Written answers

Tuesday, 22 November 2011

  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • Job Creation
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs that will be created over the next two years as a result of the State's enterprise strategy which will see...
    • County Enterprise Boards
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if any county and city enterprise boards could be abolished or merged as part of the rationalisation of State agencies being...
    • Industrial Disputes
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has responded to the letter handed to him recently by workers (details supplied) and members of Mandate in Dún...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide figures for the average waiting time for an applicant to have a rights commissioner hearing between 2005...
    • EU Funding
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which Irish enterprise has made contact through his Department or directly with the relevant EU Commissioner...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps taken by him to reform the enterprise development sector. [35958/11]
    • EU Directives
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the discussions that he has had with regard to the transposition of the temporary agency workers directive. [35959/11]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a list of the agencies under the auspices of his Department; the amounts made available to each and their...
    • Job Creation
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which the relevant personnel within his Department have focused on the various issues affecting, impeding or...
    • Units of Measurement
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the continued use of imperial size fittings in the plumbing trade and the unnecessary...
    • Job Creation
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the targets he has set for job creation every year through the four year budget cycle outlined in the medium term fiscal...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of public service jobs that have been outsourced since he took office; the Departments and bodies from which they...
    • Sick Pay Scheme
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he was consulted, and his view on the impact on employment, of the proposal to transfer responsibility for paying sick pay...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the policy directives given to enterprise support services under the auspices of his Department, with reference to the...
    • Job Protection
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the consideration he has given to developing a job retention scheme for viable business to keep workers in employment rather...
    • North-South Co-operation
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to develop the proposals for an all-Ireland approach to the development of the labour market with his...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • National Statistics
      Question 85: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide the figures for net financial assets of households and non-profit institutions serving households for the years 2008, 2009, and 2010; and if...
    • Constitutional Convention
      Question 86: To ask the Taoiseach if the proposed constitutional convention will be independent of the Oireachtas in the exercise of its function; if it will be open-ended in its remit and...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 88: To ask the Taoiseach 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. [35496/11]
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 89: To ask the Taoiseach 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 lease is...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 90: To ask the Taoiseach if he has made any arrangements to meet with the family of human rights solicitor Pat Finucane. [35499/11]
    • Information Technology
      Question 91: To ask the Taoiseach the number of computer servers that are leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department; the amount of capacity on each server;...
    • National Statistics
      Question 93: To ask the Taoiseach the levels of employment, total numbers employed at the end of the years 2008, 2009, 2010, first quarter of 2011, second quarter of 2011, third quarter of 2011...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 94: To ask the Taoiseach the changes he has made to the system of appointments to State boards since coming to office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35352/11]
    • Civil Service Staff
      Question 95: To ask the Taoiseach the number of former Secretaries General in receipt of public sector pensions whilst currently employed in a public body and or State agency. [35791/11]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 96: To ask the Taoiseach if he will detail the staff and other costs of the supports for the Tánaiste in place within his Department. [35982/11]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 102: To ask the Taoiseach if former holders of the Office of Attorney General have been appointed to State boards by the current or former Governments; the details of such appointments...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Economic and Monetary Union
      Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his reaction to comments from the French President, Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy, predicting that a two-speed Europe will...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the civil society and human rights groups he met with during his recent visit to Moscow to chair a meeting of the...
    • Information Technology
      Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of computer servers that are leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his policy with regard to the long-standing United Nations commitment to hold a referendum on the issue of...
    • Security of Aid Workers
      Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the kidnapping of one Italian and two Spanish aid workers from the Saharawi...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding a passport in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons currently working in each of the passport offices by grade; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the names of agencies which provide staff for his Department and for bodies and agencies under its aegis; the...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the representations which he has made to the Iraqi authorities regarding Camp Ashraf; if he has been in contact with...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if former holders of the Office of Attorney General have been appointed to State boards by the current or former...
  • Department of Finance
    • Interest Rates
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance the efforts he has made to ensure that reductions in the ECB interest rate are passed on to the end user in the business community. [36215/11]
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans, if any, to expand the medical criteria to include blind persons for a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Information Technology
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of computer servers that are leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department; the amount of capacity on...
    • Tax Code
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance if, as part of budget 2012, he will consider reducing the VAT rate applying to artisan makers of musical instruments here from the higher rate of...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance if developers who are paid by the National Asset Management Agency to manage their property assets are treated as employees or contractors; if they...
    • Interest Rates
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to make the mortgage rates of the various lenders in the financial market come out more to be in line with the ECB rate. [35820/11]
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Finance if the July 2011 stress tests carried out by the Central Bank of Ireland were compromised in the following respects: was the quality assurance and...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a disabled person (details supplied) was refused vehicle registration tax exemption on the purchase of a car; and if he will make a...
    • Tobacco Smuggling
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider imposing a significant minimum fine of €10,000 for tobacco smuggling on the basis that in the second quarter of 2011, the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider not imposing extra tax on cigarettes on the grounds that it may encourage further tobacco smuggling. [35914/11]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail the roles and responsibilities of the newly appointed special adviser (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fiscal Statement
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance the impact of half a per cent growth reduction in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 from the growth projections contained in the mid-term financial review...
    • Interest Rates
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has consulted the public interest directors in Bank of Ireland regarding the decision of the bank not to pass the ECB rate reductions on to...
    • Tax Code
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will abolish the dual abode allowance for Ministers; the way the relief is availed of; the allowances that can be availed of; the way it is...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the mortgage market and particularly on the IBF PWC Mortgage Profile for Q3 2011 recently published; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Responsibilities
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an organisational chart detailing officials and their responsibilities within his Department. [36092/11]
    • Bank Guarantee Scheme
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 15 November 2011, if he will provide details on the consultations between the Central Bank of Ireland...
    • Tax Code
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have sought to apply the removal of benefit-in-kind in respect of the provision of crèche facilities for employees'...
    • Bank Guarantee Scheme
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 15 November 2011, the frequency with which approval from the ECB for exceptional liquidity assistance...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Finance the names all persons currently on the senior management teams in each of the State controlled banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Reliefs
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that his predecessor announced in budget 2010 that he would introduce a scheme to give standard tax...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is due a refund on their disability grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36288/11]
    • Bank Guarantee Scheme
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 15 November 2011, if the Central Bank of Ireland needs approval from the ECB to write-off the ELA to...
    • Tax Code
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the betting levy to remote, on-line and phone betting operators; the way this extended levy will be collected; the amount he...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance if former holders of the Office of Attorney General have been appointed to State boards by the current or former Governments; the details of such...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a further 12 weeks must be completed post-Christmas 2011 in respect of a FÁS course already undertaken by a person (details...
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the institutions of the vocational education committee are exempt from freedom of information requests; if so, should a situation...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the redundancy apprentice scheme to enable young apprentices to finish their trade and financed through FÁS has been abolished; if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school building project (details supplied) in County Mayo; when it will be allowed to proceed to tender....
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will verify the media reports that emerged over the weekend which stated that the grant scheme for postgraduate students will be...
    • Information Technology
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of computer servers that are leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department; and the...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a payment will issue to a former special needs assistant (details supplied) who is currently unemployed; and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will support the proposals for developing provision for students of post-primary age with multiple disability and visual...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application made by a school (details supplied) in County Limerick for funding; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an application for emergency works to be undertaken at a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny;...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal application for a third level maintenance grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and...
    • Skills Development
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available to ensure that graduates of non-performing industries have the option of returning to education for further...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the FÁS training centre at Baldoyle, Dublin, will be in a position to organise repeat examinations for phase 2 of the...
    • School Closures
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35768/11]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills, further to Parliamentary Question No. 254 of May 2011, when he will address the health and safety issues pertaining to a school...
    • Higher Education Policy
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is planning on establishing a national academy for the enhancement of teaching and learning in third level education; the role...
    • Infrastructure Investment Plan
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the specific projects that he plans for County Donegal arising from the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Plan...
    • School Staffing
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of absentee rates for primary and secondary school teachers for the past ten years; and, if known, the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the monitoring he conducts on the effective use of resource hours for individual students; if he is satisfied with...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an over-run of costs for a school building project (details supplied); if he accepts the detailed engineering...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expand the eligibility criteria for the Springboard initiative to include persons in receipt of the back to work enterprise...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a redundancy payment was not paid in respect of an employee (details supplied) of his Department; if said employee can now...
    • School Transport
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills, following the transfer of the role of transport liaison officer from the vocational education committees to Bus Éireann, if he will...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for emergency works at a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the pupils of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo are being discriminated against due to the fact that he has not...
    • School Transport
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will extend the existing primary school bus service to persons (details supplied). [36125/11]
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial help currently available to a young person (details supplied) with family commitments to enable them to take up a...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the pension entitlements of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36149/11]
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will deal with a matter (details supplied) regarding the statutory trust fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has not been facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36178/11]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons employed by the Higher Education Authority by grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36187/11]
    • Third Level Courses
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Irish students, UK students, EU students excluding the UK and non-EU students currently enrolled in each of the third...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of tuition fees received by each third level institution here for the years 2006 to 2010, inclusive, and to-date in 2011;...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether the portion of the interventions funded by the European Globalisation Fund programme for 9,000 workers made redundant in the...
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vocational education committees that own their office buildings; and the expiry dates on leases of VEC buildings that are...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will re-examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo who is seeking to be granted recognition of completing an...
    • School Transport
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason school transport arrangements are being altered in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the reason this...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow for a site and building works; and if...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if former holders of the Office of Attorney General have been appointed to State boards by the current or former Governments; the...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • National Lottery
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if consideration has been given to allowing shops or newsagents in the North to sell tickets for the national lottery of...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the re-introduction of the Construction Contracts Bill; if the revised Bill will address the concerns...
    • Election Management System
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total costs in wages paid to polling clerks for Dáil, local, European and presidential elections, broken down per...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 4 October 2011, if he will confirm the whereabouts of the bronze sheet; if the...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans in place to implement a long-term strategy to prevent future flood damage in Dublin city, particularly in areas...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he would consider advancing the lump sum payment to those who took advantage of the early retirement scheme, particularly...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding improvement works on the Dunkellin river, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Stations
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of money allocated to building a new Garda station at a location (details supplied) in County Cork; if this is...
    • Information Technology
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of computer servers that are leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department; and...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual salary awarded to a person (details supplied) recently appointed special adviser to the Minister for Finance; if...
    • Public Procurement
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the value of public tenders for the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011. [35797/11]
    • Infrastructure Investment Plan
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the specific projects that he plans for County Donegal arising from the infrastructure and capital...
    • Constitutional Referendums
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total cost, including an itemised breakdown, of the Referendum Commission in respect of the thirtieth amendment to the...
    • Public Sector Staff
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a full break down by sector, health, education, local authority and so on, of the numbers of employees...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 231 of 15 November 2011, in respect of former holders of the Office of Attorney General...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the names of agencies which provide staff for his Department and for bodies and agencies under its aegis; the services they...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if former holders of the Office of Attorney General have been appointed to State boards by the current or former Governments;...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • Third Level Institutions
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the programme for research in third level institutions will proceed as announced last July; and if he will make a...
    • Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he would review the Casual Trading Act in regard to the sale of illegal cigarettes as the current fine for selling them...
    • Information Technology
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of computer servers that are leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department;...
    • Infrastructure Investment Plan
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline the specific projects that he plans for County Donegal arising from the infrastructure and capital...
    • Competition Law (1 comment)
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will ask the Competition Authority to undertake an investigation into the operation of the cement industry; and if he...
    • Job Protection
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress made to date on protecting employment at a company (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make...
    • Job Creation
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on how the innovation fund is contributing to job creation; and how the fund is currently being used. [32728/11]
    • Trade Relations
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of trade between Japan and Ireland for the years 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the names of agencies which provide staff for his Department and for bodies and agencies under its aegis; the services they...
    • Job Creation
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he has evaluated the potential for job creation on an annual basis over the next five years through...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which he has identified issues that might impede competitiveness in the areas for which his Department has...
    • Job Creation
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created in each of the past three years and to date in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Job Initiative
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of positions filled arising from the job initiative; the degree to which this can be enhanced; and if he will...
    • Job Losses
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he has further examined precise reasons for the relocation of various enterprises from this to other...
    • Research Funding
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he has had recent discussions with the EU Commissioner with responsibility for research, innovation and...
    • Job Creation
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he is focused on job creation in the manufacturing and service sectors with particular reference to...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if former holders of the Office of Attorney General have been appointed to State boards by the current or former...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify if the commitments made by her in relation to older persons through the recent universal periodic review process mean...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the date on which she will introduce gender recognition legislation. [35668/11]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of small holders in receipt of farm assistance. [35817/11]
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of places available on the rural social scheme at present. [35818/11]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors and their claim for a pension scheme; if her attention...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the proposed transfer of all housing related matters, including the management and payment of rent allowances or supplements...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal in relation to the decision to find a person (details supplied) in County Cavan ineligible for...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the manner in which she discriminates against children born through surrogacy who are legally resident in this country...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the basis on which it was decided by a medical officer that a person (details supplied) in County Kildare was not unfit for work despite...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the income guideline criteria she sets for carer's allowance applications; if she takes into account existing fixed outgoings of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, further to Parliamentary Question No. 114 of 20 October 2011, if she will set out the factual position in respect of entitlement to a...
    • Information Technology
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of computer servers that are owned by her Department and each State agency under her aegis; the amount of capacity on each...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the realistic alternatives available to persons when their illness benefit runs out and who are refused Invalidity pension as the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for domiciliary care allowance will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal for a carer's allowance will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Civil Registration
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for new birth certificates that have been received by the General Register Office or local offices from...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the entitlements and procedures applying to self-employed persons whose business has collapsed and who need social...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for back to school assistance will be approved under review in view of the hardship of the case in respect of a person...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm the status of an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will indicate the progress to date in the determination of entitlement to an increase of illness benefit payment in respect of a...
    • Public Procurement
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details in relation to the number and value of State capital construction project contracts awarded by her to...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are any plans to reinstate a Christmas bonus for persons in receipt of certain social welfare payments after 2011; and if she...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason that, in information literature from her, the net social welfare spend is not emphasised in view of the fact that the social...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the review of JobBridge will include an examination of measures that would allow single parents to participate in the scheme while...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the appeal will be finalised in relation to the denial of State pension transition in respect of a person (details supplied). [35802/11]
    • Infrastructure Investment Plan
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the specific projects that she plans for County Donegal arising from the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Plan...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal against a decision not to award illness benefit to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; if she...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their redundancy payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal against a decision not to award disability allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; if...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the protection that will be given to welfare recipients who are forced to refuse FÁS courses following the cessation of funding for child...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an oral hearing on an appeal against a decision in respect of an application for carer's allowance by a person...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) will be made homeless due to the delay in dealing with their...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when payment will issue in respect of an application for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a redundancy application in respect of a person (details supplied). [36071/11]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has decided to cut the half-rate carer's allowance received by more than 21,000 family carers by 40% in budget 2012; if not, if she...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue in regard to an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway;...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when redundancy payment will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [36124/11]
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if PPS numbers of the seller or purchaser are required as part of the sale, purchase or registration of land, and if they are not, if she...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for carer's benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to any cross-checking between the Health Service Executive and her Department regarding information...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the names of agencies which provide staff for her Department and for bodies and agencies under its aegis; the services they provide; the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the IBEC proposal to use a smart card for the payment of child benefit; if she will detail the pros and cons of same; and if...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [36265/11]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has a breakdown available regarding claims for illness benefit between public sector and private sector employees, if she will...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the cutbacks to the community employment scheme, the community services programme, the rural social scheme, local...
    • Anti-Poverty Strategy
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the targets in the national action plan for social inclusion; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if former holders of the Office of Attorney General have been appointed to State boards by the current or former Governments; the details...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Information Technology
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of computer servers that are leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department;...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total cost of construction of the new pier on Inis Mór; the financial contribution from Galway County Council towards...
    • Infrastructure Investment Plan
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will outline the specific projects that he plans for County Donegal arising from the Infrastructure and Capital...
    • Arts Funding
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has received an application for funding in respect of a project (details supplied); when a decision will issue; if...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the names of agencies which provide staff for his Department and for bodies and agencies under its aegis; the services they...
    • Irish Film Board
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will respond to a matter (details supplied) regarding the Irish Film Board; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if former holders of the Office of Attorney General have been appointed to State boards by the current or former...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of applications for the warmer homes scheme that have been received from County Mayo; the number of...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will accept that there is a need to set terms of reference for the Environment Protection Agency in...
    • Inland Fisheries
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the basis for his decision to allow 4,800 salmon to be caught and/or killed on the River Nore in 2012; the...
    • Television Reception
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Saorview service will be available to all households in the North. [35457/11]
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress of delivery of the rural broadband scheme; the expected timeframe for delivery into people's...
    • Information Technology
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of computer servers that are leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his...
    • Postal Services
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made on the introduction of a national postcode system, as per the Communications Regulation...
    • Television Licence Fee
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a more affordable system of television licensing would be put in place for operators of multiple...
    • Infrastructure Investment Plan
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline the specific projects that he plans for County Donegal arising from the Infrastructure and...
    • Prospecting Licences
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the fact that the legal ownership rights to 27,000 square miles of oil and gas were sold in 1958...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will meet with the Rush Community Council, County Dublin, on the EirGrid project in the town; and if he...
    • Emergency Call Answering Service
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the emergency call centre at Ballyshannon, County Donegal; his plans to relocate the...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the names of agencies which provide staff for his Department and for bodies and agencies under its aegis; the...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the projected increases in oil and gas prices expected over coming years due to increasing demand...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if former holders of the Office of Attorney General have been appointed to State boards by the current or...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Security of the Elderly
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if an updated panic alarm will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the second instalment of the commitment to provide €100 million in fast-start finance...
    • Emergency Homeless Accommodation
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the average cost for providing emergency homeless accommodation per person; and if he will make a statement...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there is any scope for exemptions to the tax on the non-principal private residence that offer relief to...
    • Litter Pollution
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of revenue that would be generated if a 2 cent levy was placed on a packet of chewing gum; and if...
    • Fire Services
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has complied with relevant guidelines and...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will give his assurance that the registration fee for architects, building surveyors and quantity...
    • Information Technology
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of computer servers that are leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if, in view of the decision to suspend many capital expenditure projects, he has any plans to review the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the potential overall costs of the monster waste water treatment plant proposed for north County Dublin; if...
    • Election Management System
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the legislation that sets out the appointment of returning officers and polling clerks for Dáil, local,...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the review of retail floor space caps in the retail planning guidelines, the review...
    • Waste Management
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the proposals, if any, he is considering relative to the waste market here; if any review of this market...
    • Motor Taxation
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has given consideration to a review of the current motor taxation system which is based on emission...
    • Community Development
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the most up to date situation regarding the outstanding RAPID application submitted by the Ballina Area...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the action he has taken in his capacity with oversight and responsibility for public expenditure to ensure...
    • Fire Services
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason Arainn Mhór Island, County Donegal, fire service only has two retained crew members when all...
    • Local Authority Services
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the plans of Dublin local authorities to undertake a systematic programme...
    • Regulatory Bodies
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he recognises the conflict of interests inherent in the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland while it...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the legal basis for imposing the monthly penalty charge of €20 for arrears of the non-principal private...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the spend to date in 2011 on the Leader programme. [35821/11]
    • Infrastructure Investment Plan
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the specific projects that he plans for County Donegal arising from the infrastructure...
    • Community Development
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to particular towns or villages throughout the country that appear to have...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it has been brought to his attention that the Sligo county manager told a meeting of Sligo County Council...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a rating authority by rating authority and national average breakdown of the commercial...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a local authority by local authority and overall national breakdown of local authority...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends to reform the shared ownership scheme for those who bought affordable housing units under the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the number of reports of metal being stolen from unoccupied houses, including central heating...
    • Community Development
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received an application from Cork City Council for funding for the regeneration programme in...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money that was funded to a group water scheme (details supplied) in County Donegal under the...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the names of agencies which provide staff for his Department and for bodies and agencies under its aegis;...
    • Motor Taxation
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the motor tax issue discussed as a matter on the Adjournment on 1 June 2011, namely...
    • Fire Services
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views that fire service response time of one hour 45 minutes in part of south Connemara is contravening...
    • Library Projects
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if funding will be provided for a project (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has issued guidelines to local authorities instructing that houses that were originally...
    • Water Services
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the Oughterard waste water treatment plant; his views of the importance of this...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views of An Taisce's use of State money to lodge objections (details supplied) to planning applications...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if former holders of the Office of Attorney General have been appointed to State boards by the current or...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
    • Residency Permits
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he was consulted regarding correspondence from his Department to the Health Service Executive, HSE, and directed to all HSE managers...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has finalised his report on the criminal justice aspects of the cash for gold trade; when this report will be published and made...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider extending the visas of US citizens residing here from one year to five years; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Information Technology
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of computer servers that are leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department; and the...
    • Departmental Reports (1 comment)
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to implement the recommendations of the An Garda Síochána training and development review group report, without delay....
    • Garda Operations
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to request the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission to examine the practices, policies and procedures of the Garda when...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will amend the law to include appropriate safeguards in which inferences are drawn from silence. [35571/11]
    • Court Procedures
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to repeal sections 21 to 24 of the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009, concerning secret detention hearings.; and if he...
    • Garda Complaints Procedures
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to eradicate delays in the handling of complaints by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission and, if necessary, allocate...
    • Deaths in Prison Custody
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to put in place an independent system for the investigation of deaths in prison. [35574/11]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce human rights-compliant amendments to inquest procedures in the form of a new Coroners Bill. [35575/11]
    • Human Trafficking
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will give consideration to extending beyond 60 days the period during which a victim of trafficking may recover and reflect on...
    • Rehabilitation of Torture Survivors
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will establish a comprehensive framework for the rehabilitation of torture survivors. [35577/11]
    • Domestic Violence
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will amend the Domestic Violence Act 1996 to include clear criteria to grant safety and barring orders and extend eligibility to...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a security licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35601/11]
    • Prison Accommodation
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to end overcrowding at Cork Prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35644/11]
    • Prison Accommodation
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to set safe custody limits for each prison in line with the recommendations of the inspector of prisons. [35647/11]
    • Temporary Release of Prisoners
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reform parole and temporary release processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35648/11]
    • Prison Accommodation
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase use of open prisons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35649/11]
    • Prison Medical Service
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase levels of investment in prison health and drug treatment over the lifetime of the Government; if he will commit...
    • Violence in Prisons
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the increase in violence in prisons here; his plans to reduce these occurrences; and if he will make...
    • Fines Act
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which he envisages the full commencement of the Fines Act 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35652/11]
    • Community Service Orders
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to monitor implementation of the Criminal Justice (Community Service) (Amendment) (No.2) Act 2011; the number of times that...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that immigration detention contravenes international human rights standards; and his plans...
    • Prison Committals
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of committals on remand during each of the last five years; the number of these persons remanded in custody who went on to...
    • Sentencing Policy
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce imprisonment as a last resort in legislation that would place a legal requirement on judges to first consider...
    • Prisoner Protection
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and percentage figure of the juvenile population at St. Patrick's Institution, Dublin, who have requested to be held on...
    • Prisoner Complaints Procedures
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to allow children held in St. Patrick's Institution, Dublin, access to an independent complaints mechanism; and if he will...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to ensure that child care legislation and standards that apply to the detention of children in other settings also apply to...
    • Prison Accommodation
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to address overcrowding in both the Dóchas Centre and Limerick female prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Prison Medical Service
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the prevalence of mental health issues among women prisoners; the need for an adequate mental health...
    • Prison Service
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to encourage and facilitate meaningful family contact between women prisoners and their children. [35664/11]
    • Prison Accommodation
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to provide mother and baby units in the Dóchas Centre and in Limerick female prison; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Anti-Racism Measures
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will introduce a new national action plan to combat racism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35669/11]
    • Equality Issues
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to give ethnicity status to members of the travelling community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35670/11]
    • International Agreements
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35671/11]
    • Anti-Racism Measures
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to step up efforts and improve data collection on racist and xenophobic incidents as well as to broaden the basis for...
    • International Agreements
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to ratify Protocol No. 12 to the European Court of Human Rights on the general prohibition of discrimination; and if he will...
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to resource the probation service to implement community sanctions as an effective sentencing option. [35680/11]
    • Council of State
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he proposed names for President Michael D. Higgins's Council of State; and if he will provide the names [35682/11]
    • Prison Medical Service
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to prevent future outbreaks of tuberculosis, TB, and other illnesses in prisons; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Court Procedures
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to allow claimants with a human rights or public interest element to their case to apply for and receive protective cost...
    • Special Criminal Court
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to abolish the Special Criminal Court. [35685/11]
    • International Agreements
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to fully incorporate the European Convention on Human Rights into law. [35686/11]
    • Immigration Appeals Mechanism
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to allow for independent oversight of decisions to refuse leave to land at ports of entry into the State; and if he will make...
    • Prison Service
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to eradicate slopping out of human waste in prisons here as a priority issue and set targets to meet this obligation; and his...
    • Prison Medical Services
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the doctor to prisoner ratio within each prison in the State; his plans to increase the attendance time of general practitioners in...
    • Drugs in Prisons
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drug-free units within the Irish Prison Service; if he will ensure that non-drug using prisoners are not accommodated...
    • Prison Committals
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to end the practice of placing mentally ill individuals in prison; his further plans to extend the court mental health...
    • Prohibition of Torture
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to ensure that law enforcement, judicial, medical and other personnel who are involved in custody, interrogation or treatment...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the residency and other such entitlements in this country that a niece of an Irish citizen has if coming from a non-EU country; the way...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects the new Explosives Bill to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35757/11]
    • Judicial Appointments
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of judicial appointments made between June 1997 and February 2011 to the District, Circuit and Supreme Courts separately;...
    • Prisoner Releases
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners who have benefitted from early release from Cork Prison in each of the past five years; and the categories of...
    • Infrastructure Investment Plan
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the specific projects that he plans for County Donegal arising from the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Plan...
    • Prisoner Releases
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current procedures and guidelines in place to facilitate the temporary release of prisoners; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Prison Service
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current rehabilitative and educational facilities available to prisoners serving sentences in prisons here; his future plans...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to legislate for and define racist crime and introduce racism as an aggravating factor in sentencing. [35849/11]
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he plans to increase resources to the Garda racial and intercultural office; the funding allocated to it for each year since its...
    • Joint Policing Committees
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to ensure migrant representation on the joint policing committees to establish a better relationship with new communities....
    • Garda Training
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of the intercultural training provided to gardaí; and his plans to introduce a new training programme that...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to target and reserve places in the Garda for migrants when the recruitment embargo is lifted. [35854/11]
    • Judicial Appointments Board
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to review the judicial appointments board with a view to ensuring greater diversity; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Immigrant Welfare
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to address the level of communication between his Department and the Department of Social Protection which often results in...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reform direct provision centres; his plans to introduce an independent complaints mechanism for direct provision centres;...
    • Equality Issues
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend the Equal Status Act to disallow schools differential treatment of applicants based on religion; and if he will make...
    • Prison Medical Service
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) will receive adequate dental treatment including the provision of false teeth; and...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a visa application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Immigration Policy
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend the criteria for non-EU nationals without a residency permit to start up a business here; his plans to replace the...
    • Legal Aid Service
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent on criminal legal aid to date in 2011; and the number of legal aid certificates granted over that period. [36095/11]
    • Court Sittings
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a statutory instrument is in place which would allow the sitting of a court (details supplied) in County Cork; and his plans to...
    • Legal Aid Service
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when an appeals board will be appointed for the legal aid board; his plans to deal with the back log of appeals that have built up...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of the number of prosecutions resulting in fines being handed down following court proceedings during the...
    • Proceeds of Crime
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the proceeds of crime legislation makes provisions for the inclusion of PPS numbers in the sale and purchase of assets; and if he...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress being made on legislative proposals to abolish upward only rent review clauses; if he has considered other alternative...
    • Garda Transport
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent on purchasing Garda vehicles for the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011; and if he will make a statement...
    • Garda Civilian Staff
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civilians by grade currently in the Garda dog unit; the number of civilians by grade currently in the Garda mounted unit;...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the annual cost to An Garda Síochána of operating five Garda stations (details supplied) in Dublin excluding staffing costs; and if...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the names of agencies which provide staff for his Department and for bodies and agencies under its aegis; the services they provide;...
    • Judicial Appointments
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which a second judge will be appointed to Limerick District Court; the number of cases the court has dealt with over the...
    • Human Trafficking
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide up-to-date figures on the extent of forced labour that he is aware of nationally; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the delay being experienced by applicants to the Garda vetting unit and that the delays in clearing...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if appropriate resources will be allocated to a Garda station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36344/11]
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the criminal investigation currently under way in respect of practices at particular national car test centres,...
    • Severe Weather Events
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Defence further to the publication of the be winter ready strategy, if he will clarify that the clearing of snow from roads by the farming community is...
    • Information Technology
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of computer servers that are leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department; and the amount of capacity...
    • Army Barracks
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Defence in view of the departmental report confirming that the closure of Columb Barracks, Mullingar, County Westmeath, will actually cost money, if he will...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to commence a recruitment campaign for the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35611/11]
    • Infrastructure Investment Plan
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will outline the specific projects that he plans for County Donegal arising from the infrastructure and capital investment plan 2012 to 2016;...
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Defence the type of refurbishments works carried out at the Air Corps base in Casement Aerodrome Baldonnel, County Dublin, for the years 2007, 2008, 2009,...
    • Naval Service Recruitment
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Defence if there are any plans for a recruitment drive in the Naval Service dive recovery team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36195/11]
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of promotions in the Naval Service, Air Corps and Army at each rank for the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011; and if he will...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Defence the names of agencies which provide staff for his Department and for bodies and agencies under its aegis; the services they provide; the numbers of...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Defence if former holders of the Office of Attorney General have been appointed to State boards by the current or former Governments; the details of such...
  • Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
    • EU Agreements
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his policy on the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the EU and Morocco, which is currently under a one-year extension...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their single farm payment, headage payment and...
    • Sugar Beet Industry
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the progress made regarding re-establishment of a sugar beet industry here; if this will be established...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress of an application for an aquaculture licence (details supplied ); when this application will be processed;...
    • Information Technology
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of computer servers that are leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department;...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue from his Department in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [35704/11]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a payment under the agri-environment options scheme; and if he...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to end fur farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35763/11]
    • Infrastructure Investment Plan
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline specific projects that he plans for County Donegal arising from the infrastructure and capital...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry has not received headage payment for 2010; and if he will make a...
    • Beef Sector
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to make the Irish beef industry more sustainable and viable and not, like the Teagasc report stated, dependent on...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay of payment issuing to persons (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if payment will be expedited....
    • Animal Welfare Bodies
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the application of North West Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Ballina, County Mayo,...
    • Control of Horses
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to introduce additional measures to control horses on public roads and on open spaces; if he intends to issue...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the 25% of REPS 4 will be paid in respect of a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will...
    • Scéim um Roghanna Comhshaoil Talmhaíochta
      Question 538: To ask the Aire Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara an mbeidh an scéim um roghanna comhshaoil talmhaíochta oscailte d'fheirmeoirí nua i 2012 a d'fhág an scéim cosanta comhshaoil...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [36139/11]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their agri environment options scheme payment; and if he will...
    • Job Creation
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made since he unveiled a pilot jobs initiative for the Killybegs region, County Donegal, aimed...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the names of agencies which provide staff for his Department and for bodies and agencies under its aegis; the services they...
    • Disposal of Contaminated Material
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he has taken regarding the disposal of waste from a site (details supplied) in County Carlow, relevant to the...
    • Sugar Beet Industry
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans, if any, he has to re-establish the sugar industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36360/11]
    • Land Drainage Works
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding landowners who wish to carry out drainage works or reclamation works to land; and if he will make a...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if former holders of the Office of Attorney General have been appointed to State boards by the current or former...
  • Department of Health
    • Child Care Services
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has plans to further regulate the child minding, child-care sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35564/11]
    • Corporal Punishment
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to introduce a ban on corporal punishment. [35672/11]
    • Child Protection
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to expand the guardian [i]ad litem[/i] system. [35673/11]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the decision was made by the Health Service Executive to abolish the position of county child care manager; if she...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will confirm when she expects adoptions from Vietnam to resume; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35504/11]
    • Information Technology
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of computer servers that are leased by her Department and each State agency under the aegis of her Department; and the...
    • Infrastructure Investment Plan
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline the specific projects that she plans for County Donegal arising from the Infrastructure and Capital...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding inter-country adoptions between Ireland and Ethiopia; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of money her Department receives in national lottery funding. [35984/11]
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the current value of all applications for funding from her Department on a county basis and by type of organisation. [36061/11]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the conclusions of her review into the community employment training scheme child care provision; the total budget available for...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the names of agencies which provide staff for her Department and for bodies and agencies under its aegis; the services they...
    • Child Abuse
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the implementation of recommendations contained in the Ferns Report, 2005, and the report of the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if former holders of the Office of Attorney General have been appointed to State boards by the current or former Governments; the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Consent for Medical Treatment (1 comment)
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Health his views that it is acceptable that the Office of the Ombudsman will allow the Health Service Executive to prolong a response to a complaint...
    • Health Services
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Health if the home care package will be transferred and awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Health the basis on which it is proposed to close Crooksling Hospital, County Dublin; if patients and staff are to be accommodated elsewhere; if alternative...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if this application will be expedited [35447/11]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35452/11]
    • Health Services
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Health the manner in which he discriminates against children legally resident here who have been born through surrogacy as regards their access to health...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Health if a full medical card will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will expedite this matter. [35501/11]
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Health, further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 8 November 2011, if he will confirm that the national Alzheimer's strategy and other dementia strategies...
    • Information Technology
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Health the number of computer servers that are leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department; and the amount of capacity...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for Health if he will quantify the Health Service Executive west's current budget deficit; if he will quantify the portion of that budget deficit that relates...
    • Health Services
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of respite services in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the clinical nurse specialist and therapist posts which were approved for the establishment of a stroke unit in Drogheda at the start of...
    • Health Services
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for the provision of crisis pregnancy support accommodation in Galway city, which was discontinued last year, in view of...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the shortcomings in the area of right to information and accessing vital support and services, specifically as it applies to...
    • Positive Aging Strategy
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the national positive aging strategy; the extent of engagement to date with representatives of older persons; when same will be...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Health the reasons the after care service operated at the St. Brigid's mental health day centre in County Louth has been reduced to four days per week; his...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the licensing of drugs; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the recruitment of professional qualified social workers in the Health Service Executive area and especially those who...
    • Community Care
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to work being done by the previous Government and the Opposition spokespersons on health to amend the Nursing Homes...
    • Domestic Violence
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that no funding will be made available for any crisis accommodation for domestic abuse victims in Kildare this year, the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and when the operation will be performed. [35612/11]
    • Substance Misuse
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for Health the efforts he is making to tackle the alcohol and substance abuse problem here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35614/11]
    • Health Promotion
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Health the efforts he has made to ensure the appropriate selling and marketing of alcohol in pubs, off-licences, supermarkets and in public places; and if...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Health the amount of public moneys awarded by him or the Health Service Executive to an agency (details supplied) in the past ten years in tabular form; the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will expedite the...
    • Health Services
      Question 606: To ask the Minister for Health the occupational therapist services now available in the Carlow - Kilkenny area; if he will confirm the level of OT services provided by the Health...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a cancer operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny was cancelled three times in view of the urgency of the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be issued as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [35625/11]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 609: To ask the Minister for Health, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 146 of 21 April 2011 and 148 of 28 September 2011 and a separate reply from the Health Service Executive, if...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for Health if his Department have received a grant application from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will approve the grant for this project....
    • Medical Cards
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the situation relating to the issuing of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); if the matter has been...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for Health when payment will commence to a person (details supplied) in County Galway in relation to an application that has already been approved; if the...
    • Prescription Charges
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to abolish the 50 cent prescription charge for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35742/11]
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for Health when a group (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on a grant application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35743/11]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 616: To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in Counties Clare, Galway and Limerick included on the intellectual disability database in tabular form; the disability...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 617: To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be furnished with a statement of the pension they receive from the Health Service Executive in...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 618: To ask the Minister for Health if he will secure the future of a hospital (details supplied) in County Kerry as a provider of long-stay care by reclassifying the hospital similar...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 619: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a mobility allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Infrastructure Investment Plan
      Question 620: To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the specific projects that he plans for County Donegal arising from the Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-16: Medium Term...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for Health if the drug Pradaxa is available on prescription to medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35885/11]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 622: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding medical cards in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [35887/11]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for Health the number and hospital location of consultants currently employed by the Health Service Executive and in voluntary hospitals who were initially...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for Health if payment can be expected in respect of an unfair dismissal successfully taken by a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow against an agency...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 625: 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...
    • Hospital Budgets
      Question 626: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide figures for the hospital budget deficit coming into this year and the projected deficit going into next year for St. James's, the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken towards establishing a stoke unit at Cork University Hospital; when the unit will be open and staff assigned to same;...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the full contact details of the Health Service Executive legal services division including its address, phone number, fax number...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 632: To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that adequate funding is provided to voluntary organisations providing services to persons with an intellectual disability (details...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 633: To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients under the age of 65 years, by county, treated for foot ulcerations, which do not require a full or partial limb amputation in...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork can expect an orthopaedic appointment at Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 638: To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding that has been provided to the issue of tackling osteoporosis in each of the past five years; if he will provide a breakdown of...
    • Health Services
      Question 639: To ask the Minister for Health if a bone density test will be arranged as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 640: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry. [36135/11]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 643: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the shortfall of staff for patients in the mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36146/11]
    • Health Services
      Question 645: To ask the Minister for Health his views that the decision to move the Rialto early morning methadone clinic from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. to 9 a.m. to 12 noon will have a detrimental...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 646: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the average occupancy in 2010 for each of the Cork University Hospital, the Mercy University Hospital and the South...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 647: To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by him and the Health Service Executive on agency staff in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 650: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on an application for an orthopaedic bed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 651: To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors, nurses, health care assistants and other medical staff currently working in a health centre (details supplied) in Dublin 5;...
    • Health Services
      Question 652: To ask the Minister for Health, further to Parliamentary Question No. 945 of 14 September 2011, the progress made to date in determination of the extent of support services...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 653: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the over 70 medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [36217/11]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 654: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to alter the criteria of the motorised transport grant to enable parents of children under the age of 17 years to apply for a grant in view...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 656: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to bring into full use the 59 beds in the psychiatric unit in Portlaoise Hospital, County Laois; of particular concern are the six beds for...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 657: To ask the Minister for Health if an organisation (details supplied) has been successful in its application for national lottery funding from his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 658: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [36269/11]
    • Infectious Diseases (1 comment)
      Question 661: To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the disproportionate distress imposed on the relatively few persons in this country who contract Lyme disease, if he will now...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 662: To ask the Minister for Health if urgent consideration will be given to a request by Monaghan County Council (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      Question 664: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed primary care centres for Corduff and Mulhuddart, County Dublin, including timelines for start date and...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 667: To ask the Minister for Health if former holders of the Office of Attorney General have been appointed to State boards by the current or former Governments; the details of such...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Safety
      Question 668: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider extending the speed limit on the national motorways to 140 km/h; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Information Technology
      Question 669: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of computer servers that are leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department; the...
    • Public Transport
      Question 670: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of buses in the Dublin Bus fleet that are wheelchair accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • EU Funding
      Question 671: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding supplied from the European Union to the State to fund the development of the A5 road; the amount that has...
    • Infrastructure Investment Plan
      Question 676: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the specific projects that he plans for County Donegal arising from the Capital Investment Framework...
    • Road Network
      Question 677: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount of money invested over the past 15 years in order to complete the dual carriage motorway (details supplied);...
    • Cycle Facilities
      Question 684: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way the €10 million which was allocated in 2009 to develop cycle paths in Dublin along the Grand Canal to Fairview has...
    • Public Transport
      Question 685: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that there is no cut to the subsidy for Dublin Bus next year, and could he make economies elsewhere. [35916/11]
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 686: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a hackney business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35917/11]
    • Driving Licences
      Question 687: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason persons who have held a US driver's licence for years on return to Ireland have to sit a test; the reason this does...
    • Driver Testing Service
      Question 688: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if plans are in place to close the driving test centre in Tralee, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 689: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if sports capital grants are to be made available in 2012; if so, when will organisations be invited to apply; the amount that...
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 690: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, further to Parliamentary Question No. 43 of 29 September 2011 and Parliamentary Question No. 546 of 11 October, 2011, if he...
    • Rail Network
      Question 691: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action Iarnród Éireann proposes to resolve an issue of an unmanned and not automated level crossing (details supplied) in...
    • Railway Stations
      Question 692: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a ticketing machine at a railway station (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 693: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is envisaged that Irish family associations through membership of Clans of Ireland will be involved in the Gathering 2013...
    • London Olympics
      Question 694: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or his officials met either the chairman or chief executive of London 2012 Olympics to ensure Ireland's full potential...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 695: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the names of agencies which provide staff for his Department and for bodies and agencies under its aegis; the services they...
    • National Car Test
      Question 696: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the criminal investigation under way in relation to alleged criminal practices at a number of national...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 697: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if former holders of the Office of Attorney General have been appointed to State boards by the current or former Governments;...

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