Written answers

Wednesday, 8 February 2012

  • Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
    • Defence Forces Review
      Question 21: To ask the Minister for Defence if the Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces and his Secretary General have submitted proposals to him in relation to the reorganisation of the...
    • Naval Service Vessels
      Question 23: To ask the Minister for Defence the cost of procuring new naval vessels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6835/12]
    • Defence Forces Strength
      Question 25: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of vacancies within the Defence Forces; the dates on which these will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6839/12]
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      Question 26: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will consider changing the regulations governing the Defence Forces to allow qualified other ranks or enlisted personnel, such as those with...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 27: To ask the Minister for Defence the degree to which he has had discussions with his EU or UN colleagues in the context of peacekeeping or peace enforcement in respect of which the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 28: To ask the Minister for Defence if he provides any funding to ONET for housing ex-members of the Defence Forces who have become homeless; and if he will provide details of same....
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 29: To ask the Minister for Defence if he plans to sign any agreement for Irish Defence Forces to participate in an EU battlegroup during 2013. [6832/12]
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      Question 30: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a breakdown of the way money was spent during each of the years 2009, 2010, and 2011 under the various subheads of the Defence...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      Question 31: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the personnel support services in the Defence Forces; the number of social workers employed; the outstanding posts that need...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 33: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support the funding request for the Justice for Forgotten Group office (details supplied). [7097/12]
    • Land Annexation
      Question 34: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the O'Neill clan, Spanish branch, lodged a claim with the Irish and British Government in 1921 in regard to clan...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 35: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the evidence on which the decision to impose sanctions on Iran was based; if he has sought any independent...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 37: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any engagement with the Department of Justice and Equality on the matter of student entry visas; if he...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 38: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the impact of budgetary reductions on Ireland's aid programme in Uganda; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 39: To ask the Minister for Finance the precise mechanism by which banks extend loans and facilities to clients; the process by which banks raise the moneys they loan out; the source...
    • EU-IMF Programme
      Question 40: To ask the Minister for Finance who or which organisation gave the European bailout money to Ireland; if these entities privately owned, publicly owned, or State-owned; the person...
    • Financial Measures Programme
      Question 41: To ask the Minister for Finance the specific assessment of how well each of the banks operating in Ireland is complying with solvency and liquidity requirements; and what were the...
    • Consumer Protection
      Question 42: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is reasonable that a borrower should be entitled to see the original contract that exists between the financial institution and themselves; if...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 46: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the renegotiation case of a legacy debt issue (details supplied) between the Revenue Commissioners and a Tipperary SME; and if...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 47: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will, holding ownership of AIB for the Irish people and holding a major shareholding in Bank of Ireland, inform Dáil Éireann of the amount of...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 48: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of fees paid by a covered institution to a particular professional firm (details supplied) in each of the years 2010 and 2011; the nature...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 49: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the support available to a person (details supplied). [7115/12]
    • School Curriculum
      Question 50: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills as a result of successive bank bailouts, with the average amount of money now owed by every man, woman and child in this country...
    • Capitation Grants
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in Dublin 8 can be considered a special case in terms of the treatment of small schools in view of the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied); when funding will be made available to progress its construction; and if he will...
    • University Staff
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is the policy of the University of Limerick to require security officers who reach the age of 65 to retire; if so, are they being...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 54: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite an RTA application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath for permanent additional...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide this Deputy with a schedule (details supplied). [6974/12]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools that are being considered for the 2012-13 school buildings programme in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • European Globalisation Fund
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 234 and 175 of 11 January 2012, if the European Commission has formally responded to him...
    • Third Level Courses
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the drop-out rate in first year from all courses in all third level colleges and universities here; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of resource hours that have been made available to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he has received a...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been achieved towards the acquisition of a site for a new school or education campus at a location (details...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will, as a matter of urgency, progress through the planning process an application for a new school at a location (details...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the future of the Offaly Vocational Education Committee building in Tullamore. [7086/12]
    • Overseas Students
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who come to Ireland each year to study English; the number who came from China, Taiwan, Singapore, South Korea...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reinstate teachers' allowances. [7095/12]
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the position with regard to DEIS status for a school (details supplied); if he will ensure that the school, a new...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the 2012 applications will be made available for the postgraduate grant; the criteria to qualify for the postgraduate grant; if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding funding for major capital works in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to the provision of a primary level school place for a student (details supplied) in County Kildare who has...
    • Third Level Courses
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has had any contact with the Iranian Government's education department, or if his attention has been drawn to any contact between...
    • School Staffing
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the possible loss of a teacher in a school (details supplied) in County Cork for the year 2012-13; and if he will...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the formula used in determining politicians pensions; and when and by whom this formula was drawn up. [7150/12]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for the disused Garda station in Geashill, County Offaly. [7159/12]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of the Ministers that have certified expenditure under the Secret Service vote; and the amount...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the State and semi-State agencies and commercial companies including those in the communications sector that allow employees to...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • Work Permits
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline the requirements for Romanian nationals to obtain a work permit here; if there are any exemptions; if...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the provisions that will be in the companies Bill to reduce the administrative burden and audit rules on community and...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; if they will be...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she would consider modifying regulations, to allow for greater consultation with potential employers under the Tús programme; and if...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a social welfare appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [7038/12]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the reason a person (details supplied) who has previously been habitually resident here up until the age of 28 years and who...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review a matter (details supplied) regarding employers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7088/12]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal against the decision to refuse an application for illness benefit in respect of a person (details...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way a person in receipt of jobseeker's payment can transfer their payment to the UK; how long they can receive their payment when a...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the new rent supplement rates are in accordance with the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 which clearly defines the term market rent; if...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the local employment service network throughout the country; if she has provided funding for 2012 for the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the entitlement of unemployed, formerly self-employed persons to sign on the live register for credits if they have been paying PRSI at...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason an appeal for carer's allowance has been refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for an invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he expects funding to be allocated to the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland warmer homes scheme for...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the report of the work of the task force on the upgrade of broadband services will be available; if the...
    • Inland Fisheries
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent of the Gweebarra river system in County Donegal under the direct control of Inland Fisheries...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the rural broadband scheme; when applicants will be contacted by his Department or a...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Job Creation
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated number of jobs created both on a full-time and casual basis under the Leader rural development...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when a resolution will be found with regard to the food projects issue under the Leader Programme; and the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason he recently decided not to renew the terms of the members of An Bord Pleanála who have served...
    • Local Authority Services
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the responsibilities of local authorities in terms of the management, regulation and control of burial...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to ensure that Wicklow County Council complies with the order made by his predecessor...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there are grant schemes available for the installation of group sewerage schemes, in rural areas; if he...
    • Water Quality
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects to publish the standards of compliance for septic tanks that will be required to comply with...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a person (details supplied) is exempt from paying the household charge in view of the fact that the...
    • Water Services
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government noting that the recommended design figure for water usage is 180 litres per head per day, EPA 1999, that the...
    • Water Services
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the new water monitoring board; the date on which it will be established; the way it will be...
    • Co-operative Sector
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that the UN is leading an initiative for the International Year of Co-Operatives in...
    • Household Charge
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 149 of 26 January 2012, if he will clarify a matter (details...
    • Local Government Audit Service
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of value for money and or special reports carried out by the local government audit division in...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
    • Defence Forces Staff
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of numbers and grades of members of the Gardaí who have applied to the public service early...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for a visa will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an assurance that a number of senior promotion ranks in An Garda Síochána that have been approved but not filled...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the immigration status in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and when a decision will issue....
    • State Cars
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the redundant State cars will be sold; the way the sale will be handled; and where they will be advertised. [7036/12]
    • Garda Transport
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the plans he has to replace Garda cars as they are taken out of service due to high milage and or poor condition, on a local and...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality with regard to the Garda investigation into fraud at the National Education Welfare Board and a file sent to the Director of Public...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for naturalisation will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the application for registration and transfer of legal ownership of commonage (details supplied) to all persons listed on...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a decision on their application for naturalisation. [7149/12]
    • Visa Applications
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has had any engagement with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on the matter of student entry visas; if he appreciates...
    • Residential Institutions
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the consideration being given to issues relating to the former Bethany Home and the appropriateness and practicality of such issues...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Defence if the State will provide the Reserve Defence Forces personnel in Mullingar, County Westmeath, with a training location or if he intends to dispense...
    • Army Barracks
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress that has been made in finding an alternative use for Columb Barracks, Mullingar, County Westmeath; if he has had consultations with any...
    • Naval Service Operations
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of boardings and inspections of Dutch factory fishing vessels that have been carried out by the Naval Service during the mackerel fishing...
    • Defence Forces Training
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which military training for the Army, Navy and Air Corps is kept up to date and in accordance with modern practice and international...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Defence the degree to which the sea-going vessel of the Naval Service continue to be upgraded, replaced and or modernised on an ongoing basis with a view to...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which he expects to be in a position to ensure adequate investment in emergency services provided by the Defence Forces in the future,...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of positions, at all ranks, currently vacant or waiting to be filled in the Army, Navy and Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Defence the total number of women at all ranks in the Defence Forces including the Reserve and FCA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7196/12]
  • Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received a revised proposal from Bord na gCon in regard to assisting in the management of greyhound racing in...
    • Food Imports
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value and volume of potato chips and other potato-related imports in each of the past three years; and if he will make...
    • Horticulture Sector
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons employed on a full-time basis and part-time basis in the mushroom industry in 2011; and if he will...
    • Aquaculture Development
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding licensed fish farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Grant Payments
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway did not receive their full single farm payment and considering they...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that will face a reduction in their payments under the disadvantaged area scheme as a result of the...
    • Food Safety
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the obligation he has, with reference to the farm-to-fork traceability requirements, regarding the movement of animals...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has not been paid under the suckler welfare scheme in respect of...
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he has not considered depopulation in view of the health circumstances of a herd (details supplied); and if he...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of installation aid and early retirement scheme applications that were received in his Department after 14...
    • Forestry Sector
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he will put in place to ensure funding for the establishment of agroforestry systems, which have the potential...
    • Direct Payment Schemes
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when is he going to introduce an agri-environment options 3 scheme. [7203/12]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the changes that he has made to the disadvantaged areas scheme for 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to reduce the compliance costs under the REPS 4 scheme as a result of the decision to reduce payments by 10%...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who were inspected under the single farm payment in 2011; and of that number, the number of them that...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine as part of a stimulus for the agricultural sector, his plans for the reintroduction of the young farmers' installation aid....
    • Grant Payments
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that have been paid agri environmental options scheme 1 and AEOS 2 on a county basis. [7213/12]
  • Department of Health
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reasons she will not introduce legislation to allow gay and lesbian couples to adopt children. [7046/12]
    • Children in Care
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent on sending children in care abroad, either for treatment and or for residential services, per year in the past...
    • Health Services
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health if additional staffing will be allocated to the community nursing unit of St. Joseph's Hospital, Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies at grade currently at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; if these vacancies will be filled as soon as possible; and if he will make...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an over 70s medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health the level of State support and resources available to sufferers of Lupus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6971/12]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health the cost savings he hopes to achieve as part of the new health service plan in the area of administration; the way this figure compares to savings he...
    • Health Services
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 540 of 8 November 2011, if he will provide the details of the services offered to a person (details supplied);...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health the date on which Tralee Community Hospital, County Kerry, will open; the number of staff that will be employed in the hospital; where he proposes to...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on a medical card application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Mayo. [7021/12]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health the extent of respite service reductions for autistic children attending a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; if the decision will be...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health about the working relationship proposal between the primary care teams, as outlined, and the multidisciplinary community mental health teams. [7098/12]
    • Health Services
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently review a matter in respect of a person (details supplied). [7116/12]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [7126/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been waiting since August 2011 to receive a renewed medical card and a medical card in...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health when diabetes nurse specialist posts planned for University College Hospital, Galway are likely to be filled by the Health Service Executive; and if...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health the way the nursing home support scheme is being funded; the amount that has been allocated to operate this fund; the number of applications that...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health if it is the case that no after-hours work or agency staffing has been authorised to support mental health services since the beginning of the year;...
    • Health Service Reform
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health which of the seven new directorates which he intends to establish as part of reforming the health service will be responsible for public nursing...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an urgent application for the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [7185/12]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the breakdown, by profession and-or responsibility, of the total expected departure of all health service employees by the end of...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health the number of health service employees at Monaghan General Hospital who have advised of their intention to retire by the end of this month; the...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health the number of health service employees by profession and or responsibility, across the primary, community and continuing care services covering...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health the way he proposes to replace the departing midwives at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital, County Limerick; if all retiring midwives will be...
    • Health Services
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [7228/12]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider a heritage trail from Connaught to Cooley based on the Táin Bó Cúailgne saga; and if he will make a...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if sports capital funding will be available in 2012; when this money will be available; the way interested organisations...
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if taxi licence transfers are still governed by the three-year age of vehicle rule or whether the nine-year rule covers all...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether it is fair that the holder of a professional driver's licence who has not been using his or her vehicle in...
    • Road Network
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the roads projects submitted by Donegal County Council for funding under the specific improvement grants...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a tourism potential analysis has been undertaken in regards to the Viking discovery along the mid-Louth coast; and if he...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review a matter (details supplied) regarding a pension. [7096/12]
    • Road Network
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reinstate the local improvement scheme funding for local authorities to assist persons upgrade access lanes to their...
    • Rail Network
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will investigate the procurement system by Iarnród Éireann whereby many contractors who are approved by the company for...