Written answers

Thursday, 19 January 2012

  • Department of Education and Skills
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 12: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that allowance to persons attending the schemes such as the national learning network, that...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 13: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider proposals contained in the recent report by the National Competitiveness Council which recommended that the...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 14: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will revisit his decision to exclude Bethany Home, Dublin survivors from a State redress mechanism in view of the deluge of...
    • Literacy and Numeracy Strategy
      Question 15: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if public libraries will be integrated into the development of the literacy and strategy programme. [2975/12]
    • Third Level Charges
      Question 16: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the increase in participation at third level over the past decade, if he considered the likely impact on participation at...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 17: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7, a DEIS band two school is still on the list for capital funding in the context of the school...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 18: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of teachers who have applied to retire by 29 February; the number of these who will be re-employed by post primary...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 19: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the single awarding authority for student grants will be in place for the 2012-2013 academic year applications. [2956/12]
    • Languages Initiative
      Question 20: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is examining any options, such as sourcing funding from the European Union, to restore the modern languages initiative; and if he...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 21: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected management and organisational structures of new further education and training authority SOLAS; and the percentage of its...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 22: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a report into the staffing levels of professional development service for teachers. [2965/12]
    • School Patronage
      Question 23: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the patronage for new second level schools in Dundalk and Drogheda, County Louth [2967/12]
    • School Staffing
      Question 24: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the largest secondary school in the country (details supplied) in County Wexford which cannot retain guidance...
    • School Statistics
      Question 25: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a database of primary school pupils and details of works being progressed by him to improve its systems in order...
    • School Staffing
      Question 26: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the undermining of DEIS band 2, by re-allocating teachers away from these schools to other schools, will contribute to the...
    • Future Skills Needs
      Question 28: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to meet the future skills needs of industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2727/12]
    • School Staffing
      Question 29: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he still intends to press ahead with cuts to learning support teachers under the general allocation model; if so, if he will detail...
    • School Patronage
      Question 31: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the meaning of the words "a development of the existing designated community college model or a new community school model" in part 2(a)...
    • School Staffing
      Question 34: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the problem at a school (details supplied) in County Wexford at which three guidance counsellor positions are about...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 35: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date in addressing the concerns of a group (details supplied) in the preparation of legislation to establish the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 39: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to reduce the impact of budget cuts on rural schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2728/12]
    • School Uniforms
      Question 42: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a progress report into efforts to make school uniforms more affordable for parents. [2969/12]
    • Equality Issues
      Question 43: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he implements equality impact assessments similar to other countries when considering changes to legislation governing funding and...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 44: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a provision in his capital budget for 2012 to continue the small annual devolved building grant scheme for schools; and if...
    • Third Level Charges
      Question 45: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that student contribution fee increases beyond 2012 were not included in the comprehensive expenditure report 2012...
    • School Closures
      Question 46: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria governing his decision to close small schools. [2971/12]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 47: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the announcement in budget 2012 that qualified teachers who undertake and complete further studies such as a masters or...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 48: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the updated supports that are in place to ensure the upskilling of teachers for the enhanced delivery of the literacy and numeracy...
    • Student Support Schemes
      Question 50: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the possible impact of abolishing postgraduate grants on his areas of responsibility such as promoting innovation,...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any of the current management assigned to SOLAS from FÁS were investigated following the revealing of financial irregularities at...
    • School Staffing
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consultation he and his officials have had with teachers from DEIS band schools affected by the phasing out of pre-DEIS school...
    • Stay Safe Programme
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available from him to implement the stay safe programme; and if the training and the relevant support materials are easily...
    • Youth Services
      Question 54: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the circular letter 00742011 relating to the cuts in funding to Youthreach services, if this will deter young persons from...
    • School Staffing
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary teachers who have applied for probation since September 2011; and the number of primary teachers who successfully...
    • Educational Projects
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the importance of private sponsorship in encouraging the development of science and technology subjects; and the efforts he is making to...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Irish Passports Statistics
      Question 58: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish passports that are in use around the globe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3014/12]
    • Passport Service
      Question 59: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports that have been stolen, lost or mislaid in each of the years 2009, 2010 and 2011; and if he...
  • Department of Finance
    • Motor Industry
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the motor industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3068/12]
    • Tax Code
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding grants to employers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2993/12]
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding bonuses (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3003/12]
    • Tax Collection
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of income tax that was paid by all persons who earn more than €100,000 per year in the year 2011; and if he will make a statement...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider the lending restrictions imposed on credit unions (details supplied). [3048/12]
    • Tax Code
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance the possibility of 0% VAT being charged on the admission price to pet farms for educational school tours; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Communications
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give guidance to the Revenue Commissioners on the way they should approach taxpayers in relation to taxation matters; and his views on the...
    • Illicit Trade in Tobacco
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to address the growing problem of cigarette smuggling here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3126/12]
    • Tax Collection
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money the office of the Revenue Commissioner incorrectly issued into taxpayer accounts in 2011 and subsequently requested its return....
    • Tax Code
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding tax credits in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3144/12]
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason there is such a variation in mortgage interest rates charged by AIB and Permanent TSB, both State owned banks. [3163/12]
    • Mortgage Assistance
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has any plans to assist mortgagees in negative equity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3174/12]
    • Tax Collection
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which his income is likely to be affected following the recent communication from the Revenue Commissioners in the case of a person...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the need to ensure adequate protection for whistleblowers within the financial services sector; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • EU-IMF Programme
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the implications for Ireland's funding programme of any possible change in the credit rating of the European Financial Stability...
    • Tax Code
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a combination of the recent VAT and excise duty increases, a weak euro and high crude oil prices has...
    • EU-IMF Programme
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance when the reduction in the interest rate being charged to Ireland from funds paid out of the EFSF and EFSM took effect; and if he will provide a...
    • Banking Sector Remuneration
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the date he instructed that a review be carried out into remuneration and severance packages at the covered institutions; the date...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine an application for vehicle registration tax remission in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [3255/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil servants from his Department who are based in the European Commission working in the relevant permanent representative offices;...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools in Dublin 15 that will be affected by the DEIS cutbacks; the number of teachers that will be lost and the locations of same;...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the status of the review into enrolment policy; the date on which it will be completed; when he expects...
    • Technological Universities
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received the report in regard to the criteria for the establishment of technological universities; and if he will make a...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will defer any reduction in pupil teacher ratio for schools of under 86 pupils until a substantial review takes place. [3022/12]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to fund small scale building works under a summer works scheme during 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the extra costs involved in the amalgamation of small schools in the form of extra classrooms and...
    • School Staffing
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give urgent consideration to a request made directly to him by a board of management (details supplied) in relation to the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he is taking to assist children with autism in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3127/12]
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the teacher numbers affected in DEIS band 1 and 2 schools in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage of a proposed building project (details supplied); when the project is likely to proceed to the next stage and to...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the names and addresses of schools that have DEIS 1 and DEIS 2 status on a county basis. [3156/12]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider reviewing the criteria for third level grants in view of the fact that qualified persons now find themselves...
    • Home Tuition Scheme
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to make changes to the home tuition and July provision schemes; the budget allocated for all the home tuition schemes for...
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date in respect of the amalgamation of the Louth and Meath Vocational Education Committee bodies; when he expects...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount allocated to the National Council for Special Education in 2010, 2011 and the amount expected to be allocated in 2012; and...
    • Scéimeanna Scoláireachta don Ardoideachas
      Question 103: To ask the Áire Oideachais agus Scileanna an bhfuil aon athrú déanta nó an bhfuil aon athrú beartaithe do na scéimeanna scoláireachta tríú leibhéal 1916, Gaeilge agus...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he has examined the full extent of the training, upskilling or temporary placements for the long-term unemployed to...
    • Unemployment Levels
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which experiences throughout Europe in dealing with the needs of the young unemployed can be incorporated in future...
    • Third Level Courses
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students known to have dropped out of third level education in each of the past three years to date in 2012 for whatever...
    • Third Level Enrolments
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of third level places available at third level institutions in each of the past three years to date in 2012; the...
    • Bullying in Schools
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which school bullying continues to be monitored and identified as a problem in all schools throughout the country; if any...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that the pupil-teacher ratios in all schools throughout County Kildare are likely to remain within the average...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that the requirements of special needs pupils in mainstream education will be addressed on an ongoing basis...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of civil servants from his Department who are based in the European Commission working in the relevant permanent...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Coast Guard Service
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the conveyance of lands for the development of a new Coast Guard station at Doolin, County Clare, will be complete; when...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied) regarding charges for using the Phoenix Park, Dublin; if he...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an analysis of Revenue staff at the following grades, higher executive officer, assistant principal and...
    • Members Allowances
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual amount paid to each qualifying party leader and each Independent Deputy and Senator under section 1 of the...
    • Election Management System
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a detailed cost breakdown for the count centre, and associated count personnel, for the recent Dublin West...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funding that will be allocated for a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures the Civil Service has in place to allow members of the Irish public service gain work experience within the...
    • Public Service Recruitment Embargo
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in which areas he will focus his plans for the partial lifting of the public service recruitment embargo announced in his...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • Job Creation
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the creation of more than 13,000 Industrial Development Agency supported jobs in 2011 announced by that agency...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress that has been made to recommence the enterprise platform programme; the new format that it will take; and if he...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason for the delay in obtaining a decision from the Employment Tribunal for a hearing held in September 2011 in...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of civil servants from his Department who are based in the European Commission working in the relevant permanent...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the births-deaths certificates office will be reopened at Bunratty Road Civic Centre, Coolock, Dublin 17. [2978/12]
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for redundancy payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; if same will...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding grants to employers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2994/12]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the period for assessment of applications for rent allowance has become so protracted since the community welfare service has...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a rent allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there has been a change in criteria for persons applying for domiciliary care allowance; and if the conditions for eligibility have...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal for domiciliary allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to recent media reports that the Government was considering withdrawing or restricting the free travel...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal on an application for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has been received in the relevant...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of civil servants from her Department who are based in the European Commission working in the relevant permanent...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Inland Fisheries
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider appointing a fisherman's representative from Lough Foyle, County Donegal, to the board of...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress he has made in communicating with the National Roads Authority to ensure that access is provided...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider opening the better energy scheme to local authority tenants on the proviso that the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will review a matter (details supplied) regarding broadband; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Electric Vehicles
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the electric charging points being installed across the...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Tax Code
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review a matter (details supplied) regarding haulage contractors; and if he will make a...
    • Water Services
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that public water supply pipelines which are asbestos based are non-health hazardous and...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will specify the actual houses in each housing estate entitled to avail of the unfinished housing...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status and details of the planning enforcement proceedings or any other legal action which has been...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government with regard to the €31 million allocated to local authorities to improve the insulation of local authority...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the future of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority; if the existing authority or Dublin...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends to appoint additional board members to An Bord Pleanála; if so, the prospective timelines for...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a person with self-catering accommodation is liable for the non-principal private residence charge; if...
    • Waste Management
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that persons who have bin waivers in south Dublin will lose their waivers in April, when...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will be willing to write to each household affected by the household charge asking them to pay the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Water Services Amendment Bill 2011; and if he will...
    • Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the Dingle Peninsula, Kerry, considering that Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta Teoranta has...
    • Water Services
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make an order to local authorities that when fitting water meters that there would be some system...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the proposals by him to take money at source from householders who are unable to pay the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will prioritise progress on a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make...
    • Tax Code
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider not including houses that are paying fees to a management company for the proposed...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage of commercial rates that have been collected in 2011 by local authority area and in each...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the implementation of the decision taken to approve a revised system of pension...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will indicate the level of grant aid available for group sewerage schemes; the criteria for...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason various phases of an estate (details supplied) are obliged to pay the household charge when its...
    • Community Development
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when Leader funds will be paid to an organisation (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason for the...
    • Water Services
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his policy regarding lead piping for public water supply; and if he is satisfied that these pipes are...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of civil servants from his Department who are based in the European Commission working in the...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will restore funding to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3080/12]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding proposals to set up an insolvency service for debt settlement; if this service will be independent of the...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in each of the years between 2007 and 2011, the number of full-time gardaí who were stationed in areas (details supplied); the number...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of residential units, originally intended for occupation by members of the Defence Forces, Garda Síochána or Prison...
    • Peace Commissioners
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 645 of 11 January 2012, the qualifications and criteria required to obtain the position of peace...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the closure of a garda station (details supplied); if an evaluation of the impact on the local community has been...
    • Airport Security
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the costs of policing arrangements at Shannon Airport in 2011; and if he will provide the breakdown for salaries and allowances,...
    • Security Industry
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application to the Private Security Authority for a licence in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the current fees in place for those wishing to apply for citizenship who are married to Irish citizens; and if he...
    • Prisoner Transfers
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide clarification regarding the status of the proposed transfer of a prisoner (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13 will have their application for Irish citizenship processed. [3159/12]
    • Court Staff
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality whether a person who was appointed a peace commissioner some years ago and who has mislaid or lost the warrant of appointment, which is...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and likely future residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in regard to the determination of naturalisation entitlement in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures and sequence of events to date in the determination of entitlement to residency in the case of a person (details...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position and sequence of events to date in the determination of entitlement to naturalisation in the case of a person...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in regard to residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected position in regard to the determination of residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected position in regard to determination of naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement...
    • Coroners Service
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the Government agency or Department responsible for the retention and archiving of post mortem reports and coroners reports; the...
    • EU Agencies
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will explain the operations of an organisation (details supplied); the financial costs and legal obligations associated with this...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of other occasions in the past five years when deportation flights were returned; the number of deportees involved and...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will investigate the delay in a decision regarding the granting of pension to the estate of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of residential units, originally intended for occupation by members of the Defence Forces, Garda Síochána or Prison Service that are...
    • Defence Forces Operations
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Defence the costs to the Defence Forces for personnel on duty at Shannon Airport in 2011; and other related costs associated with Shannon Airport. [3106/12]
    • Army Barracks
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding negotiations between him and the local authorities in County Longford regarding Connolly Barracks; if a figure has been...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of civil servants from his Department who are based in the European Commission working in the relevant permanent representative offices;...
  • Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
    • Grant Payments
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to parliamentary Question No. 721 of 11 January 2012, if he or his Department consulted the Standards in Public...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of civil servants from his Department who are based in the European Commission working in the relevant permanent...
  • Department of Health
    • Adoption Services
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there are any plans to allow civil partners adopt and to be considered as joint adoptive parents; and if she will make a...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in relation to the proposed relocation of the Ballymun social work department to Park House on the North Circular Road, the...
    • Foreign Adoptions
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding Irish citizens adopting children from Florida, USA; the progress that was made during the most recent...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the countries and locations to which Irish citizens can currently apply to adopt children; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Children in Care
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 538 of 15 November 2011, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [3179/12]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 286 of 15 December 2011, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [3182/12]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 287 of 15 December 2011, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [3183/12]
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has requested a report from the Irish embassy in Addis Ababa as per her response in Dáil Éireann on 1 December 2011 in...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 360 of 15 December 2011, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [3184/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry may expect to have their medical card issued in view of the fact that they submitted their renewal...
    • Health Services
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help hours in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [2984/12]
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health the proposed future use by the Health Service Executive of Chamber House, Tallaght, Dublin 24. [2996/12]
    • Nursing Home Reviews
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the review in relation to a nursing home (details supplied) in Dublin 24. [2998/12]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the proposed transfer of the Coombe Maternity Hospital, Dublin, to Tallaght Hospital, Dublin. [2999/12]
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the future funding of Fettercairn Health Care Project, Tallaght, Dublin 24. [3000/12]
    • Health Services
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reopen the diabetes eye clinic at Ennis, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3009/12]
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made regarding a prioritised proposal of the development of a 20-bed inpatient palliative care unit on the grounds of...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list in tabular form of capital investment made by him in all regional hospitals and care facilities on a county basis, broken...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health when the clinical nurse specialist and the senior speech and language therapist, as sanctioned by the Health Service Executive as part of its stroke...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the progress made on the points agreed by his special adviser on his behalf at a meeting with representatives from...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Waterford has not received a medical card despite having applied several months ago; when this...
    • Health Services
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the roll out of primary care centres; the address of the primary care centres on the north side of Dublin; his plans to open...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3073/12]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider that Crohn's disease be put on the long-term illness scheme list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3090/12]
    • Health Services
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health if the following will be considered in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3095/12]
    • Health Services
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health the taxi costs for transporting all patients in County Clare to and from Ennis and Limerick hospitals, for hospital treatments and appointments over...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health the provisions being considered and being made for the ongoing adequate care of the approximately 50 long-term mental illness patients who currently...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health the reason behind the decision to cut the disabled sheltered attendance allowance by €20 per week with effect from 13 January 2012. [3139/12]
    • Primary Care Strategy
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to increase financial support and support services for those suffering from Crohn's disease and other serious illnesses while the...
    • Health Service Funding
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health if he will grant the funding necessary to the Jack and Jill Foundation to enable it to expand the services it provides to children; and if he will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding waiting times (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3185/12]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the future of St. Mary's Hospital, Castleblayney, County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3186/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3189/12]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information in respect of the numbers of Health Service Executive employees who have applied for the retirement scheme for the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Health the criteria used by the Health Service Executive regarding applicants for medical appliances; the current waiting time for priority one category...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list for rheumatology services in County Kerry; and if he will urgently proceed with putting in place an upgraded service to...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take with the Health Service Executive to ensure that rheumatologist consultant approved by the HSE in the 2010 priority programme...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health since the formation of the primary care reimbursement service for medical card administration, the number of new medical card applications nationally...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding available is to a club (details supplied) to assist them with premises, equipment and general set up costs; and if...
    • Rural Transport Services
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Leap card will be rolled out to rural bus routes; if private bus operators have been allowed to sign up to the scheme;...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress of the new medieval museum in Waterford city; if it is still on schedule to open in June 2012; and if he will make...
    • Road Network
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which public funds have been expended to date on the planning, design, development and construction of on-line...
    • Cycle Facilities
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the proposed Sutton to Sandycove cycle track, County Dublin; the budget allocation for the project for...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proposed timetable for the construction of the Luas BDX line from St Stephens Green to Broombridge; the budget allocation...
    • Sports Funding
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount it will cost the taxpayer to host the 2012 Irish Open in Royal Portrush, County Derry; and if he will make a...
    • Road Network
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reconsider the decision to discontinue the money for local roads improvement scheme as it will hurt every county in...
    • Public Transport
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding savings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3091/12]
    • State Airports
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of US troops that passed through Shannon Airport in 2011; the location from which they came; and what their...
    • Air Services
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of civilian aircraft that requested permission to overfly or land in Ireland in 2011 while carrying munitions; the...
    • State Airports
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected use of Shannon Airport by the US military in 2012. [3104/12]
    • Driving Tests
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the qualifications required to become a driving tester or examiner; and if it is normal that a driver should go for their...
    • Road Network
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when building work will start on the N17 Gort to Tuam upgrade, in view of the fact that sanction has been provided for M7...