Written answers
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Civil Service Staff
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if appointments at principal officer level and above have been opened to external competition; and if any appointments at this...
- Sale of State Assets
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of money he is seeking to achieve through the sale of semi-State assets and/or the sale of so called minority stakes...
- Public Sector Pay
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider capping all civil and public sector pay at €100,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Sale of State Assets
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his role in relation to the sale of shares in State companies; if he will outline all companies that have been examined in this...
- Public Sector Staff
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which applications for redeployment throughout the public service have been met to date with particular reference...
- Pension Provisions
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider capping annual civil and public sector pension payments at €35,000; and if he will make a statement on...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the most recent Exchequer figures; the expectation that GDP will grow by 1.8% next year; the impact it will have...
- Public Sector Staff
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the evaluation, if any, that has been made when reducing the public service wage bill on the new demands that might accrue such...
- Pension Levy
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will amend the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009 to eliminate the situation in which privately...
- Comprehensive Review of Expenditure
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of suggestions received from members of the public to the comprehensive review of expenditure; and if he will make a...
- Pension Provisions
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will enforce sections 6 and 7 of the Superannuation and Pensions Act 1963 and rescind special severance gratuity payments...
- Flood Relief
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding flood relief works on the River Suck; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28502/11]
- Comprehensive Review of Expenditure
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends to publish in full the review of expenditure, as supplied by Departments before or after the budget. [28632/11]
- Sale of State Assets
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his rationale for selling off a stake in the ESB to private interests, a self-financing critical component of the State's...
- Public Expenditure
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which public expenditure reduction targets identified in the context of the EU-IMF bailout have been achieved and...
- Job Losses
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of jobs that have been lost here due to cuts in public services and the reduction in capital expenditure in 2011....
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 76: To ask the Taoiseach the number of external consultants who have been engaged by all Government Departments since March 2011; the cost of same; and the consultants used. [28149/11]
- Ministerial Travel
Question 77: To ask the Taoiseach the occasions on which he cleared the use of the Government jet for use by Government Ministers for travel. [28150/11]
- Departmental Bodies
Question 78: To ask the Taoiseach the details of any organisation under his Department which has informed him of staffing difficulties which may impinge upon its ability to effectively oversee...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- EU Presidency
Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the work undertaken by him in planning the Irish Presidency of the EU in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current funding for water, sanitation and hygiene as a percentage of total bilateral aid; if that percentage will...
- Consular Services
Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support an Irish citizen (details supplied) arbitrarily detained in Sri Lanka; and if he will make this a...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of any organisation under his Department which has informed him of staffing difficulties which may...
- Public Petitions
Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of public petitions that have been submitted to him in the past four years, in tabular form; the nature of...
- Export Trade Council
Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the persons who are members of the export trade council; the number of times same will meet; and the remit of the...
- Foreign Relations
Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to strengthen relations with New Zealand, in particular trade and tourism links. [28721/11]
- Department of Finance
- Disabled Drivers
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review a decision made on a recent application for primary medical certificate in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly....
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review a matter (details supplied) regarding credit unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29095/11]
- Tax Yield
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax take in respect of alcohol excise duty for the years 2008, 2009 and 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28199/11]
- Tax Code
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that the current excise duty for an off-licence makes no distinction between off-licences that have a small volume of sales and...
- Liquor Licences
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of off-licences issued and the total receipts to the Exchequer from the excise licence in this sector in the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,...
- Tax Yield
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance the total receipts to the Exchequer from the sale of alcohol in the off-licence sector in the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010; and if he will...
- Tax Code
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of products designated as low alcoholic beverages which qualify for the 50% rate of excise duty; the revenue forgone by the Exchequer as a...
- Banks Recapitalisation
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance the reasons for the delay in the restructuring of the boards of the banks and the appointment of new board members following the public...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a submission (details supplied); the action, if any, he proposes to take to overcome the problems as outlined in the submission; and if...
- Tax Code
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to end the VAT subsidisation loophole in below cost selling of alcohol when the retailer chooses to sell the product below cost as a loss...
- Tax Reliefs
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to sign into law the tax relief for certain home energy insulation works as set out in the Finance Act 2011. [28255/11]
- Tax Collection
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance if VAT returns from persons and companies registered for VAT provide a breakdown of the amount arising from individual transactions on goods and...
- Banks Recapitalisation
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of information submitted by him to the European Commission on 16 January 2011 regarding the contemplated resolution of...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of any organisation under his Department which has informed him of staffing difficulties which may impinge upon its ability to...
- Tax Collection
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners are prepared to enter negotiations with a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
- Tax Code
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance if vehicle registration tax applicable to safety equipment in new vehicles will be removed or reduced in an effort to encourage consumers to avail...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance if the principal sum due on loans taken out by a person or company was reduced by an amount either less than or up to the amount that was given in...
- Liquor Licences
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of pub licences granted for the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011; and the number of pub licences that were refused in...
- Tax Code
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the average age of farmers here is high yet the agricultural colleges are fully subscribed; in view...
- Liquor Licences
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a reduction in the cost of a wine licence for small, convenience and grocery stores owing to the very modest turnover generated...
- Tax Collection
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide figures for the past five years showing the amount of money returned by Revenue to persons claiming for dental treatment for...
- Bank Guarantee Scheme
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 146 of 4 October 2011, if he will provide details of the total number of individual residential properties in...
- Mortgage Arrears
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 144 of 4 October 2011, if he will provide details on the number of residential mortgages which have been...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Grant Payments
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will deal with the following matter (details supplied) regarding a home tuition grant; and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Transport
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary has been provided with school transport. [28554/11]
- School Enrolments
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school place in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [28673/11]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that a new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Galway is now a priority after planning...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28172/11]
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will publish the location of the headquarters for the new amalgamated vocational education committees. [28181/11]
- Legislative Programme
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will enact the Teaching Council Act 2001, in particular, Part 5 covering the complaints procedure and investigation process;...
- Youthreach Programme
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current number of places available on the Youthreach programme; the current number of participants; the funding for the programme...
- Third Level Fees
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the University of Dublin, Trinity College, will provide a facility to allow students to pay the student contribution in two...
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vocational education committees that own their headquarters; the number of VEC headquarters that rent their premises; if...
- School Transport
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the circumstances under which a family in County Donegal can have its school transport charges reviewed on grounds of health and income...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assistance that will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is attending a third level course; and if he...
- School Transport
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in the case in which a school bus service is being discontinued as a result of not meeting the minimum number of pupils availing of the...
- Education Provider Registration
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that pending the establishment of a new qualifications agency and the development of new...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of any organisation under his Department which has informed him of staffing difficulties which may impinge upon its ability...
- School Staffing
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the current situation of retired teachers who remain working on a temporary and substitute basis in all...
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding to schools under the auspices of the vocational education committees in the 2010/11 academic year; and if he will...
- Public Petitions
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of public petitions that have been submitted to him in the past four years, in tabular form; the nature of the petition...
- School Accommodation
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review a matter in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [28472/11]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistant posts which have been cut as from the commencement of the current school term; if this number is...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will grant approval to County Cork Vocational Education Committee to purchase the identified site for a school (details...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding funds in respect of a survivor of institutional abuse (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total costs of the National Council for Special Education on an annual basis for each of the years since it was established. [28551/11]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that has been spent on the provision of special needs assistants in each of the past five years. [28552/11]
- Higher Education Grants
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review the mature student grant system for higher education; the meetings he has had with representative groups or...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff employed by the National Council for Special Education in each of the past five years. [28604/11]
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used in selecting the locations for the headquarters for the amalgamated vocational education committees; and if he will...
- School Meals Programme
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing each child attending primary school with a daily lunch meal. [28667/11]
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a definitive breakdown of the potential financial outlay associated with the locating of the headquarters of the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an application from a school (details supplied) in County Mayo for an administrative principal position has been refused...
- Departmental Funding
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the cuts that have been made regarding fee-paying religious schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28700/11]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the refusal to grant an additional preschool teacher to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the cost to the...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which each member of the board of FÁS and the State Examination Commission was appointed; and the date on which the term...
- Bullying in Schools
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is legislation or a code of practice in the area of school bullying. [28754/11]
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will, for a set period of time, permit the recruitment of extra staff to Westmeath Vocational Education Committee in order to...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the construction and development of a new primary level school in the Dundalk area of County Louth; and if he will...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reinstate the two teaching posts at a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [28777/11]
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that the lease for County Offaly Vocational Education Committee head office at Castle Buildings, Tara Street,...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Expenditure Reviews
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will publish the results of the comprehensive review of expenditure process; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Regulatory Reform
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the meeting of the annual regulatory forum on 2 June last; the issues discussed and actions agreed; and...
- Departmental Properties
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will explain the delays in carrying out the conveyance of lands for the development of a new coast guard station at...
- Public Sector Pay
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding an income cap on public sector and private sector workers; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of apprentices from the Office of Public Works who have served their time and then not been kept on since the...
- Pension Provisions
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an actuarial breakdown of the extra yearly cost to the Exchequer for pensions awarded to those public...
- Legislative Programme
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Construction Contracts Bill will be introduced into Dáil Éireann; and in view of the regulatory impact assessment...
- Pension Provisions
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will enforce sections 6 and 7 of the Superannuation and Pensions Act 1963 by rescinding special severance gratuity...
- Public Sector Staff
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform with regard to the public service moratorium on recruitment, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the mechanism is...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has denied any requests to proceed with retaining or filling posts from any public sector entity which is working within...
- Pension Provisions
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the circumstances that justify the payment of a large pension, a bonus payment on top of a large pension and a severance...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost to the State and the name and purpose of all tribunals current or past since 1987 to date in tabular form; if he will...
- Foireann na Seirbhíse Poiblí
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform chun córas nua earcaíochta agus oiliúna a chur i bhfeidhm a rachaidh i ngleic leis an easpa foirne sa chóras poiblí le...
- Freedom of Information
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects the consultation period to conclude on the reform and restructuring of the Freedom of Information Act. [21200/11]
- Civil Service Staff
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he has taken to reduce salaries and pensions for senior staff in the Department of An Taoiseach. [23770/11]
- Constitutional Amendments
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the consultations that he has held with political parties and non-governmental organisations regarding proposals for...
- Public Service Agreements
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the specific initiative he will take as a result of his meeting with the Croke Park agreement implementation group; and if he...
- Heritage Sites
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the extension to the Abbey Island cemetery and the Derrynane national park, County Kerry; and if he...
- Pension Provisions
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the finding in the Trident report commissioned by the teacher unions on the proposed changes to public service...
- Public Service Staff
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons employed in each area in the public sector over the past ten years and to date in 2011; the extent to...
- Public Sector Reform
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent of the public sector reform if any undertaken over the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Expenditure Reviews
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which costs throughout the public service have been examined with a view to the identification of areas costing...
- Procurement Policy
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which he has examined the way costs can be reduced through more effective procurement policies; and if he will...
- Public Service Reform
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a study has been carried out regarding the volume and scale of documentation now required by various Government...
- Public Service Staff
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which it is expected to meet staff reductions by way of voluntary or other retirements over the period of the...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to prevent the below cost sale of alcohol in supermarkets to restrict the access to alcohol for young persons; and...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when he plans to appoint the new chairman and members of the Competition Authority; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Reports
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, further to Question No. 149 of 21 June 2011, if he will outline the position concerning the work of the sales law review...
- Industrial Development
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of visits the Industrial Development Agency carried out with potential clients to the IDA park in Marlinstown,...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of any organisation under his Department which has informed him of staffing difficulties which may impinge upon...
- Registrar of Friendly Societies
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of industrial and provident societies registered with the Registry of Friendly Societies which have not complied...
- Trade Relations
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of trade with Brazil for the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011. [28732/11]
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the city and county managers, chief fire officers and assistant chief fire officers who...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views regarding a matter (details supplied); the actions taken to date to determine the facts of this case; the actions...
- Department of Social Protection
- Social Insurance
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if scale and polish treatments under the dental treatment benefit scheme (details supplied) will be restored; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years in receipt of jobseeker's benefit for less than six months, for more than six months and less...
- Tax Code
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons who have applied for a health levy refund; the numbers who have been successful in their application; the...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the role and membership of the Tax and Social Welfare Commission; if she will receive a report from the commission in advance of this...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress made to date implementing the commitment in the programme for Government to clear the social welfare appeals backlog and...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is any mechanism to claim a back to school allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a hearing date for all three appeals; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Job Creation
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have applied to the JobBridge scheme following recent changes to the criteria and who would have previously been...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views regarding the increase in retirement age from 65 to 68 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a carer's allowance appeal application will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a back to school and footwear scheme application will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a carer's allowance appeal application will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she...
- School Meals Programme
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of the school meals programme to her Department in 2009 and 2010, specifying the separate costs to the urban school meals scheme...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount the Health Service Executive paid in rent allowance in 2010 from centres (details supplied); the number of rent supplements...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the details of any organisation under her Department which has informed her of staffing difficulties which may impinge upon its ability to...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was refused domiciliary care allowance. [28409/11]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason she does not allow fuel allowance to be paid in a lump sum ahead of time, as an option other than the weekly payment which may...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the outstanding documentation that must be submitted to her in order to resume payment of basic supplementary welfare allowance in the...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons receiving illness benefit pre-January 2009, who continue to provide supporting medical documents to her Department will...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an entitlement to disability allowance exists in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and when a decision...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and when a decision will issue....
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and when a decision on their domiciliary care allowance...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will expect a decision on their carer's allowance application. [28576/11]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will expect a decision on their domiciliary care allowance appeal. [28582/11]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will expect a decision on their carer's allowance application. [28583/11]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will expect a decision on their domiciliary care allowance appeal. [28584/11]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will expect a decision on their carer's allowance application. [28586/11]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will expect a decision on their illness benefit appeal. [28587/11]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will expect a decision on their carer's allowance application. [28589/11]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will expect a decision on their jobseeker's allowance appeal. [28591/11]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding back to school allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Pension Provisions
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the eligibility for State contributory pension in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent allowance appeals are being transferred from the Health Service Executive in Walkinstown, Dublin 12, to the social welfare...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for mortgage interest relief in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the policy whereby a person in receipt of one parent family payment and receiving a grant bursary in Northern Ireland...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have designated Donaghmede, Coolock and Raheny post offices, Dublin, for the collection of their benefits....
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an oral hearing will take place in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of community employment scheme places in County Louth; and if all specific CE scheme placements are currently allocated. [28747/11]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a supplementary welfare allowance appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a contributory State pension has been refused on the grounds that PRSI contributions...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Stag Hunting
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a breach of the legislation prohibiting stag hunting is a matter for An Garda Síochána or the National Parks and...
- Turbary Rights
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views in regard to possible payments in relation to a bog (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Museum
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent in 2009, 2010 and 2011 by the National Museum on leasing property or buildings; if he will provide a...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of any organisation under his Department which has informed him of staffing difficulties which may impinge upon...
- Foras na Gaeilge
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of an organisation (details supplied) in relation to its future funding...
- Gaeltacht Boundaries
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to review the boundaries of the Iveragh Gaeltacht, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hare Coursing
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on whether the granting of licences to trap hares for the purposes of coursing runs contrary to the spirit if not...
- Foras na Gaeilge
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding will continued for a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28809/11]
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Inland Fisheries
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will allow salmon fishing on the River Barrow for the 2012 season on a catch and release basis as part of...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason he is unable to provide adequate broadband speed to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary;...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the proposed sale of channel 69 spectrum and the move to channel 38 for programme making and...
- Energy Conservation
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to provide for the use of thermal imaging cameras in the assessment of the energy efficiency of...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details of any organisation under his Department that has informed him of staffing difficulties which may...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the potential in County Mayo for wind, wave and bio-energy which he has identified; his targets and timeline...
- Public Petitions
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of public petitions that have been submitted to him in the past four years, in tabular form; the...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for streamlining the planning and licensing of renewable energy projects; and if he will make a...
- Electricity Transmission Network
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way connections to the electricity grid are allocated; his plans for a change of criteria; and if he will...
- Energy Conservation
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will review a better energy homes scheme application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin...
- Data Protection
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures in place to protect personal information such as ex-directory phone numbers and mobile numbers...
- Energy Prices
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will review a matter (details supplied) regarding energy rates. [28609/11]
- Electricity Transmission Network
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to upgrade the grid to harness the potential for wind and wave energy for County Mayo; the timeframe...
- Energy Resources
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to export energy; the details of any negotiations that are under way; and if he will make a statement...
- Electricity Transmission Network
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether the national grid will not suffer the same fate as the European grid, many multiples the...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Local Authority Charges
Question 323: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding rates. [28608/11]
- Election Management System
Question 324: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if persons with dual nationality in both Ireland and the United States are entitled to vote in national...
- Rural Development
Question 325: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to a recently carried out feasibility study supported by the Leader programme, administered by the...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 326: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason he is abolishing Comhar, The Sustainable Development Council; if his attention has been drawn to...
- Election Management System
Question 328: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reasons he decided to hold the presidential election on a Thursday; if his attention has been drawn to...
- Planning Issues
Question 329: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a Garda inquiry into a matter (details supplied). [28247/11]
- Departmental Bodies
Question 330: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the details of any organisation under his Department that has informed him of staffing difficulties which...
- Public Petitions
Question 332: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of public petitions that have been submitted to him in the past four years, in tabular form; the...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 333: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a matter (details supplied); if he will provide a breakdown on the Department...
- Community Development
Question 335: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a proposal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28483/11]
- Fire Services
Question 336: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a full review of fire services is to be undertaken nationally; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 337: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his view on a matter (details supplied) regarding household charges; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 338: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that local authorities will ensure in their housing need assessment that sufficient...
- Fire Services
Question 339: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of additional as opposed to replacement fire appliances that he has provided to Dublin Fire...
- Voluntary Sector Funding
Question 340: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the valuable work carried out by an organisation (details provided) he will give consideration to...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 341: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 63 of 7 April 2011, when he will be in a position to include in...
- EU Directives
Question 342: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the fines being imposed on Ireland for non-compliance with the land drainage and septic tank EU directives;...
- Housing Associations
Question 343: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if housing association units for older persons will be developed in Killorglin, County Kerry; and if he will...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 344: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to amend the current legislation to ensure that farmers or other persons who act as good...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 345: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency sought...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Stag Hunting
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to reports from animal welfare groups that a group (details supplied) continues to hunt deer in direct...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will expedite an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [28174/11]
- Freedom of Information
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) is entitled under the Freedom of Information Act to access files; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when Garda clearance will issue to a person (details supplied). [28186/11]
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the third Compliance Report on the Code of Practice on the Display and Sale of Alcohol in Mixed Trading Premises will be...
- Compensation Claims
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on the authorisation of a Garda compensation claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Asylum Applications
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review a decision to refuse refugee status to persons (details supplied). [28262/11]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28331/11]
- Human Trafficking
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans on extending the remit of his Department's anti-human trafficking unit to include migrant women involved in prostitution; and...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of any organisation under his Department which has informed him of staffing difficulties which may impinge upon its ability...
- Residency Permits
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if persons (details supplied) in County Laois will be considered for a longer period than three months in future when the stamp fours...
- Garda Operations
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will reinstate the Garda car which was assigned to Egworthstown Garda station, County Westmeath, and to ensure that this Garda...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the delivery of Thornton Hall prison; the proposed completion date; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prison spaces and prisoners over the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Citizenship Applications
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a naturalisation application in respect of a person (details supplied); and when a decision will issue. [28477/11]
- Asylum Applications
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly. [28597/11]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a dual citizenship application in respect of a person (details supplied); and when a decision will issue. [28599/11]
- Courts Service
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he and the Courts Service are engaged in a formal review of the future location of District Court facilities nationwide; when any...
- Tobacco Smuggling
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the low average fine given for cigarette smuggling in the second quarter 2011 of €1468 despite the maximum fine allowed...
- Visa Applications
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a request for a visa in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement...
- Garda Equipment
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of off-road bikes in use by An Garda Síochána; and if he will increase this number [28725/11]
- Garda Promotions
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of promotions at each rank in An Garda Síochána for the years 2007 to 2011, inclusive. [28726/11]
- Firearms Licence Applications
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications received by An Garda Síochána for firearms licences for the years 2007 to date in 2011, inclusive; the...
- Legal Aid Service
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times legal aid was refused to suspects on the recommendation of the Garda from 2008 to date in 2011; and the number of...
- Proposed Legislation (1 comment)
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation regarding the guardianship of children that will aim to enhance the rights of non-marital fathers;...
- Refugee Status
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality, further to Parliamentary Question No. 456 of 4 October 2011, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that statistics on the Office...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a drink-driving offence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28804/11]
- Human Rights Issues
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the creation of a cross-party Oireachtas committee which could liaise with the Irish Human Rights Commission and other...
- Garda Strength
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the strength of the Garda Traffic Corps in County Galway in Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Waterford; and if he will make a statement on...
- Ministerial Travel
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Defence the details of each trip by Ministers in which the use of the Government jet was needed for travel; and the cost of same since he was elected in...
- Severe Weather Events
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will clarify the legal position in respect of householders and business owners clearing footpaths of snow and ice in front of their property;...
- Army Barracks
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will address the concerns of the personnel at a barracks (details supplied) in County Tipperary; his plans for the future of this barracks;...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Defence the details of any organisation under his Department which have informed him of staffing difficulties which may impinge upon its ability to...
- Defence Forces Personnel
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of dentists and nurses currently serving in the Defence Forces; the locations at which these nurses and dentists are posted; the number...
- Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will arrange for a person (details supplied) in County Cork to be awarded their disadvantage area payment; and if he...
- Commonage Division
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will confirm that commonage lands (details supplied) were inspected by officers of his Department in 2010; the exact...
- Grant Payments
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a single farm payment will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when any necessary inspection will be carried out on a REP scheme application in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Fishing Vessel Licences
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the rules governing fishing for mussels at a location (details supplied) in County Dublin; the activity that has taken place...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 401: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to support an ice plant at a pier in County Donegal (details supplied) to benefit the local fishing communities....
- Grant Payments
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding a single farm payment and disadvantaged area aid in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Milk Quota
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will review an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [28348/11]
- Departmental Bodies
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the details of any organisation under his Department which has informed him of staffing difficulties which may impinge upon...
- Public Petitions
Question 409: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of public petitions that have been submitted to him in the past four years, in tabular form; the nature of the...
- Grant Payments
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the approved agri-environment options scheme application may be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Fishing Industry Development
Question 417: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding funding for a co-operative (details supplied) further to his meeting with it in July 2011; and if he...
- Grant Payments
Question 418: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of persons nationally still awaiting their disadvantaged area payment; the number of persons in north Tipperary...
- Farm Inspections
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will consider amalgamating some farm inspections including those carried out by the local authorities in respect of...
- Departmental Staff
Question 421: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has quantified the percentage savings that can be made in relation to duplication and administration in the system as...
- Veterinary Inspection Service
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views that the presence of a veterinarian and an agricultural officer in meat factories represents duplication; his...
- Grant Payments
Question 423: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action being taken to speed up the delays experienced by farmers awaiting agri-environment options scheme payments; and...
- EU Directives
Question 424: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if farmers will be permitted to spread slurry until 1 November 2011 due to the exceptionally wet August and September and...
- Grant Payments
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will arrange for payment of REP scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [28783/11]
- Department of Health
- Youth Services
Question 427: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the considerable concern regarding the proposal by the EU Commission to abolish the Youth In...
- Child Care Services
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost per patient of residential care for children with challenging behaviour on an annual basis as provided by private...
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 430: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will give details of the number of vocational education committee youth officers employed by the VECs; the list of current...
- Youth Services
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will enter into discussions with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to funding the Big Brother Big Sister...
- Child Poverty
Question 432: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress made to date concerning the implementation of the commitment in the programme for Government to adopt a new area...
- Child Care Services
Question 433: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on broadening the child care employment and training support scheme to incorporate registered child minders; and if she...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 434: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of any organisation under her Department which has informed her of staffing difficulties which may impinge upon its...
- Child Protection
Question 437: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 388 of 12 April 2011, if the 5/30 cases were assessed or further information obtained to...
- Medical Cards
Question 438: To ask the Minister for Health when an appeal for a medical card will be heard in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if he will expedite the matter; and if he...
- Health Services
Question 439: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding funding in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28272/11]
- Medical Cards
Question 440: To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card application will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on...
- Nursing Education
Question 444: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reintroduce the return to nursing programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28156/11]
- Cancer Research Programme
Question 445: To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided for research into prostate cancer in 2009, 2010 and 2011; his plans for further investment into research into the cancer; and if...
- Hospital Services
Question 447: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will receive an appointment for surgery. [28170/11]
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 450: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to add Crohn's disease to the long-term illness list to allow the 15,000 sufferers here to benefit from the scheme; and if he will make a...
- Grant Payments
Question 451: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the applications for a motorised transport grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; the reason the...
- Health Services
Question 452: To ask the Minister for Health if clinical experts met over the summer months to propose the setting up of a sub-group which will put forward suggestions on a model of care for...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 454: To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list for ankle replacement surgery at Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28195/11]
- Suicide Incidence
Question 455: To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to the National Office for Suicide Prevention in 2009, 2010 and 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Alcohol Prices
Question 456: To ask the Minister for Health if he or his Department has engaged with the Scottish Government about the planned introduction of the minimum pricing of alcoholic products in that...
- Substance Misuse
Question 457: To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in implementing the commitment in the programme for Government to integrate drugs and alcohol abuse strategies at local...
- Hospital Staff
Question 458: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the situation in which places are available for public health nursing students to be trained and hired on a permanent basis but...
- Medical Cards
Question 459: To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that personnel within the new centralised medical card section will respond to phone calls within the time frame agreed; and if he...
- Domestic Violence Services
Question 460: To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the Health Service Executive to complete its review of domestic violence services; and if it intends to end State funding to Safe...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 461: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a matter (details supplied) in County Kerry regarding Valentia community hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services
Question 462: To ask the Minister for Health the support and advice available to a person (details supplied). [28270/11]
- Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 464: To ask the Minister for Health if exemptions will be made for persons (details supplied) relating to the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28276/11]
- Departmental Investigations
Question 465: To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the delay in the publication of the report commissioned by him into the practice of symphysiotomy; and if he will confirm a date for...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 466: To ask the Minister for Health if the special delivery unit has presented its report into the Mid West Regional Hospital, Limerick, to him; and if he will put this report into the...
- Health Services
Question 467: To ask the Minister for Health the assistance available to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [28319/11]
- Private Health Insurance
Question 468: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28324/11]
- National Lottery Funding
Question 469: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application (details supplied) to the national lottery fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28326/11]
- Health Services
Question 470: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the lack of audiology services in south Tipperary; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a two-year...
- Health Service Staff
Question 471: To ask the Minister for Health the outcome of the review of payment for fourth-year student nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28349/11]
- Departmental Schemes
Question 472: To ask the Minister for Health if the long term illness scheme can be amended to include Crohn's disease. [28354/11]
- Departmental Investigations
Question 473: To ask the Minister for Health, further to Parliamentary Question No. 305 of 20 July 2011, the nature of the disciplinary action taken by the Health Service Executive human...
- Medical Cards
Question 474: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card was replaced with a general practitioner card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [28356/11]
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 476: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding plans to introduce a compulsory code of conduct for private providers of care to persons with disabilities in their homes; and...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 477: To ask the Minister for Health the details of any organisation under his Department's remit which has informed him of staffing difficulties which may impinge upon its ability to...
- Hospital Services
Question 479: To ask the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive policy and clinical procedures in place for the treatment of patients diagnosed with cardiac arrest from County Donegal...
- Public Petitions
Question 480: To ask the Minister for Health the number of public petitions that have been submitted to him in the past four years, in tabular form; the nature of each petition campaign; the...
- Departmental Task Forces
Question 481: To ask the Minister for Health, further to Parliamentary Question No. 604 of 30 May 2011, if he has yet received the information from the Health Service Executive necessary to...
- General Practitioner Services
Question 482: To ask the Minister for Health if out-of-hours doctor services are required by his Department or the Health Service Executive to carry oximeters; his view on whether there is a...
- Data Protection
Question 483: To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive outsources the storage of medical files to private companies; if so, the amount that has been spent by the HSE during...
- Medical Cards
Question 484: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will expedite the matter....
- National Carers Strategy
Question 486: To ask the Minister for Health when the national carers strategy (details supplied) will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28449/11]
- Official Engagements
Question 487: To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the purpose of his official visit to Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin, on 3 October 2011; and if he will make a statement...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 492: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the new 50-bed community hospital which was promised by the Health Service Executive when it closed St. Brigid's ward of St....
- Health Services
Question 493: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to withdraw the Health Service Executive circular of 26 April 2010 regarding the dental treatment service scheme in view of its impact on...
- Hospital Services
Question 494: To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange an appointment for an operation to be brought forward in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly. [28600/11]
- Medical Cards
Question 497: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28624/11]
- Health Services
Question 499: To ask the Minister for Health if further home help will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Pension Provisions
Question 500: To ask the Minister for Health if a ministerial order of pension was given to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry in 1988; if it is possible to receive a copy of same; and...
- Community Care
Question 501: To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a nursing home (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28661/11]
- Hospital Services
Question 505: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 will have an operation. [28666/11]
- Domestic Violence
Question 506: To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding that has been provided to domestic violence services in County Louth in each of the past five years; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Services
Question 508: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 will be given a date for a procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28674/11]
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 509: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the introduction of an individualised budget for the care of people with disabilities as recommended in a recent report on disability...
- Hospital Services
Question 510: To ask the Minister for Health if and when the special delivery unit inspected the emergency department at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, County Louth; the...
- Medical Graduates
Question 513: To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors that have qualified on an annual basis in each of the past five years and to date in 2011. [28731/11]
- Health Services
Question 514: To ask the Minister for Health the rates of travel expenses payable when a person is referred for occupational therapy though their employment; and if he will make a statement on...
- Hospital Services
Question 515: To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which existing staff and bed levels continue to be available at all public health institutions in County Kildare; if bed or ward...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 517: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the provision of requested appliances in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [28784/11]
- Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 518: To ask the Minister for Health when he proposes to introduce the promised changes that will allow access to motor neurons suffers on to the drugs payment scheme. [28792/11]
- Ambulance Service
Question 519: To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on an incident (details supplied) regarding waiting time for an ambulance; the steps being taken to address such a situation; and...
- Hospital Services
Question 520: To ask the Minister for Health if the out of hours general practitioner service will commence in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, in October 2011; and the planned opening hours of same....
- Hospital Staff
Question 521: To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts including management, clinical and consultant positions in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, awaiting Health Service Executive sanction;...
- Health Services
Question 522: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the progression of the tendering process for home helps and home care packages on the north side of Dublin; and when he...
- Medical Cards
Question 523: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if same will be expedited. [28816/11]
- Pharmacy Services
Question 524: To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act instruments for pharmacies (details supplied); and if he will...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 525: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a progress report on the planned extension to Dunmanway swimming pool, County Cork; and if he will make a...
- Road Network
Question 526: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if land owners require unanimous consent to undertake privately funded road improvement works through commonage; and if he will...
- Rail Network
Question 527: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plan to re-open a railway line (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28155/11]
- Road Safety
Question 528: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons killed in fatal accidents on motorways in each of the past three years; the percentage of national...
- Road Network
Question 529: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the works on which the National Roads Authority funding has gone which was promised to Kells Town...
- Road Safety
Question 530: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a database with information in relation to the towing capabilities of all cars, 4x4s, light commercial...
- Airport Development Projects
Question 531: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will publish submissions received from the three State airports on the question of establishing separate airports under...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 534: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of any organisation under his Department which has informed him of staffing difficulties which may impinge upon its...
- Integrated Ticketing
Question 536: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress that has been made on the implementation and roll-out of the integrated ticket scheme for public transport; the...
- Road Safety
Question 537: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify the situation regarding the necessity to wear high visibility yellow jackets by persons on motorbikes and...
- Road Network
Question 539: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make funding available in 2012 for roads (details supplied). [28610/11]
- Rail Network
Question 540: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in view of the 2007 agreement with Carrick-on-Suir Town Council (details supplied), Iarnród Eireann will honour its...
- Penalty Points System
Question 541: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the main offences for which penalty points were awarded on a county basis in 2010; the way they compare with 2009; and if he...
- Public Transport
Question 542: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in relation to the bus connection between Dublin Airport and Belfast which is jointly run by Bus Éireann and Ulster Bus when...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 544: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the appointments made to State agencies and boards under his remit for the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011. [28729/11]
- Taxi Regulations
Question 545: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review a matter (details supplied) regarding applying for a hackney licence. [28737/11]
- Road Network
Question 547: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has been in communication with officials from the Court of the European Union, previously the European Court of Justice,...
