Written answers
Thursday, 1 December 2011
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Prison Accommodation
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the categories of female offenders that will be housed in the new dormitory-style accommodation at the Dóchas Centre; his views on...
- Mental Illness in Prisons
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in Irish prisons who suffer from mental illness; the types of condition from which they suffer; if he is satisfied...
- National Women's Strategy
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the outstanding elements of the national women's strategy to be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37933/11]
- Domestic Violence
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that members of An Garda Síochána have received adequate training to deal with cases of domestic abuse; and if he...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which he will publish legislation to consolidate and update the law on bail; the date on which he will provide guidance to...
- Coroners Service
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will reintroduce the Coroners Bill 2007 to enable an overhaul of the Coroners Service, allowing the modernisation of death...
- Legal Aid Service
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the legal aid system in 2012; if he is planning to reduce the fees paid to participating professionals; the budget cuts...
- Prison Visiting Committees
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the specific actions he has taken in response to the reports of prison visiting committees laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas by...
- Human Trafficking
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of victims of human trafficking under 18 years of age who have been identified during each of the past five years; the number...
- Irish Prison Service
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which the five-year capital strategy for the Irish Prison Service will be completed and published. [37920/11]
- Departmental Funding
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason funds provided to an organisation (details supplied) to support the community alert scheme have been cut; and if he will...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reduce overcrowding in Cork prison; the timeframe he will use to achieve this reduction; and the date on which the practice...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation to allow the conferral of citizenship on children of Irish parents born through surrogacy in other...
- Probation Service Staff
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons employed by the Probation Service as probation officers during each of the years since 2005; and if he will make a...
- Legal Services Bill
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the new regulatory arrangements recommended by the Competition Authority regarding the Legal Services Bill; if it commented on the...
- Criminal Assets Bureau
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend the powers of the Criminal Assets Bureau; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37928/11]
- Residency Permits
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of migrant women with dependant immigration status who have experienced domestic violence and applied for independent status;...
- Juvenile Offenders
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason he will not expand the remit of the Ombudsman for Children to cover St. Patrick's Institution; and if he will make a...
- Prisoner Complaints Procedures
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend the 2007 prison rules to introduce independence to the investigation of prisoner complaints; the date on which these...
- Prison Visiting Committees
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which he will publish new legislation covering prison visiting committees; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Traveller Community
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which a decision will be made regarding the granting of ethnicity status to members of the Traveller community. [37931/11]
- Prisoner Releases
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to expand the numbers of prisoners participating in the pilot project on early temporary release; his plans to continue this...
- Garda Vetting Service
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 225 CAO courses require Garda vetting for applicants; if his further attention has been...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that under the UN Paris Principles the Irish Human Rights Commission holds an A status...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of prisoners currently incarcerated at all locations throughout the country; the number in high-security or other forms...
- UN Conventions
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which he will ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Prisoner Releases
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners who were rearrested within three months of release, six months of release and one year of release. [37925/11]
- Organised Crime
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, in the course of the current appraisal of Garda stations and staffing levels throughout the country, he will ensure that adequate...
- Garda Training
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the recommendations of the Garda Síochána training and development review group report that have been implemented and those which are...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of both of the groups he has appointed to conduct a strategic review of penal policy and to examine the issue of persons...
- Domestic Violence
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which he will introduce consolidated and reformed domestic violence legislation to address all aspects of domestic violence...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Human Rights Issues
Question 47: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the representations he has made to the relevant authorities regarding the human rights of those at Camp Ashraf; and...
- Passport Applications
Question 48: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport may be issued to a person who is applying for a passport for the first time and has no alternative...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Yield
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of universal social charge paid by pensioners in receipt of the State pension since the charge was first introduced. [38087/11]
- Tax Code
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the threshold for qualification to pay the universal social charge was set at €4,004.00 per annum; and if he will raise this figure...
- Mortgage Arrears
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding schemes to assist mortgage holders in negative equity; and if he is open to other solutions that assist the customer, the...
- Tax Reliefs
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give serious consideration in budget 2012 to abolishing the tax write-off to which Ministers are entitled for the cost of having their...
- Tax Code
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a matter (details supplied) regarding widowers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38122/11]
- Tax Yield
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that €520 million revenue would be raised per annum through the application of a 5% levy on the gross income of earners earning...
- Income Statistics
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Finance the median gross income earned in 2009 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38159/11]
- Housing Policy
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a proposal regarding the revival of the property market (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38182/11]
- Tax Code
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Finance if an estimate has been provided for the loss of revenue to the State due to cross-Border shopping in each of the years from 2009 to date in 2011;...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the contractual arrangement between him and Bus Éireann regarding the operation of the school transport...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an extension for a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [38079/11]
- Higher Education Grants
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on an appeal in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rent paid by FÁS on a lease (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38125/11]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made in relation to a proposed school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants in schools in County Carlow, and how this compares to the last school year. [38155/11]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money spent on capital investment in schools in County Kildare from 2000 to 2011, broken down by scheme and school. [38174/11]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will indicate whether any assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- School Transport
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total financial allocation for school transport for 2011; the allocation for the primary sector; the allocation for the second level...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in receipt of grants under the higher education grant scheme for the 2011-12 academic year; the number in receipt...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has given any consideration to the possibility of developing educational facilities on lands in the ownership of the Department of...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Service Reform
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there will be any retirement packages for public servants after February 2011 if more persons are interested in voluntary...
- Departmental Properties
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the occupancy rate for each building leased by the Office of Public Works for the years 2010 and 2011. [38096/11]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the rent paid for each building leased by the Office of Public Works, by year, from 2008 to present. [38097/11]
- Public Procurement
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works intends to introduce a requirement that State-funded construction contracts specify the use of an...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason a three-acre site was purchased in Thomastown, County Kilkenny, in 2009 for the Health and Safety Authority,...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding his negotiations with the Department of Justice and Equality concerning the overspend on Garda security...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Job Creation
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on practical measures to assist small businesses. [38091/11]
- State Agencies
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the underspends and savings in Enterprise Ireland programmes in 2010 and 2011. [38099/11]
- Job Losses
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, with regard to the interest by a variety of parties in a company (details supplied) in County Leitrim, if this process has...
- Department of Social Protection
- Redundancy Payments
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their rebate payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38132/11]
- Pension Provisions
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the Labour Court judgment LCR19293; the reason she is refusing to provide funding to assist the implementation of this...
- Social Welfare Fraud
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to deal with social welfare fraud; if there are any accurate figures on the amount of persons involved in fraud and the amounts...
- Employment Support Services
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are any schemes or benefits for self-employed persons who lose their jobs or businesses due to the recession. [38090/11]
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding community employment schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38115/11]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, further to Parliamentary Question No. 134 of 17 November 2011, if she will expedite and approve the appeal for invalidity pension in...
- Job Initiative
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way she proposes to deal with the anomaly where a person who leaves a FÁS course to take up a JobBridge internship loses their free...
- Employment Support Services
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the schemes that are open to persons on disability payments to enable them to gain experience in a particular career; and if she will make...
- Job Initiative
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the fact that those on disability payments cannot currently apply for vacancies on JobBridge and that this is a barrier to...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if participants on the rural social scheme can continue to participate on the scheme if the work they are doing ceases due to cutbacks in...
- Departmental Staff
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the circumstances under which a number of temporary community welfare officers were transferred to the Department of Social Protection,...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision in relation to their disability allowance claim; and if she will...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the possibility of increasing the number of personnel involved in community work through FÁS, Tús, the rural social scheme...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when jobseeker's benefit or allowance will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the decision to refuse invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent of entitlement to jobseeker's allowance or benefit or other payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason an appeal was originally refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork, in view of the recent European Court...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Enterprise Support Services
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding an application by a company (details supplied) in County Kerry for inclusion in Enterprise Ireland's...
- Museum Projects
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the top two floors of the Natural History Museum will be reopened, in view of the fact that they have been closed for...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Broadcasting Services
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Ireland's Euro 2012 soccer internationals will be available to Irish emigrants to view online worldwide next...
- Energy Conservation
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has agreed on a tendering process for the proposed pay-as-you-save contracts to insulate domestic and...
- National Postcode System
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the postcode tender process; if same will be finished by the end of the year; and if he...
- Exploration Licences
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of the legislation that authorises him, as the regulatory body, to issue licences...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to improve the structures to encourage farmers and others to utilise small wind generation units or...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Building Regulations
Question 115: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if building regulations that require all new dwellings to have 10 kWh/m2/annum thermal or 4 kWh/m2/annum of...
- Motor Taxation
Question 116: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding car tax. [38073/11]
- Mortgage Repayments
Question 117: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will intervene with the banks in order that they provide breathing space to the residents of a complex...
- Building Regulations
Question 118: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it contravenes building guidelines for a local authority to build a house in which the toilet is put in...
- Energy Efficiency
Question 119: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if Dublin City Council has applied for funding for 2012 under the retrofit programme to bring residential...
- Unfinished Housing Developments
Question 120: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money that has been paid to local authorities for work on unfinished housing estates; and if...
- Energy Efficiency
Question 121: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a scheme regarding energy efficiency (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 122: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when draft guidance for local authorities in respect of development contributions will be issued,...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Departmental Funding
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the withdrawal of State funding from an organisation (details supplied) with more than 8,000 members which, when closed,...
- House Prices
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress he has made on the development of a national house price database; and the money that has been spent on this project...
- Garda Civilian Staff
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) may retire early on health grounds. [38084/11]
- Court Sittings
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm that the required statutory instrument is in place to allow the sitting of the Castletownbere District Court in the...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will investigate the delay in the processing of an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied); and...
- Probation and Welfare Service
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has issued instructions to the probation and welfare service to close its offices in Athy, County Kildare; if he will indicate...
- Garda Stations
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he can take account of the inadequate facilities at the Garda station in Clane, County Kildare, which lacks wheelchair access or any...
- Garda Recruitment
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for Garda recruitment in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38169/11]
- Crime Statistics
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of An Garda Síochána that have been assaulted on duty in 2010 and 2011; the number of members of the public that have been...
- Estate Management
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the intended meaning of the following wording in the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011: "the annual services charges shall be calculated...
- Garda Strength
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí stationed in County Kerry in 2009; the numbers at the present time; if he is satisfied that sufficient personnel...
- Asylum Applications
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in relation to the determination of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in relation to the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details...
- Asylum Applications
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position in respect of an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will...
- Residency Permits
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will indicate if a stamp 4 visa will be issued to facilitate employment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Garda Pay
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm that gardaí are paid overtime or expenses for court appearances; and if so, if he will quantify the amounts paid...
- Asylum Applications
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or likely position and procedure to date in the determination of residency or naturalisation in the case of a person...
- Residency Permits
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38224/11]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will indicate the current position and likely determination date for the conclusion of an application for naturalisation in the...
- Asylum Applications
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which circumstances relating to residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway have been examined...
- Residency Permits
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the requirements, if any, in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Investigations
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which corporate enforcement is likely to become actually enforceable, with particular reference to those who have shown a...
- Organised Crime
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of known criminal gang members currently in prison; the number likely to be released over the next 12 months; and if he will...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which it is expected that sufficient prison spaces will be provided to meet prison accommodation requirements and achieve...
- Prison Committals
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of prisoners at all prisons serving sentences for serious crime; the extent to which such numbers have fluctuated in...
- Jury Intimidation
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which incidents of witness intimidation or interference with juries has been identified over the past five years; the...
- Garda Operational Reviews
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ensure that any operational reviews throughout An Garda Síochána in the context of budgetary constraints are not allowed...
- Defence Forces Properties
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to repeated approaches to him by a society (details supplied) seeking to have improved management systems put in...
- Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
- Farm Payments
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a single farm and disadvantaged area payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will make the necessary funding available to Kerry County Council for a compulsory purchase order for lands required...
- Grant Payments
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied). [38148/11]
- Departmental Schemes
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if non-eligibility for disadvantaged area scheme payment due to low stocking density can affect eligibility for the single...
- Grant Payments
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outstanding information required by him in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; when the farm...
- Food Harvest 2020
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has an estimate available of the capital requirements to increase and expand processing and handling systems in the...
- Fur Farming
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is committed to a ban on fur farming in the forthcoming Animal Welfare Bill; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Forestry Sector
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares that he expects will be planted in forestry this year; the number he intends to fund for 2012; the...
- Grant Payments
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive payment of the outstanding balance of their 2010 REP scheme 4...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total expenditure to date in 2011, broken down by specific scheme, on the targeted agricultural modernisation schemes....
- Department of Health
- Inter-County Adoptions
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, in view of the fact that Ethiopia is not a signatory to the Hague Convention, the efforts she can make to progress a bilateral...
- Children in Care
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who have gone missing while in care between January and July 2011; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have a operation carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38071/11]
- Medical Cards
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for renewal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Funding
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health the total amount of funding being allocated to an organisation (details supplied) for 2012; if he will give an assurance that such funding will not...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Fair Deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [38092/11]
- Hepatitis C Infection
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider an amendment to either the Health (Amendment ) Act 1996 or the Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Act 1996 or both, as...
- Medical Cards
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health, further to Parliamentary Question No. 525 of 2 November 2011, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a...
- Health Services
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an assessment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Fair Deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Cancer Incidence
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recent report by the OECD regarding Irish cancer survival rates; if he is concerned at the findings; how he proposes to improve our...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health the number of public hospital beds that were in place in 2007 and the number now available in November 2011; the number of private hospital beds in...
- Home Help Service
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be allocated home help hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38197/11]
- Medical Cards
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health if he will indicate if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Funding
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health the amount of State funding granted to an organisation (details supplied); if he will ensure that existing funding is maintained; and if he will make...
- Medical Cards
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure a seriously ill person will receive a longer issue on their general medical services card than a month at a time. [38255/11]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health when the Fair Deal payment will issue to a person (details supplied). [38256/11]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Public Transport
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the reduction in student fares as a result of the recent introduction of an integrated ticketing system...
- Ministerial Travel
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the use of bus lanes by Ministers; his plans to alter this provision; and if he will make a statement on...
- Penalty Points System
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress, if any, that has been made with the Northern Ireland and UK authorities regarding the problems of speeding and...
