Written answers
Wednesday, 16 November 2011
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 who after winning their appeal under section 29 of the Education Act, 1998, for...
- Higher Education Participation
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is committed to expanding participation in higher education in order for Ireland to achieve its ambitions for recovery and...
- Institutes of Technology
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on the proposed new Dublin Institute of Technology, Grangegorman campus; when this project will proceed to the next...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list including dates of all planned reviews of special needs assistants for schools before the end of 2011; and if...
- School Curriculum
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the concerns surrounding the failure to implement the teaching of engineering technology and...
- Third Level Charges
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if instructions will be issued to all higher education institutions to accept student contributions by instalment; and if he will make a...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way he arrives at the pupil-teacher ratio; and the ratio of class teachers to pupils excluding administration, principals and...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the drafting of the Residential Institution Statutory Fund Bill; if he will ensure that the concerns outlined at...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average annual cost per pupil in the period to December 2010 incurred by him in the 125 plus special schools throughout the country....
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria applied in selecting the head offices for the proposed new vocational education committee entities; and if he will make a...
- School Curriculum
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is committed to continuing the applied leaving certificate; if it has contributed to a reduction in drop out rates; if so the rate...
- Third Level Grants
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in line with the position he took when in opposition, he will repeal the change introduced in May 2010 by the former Government...
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans in relation to the enhanced training obligations on the vocational education committee sector; the resources that will be...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects the school building programme to proceed in the coming year with particular reference to the urgently...
- School Refurbishment
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the minor works grant payments will issue to schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34785/11]
- Departmental Properties
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the public swimming pool built in 1976 which is still in the ownership of his Department and is in need of refurbishment,...
- School Curriculum
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons science is not one of the specified subjects in the proposed new junior cycle as set out in Towards A Framework for Junior...
- In-service Training
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is committed to maintaining supports for the leaving certificate applied programme in 2012 in view of his recent decision not to...
- Institutes of Technology
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the possible redesignation of Waterford Institute of Technology to the enhanced status of a technological university....
- Special Educational Needs
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he can facilitate the creation of proper schooling for children with special needs in the necessary areas in view of the fact that it...
- School Staffing
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if plans are in place to cut 1,500 – 2,000 second level teaching posts; and if this will mean less subject choice for schools and...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm whether there is a requirement on the National Council for Special Education to ensure that places identified by...
- National Parks
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views that to date, there has been an error of omission in developing the Connemara National Park Interpretative Centre at...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that he will be in a position to retain the highest possible level of services throughout the educational sector...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which he intends to forward funding to local authority higher education grant departments to enable the latter to pay out...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will explain the differences, if any, between his policy on educating children with autism and that of his predecessor [34868/11]
- School Curriculum
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of his endorsement of the proposals contained in Towards A Framework for Junior Cycle and his statement that he has asked...
- School Accommodation
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that has been spent annually over the past five years on the rental of prefabs for the purpose of using them as classrooms in...
- School Staffing
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list the schools that received notification of their allocation of part-time language support teachers in September and...
- Third Level Courses
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he intends to take to address the skill needs of the ICT sector that are continuously evolving and recognising that the...
- Third Level Remuneration
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to address academic salaries and pay rises that were not agreed by him or the Higher Education Authority; and if...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for special needs assistants that were made from schools in counties Dublin, Laois and Offaly since February...
- Youth Services
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the waiting lists for persons wishing to avail of Youthreach centres which indicate the high demand...
- Third Level Fees
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give a commitment that he will not raise the third level student contribution in budget 2012 or cut the maintenance grant for...
- Third Level Courses
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the decision taken to downgrade the postgraduate diploma in education at University College Dublin...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- State Agencies
Question 61: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will confirm the total number of State agencies, independent statutory bodies, State boards or other quangos...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 62: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the names of all persons nominated by him or by a Minister of State at his Department to any State appointment since...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 63: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he recognises the term "gendercide"; and if so, the reason the term "infanticide" was included in the amendment to...
- Diplomatic Representation
Question 64: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the nature of diplomatic relations with the State of Kuwait; the diplomatic presence Ireland has in the State of...
- Departmental Staff
Question 66: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide the names of agencies which provide staff to his Department; the services they provide; the cost...
- Department of Finance
- Budget Submissions
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a specific identifier; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35011/11]
- Tax Code
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding registration plate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35012/11]
- Budget Submissions
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a proposal made by an organisation (details supplied) with regard to the introduction of a system whereby there would be two...
- Tax Code
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider amending the Finance Act to allow betting shops trade until 10 p.m. during the winter months. [35102/11]
- State Agencies
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the total number of State agencies, independent statutory bodies, State boards or other quangos which currently exist within his...
- Budget Submissions
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the introduction of a re-registration system whereby owners of second-hand cars can register their car in their county of...
- Bank Guarantee Scheme
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Finance the average interest that the guaranteed banks pay on money they lend on mortgages here; the way this compares with the interest paid by mortgage...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance if the base-line costs in the banks are in line with the costs of similar banks in other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance the names of all persons nominated by him or by a Minister of State at his Department to any State appointment since 9 March 2011. [34984/11]
- Tax Code
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35015/11]
- Credit Availability
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance the level of Allied Irish Bank and Bank of Ireland lending to small and medium enterprise here this year as part of their conditions for State...
- State Banking Sector
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Finance the way the Anglo Irish Bank promissory note payment for 2012 is included in the national accounts; the impact on the primary deficit during 2012 if...
- Banks Recapitalisation
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost of the bank bailout and interest payments for 2011 and the expected cost in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Code
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will estimate the revenue from a new 48% tax band for income greater then €100,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35064/11]
- Growth Levels
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance the levels of growth in the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the expected levels of growth in quarter 1, quarter 2, quarter 3 and quarter 4 in 2012;...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will bring forward legislation to regulate banks with regard to increasing lending rates on business customers. [35098/11]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Higher Education Grants
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that local authorities are spending an inordinate length of time processing educational...
- Third Level Funding
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way he intends to accommodate increasing numbers of students at third level in view of the recent announcement that no new capital...
- State Agencies
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm the total number of State agencies, independent statutory bodies, State boards or other quangos which currently exist...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 8 November 2011 (details supplied), if he has taken into account the health and safety...
- School Transport
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will honour a commitment in relation to the provision of school transport given to the parents of children from a school (details...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any construction works of any nature are planned or have been undertaken at a college (details supplied); the status of any such...
- School Transport
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school transport will be sanctioned in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
- School Staffing
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reinstate the two teaching posts lost to a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [34937/11]
- School Accommodation
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide permanent classroom accommodation for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 in the near future; and if his...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to progress the amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in County Sligo into a new school building to be constructed on a...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of all persons nominated by him or by a Minister of State at his Department to any State appointment since 9 March 2011....
- Schools Building Projects
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school building project (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage in view of the fact the existing accommodation is...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason County Kerry students have to go to Dublin to complete phase 4 apprenticeship; and the reason they cannot do these courses...
- School Curriculum
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has any plans to make Irish a non-compulsory subject at leaving certificate level (details supplied); and if so, when does he...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider an appeal on a decision for incremental credit (details supplied). [35023/11]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total spent on education in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the percentage of GDP spent on education in each of the same years and the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of staff employed in the primary, secondary and third level sectors each year from 2008 to 2011; and if he will make a...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the pupil-teacher ratio each year from 2007 to 2011; the way this compares to the EU 27 and OECD rates; and if he will make a statement...
- School Curriculum
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will estimate the possible financial savings from the self-assessment system and new junior certificate syllabus; if there are...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to redeploy special needs assistants who have been made redundant; if so; if he will set out the process for such deployment;...
- Departmental Properties
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he or any agencies under his remit have private property leased in County Westmeath; and if so, if he will identify these properties...
- Bullying in Schools
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which school bullying remains an issue at primary and or secondary level; the number of incidents reported throughout the...
- School Enrolments
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which school place requirements at primary, secondary and third level have been noted in each of the past five years to...
- Student Support Schemes
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he has observed the serious negative impact on the educational prospect of students already at third level whose...
- Third Level Places
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of third level places available throughout the country; the number of students accommodated; the number who had to...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be able to provide and retain the maximum number of special needs assistants at primary and second...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications received in his Department for provision of new schools, replacement or improvement of existing structures...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which autism or other special needs units are located, available and fully operational at various schools and locations...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any emergency funding will be made available to a school (details supplied) which, although due shortly to start construction of a...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the concerns among Protestant faith schools of the impact on their future sustainability of any...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- State Agencies
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm the total number of State agencies, independent statutory bodies, State boards or other quangos which...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the names of all persons nominated by him or by a Minister of State at his Department to any State appointment since 9 March...
- Flood Relief
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a project (details supplied) in County Kerry will be prioritised for flood prevention works in view of the many homes that...
- Capital Spending
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the net impact on jobs of changes agreed for capital spending in his Department and the nature of all studies which he has...
- Public Service Recruitment Embargo
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the operation of the public service embargo in 2011; the number of additional posts that have been...
- Departmental Staff
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the names of agencies which provide staff for all Departments of the public sector; the services they...
- Public Capital Programme
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress of the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32724/11]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- State Agencies
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will confirm the total number of State agencies, independent statutory bodies, State boards or other quangos which...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the names of all persons nominated by him or by a Minister of State at his Department to any State appointment since 9 March...
- Innovation Fund Ireland
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total spend on Innovation Fund Ireland in each of the years from its foundation to 2016; and if he will make a statement...
- Science Foundation Ireland
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the numbers of researchers to be supported under the Science Foundation Ireland funding in each of the years 2012 to 2016...
- Employment Statistics
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will estimate the expected employment levels for second quarter of 2012 and the end of 2012; and if he will make a...
- Economic Growth
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the levels of growth in the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the expedited levels of growth for quarter 1, quarter 2,...
- Department of Social Protection
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that FÁS recently removed funding to community employment schemes (details supplied); the...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when redundancy payment will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
- State Agencies
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm the total number of State agencies, independent statutory bodies, State boards or other quangos which currently exist...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for an invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views in regard to the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20; and her further views on whether persons are penalised for...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on appeal by a person (details supplied). [34942/11]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the work of the group established to examine the position of part-time firefighters in relation to their...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the names of all persons nominated by her or by a Minister of State at her Department to any State appointment since 9 March 2011. [34990/11]
- Community Development
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35005/11]
- Social Welfare Offices
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the times in which all social welfare service offices throughout the country are manned in tabular form; when they are available to speak...
- Social Insurance Fund
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the levels of the social insurance fund each year from 2007 to 2011; the size of the deficit in the social insurance fund in absolute and...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a case (details supplied) following a representation made regarding the JobBridge scheme on 6 October...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
- State Agencies
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will confirm the total number of State agencies, independent statutory bodies, State boards or other quangos which...
- Grant Payments
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will consider making grant aid available to students from disadvantaged backgrounds to enable them to attend Irish...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the names of all persons nominated by him or by a Minister of State at his Department to any State appointment since 9...
- Commonage Division
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to take account of the special circumstances of a small number of farmers (details supplied) in the Owenduff,...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- State Agencies
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm the total number of State agencies, independent statutory bodies, State boards or other...
- Fisheries Conservation
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the species of fish that may currently be harvested by driftnet on the River Fergus, County Clare; and if he...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the names of all persons nominated by him or by a Minister of State at his Department to any State appointment...
- Fishing Licences
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Inland Fisheries Ireland plan to introduce coarse fishing licences or permits; if Inland Fisheries Ireland...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Grant Payments
Question 176: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide adequate financial and HR support to organisations in situations where cuts that he makes...
- State Agencies
Question 177: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm the total number of State agencies, independent statutory bodies, State boards or other...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 178: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review and amend the legislation that prevents local authorities from publishing the names of...
- Fire Stations
Question 179: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to provide adequate funding to upgrade the Tallaght fire station, Dublin 24; and if he will make a...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 180: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the names of all persons nominated by him or by a Minister of State at his Department to any State...
- Waste Management
Question 181: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider the views of a business person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Grant Payments
Question 182: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when a group (details supplied) will receive payment for the LEADER grant contract they were approved...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 184: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will issue policy guidelines and directives to local authorities to enable them, when allocating...
- Water Pollution
Question 185: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason there was no investigation carried out into the leaking of oil into the Camlin river, County...
- Private Housing Developments
Question 186: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the numbering of houses in private developments in view of the difficulties that can...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 187: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the levels of social housing he expects to provide in 2012; if it is the case that even a portion of the...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- State Agencies
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm the total number of State agencies, independent statutory bodies, State boards or other quangos which currently...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied). [34951/11]
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will issue on a vetting application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [34952/11]
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the names of all persons nominated by him to any State appointment since 9 March 2011. [34974/11]
- Judicial Appointments
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline all judicial appointments made by him since 9 March 2011. [34975/11]
- Prison Visiting Committees
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the completion date of the mandate for the visiting committee of each prison; his plans for the future appointment of such committees;...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the capital allocation funding that will be given to the prison service building programme for specific use on Cork Prison. [34993/11]
- Prison Accommodation
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to end over-crowding at Cork Prison and Mountjoy Prison, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34994/11]
- Prison Education Service
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to improve education and training facilities in each of the prisons in the State. [34996/11]
- Irish Prison Service
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify whether the Irish Prison Service within its capital allocation budget for development of key prison related IT...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views that there will be an increase in the Justice Capital Investment Programme after 12 months time; the basis for his revisiting...
- Prisoner Releases
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners who have benefited from early release in each of the past five years; and the categories of offences for which...
- Penal Policy Review Group
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for establishing a Penal Policy Review Group; if he will provide the group's terms of reference; the way this group will...
- Mental Health Services
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which he will establish an interdepartmental group to consider the issue of persons with mental illness coming into the...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford was moved to Cork; if he will facilitate their return to County Wexford; and...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make...
- Visa Applications
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the visa requirements for Kuwait nationals who wish to visit family members studying or working here; his views on whether these...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fines given to cyclists in Dublin city who have been caught breaking red lights and or cycling on pedestrian footpaths in...
- Garda Strength
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank in the Garda national drugs unit and the Criminal Assets Bureau; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Transport
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an additional Garda public order unit and an additional marked Garda vehicle for a station (details supplied) in...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Defence the names of all persons nominated by him or by a Minister of State at his Department to any State appointment since 9 March 2011. [34981/11]
- Departmental Staff
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide the names of agencies that provide staff to his Department; the services they provide; the cost to the State of those services,...
- Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
- On-Farm Investment Schemes
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, further to Parliamentary Question No. 413 of 8 November 2011, if he will verify that the principle of [i]force majeure[/i]...
- State Agencies
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm the total number of State agencies, independent statutory bodies, State boards or other quangos which...
- Grant Payments
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cavan will receive their single farm payment and disadvantaged area payment; and...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the names of all persons nominated by him or by a Minister of State at his Department to any State appointment since 9...
- Grant Payments
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Staff
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the names of agencies which provide staff to his Department; the services they provide; the cost to the...
- Department of Health
- Foster Care
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a sum of €500 per child is currently being deducted from foster carers in...
- State Agencies
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will confirm the total number of State agencies, independent statutory bodies and State boards or other quangos which...
- Adoption Services
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reasons for the delays in adopted persons being granted access to their files relating to Seán Ross Abbey which are being...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the names of all persons nominated by her or by a Minister of State at her Department to any State appointment since 9 March...
- Youth Services
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will indicate to an organisation (details supplied) the way she is measuring value for money; and if reductions in funding...
- Community Development
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide adequate financial and HR support to organisations in situations where cuts that she makes to funding of...
- Inter-County Adoptions
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will review a matter (details supplied) in respect of inter-country adoptions. [35169/11]
- State Agencies
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the total number of State agencies, independent statutory bodies, State boards or other quangos which currently exist within his...
- Health Practitioners' Qualifications
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the recognition of an Italian qualification in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Staff
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the delay in appointing the necessary staff to the promised, and agreed, stroke unit at Cavan General Hospital; the steps he will...
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that general practitioners do not charge medical card top up fees for blood tests. [34919/11]
- Medical Cards
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if the processing of the...
- Croke Park Agreement
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health the aspects of the Croke Park agreement, such as an 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. working day and a 5-7 workday week, that have been implemented; the areas of the...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health the names of all persons appointed by him or by a Minister of State at his Department to any State board since 9 March 2011. [34986/11]
- Medical Cards
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the following case regarding a person's (details supplied) in Dublin 6 difficulty in receiving a medical card. [35025/11]
- Health Services
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive is failing to reply to representatives on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health the reason local drugs task force and community employment scheme managers were not consulted or made aware of the new eligibility rules for special...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health when he expects building works to commence on the new national children's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35060/11]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health the total spent on health in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; if he would also indicate the percentage of GDP spent on health in each of the same years and...
- Health Service Staff
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health the total number of staff employed in the Health Service Executive and his Department each year from 2008 to 2011; and if he will make a statement on...
- Hospital Services
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant histopathologists currently in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; the number of persons on the waiting list to see the consultant;...
- Health Services
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to provide a home care package to allow for the discharge of a 21 month old child (details supplied). [35158/11]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- State Agencies
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm the total number of State agencies, independent statutory bodies, State boards or other quangos which...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funds remain in place to build an all weather pitch at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 15. [34920/11]
- Departmental Funding
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications received from Wicklow County Council in respect of funding for walkways under the jobs initiative...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the names of all persons nominated by him or by a Minister of State at his Department to any State appointment since 9 March...
- Taxi Regulations
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the following case (details supplied). [35026/11]
- Road Network
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total figure for funds he has ring-fenced for the A5 through Northern Ireland to Derry providing access to County Donegal,...
- Road Signage
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider introducing colour coded signs indicating the days and times in which bus lanes are available for cars and...
- Capital Investment Programme
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will give further and more detailed information on the infrastructure and capital investment 2012 to 2016 Medium Term...
- Rail Services
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an updated report on the position regarding, including timeframe, the plan for the electrification of the...
- Road Network
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Slane bypass has now been postponed beyond 2016 in view of the curtailment of capital spending at his Department. [35163/11]
- Public Transport Projects
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount of money spent by him on the Metro North project since 1 March 2011. [35164/11]
