      Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade while acknowledging Serbia's arrest of indicated war criminals, if he will ensure Serbia's compliance with those...
    • Tax Code
      Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support a matter (details supplied) regarding taxes. [26019/11]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade notwithstanding the Civil Service circular No. 28, if he will provide a list of the current pay of each senior civil...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has submitted a strategy statement to him, as specified under the 1997 Public Service Management...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade noting the recent statement by the Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan that the Turkish defence forces will protect...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason he will not permit local authorities to make payments to subcontractors under the RCT 35 return in the absence of a valid C2 certificate...
    • Tax Code
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount raised for the Exchequer during 2010 by the income levy; and the amount that would have been raised were the income levy applied only to...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of financial institutions covered by the Central Bank's consumer protection code. [25659/11]
    • Strategic Investment Fund
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the establishment of a strategic investment fund to support small and medium enterprises; the way the fund will be resourced;...
    • Tax Code
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance if any refund of income tax paid is due in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the application from a company (details supplied) in Dublin 2 to the Central Bank for a licence to become a...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance if new legislation on the regulation of credit unions is being prepared; if so, the persons preparing same; when it is likely to be drafted; the...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the situation outlined in documents (details supplied); the steps he will take to ensure that the EBS which was...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of employees in his Department who have expressed an interest in retiring ahead of the changes to the public sector pension schemes that...
    • Tax Evasion
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance if there is currently a phone number persons can use to report tax defaulters; and if such a hotline is manned at all times; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider the recently introduced pension levy in view of the fact that members of pension schemes are facing increased contributions...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a scheme of assistance administrated by Enterprise Ireland to deal with the currency crisis for small and medium...
    • Tax Code
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of the €50 million patent income tax exemption claimed in 2010 that was availed of by multinationals versus the amount claimed by...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance the potential savings to the Exchequer from limiting the capital allowances available to business at €2 million. [25951/11]
    • Bank Guarantee Scheme
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance if during the course of his negotiations the ECB was made aware that Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide Building Society were both solvent; and...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the secondees currently working in the National Assets Management Agency; the duration of their contracts; the amount...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of a company's (details supplied) remit to assist his Department on the restructuring of Irish banks, including the start...
    • Tax Code
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the proposal in the Northern Assembly to place a tax on mobile phone masts; if he will consider this proposal;...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue loss to the Exchequer from the abolition of the PRSI charge on share-based remuneration; and if he will provide an estimate of the jobs...
    • Bank Guarantee Scheme
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details on the average value of a mortgage issued by the covered institutions in the Dublin region for each of the years 2007,...
    • State Banking Sector
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost to the State of the Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide Building Society promissory notes including broken down by the interest...
    • General Government Debt
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance the total Government debt in monetary terms, as a percentage of GDP and as a percentage of GNP for 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; if he will...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the important findings and conclusions of the internal Revenue Commissioners report, Economics of Smoking: Modelling the Market for...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review a matter in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26164/11]
    • Tax Reliefs
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected cost to the Exchequer in 2010 or the most recent available year of property related tax schemes that are still open. [26214/11]
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the report from the Commission on Credit Unions; and his views on the restrictions the Financial Regulator is placing on lending...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will publish his four-year plan in order that persons will know the tax increases and cuts that are expected over the coming years; and if...
    • General Government Debt
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Government is required under the EU-IMF programme of assistance to achieve a certain primary deficit level in 2012; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised by re-introducing the income levy under last year's rates, but levied at those earning in excess of €40,000 per...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has submitted a strategy statement to him, as specified under the 1997 Public Service Management Act; and if so, if he will...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Youthreach Programme
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes that he plans in to Youthreach now that it has been placed under the auspices of Solas. [25979/11]
    • Post-Leaving Certification Courses
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to expand the number of post-leaving certificate places available in different colleges around the country in view of the...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 76 of 15 September 2011 if he will review the case of a persons (details supplied) in Dublin 9;...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a minor works grant in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the length of time it is taking for special needs assistants who were made redundant to receive redundancy payments from him; the terms...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 114 of 21 June 2011, the position regarding the acquisition of a site for a school (details...
    • School Staffing
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects the allocation of the 475 remaining reserve special needs assistant posts based on the priority criteria identified by...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for broadband funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the feasibility of providing for the construction of a new school building in respect of a school (details supplied)...
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schedule for fast tracking the application of Waterford Institute of Technology to full university designation. [25744/11]
    • Post-Leaving Certification Courses
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of post leaving certificate places available in County Mayo; the location of these places in County Mayo; the way this...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a change of circumstances in respect of a self employed person (details supplied) in County Kerry for 2011 will be taken into...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of employees in his Department who have expressed an interest in retiring ahead of the changes to the public sector pension...
    • Further Education and Training
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to use the establishment of SOLAS as an opportunity to allow final year apprentices to complete their apprenticeships by...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the building of a new campus for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement...
    • School Books
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to reduce the demand for school books and the cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Transport
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost per pupil to families in County Donegal for education at second level in terms of school transport, fund-raising,...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his strategy to ensure that young persons progressing from second to third level education are on the road to employment here. [25969/11]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding that has been cut from the education budget on an annual basis in the past five years. [25970/11]
    • State Examinations
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to minimise the cost of mock examinations to families. [25971/11]
    • Education Schemes
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of the announced 6,000 extra specific jobs skills training places that have been taken up to date by unemployed persons from...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a most serious health and safety matter relating to schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is grant aid available to Irish postgraduate students (details supplied) studying in the UK; and if he will make a statement...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the building project in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24. [26129/11]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grants or forms of financial assistance provided by him to Irish students studying in third level education outside the island of...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding FÁS apprentice students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26155/11]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Transport
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in issuing payment for transport of a child (details supplied) in County Cork, with special needs to the...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider relaxing the rule that prevents an unemployed person on a FÁS course taking up a free springboard course,...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of part-time teachers in special schools that have not yet been placed on the appropriate pay rate and therefore have...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available for mature students who have been turned down for a full-time course through the CAO system and chose to then...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will maintain critical funding for the RASP anti-drug programme in Dublin 17 for 2012; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Programmes
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26222/11]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will explain the decision by FÁS not to continue funding for a project (details supplied) and if alternative funding can be...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills notwithstanding the Civil Service circular No. 28, if he will provide a list of the current pay of each senior civil servant from...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish his key policy document on the education of children on the autistic spectrum; if he will confirm that this policy...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm priority status of the construction of a new secondary school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the issues in a document (details supplied) regarding the inability of mature students to continue their education to...
    • School Transport
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reinstate the rural school bus transport scheme for a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [26346/11]
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has submitted a strategy statement to him, as specified under the 1997 Public Service Management Act; and if so, if...
    • School Properties
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding tenancy entitlements in respect of a club (details supplied) in Dublin. [26422/11]
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
    • Public Procurement
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total worth, in euros, of public procurement contracts in central and local government in 2010 and 2011; the worth of...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the projected budgetary changes to lump sums and pension arrangements in respect of public servants with 37.5 years of...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding accessing funding through the national lottery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25966/11]
    • EU Funding
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Ireland is currently in receipt of, or has applied for, any joint European support for sustainable investment in city areas...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the grades within the public and civil service entitled to receive a special severance gratuity payment on retirement; the...
    • Capital Expenditure
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of construction companies to which the State awarded building contracts valued at over €8 million, in each year...
    • Bonus Payments
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 14 September 2011, whether the input suggestion scheme by which civil servants...
    • Public Procurement
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that has been made on amending procurement procedures to enable contracts to be broken down to allow small and...
    • State Property
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Office of Public Works plan for the Kilmainham courthouse building, Dublin; and if it is envisaged that this building...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform notwithstanding the Civil Service circular No. 28, if he will provide a list of the current pay of each senior civil servant...
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the vacancies available in the public sector for persons with visual impairment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Exchequer Expenditure
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount in euros central Government contracts were worth to private companies in the years from 2007 to 2011. [26290/11]
    • Public Sector Staff
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the overall number of persons currently employed in the civil and public service; and if he will provide a breakdown using...
    • Expenditure Reviews
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the comprehensive spending review will be completed; and if he intends to publish same. [26343/11]
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has submitted a strategy statement to him, as specified under the 1997 Public Service Management Act; and if...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • Export Trade
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the proportion of exports that are exported to the UK, the eurozone, the USA and the rest of the world; and if he will make...
    • Retail Sector
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to deal with below cost selling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25666/11]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 297 of 21 July 2011, if he will provide an update on same. [25667/11]
    • Tax Code
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of industrial and provident societies registered with the Registry of Friendly Societies in 2009; the...
    • Job Creation
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports available from him and or Enterprise Ireland to assist the planned establishment of a business hub in Kinsale,...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of employees in his Department who have expressed an interest in retiring ahead of the changes to the public...
    • Job Creation
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of companies that have expressed an interest in investing here or further developing existing facilities due to...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a breakdown on a county basis of the companies that have received Industrial Development Agency grants...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will supply a breakdown, showing the amount of money the Industrial Development Agency has given to Talk Talk plc in...
    • Work Permits
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of work permits granted by him for the years 2009-10 and to date in 2011 broken down by sector and nationality;...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation notwithstanding the Civil Service circular No. 28, if he will provide a list of the current pay of each senior civil servant...
    • Industrial Relations
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the contact there has been between the Industrial Development Agency, or any other State agency and Aviva; if so, the...
    • Job Creation
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a list of jobs creation announcements, in the Dublin region, since 1 January 2011, by the respective job...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Department has submitted a strategy statement to him, as specified under the 1997 Public Service Management Act and...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of plans to raise the retirement age for State employees, if private sector workers, who are obliged to retire at age 65, will...
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to introduce new legislation to enhance the role of the Money Advice and Budgeting Service; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason behind the decision to cut funding to the return to education programme; and if this programme will be re-instated in the...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated loss of revenue to the Exchequer from the halving of the lower rate of PRSI and the estimated job creation resulting from...
    • Community Services Programme
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she will take to protect the services delivered under the community services programme as previously administered by Meitheal...
    • Tax Code
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of the numbers applying for the housing mortgage interest supplement on 1 March 2011 and on 1 September...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 409 of 14 September 2011, wherein the information sought was deemed to fall within the remit of the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, in view of the widespread belief that many self-employed tradesmen are claiming welfare, any analysis of same has taken place; if any...
    • Employment Support Schemes
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the Gradlink programme in view of the fact that the national internship scheme, JobBridge, is not geared to graduates and in...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reciprocal pension agreements that exist between Ireland and Bulgaria. [25643/11]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14 has been told they may not receive further supplementary welfare allowance payments...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [25678/11]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reform the community employment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25705/11]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue for a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 230: 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 Benefits
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if jobseeker's allowance is payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason one parent family payment has not been restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of rent allowance to be paid in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will arrange to have the child dependent half rate payment for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4 back dated to the start of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no notice given where jobseeker's benefit is finishing and job seeker's...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there have been any changes recently to the way community welfare officers calculate rates of supplementary welfare allowance mortgage...
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a money advice and budgeting service office will be opened to service Killarney and South Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application for a back to school allowance; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal for carer's allowance will be dealt with as soon as possible in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for back to school allowance has been received in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; when same...
    • Tax Code
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if farmers with very small farms, who currently do not pay any taxes, are obliged to provide professional farm accounts or statements from...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason supplementary welfare allowance payment, rent allowance, has ceased in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork;...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views regarding the reduction of social protection entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25776/11]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of employees in her Department who have expressed an interest in retiring ahead of the changes to the public sector pension...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for back to school clothing and footwear allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an appeal for invalidity pension will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly. [25809/11]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an application for carer's allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly. [25813/11]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an appeal for State pension non- contributory will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly....
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she would reconsider granting the back to school allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [25831/11]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason an application for supplementary welfare allowance was denied in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an application for carer's allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly. [25874/11]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will urgently review an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when payment will issue in respect of an application for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Family Support Services
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application by a family (details supplied) in County Galway to relocate from a dwelling destroyed by the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the social welfare appeals office will make a decision on the pension application of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan....
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will deal with a matter (details supplied) regarding the Jobbridge - national internship programme; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to shorten the length of time it is taking when dealing with appeals regarding social welfare payments. [25957/11]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will ensure that the exceptional needs payment is available to persons on the local authority housing list who are offered a home...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she will confirm whether the training component, and associated budget, of community employment schemes will lie with SOLAS or with...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps that she has taken to deepen engagement with those on the live register. [25995/11]
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of the 5,000 places on the national internship scheme that have been taken up to date; and the amount in total that she has...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is any discretion available to her to award the back to education allowance to Irish students accessing postgraduate courses in...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an oral hearing will take place on an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for late payment of rent supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to put in place protection for landlords who accept rent allowance and are left with tenants not paying the rent allowance; and...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to mortgage supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26185/11]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Social Protection notwithstanding the Civil Service circular No. 28, if she will provide a list of the current pay of each senior civil servant from higher...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 316 of 14 September 2011, if she will provide a breakdown of the funding allocated between children...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of employers involved and the total amount of money currently owed to the social insurance fund in respect of the employer's...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, further to Parliamentary Question No. 383 of 14 September 2011, the medical criteria to be satisfied in order to qualify for disability...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the waiting lists for disability allowance hearings in view of the fact that there is a 14 month waiting list. [26330/11]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been refused the back to school clothing and footwear allowance; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26344/11]
    • Flood Relief
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has received a file from the Office of Public Works in relation to the relocation request of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the 15 week waiting list for the processing of family income supplement applications by her and the steps being taken by...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the Department has submitted a strategy statement to her, as specified under the 1997 Public Service Management Act and, if so, will...
    • Civil Registration Act
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she expects the general review of the provisions of the Civil Registration Act 2004 to be completed, which will address the current...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to the state of disrepair of the historic Castleblayney courthouse building; if his...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of employees in his Department who have expressed an interest in retiring ahead of the changes to the public...
    • National Monuments
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will clarify his plans for the national record of monuments and places in view of the reported suggestion that all...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht notwithstanding the Civil Service circular No. 28, if he will provide a list of the current pay of each senior civil...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department has submitted a strategy statement to him, as specified under the 1997 Public Service Management Act; and...
    • National Library
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if, following the meeting with an organisation (details supplied) on 7 September 2011, he will confirm if the National...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Transport Fuels
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if bio-fuel is available at petrol pumps here for private use; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Onshore Exploration
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether there is no integrated approach to monitoring or regulation of any onshore gas extraction...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the uptake of the rural broadband initiative; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Onshore Exploration
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the licences granted to companies to explore for methane gas using the process of...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the basis on which he intends to extend the REFIT scheme; if he will facilitate discussion on this matter; and...
    • Transport Fuels
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the increased reports of excessive wear and damage to motor and agricultural...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to amend the Broadcasting Act 2009 to allow independent music driven stations more flexibility in...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of employees in his Department who have expressed an interest in retiring ahead of the changes to...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of persons that have been granted the solar heating grant despite not meeting application deadlines...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the level of Internet service in an area (details supplied) in County Cork; the way this service...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of mobile phone masts here. [25987/11]
    • EU Directives
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has applied to the EU for a derogation from the EU Electricity Directive. [26006/11]
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the timescale for the roll-out of high speed broadband programme for a school (details supplied) in County...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources notwithstanding the Civil Service circular No. 28, if he will provide a list of the current pay of each senior...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to reduce the licensing rates for programme making and special events users of the channel 38...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Department has submitted a strategy statement to him, as specified under the 1997 Public Service...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Enterprise Support Services
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there are any financial supports available from him to assist in the setting-up of a shared kitchen...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding accessing funding through the dormant accounts; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Code
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a homeowner whose parent has a right of residence in the house until their death is liable to pay the...
    • Community Development
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the person in the Government who provides political oversight and co-ordination to the work of the area...
    • Pyrite Contamination
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the process in which resident groups will be able to communicate and influence the established panel on...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total funding available under the capital loan assistance scheme; the extent to which this fund is...
    • Local Authority Loans
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if any release from repayment commitments has or will be granted to persons who took out high fixed interest...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding lands required for a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • Community Development
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if all contracted moneys from Meitheal Forbartha Na Gaeltachta Teo for community projects already completed...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of employees in his Department who have expressed an interest in retiring ahead of the changes to...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to climate change, if it is envisaged that there will be domestic climate change legislation...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason persons who have received outline planning permission for which they carried out a test for waste...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if there will be a re-registration of septic tanks after the initial registration; and will there be a...
    • Local Authority Rates
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty that businesses are experiencing in reletting premises...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 336 of 20 September 2011, when funding will be handed over to Kerry...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to encourage and stimulate the production and use of Irish produced bio-fuels in place of imported...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made to date on advancing the proposed fire station for Bundoran, County Donegal; and if he...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the Arklow main drainage and sewerage scheme now that the Supreme Court has given the...
    • EU Directives
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is concerned that planning applications continue to be adjudicated and decided on since the European...
    • Regeneration Programmes
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received proposals from Limerick City Council concerning alterations to the regeneration master...
    • Election Management System
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to change the system of employing presiding officers and polling clerks for polling stations along...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to amend or review the Building Control Act 2007 to take account of persons who have long...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government notwithstanding the Civil Service circular No. 28, if he will provide a list of the current pay of each...
    • Remedial Works
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason home bond is refusing to carry out remedial works at a project (details supplied) in Dublin 15;...
    • Public Contracts
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount in euro local government contracts were worth to private companies in the years from 2007 to...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the severance lump sum paid to county managers when they retire; the amount of added years of service...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that commercial waste collectors have, from the 1 September...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to reports that certain landlords who have multiple units in houses are...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the arrangement made to issue grant payments approved by Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta to an applicant...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has compiled information on the level of rent arrears owed by tenants to local authorities around the...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has submitted a strategy statement to him, as specified under the 1997 Public Service...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
    • Refugee Status
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for refugee status in respect of a person (details supplied) [25916/11]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether it is appropriate for private camera speed operators to show a preference for hiring former gardaí to staff their...
    • Violence Against Women
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will sign the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence European...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in the compilation of the national vetting bureau; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26322/11]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for naturalisation will be examined with a view to finalising it at an early date in respect of a person (details...
    • Prison Committals
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25649/11]
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the arrangement, structures and review processes in place in An Garda Síochána to ensure that value for money is...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of all tribunals of enquiry commissioned by Government in the past 20 years including for each tribunal, the date of...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of State funding the Law Library receives per year; if he will provide a breakdown for the past ten years; and if he will...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason he will not certify a copy of a passport held by him for a prolonged period forming part of an application for...
    • Prison Accommodation
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the recent judicial inquiry recommendations into conditions at Mountjoy Jail, Dublin, with respect to the installation of proper...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda station in Counties Longford Westmeath that he plans to close. [25758/11]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of employees in his Department who have expressed an interest in retiring ahead of the changes to the public sector pension...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of employees in An Garda Síochána who have expressed an interest in retiring ahead of changes to public sector pension...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average response times for callouts by the gardaí in each district within the Meath division; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of garda employed in the Garda Síochána for each year of the past 15 years; the number of Garda stations providing a...
    • Illegal Immigrants
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the scale of undocumented illegal migrants residing here; the steps being taken to address this problem; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding leave to remain in this country in respect of a person (details supplied). [25919/11]
    • Legal Aid Service
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to the persons currently on the waiting list for legal services provided by the Legal Aid Board in each county, the average...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will give an assurance that no Garda stations will be closed in County Donegal following national media reports that 24 Garda...
    • International Agreements
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding his announcement on a common visa agreement with the UK to allow visitors to the UK to use the same visa to...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding Garda and Garda Reserve recruitment; if there are any proposals to transfer existing Garda Reserve members to...
    • Court Procedures
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in other countries courts are allowed make [i]pro bono[/i] costs orders when a winning...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has considered the report into determination of life sentences by the Irish Human Rights Commission in which they suggest that it...
    • Prisoner Releases
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been convicted of murder and who are out on parole up to 31 August 2011; the average length of time a...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there is a 12 to 16 week waiting list for Garda clearance to enable a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 to take up a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the legal status of parents of children born here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26144/11]
    • Illicit Trade in Tobacco
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the past behaviour of the tobacco industry and their continued opposition to public health measures brought forward by...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [26187/11]
    • Garda Transport
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of helicopters and other aircraft in the Garda air support unit; his plans to increase same; and if he will make a statement...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of dogs in the Garda dog unit; his plans to increase same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26211/11]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the plans being considered for the closure of small rural Garda stations in the Sligo-north Leitrim area and in view of any review of...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality notwithstanding the Civil Service circular No. 28, if he will provide a list of the current pay of each senior civil servant from...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if landlords who consistently rent to tenants engaging in anti-social and criminal behaviour can be held legally responsibly for the...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown, by grade and by station, of Garda staffing levels in the Dublin metropolitan area on 1 March 2011 and...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if applications for holiday visas have been received in respect of persons (details supplied); the position regarding their...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has submitted a strategy statement to him, as specified under the Public Service Management Act 1997 and if so,...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the impact the proposed cuts in budget 2012 have in regard to the Garda force in County Kerry; if any station will face closure; if so,...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected position with respect to an application for residency or citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied)...
    • Judicial Reviews
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if proposals are in place to alter the manner in which judicial reviews in District and Circuit Courts are recorded which will allow...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will consider changing the upper age limit for recruitment to the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25648/11]
    • Military Barracks
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for Columb Barracks, Mullingar, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25757/11]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of employees in his Department who have expressed an interest in retiring ahead of the changes to the public sector pension schemes that...
    • White Paper on Defence
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Defence when he expects the White Paper on Defence to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25835/11]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Defence, notwithstanding the Civil Service circular No. 28, if he will provide a list of the current pay of each senior civil servant from higher executive...
    • Military Barracks
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide details of his plans for the future of Dun Uí Neil Barracks, County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26310/11]
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department has submitted a strategy statement to him, as specified under the 1997 Public Service Management Act, and if so, will he publish...
  • Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if steps can be taken to provide for a tourism remit at Howth Harbour in order to increase the potential for tourism at the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 783 and 784 of 14 September 2011, the basis on which it was decided that no...
    • Animal Breeding Regulations
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 763 of 14 September 2011, if regulations governing scrapie will be eased; and if he...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the concern that farmers have when picking a reference year for entitlements (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of employees in his Department who have expressed an interest in retiring ahead of the changes to the public...
    • Industrial Relations
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) will be paid in relation to a Labour Court finding; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Food Exports
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to increase the amount of exports of Irish produce (details supplied) to the BRIC countries; and if he will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason area based payments have not been paid to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [25932/11]
    • Sea Fisheries Control
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has plans to amend the rules regarding the transport of pelagic fish more than 100 km; if these will be replaced by a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a payment under the disadvantaged grassland sheep scheme to a person (details supplied) in Roscommon will be based on...
    • EU Directives
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will accede to requests from the Irish Farmers' Association that he does not allow Ireland's compliance with EU...
    • Veterinary Laboratories
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the way he will subsidise farmers in County Donegal availing of laboratory facilities in the Six Counties as is the case for...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will ban fur factory farming. [26141/11]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if an application for the transfer of entitlements has been processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will review a matter (details supplied) regarding farm to farm permits. [26170/11]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be paid the balance of their 2009 suckler cow welfare grant; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food notwithstanding the Civil Service circular No. 28, if he will provide a list of the current pay of each senior civil servant...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason single farm payment has not issued in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment of the 2010 agri-environment option scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Íocaíocht Deontais
      Question 454: To ask the Aire Talmhaíochta, Iascaigh agus Bia cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh maidir le híocaíocht REPS 2010 do dhuine i mo dháilcheantar (sonraí leis seo); agus an...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for delay in rectifying a single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied); if the matter will be...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason overpayments are now requested from a person (details supplied) in County Galway over a two year period; if there...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his Department has submitted a strategy statement to him, as specified under the 1997 Public Service Management Act and...
    • Onshore Exploration
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will allow gas exploration companies to utilise Coillte Teoranta lands in the north-west. [26421/11]
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the cost to the State since the introduction of schemes to eradicate TB and brucellosis; if he is satisfied that these...
  • Department of Health
    • Youth Services
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of his commitment that frontline services will not be affected by depleted public sector numbers, the reason the Health...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will fund a charity (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26005/11]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of employees in her Department who have expressed an interest in retiring ahead of the changes to the public sector...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the cost of child care is a priority for her; the initiatives she will take on this matter; the discussions she has held with...
    • Preschool Services
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who enrolled in preschool education in September, 2011 under the free preschool year; the percentage of...
    • Health Services
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children placed and an indicative range of cost for a full year placement in each setting for the most recent...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding earmarked for child protection posts for each year since 2001; and the matters on which the earmarked...
    • Children in Care
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has factored the increased number of children in care into the figures for optimal ratio of social worker to child. [26111/11]
    • Child Abuse
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to meet the leadership of the Catholic Church or any of the religious orders following the publication of the Cloyne...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs notwithstanding the Civil Service circular No. 28, if she will provide a list of the current pay of each senior civil servant...
    • Child Abuse
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total number of reported incidents of child sex or other abuse of children reported in each of the past five years and to...
    • Youth Services
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her preferred options for the delivery of youth services with particular reference to identifying specific requirements of an...
    • Children in Care
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total number of children in care in each of the past five years and to date in 2011; the numbers that have had their...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Department has submitted a strategy statement to her, as specified under the 1997 Public Service Management Act and if so,...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider accepting registered social care workers to assist and support professionally qualified social workers in...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Health the mechanisms in place to deliver on the oversight and co-ordination of the drugs task forces in the greater Dublin area; his vision for the work of...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Health the full extent and availability of child psychiatric services throughout the country; the extent to which out of hours services are available; the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Health if an operation, which was cancelled, will be rescheduled as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [25633/11]
    • Health Services
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in appointing an additional methadone dispensing general practitioner in Drogheda, County Louth; when the appointment will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an explanation for the cancellation of an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; if following this...
    • Health Services
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Health if he is in receipt of a proposal for cost saving initiative with the implementation of flexible working hours and career break schemes from the...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to publish his statement of strategy 2011-2014 following submissions from interested parties; his plans to retain the task force...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for bypass surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary can be brought forward due a deterioration in the...
    • Health Services
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a report submitted to the Health Service Executive in 2009 (details supplied) and a subsequent review submitted in...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Health the total amount paid in each of the years 2008, 2009 and 2010 by the Health Service Executive to private employment agencies to engage staff in the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the future of the Cottage Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25696/11]
    • Health Services
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Health the current capacity of beds in Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15; and the capacity was over the past five years. [25699/11]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a staffing issue at Kerry General Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25738/11]
    • Health Services
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Health the total cost in each Health Service Executive region for the provision of IT support; the companies involved and the total amount paid to each in...
    • Hospital Procedures
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a date has not been set for day surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny and if he will now expedite the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the tax rates being applied to the wages and travel expenses of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [25767/11]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Health the number of employees in his Department who have expressed an interest in retiring ahead of the changes to the public sector pension schemes that...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Health if he will give assurances that the current services in Nenagh general hospital will be maintained in view of the recent bed closures in other...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision on an appeal for a medical card will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly. [25818/11]
    • Health Action Plan
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider introducing a tax on so-called junk food to help combat the increasing obesity figures here; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision on an application for a medical card will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly. [25888/11]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision on an application for a medical card will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly. [25892/11]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that there are sufficient staff allocated to the paediatric rheumatology services at Our Lady's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin 12, to...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care teams in existence currently being developed and in planning stages on a county basis. [25912/11]
    • Health Services
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Health the number of recommendations of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children's report into orthodontic care that have been implemented; and...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive's position in relation to the employment of orthodontic therapists; if the position adopted by the HSE here is in...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Health if he has any plans to amend the Dentists Act 1985; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25927/11]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the delay in arranging operations for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will expedite the matter. [25943/11]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Health the amount that the Health Service Executive paid in rent to private landlords from 2007 for temporary facilities to take care of psychiatric...
    • Hospital Contracts
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Health the details of all private cleaning contractors who have secured tenders for laundry services at Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal; the...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to provide the necessary capital to provide the extension to Bandon Community Hospital, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Health the exact staffing allocation being provided to support children diagnosed with autism in west Cork through CoAction in 2011; the way that this...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Health if he will fund a charity (details supplied) in County Kerry. [26003/11]
    • Health Services
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a matter at a hospital (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26004/11]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State when all publicly employed hospital consultants exceed the cap of 25% in private practice by 15%. [26009/11]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 496 of 20 September 2011, the way the average figure for the cost of a nursing home bed through the National...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated for secretariat services for the Irish Expert Body on Fluorides and Health for 2010 and 2011. [26109/11]
    • Health Services
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding services in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26139/11]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Health in view of the number of patients that Letterkenny General Hospital, LGH, County Donegal, caters for on an annual basis and the scale of medical...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Health the reason ambulance transport for outpatient services in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has been withdrawn. [26180/11]
    • Health Services
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Health the reasons an appointment to receive the determination of results was cancelled from 26 September 2011 to June 2012 in respect of a person (details...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding a submission on mental health services (details supplied); his plans to address the issues raised; the meeting he or the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive Dublin north east taxi contract was last put out to tender; the details of the arrangements currently in place;...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Health when will the 100 bed community nursing unit at St. Joseph's Hospital, Raheny, Dublin 5 be fully opened; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider extending to the families of children with serious chronic illness the current provisions for medical card renewal by persons...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Health in view of the recent disclosure of contracts entered into by the previous Government with hospital consultants related to one year's paid leave in...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Health notwithstanding the Civil Service circular No. 28, if he will provide a list of the current pay of each senior civil servant from higher executive...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 936 of 14 September 2011, the length of time he intends to keep this reduced reimbursement price for fridge...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Health if and when the fair deal scheme will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Health the extent of the budget allocation for the mental health section of the health service for 2011; and if he will provide a breakdown of that...
    • Health Services
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State to pay for a single resident in full-time residential care at St. John of God Menni Enterprises, Ballyfermot, Dublin. [26357/11]
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has submitted a strategy statement to him, as specified under the 1997 Public Service Management Act and if so, will he publish the...
    • Thalidomide Survivors
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Health further to a meeting of 15 July 2011 with a survivors society (details supplied), the progress made to date of the establishment of a forum in regard...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the serious staffing shortage at a public nursing home (details supplied) in County Wicklow which has led to the...
    • Health Services
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to end the placing of children and young persons in adult psychiatric wards. [19830/11]
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for Health the name and number of external reports that were commissioned by his Department from 2000 to 2004 in tabular form; the cost of each one of these...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he intends to open up a new round of applications for the capital sports grants; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Driving Licences
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he intends to change the present format of drivers licences to a plastic card type as is common in other EU member states;...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of employees in his Department who have expressed an interest in retiring ahead of the changes to the public sector...
    • Road Network
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a possibility available to renegotiate the toll contract on the M3 in view of the changed economic circumstances of...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures that the tourism marketing fund has financed to attract further international tourists into Ireland; the amount...
    • Air Services
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the options for restoring air services that were discussed with the airline operators as part of the proposed agreement to...
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a limousine licence will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the potential sources of funding that are available for a project (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Coast Guard
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the announced expenditure on 16 September 2011 of €2million for upgrading coast guard equipment which includes seven...
    • Sporting Celebrations
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the all-Ireland winning Dublin football team was not able to have a victory parade on Monday night last through the...
    • Coast Guard
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of impending retirements, whether the full complement of staff will be maintained at Valentia coast guard radio station...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport notwithstanding the Civil Service circular No. 28, if he will provide a list of the current pay of each senior civil servant...
    • Road Network
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will develop a national strategy (details supplied) regarding maintenance of rural roads; and if he will make a statement...
    • Rail Network
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding, including timeframe, on his plans for the electrification of the Maynooth train service to supply DART...
    • Road Network
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement and input he had in the recent Office of Public Works announcement of the major reconstruction of Chesterfield...
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will supply details, capital investment levels and timeframe for tourism projects, planned or in progress, in Dublin....
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will supply details, capital investment levels and timeframe, for sporting and recreation projects, planned or in...
    • Rail Network
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of correspondence, meetings, discussions or any other engagement with Irish Rail on potential...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Department has submitted a strategy statement to him, as specified under the 1997 Public Service Management Act and if...

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