Written answers

Thursday, 17 November 2011

  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Performance Management Systems
      Question 15: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on reports that senior civil servants are scared of judging staff and that just nine out of 17,728 civil servants...
    • Job Creation
      Question 16: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his net projected employment gain from the capital and expenditure budget cuts year on year from 2012 to 2016 taking into...
    • Public Service Reform
      Question 17: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to protect key front-line services such as health, gardaí and fire services in order that they will not be...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 18: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of former Secretaries General in receipt of public sector pensions while currently employed in a public body and or...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 19: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the number of public sector workers employed as constituency staff for each of the Government's Ministers...
    • Croke Park Agreement
      Question 20: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the next review of the Croke Park Agreement will be published; if this will be published before Budget 2012; and if he...
    • Capital Investment Programme
      Question 21: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a regulatory impact assessment was carried out in relation to the infrastructure and capital investment plan 2012 to 2016;...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 22: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider, as an emergency measure, a legislative change to add two additional pension income bands and associated...
    • Job Losses
      Question 23: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he foresees job losses within the national lottery with the introduction of a profit line rather than a simple management...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 24: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider permanently removing the appointment of Secretaries General to the top level appointment committee. [35180/11]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 25: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views that it is acceptable for former Ministers to receive Oireachtas pensions while being employed by an EU institution...
    • Constitutional Amendments
      Question 26: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of the recently failed referendum on Oireachtas inquiries including costs incurred in relation to the draft scheme of...
    • Flood Defence Managment
      Question 28: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps being taken to address flood risks within the Shannon basin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34922/11]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 29: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of the current Secretaries General who will benefit from added years and special severance payments on retirement....
    • Public Service Appointments
      Question 32: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the number of outstanding applications for public service appointment replacements when the post is...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 33: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has carried out or intends to carry out a cost benefit analysis of the use of agency staff and private contractors who...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 34: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views that an annual public service pension in excess of €100,000 is appropriate. [35193/11]
    • Public Service Contracts
      Question 37: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps being taken to assist small business in obtaining public contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Sale of State Assets
      Question 38: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when will he begin the programme of commercial semi-State asset disposal and private investment. [35195/11]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 40: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the names of agencies which provide staff for the public sector; the services they provide; the cost to the...
    • Local Authority Remuneration
      Question 41: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider implementing a system to collate within his Department the annual pay and pension payments to local...
    • Public Service Staff
      Question 42: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the mechanism used to determine service needs in the context of the redeployment of public servants; if that is done by line...
    • Public Service Reform
      Question 43: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the avenues available to citizens and civil society groups into the reform of our public services; and if he will make a...
    • Noxious Weeds
      Question 44: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that large areas of the Phoenix Park, Dublin, are infested with ragwort; and if he...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 45: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a list of the private rental properties leased by him; the location of each property; the annual...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 46: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of former Secretaries General in receipt of public sector pensions whilst currently employed in a public...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      Question 48: To ask the Minister for Finance if the introduction of a 21% VAT charge to the admission fee to visitor farms from 1 January 2012 will be abolished or reduced in order to promote...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 49: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of the private rental properties leased by him; the location of each property; the annual value of each lease; if each...
    • Tax Reliefs
      Question 50: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons availing of tax relief under section 482 of the Taxes Consolidation 1997 Act; and the cost to the Exchequer. [35291/11]
    • EU-IMF Programme
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of loans drawn down to date from each source under the EU-IMF programme of financial support for Ireland; the expected drawdown date,...
    • Tax Code
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for Finance the proportion of income earners exempt from income tax in 2011. [35303/11]
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Finance if he or the Financial Regulator has had any contact with the covered institutions on incentivising tracker mortgage holders to make lump sum...
    • Ministerial Allowances
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of the dual abode allowance for Ministers for each of the years 2008, 2009 and 2010; and if he will provide details of the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money which would be raised in a full calendar year by raising the top rate of VAT by 1% and by 2%. [35326/11]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Accommodation
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding for a permanent additional classroom will be provided for a school (details supplied) in County Galway instead of the rental...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be approved for a student grant. [35218/11]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for funding in respect of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of changes to both the economy and the jobs market which have required persons to retrain and adapt in accordance with...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements that will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly who has 12 weeks' work experience to...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of the private rental properties leased by him; the location of each property; the annual value of each lease;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provision for new schools and school building works for Dublin South West under the recently announced capital programme; if he will...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue on an application for a special maintenance grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the proposed new secondary community school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of employees across the third level sector earning €100,000 or more; the number earning €125,000 or more; the number...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding postgraduate cuts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35342/11]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the list of new schools in County Clare to be constructed by 2017 as outlined in the recent review of capital...
    • Bullying in Schools
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to facilitate the uptake of a programme (details supplied) within the school system; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when a higher education grant will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of former Secretaries General in receipt of public sector pensions while currently employed in a public body or State agency...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Relief
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding a certain flood relief project (details supplied); and if he will confirm when a decision on funding is...
    • Tax Code
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the structural arrangements in place to facilitate Oireachtas Members not taking their full salary; the number of Oireachtas...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expected departmental receipts, appropriations-in-aid, for 2011 by Department and by category of receipt within each...
    • National Lottery Licence
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to hold an open contest for the national lottery licence in advance of the expiry of the current arrangement with An...
    • Budgetary Measures
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the policy measures he intends to put in place in tandem with the Department of Finance to tackle the competing budget...
    • Local Loans Fund
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works sourced Small Dwelling Act loans on the open market in 1984 or if this money was provided from...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of the private rental properties leased by him; the location of each property; the annual value of...
    • Electronic Invoicing
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of using paper invoices; the timetable for implementing e-invoicing; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Capital Expenditure
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of the significant under-spend in capital projects up to end of October, the current expected out-turn in capital...
    • National Lottery Licence
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the arrangements that applied when the existing national lottery licence was awarded to An Post;...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the required appropriate assessment was not undertaken, and in order to avoid a breach of the habitats directive, if he...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the register for lobbyists and rules concerning the practice of lobbying; and if he will make a...
    • Constitutional Amendments
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ask an all-party Oireachtas committee to review the outcome of the recent referendum on Oireachtas inquiries; and...
    • Public Service Contracts
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he had examined ways and means of reducing costs to the Exchequer arising from public procurement; and if...
    • Public Service Reform
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which adequate sources of reform have been identified to reduce costs to the Exchequer in line with commitments...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied regarding the extent to which waste has been eliminated throughout each Department; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which it is anticipated that staff reductions throughout the public sector will yield the economies anticipated...
    • Insurance Industry
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which reforms in the insurance sector including health insurance is likely to facilitate reductions in...
    • EU-IMF Programme
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects to be in a position to meet targets set in conjunction with the EU-IMF bailout; and if he will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which the optimum balance is likely to be achieved between capital and current expenditure in order to meet...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • Job Creation
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is satisfied that costs affecting the economic situation here have been adequately addressed over the past five years;...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a list of the private rental properties leased by him; the location of each property; the annual value of...
    • Credit Guarantee Scheme
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the introduction of a partial loan guarantee scheme; if he will provide details of the work he has...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of former Secretaries General in receipt of public sector pensions while currently employed in a public body and...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reverse her rejection of the pension claim of community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors, which claim was...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be paid statutory redundancy in respect of their service with a company (details...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal for illness benefit will be processed and approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list of the private rental properties leased by her; the location of each property; the annual value of each lease;...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35299/11]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the practice of refusing to accept rent allowance payment from a person who wishes to rent a property where the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35301/11]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a more effective online system can be developed to allow persons engaging in short term work to sign off the live register, and then...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the impact of the cost of the rent supplement scheme from an addition €5 per week contribution by beneficiaries of the scheme. [35316/11]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for carer's allowance will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has not been facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35379/11]
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a derogation, was sought and granted in the past ten or 15 years for works carried out in Broadhaven Bay and Sruwaddacon...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a list of the private rental properties leased by him; the location of each property; the annual value...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will furnish a reply to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35349/11]
    • Flood Relief
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will confirm if an appropriate assessment in accordance with Article 6(3) of the Habitats Directive was undertaken by...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of former Secretaries General in receipt of public sector pensions while employed in a public body and or State...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a list of the private rental properties leased by him; the location of each property; the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the broadband scheme; the available speeds; the future upgrades in Bandon, County Cork;...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he or legislation prevents local authorities from reducing the interest rate of 12.5% charged on loans...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the expected revenue from a €100 household charge on all residences here; and the effect on the revenue...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of the private rental properties leased by him; the location of each property; the...
    • Waste Management
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has considered the effects on the viability of existing businesses in the waste collection industry...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of residential units here owned by local authorities or voluntary housing partnerships. [35310/11]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of former Secretaries General in receipt of public sector pensions while currently employed in a...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to provide security for retired taoisigh and Presidents; the total cost of this measure; and if there...
    • Rent Reviews
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Landlord and Tenant (Business Leases Review) Bill, which is a programme for Government commitment, will be published; and if...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the current campaign regarding timed-out students, that is, overseas students whose seven year...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will examine the possible implementation of an earned regularisation scheme to deal with the undocumented migrants living and...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a list of the private rental properties leased by him; the location of each property; the annual value of each...
    • Child Protection
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his position on fake allegations of child sexual abuse in the family courts regarding child custody; if legislation will be introduced...
    • State Visits
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality, further to Parliamentary Question No. 408 of the 19 July 2011 (details supplied) regarding the impact on the budget for Garda in crime...
    • Garda Transport
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if in view of the fact that there is a shortage of up to ten squad cars in the Kerry division of An Garda Síochána, his plans to deal...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will give a guarantee that the 150 persons who were offered training places in An Garda Síochána in the most recent recruitment...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No 202 of the 20 of October 2011, the way it can be suggested that the person concerned arrived in...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status and further requirements if any to facilitate regularisation of status and or naturalisation in the case...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when it might be possible to regularise residency and or naturalisation to facilitate employment in the case of a person...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when Stamp 4 will be updated to facilitate continuation of employment in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15;...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement...
    • Travel Documents
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if emergency travel documents will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when an application for naturalisation will be deemed valid in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if...
    • Departmental Reviews
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality, further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 27 September 2011, if all of the circumstances normally taken into account were fully...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of former Secretaries General who are in receipt of public sector pensions while employed in a public body or State agency....
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a list of the private rental properties leased by him; the location of each property; the annual value of each lease; if each...
    • Army Barracks
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will confirm without further delay that there will be no change to the status of Dún Uí Neill Barracks, Cavan, due to its importance as a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of former Secretaries General who are in receipt of public sector pensions while employed in a public body or State agency. [35783/11]
  • Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
    • Noxious Weeds
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the enforcement of fines and penalties on landowners who do not comply with the regulation in respect of the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of the private rental properties leased by him; the location of each property; the annual value...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an appeal against a decision to not consider a single farm payment under the national reserve scheme...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific programmes funded under the 2011 capital allocation heading of development of agriculture and food and other;...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 435 of 20 September 2011, if he will provide an update on a case (details supplied);...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set down the number of former Secretaries General in receipt of public sector pensions while currently employed in a...
  • Department of Health
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her position and that of the Health Service Executive in relation to recruitment of the 60 extra social workers for 2011; and if...
    • Inter-County Adoptions
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps that have been taken to authorise the Adoption Authority to commence negotiations with the Ethiopian authorities in...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a list of the private rental properties leased by her; the location of each property; the annual value of...
    • Missing Persons
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if funding has been made available to the Health Service Executive to meet the cost of the 116000 hotline for missing children;...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a fair deal application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Crisis Pregnancy Services
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health the number of service providers in receipt of funding through the crisis pregnancy programme based in County Galway; and the amount received this...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for a medical card holder to receive an appointment with an ophthalmic surgeon at Kerry General Hospital; and if the Health Service...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out, in tabular form, the private rental properties leased by him; the location of each property; the annual value of each lease; if...
    • Health Services
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a plan has not been put in place to assist a stroke victim (details supplied) with speech therapy and physiotherapy. [35258/11]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will be given a date to have an operation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding funding for disability services in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Closures
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of the full report outlining the reasons and the case made to justify the closure of Abbeyleix hospital, County Laois; and...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 225: 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. [35282/11]
    • Health Services
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health the aftercare services provided to persons who have suffered a stroke, once discharged from hospital; if these services include counselling to deal...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health if he remains committed to co-funding the new radiotherapy centre at Altnagalvin Hospital in Derry together with the Northern Executive in view of...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health the specific services for clients which are covered by the fair deal nursing home scheme; his plans to review the level of cover; and if he will make...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health if he is processing a grant application by an organisation (details supplied) in County Dublin for respite care. [35384/11]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the works to be carried out by the Health Service Executive at St. Vincents Hospital, Athy, County Kildare following an...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health if he will give an assurance that any cuts to health in Budget 2012 will not affect services provided by St. Michael's House, Ballymun Road, Dublin...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health when it is expected the terms of the fair deal scheme will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the assistance available to a club (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35207/11]
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of the private rental properties leased by him; the location of each property; the annual value of...
    • Public Transport
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Bus Éireann has removed routes from areas that have been bypassed by motorways (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of money put into subsidising the running of the Luas rail system in the greater Dublin area between October 2010 to...
    • Road Network
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the initial agreement between him, the British Government and Northern Ireland Assembly regarding the commitment...
    • Coast Guard Service
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if adequate funding has been provided in the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme 2012 to 2016 to carry out the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of former Secretaries General in receipt of public sector pensions whilst currently employed in a public body and or...