Written answers
Tuesday, 8 May 2012
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Garda Representative Associations
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the grants of moneys, in tabular form, that have been made to the Garda Representative Association and the Association of Garda...
- Prison Service
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has ever examined the proposal to establish a position of Prisoners Ombudsman; the details of their costing analysis; and if he...
- Garda Deployment
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the proposed operational impact and proposed annualised cost savings of the new Garda roster introduced on 1 May 2012; and if he will...
- Courts Service
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline on a county basis, the number of court cases in each court district that are currently being heard and have not been...
- Immigration Status
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of migrant women with dependant immigration status who are experiencing domestic violence who have requested independent...
- Sentencing Policy
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources he is giving the Prison Services and Probation Services to deal with the early release programme; and if he...
- Escape of Prisoners
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has consulted with the Irish Prison Service in relation to prison escapes at Loughlin House Prison, County Cavan; if all...
- Legislative Programme
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which he will publish a new immigration bill. [22686/12]
- Prison Accommodation
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for reducing the overcrowding in the prison system. [22610/12]
- International Agreements
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to ratify without delay the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention Against Torture; and to establish effective national...
- Garda Transport
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints made by gardaí in relation to a lack of or substandard patrol cars and the steps taken to address these...
- Prisoner Allowances
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reduce daily payments to prisoners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22678/12]
- Garda Authority
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is considering establishing an independent Garda Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22606/12]
- Garda Operations
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the policy of the Gardaí on the use of strip searching; if any garda has ever been disciplined for misuse of strip searches; and the...
- Garda Stations
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the savings made to date from the restricted closing hours of stations in the Dublin metropolitan region; if he will outline these...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether it is necessary to amend the Charities Act to have all charities publish detailed accounts when they are in receipt...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has met with the Department of Children and Youth Affairs to discuss the matter of expanding the remit of the Ombudsman for...
- Garda Deployment
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the principles and the reasons underlying Garda staffing deployment across the country; the process by which gardaí...
- Equality Issues
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which he will publish the review of the National Women's Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22687/12]
- International Agreements
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which he will sign the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combatting Violence against Women and Domestic...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the conditions at Eyre Powell, direct provision centre in Newbridge, County Kildare; if he has met with residents...
- Registration of Title
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of form 5A applications that have been received by the Property Registration Authority since 2 November 2011 for the...
- Irish Prison Service
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to adequately fund the new strategy of the Irish Prison Service. [22669/12]
- Prisoner Releases
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria that will be used for the early release programme of 1,200 prisioners before 2015; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Representative Bodies
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the terms and conditions that allow members of An Garda Síochána to formulate an association; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Legislative Programme
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he will publish his proposed amendments to the Legal Services Bill 2011; if a regulatory impact statement will be published with...
- Debt Resolution
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the establishment of an independent debt resolution agency as proposed by the free legal advice centres; and if he will...
- Human Trafficking
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 94 of 13 March 2012, if he has completed his consideration of his Department's analysis of the...
- Employment Rights
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has met with the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to discuss proposals for amalgamating responsibility for...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will commit to ensuring the principle of one prisoner per cell in future prison reform or renovation. [22681/12]
- Criminal Gangs
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will facilitate an independent review of prison gangs that are now operating throughout Irish prisons. [22671/12]
- Legal Aid Service
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the current delays in accessing civil legal aid on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Strength
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider the request by the Association of Garda Superintendents that more than 20 vacancies at Superintendent rank be...
- Criminal Gangs
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the necessary personnel, general resources, communications, mobile equipment, intelligence and forensic facilities...
- Immigration Policy
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reform the immigration system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22702/12]
- Debt Resolution
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way he intends to ensure that the main banks are compelled to engage meaningfully in the proposed Personal Insolvency Arrangement...
- Prison Rehabilitative Programmes
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of prisoners currently incarcerated at all locations throughout the country; the extent to which rehabilitative or...
- Garda Stations
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí that are to be relocated due to his station rationalising plans; the date on which this was agreed with the Garda...
- EU Directives
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to transpose Council Directive 2010/18/EU; and if he has brought proposals to Cabinet, Council Directive 2010/18/EU as part...
- Garda Strength
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in training on 1 April 2012; his plans to increase the number of Garda recruits; and if he will make a statement...
- Drugs in Prisons
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for construction of a custodial drug treatment centre. [22670/12]
- Crime Prevention
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce measures to reduce the number of burglaries in rural areas in view of the closure of some rural Garda stations....
- Prison Staff
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints of assault made by prisoners against prison staff in each prison during each of the past five years; the...
- International Agreements
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Irish Government will ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities thereby recognising disability as a...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 127: To ask the Taoiseach the total amount spent since February 2011 on external public relations, marketing or communications consultants, including payments from Ministerial or...
- Departmental Staff
Question 129: To ask the Taoiseach the names, grade and cost of staff who have been rehired following retirement in his Department and State agencies under his remit; and if he will make a...
- State Banking Sector
Question 130: To ask the Taoiseach if he will set out, in respect of Government Departments, State controlled banks and State agencies, any contracts for the provision of services by a company...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- International Agreements
Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will confirm that the Article 136 Amendment to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union which is...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total amount spent since February 2011 on external reports commissioned by his Department including payments...
- Departmental Staff
Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the names, grade and cost of staff who have been rehired following retirement in his Department and State agencies...
- State Banking Sector
Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will set out, in respect of Government Departments, State controlled banks and State agencies, any contracts...
- Department of Finance
- Vehicle Registration
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has any plans to introduce legislation on a matter (details supplied) regarding vehicle registration plates; and if he will make a statement...
- Motor Fuels
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance the justification for and operational details of the so called green diesel system; and if he will provide any analysis done by his Department on...
- Private Debt
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide statistics on the level of private debt in the economy in nominal terms and as a percentage of GDP; the projections which his...
- Government Debt
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance if consultants (details supplied) have completed their external review of the €3.6bn general government debt error; if so, when he will supply the...
- Tax Reliefs
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will deal with the following matter regarding mortgage interest relief in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- European Stability Mechanism
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance the total contribution of the State to the European Stability Mechanism; the dates on which payments will be made; the amounts to be paid on each of...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount spent since February 2011 on external reports commissioned by his Department including payments from Ministerial allowances; the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance the names, grade and cost of staff who have been rehired following retirement in his Department and State agencies under his remit; and if he will...
- State Banking Sector
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out, in respect of Government Departments, State controlled banks and State agencies, any contracts for the provision of services by...
- Vehicle Registration Tax
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance the penalties that apply to drivers who fail to pay vehicle registration tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22924/12]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent by the Revenue Commissioners on interpreters for each of the past five years to date in 2012; the top four languages in each of...
- State Banking Sector
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance the repayment schedule by IBRC for the exceptional liquidity assistance it has from the Central Bank of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the interest costs incurred by the State arising from all borrowing recently issued as part of the 2012 deal on...
- Exchequer Revenue
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of non-tax current revenue including Central Bank surpluses, National Lottery surpluses, income from credit...
- Tax Code
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider including agricultural contractors in the carbon tax rebate system as announced in Budget 2012, as this cost will ultimately be...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Finance if an audit has been conducted of the National Assets Management Agency properties to see if any would be suitable for social housing; if such an...
- Tax Reliefs
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance if value-added-tax can now be reclaimed on a wind turbine purchased in late 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22958/12]
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Services Staff
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a cleaner working for a vocational education committee school may continue to work after the legal retirement age. [22837/12]
- School Transport
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider facilitating families that are affected by changes in the closed school rule in Budget 2011, which may be faced...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm if a person (details supplied) meets the qualifying conditions for the special rate of post graduate grant; if he...
- School Enrolments
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that are being taken to ensure that schools here are providing equality of access and admission for students; the measures he...
- Teachers' Remuneration
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the payment of allowances to teachers for Masters or Doctorate level qualifications, in particular with relation...
- Education Qualifications
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when new applications for FETAC provider registration will be accepted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22709/12]
- School Enrolments
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the girl who was refused admission to a school in County Tipperary recently has found a place in another school; and if he will make...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on an application by a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary for improvement works. [22755/12]
- School Complaints Processes
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a parent makes a complaint to his Department in relation to the treatment of their child in a school, the processes the Department...
- School Staffing
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 48 of 15 March 2012, if he has any plans to review the decision to abolish the 16 legacy posts in...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount spent since February 2011 on external reports commissioned by his Department including payments from Ministerial...
- School Staffing
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a learning support teacher in a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; if he will give a commitment that a...
- Departmental Staff
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names, grade and cost of staff who have been rehired following retirement in his Department and State agencies under his remit; and...
- School Accommodation
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of primary and post primary schools in County Kerry with prefabricated units that are waiting to be replaced...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school building projects that have completed stage 2b Detailed Design; the number of schools that have been included in...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason funding has been refused under the emergency works scheme for roof replacement at a school (details supplied) in County...
- School Staffing
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an appeal in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Closures
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some former students of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick have not...
- School Provision
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the context of the Department's corridor study N4/M4 in 2004, which advised that a note be reserved for a second level school in this...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of schools in County Waterford that received funding for minor works grants towards improvement works for...
- State Banking Sector
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will set out, in respect of Government Departments, State controlled banks and State agencies, any contracts for the provision of...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flood Relief
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the cost of laying a pipe (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Office of the Ombudsman
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding a complaint (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22795/12]
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount spent since February 2011 on external reports commissioned by his Department including payments from...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount spent on hair and make-up, including payments by all Ministers in his Department and including payments from...
- Departmental Staff
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the names, grade and cost of staff who have been rehired following retirement in his Department and State agencies under his...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 223 and 230 of 13 March, 2012, if he will issue a response with regards to the annual...
- Public Sector Remuneration
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form. the total public sector pay bill for 2011; the projected public sector pay bill for 2012,...
- State Banking Sector
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will set out, in respect of Government Departments, State controlled banks and State agencies, any contracts for the...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Job Protection
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding a company (details supplied) moving more than 300 jobs from Dundalk and Dublin to Northern Ireland,...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total amount spent since February 2011 on external reports commissioned by his Department including payments from...
- Work Permits
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the refusal of an application for an employment permit by a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be reviewed; if...
- Departmental Staff
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the names, grade and cost of staff who have been rehired following retirement in his Department and State agencies under his...
- Industrial Disputes
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the fact that the State has involved itself in a dispute (details supplied) since 1 March 2010 when can workers...
- State Banking Sector
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will set out, in respect of Government Departments, State controlled banks and State agencies, any contracts for the...
- Department of Social Protection
- Social Welfare Code
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rent allowance limits payable in an area (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22573/12]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application will be processed under the insolvency payments scheme in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a review for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will explain the rationale behind limiting the amount of time a person in receipt of carer's allowance can spend in employment,...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason she is refusing to honour its commitment to pay rent supplement to an individual in respect of a four year lease signed between...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Code
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 5 of 25 April 2012, if she will stop referring to people who have entitlements to the safety net of...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if any of the cuts she has introduced in relation to community employment schemes will lead to any job losses in CE schemes in County...
- Social Welfare Offices
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No 125 regarding local Social Welfare offices (details supplied) in County Westmeath if he will identify...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total amount spent since February 2011 on external reports commissioned by her Department including payments from Ministerial...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who applied for invalidity pension that had their claims decided on last year; the number of persons that were...
- Departmental Staff
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the names, grade and cost of staff who have been rehired following retirement in her Department and State agencies under her remit; and if...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be allowed to continue on a community employment scheme. [22905/12]
- Departmental Schemes
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if agriculture contractors are eligible applicants for the JobBridge scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22916/12]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be decided; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a long term entitlement to jobseeker's assistance exists in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if supplementary payments are being selectively suspended in applications for social welfare payments still on appeal; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; when the appeal will be heard; and if she...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will support a matter (details supplied) regarding domiciliary care allowance [22949/12]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal for disability allowance will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make...
- State Banking Sector
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will set out, in respect of Government Departments, State controlled banks and State agencies, any contracts for the provision of...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Wildlife Protection
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the law on protection of bird nesting applies to all birds or only protected species; if bird nesting of all bird...
- Turbary Rights
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 292 of 7 February 2012, if he will advise me of the progress made on this case; and...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total amount spent since February 2011 on external reports commissioned by his Department including payments from...
- Turbary Rights
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when payment in respect of sale of bogland will be received by a person (details supplied) in County Galway [22865/12]
- Departmental Staff
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the names, grade and cost of staff who have been rehired following retirement in his Department and State agencies under...
- State Banking Sector
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will set out, in respect of Government Departments, State controlled banks and State agencies, any contracts for the...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Electricity Generation
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he plans to introduce some grant initiatives for domestic dwellers who wish to erect wind turbines to...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of applications for the rural broadband scheme that he has received from Meenacuing, Gweedore,...
- Inland Fisheries
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 19 April 2012 (details supplied) regarding the fish...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total amount spent since February 2011 on external reports commissioned by his Department including...
- Postal Services
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has received the Grant Thornton Report commissioned by the Irish Postmasters Union in relation to the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the names, grade and cost of staff who have been rehired following retirement in his Department and State...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when broadband will be available in Derrygrath, Cahir, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Inland Fisheries
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to replace staff including three inspectors who have retired within the last 12 months from Inland...
- State Banking Sector
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will set out, in respect of Government Departments, State controlled banks and State agencies, any...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 266: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will approve the funding from the dormant accounts for Mullingar Youth Café, County Westmeath....
- Building Regulations
Question 267: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will give an update on steps he is taking to assist the residents of Priory Hall, Dublin 13; and if he...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 268: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that all new intervention work regarding water metering should be done to a standard...
- Electoral Divisions
Question 269: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he anticipates the Boundary Commission to publish its report. [22653/12]
- Local Authority Charges
Question 270: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of people who have paid the €100 household charge; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Local Government Reform
Question 271: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will publish his review of the local government system; and if members of the public or local...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 272: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to direct local authorities to revise their development contribution schemes in view of the...
- Local Authority Expenditure
Question 273: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has examined Sligo County Council's 2012 budget; his views on whether it is an acceptable and balanced...
- Animal Breeding Regulations
Question 274: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he intends to sign legislation outlawing puppy farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Unfinished Housing Developments
Question 275: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the process by which estates are graded as unfinished by his Department; the number of...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 276: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the contracts will be issued for a sewage treatment plant (details supplied) in County Galway; when...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 277: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will support a regeneration plan (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [22777/12]
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 278: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will indicate as of the end of April 2012 the number of the 2000+ National Asset Management Agency...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 279: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount spent since February 2011 on external reports commissioned by his Department including...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 281: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason for the delay in proceeding with the sewage treatment system upgrade (details supplied) in County...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 282: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if and when a person is liable to pay the household charge if they are due to inherit a house following the...
- EU Directives
Question 283: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the date on which he intends to adopt and publish the requirements of the Energy Performance in Buildings...
- Departmental Staff
Question 284: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the names, grade and cost of staff who have been rehired following retirement in his Department and State...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 285: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the provisions for added years that have been made for the retirement of city and county mangers in local...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 286: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if fire services charges are covered under the household charge fee (details supplied). [22947/12]
- Local Authority Staff
Question 287: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in a tabular form, the total local authorities pay bill for 2011; the projected pay bill...
- Community Development
Question 288: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when LEADER funding will be approved to Roscahill/Killannin Community Pavement Committee, County Galway, for...
- Forbairt Pobail
Question 289: To ask the Aire Comhshaoil, Pobail agus Rialtais Áitiúil cén uair a cheadófar deontas LEADER do Choiste Pháirc Chill Chiaráin; cén chúis atá leis an moill ar an deontas...
- State Banking Sector
Question 292: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will set out, in respect of Government Departments, State controlled banks and State agencies, any...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Prison Staff
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prison officers that were injured in the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; the number of prison officers that...
- Health Service Investigations (1 comment)
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether powers of investigation into allegations of child sexual abuse against fathers should be removed from the remit of...
- Visa Applications
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will indicate if Stamp 4 update will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to bring forward legislation to remove the legal obstacles to the abolition of ground rents; and if he will make a...
- Sexual Offences
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current period of time within which a person released from prison following a sexual conviction has to register at a Garda station,...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will give an update on plans to regulate cash for gold outlets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22652/12]
- Sexual Offences
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons convicted of a sexual offence who received specific rehabilitative training prior to their release in 2011; the...
- Crime Levels
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, in view of the Garda Recorded Crime Statistics report published by the Central Statistics Office recently, he will explain the...
- Garda Deployment
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a review of security for members of the Government following recent events; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has met the chief investigator with the Independent Commission on the Location of Victims' Remains, Geoff Knupfer; and if he will...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the number of persons convicted of theft in Waterford city and county in each of the past five years. [22758/12]
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total amount spent since February 2011 on external reports commissioned by his Department including payments from Ministerial...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for citizenship in respect of persons (details supplied). [22876/12]
- Departmental Staff
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the names, grade and cost of staff who have been rehired following retirement in his Department and State agencies under his remit; and...
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the costs associated with applying for renewing a pub licence (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if there is any...
- Departmental Complaints Procedures
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way he dealt with a complaint made by a person (details supplied) against the probation and welfare service in 2009; if he is...
- Visa Applications
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for a visitor's visa will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Bodies
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ensure that there will be no job losses suffered by staff currently employed in the Law Society as a result of the enacting...
- Crime Prevention
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will support a matter (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [22978/12]
- Prisoner Releases
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will indicate, having regard to previous parliamentary questions in respect of the selection of prisoners for day, casual,...
- Prison Education Service
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will indicate the methodology used to determine eligibility for rehabilitative, educational or training courses within the Irish...
- Prisoner Transfers
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications by prisoners seeking transfer to alternative prison facilities on health, humanitarian or other grounds or...
- Crime Levels
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will indicate the extent to which he has studied the level to which serious crime continues to be committed by persons accused of...
- Organised Crime
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the number of persons deemed to be members of criminal gangs has fluctuated in each of the past two years to date;...
- Prison Escapes
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will indicate, if known, the number of prisoners known to have escaped or absconded leave, supervised or unsupervised in each of...
- Garda Strength
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will indicate whether he is satisfied regarding the adequacy of resources to meet the policing requirements throughout the...
- Organised Crime
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will indicate the number of known criminal gang members currently in prison; the number likely to be released over the next...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Defence the total amount spent since February 2011 on external reports commissioned by his Department including payments from Ministerial allowances; the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Defence the names, grade and cost of staff who have been rehired following retirement in his Department and State agencies under his remit; and if he will...
- Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will forward details in relation to an appeal for agri-environment options scheme/Natura 2000 scheme in respect of a...
- Milk Quota
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22589/12]
- Beef Industry
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps a farmer has to take to use farm software offered by private agricultural companies being in the Beef Technology...
- Grant Payments
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No 448 on 6 March 2012 if he will advise when payment will issue in respect of a person...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount spent since February 2011 on external reports commissioned by his Department including payments from...
- Wildlife Protection
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the licence issued to Coillte to fell sections of the Lismullen Woods in the Tara Skryne Valley, County Meath, on 11...
- Departmental Staff
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the names, grade and cost of staff who have been rehired following retirement in his Department and State agencies under...
- Grant Payments
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of agri environment options scheme and REP scheme payments on a county basis for the three...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there has been a change in policy to allow students of a college (details supplied) in County Kilkenny to use college...
- Grant Payments
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive his payment of agri-environment options scheme; and if he...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a split holding rule in disadvantaged area schemes similar to the split holding rule in rural environment...
- State Banking Sector
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will set out, in respect of Government Departments, State controlled banks and State agencies, any contracts for the...
- Department of Health
- Health Services
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs with regard to the new Assessment, Consultation and Therapy Service proposed by the Health Service Executive to address the...
- Asylum Applications
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will ask the Health Service Executive Team for Separated Children Seeking Asylum to review the case of a person (details...
- Departmental Strategies
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there will be a public consultation process as part of the development of the national early years strategy; and the format...
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will explain the delay in the signing of the bilateral agreement between the Irish and Russian authorities in respect of...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total amount spent since February 2011 on external reports commissioned by her Department including payments from Ministerial...
- Departmental Staff
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the names, grade and cost of staff who have been rehired following retirement in her Department and State agencies under her...
- State Banking Sector
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will set out, in respect of Government Departments, State controlled banks and State agencies, any contracts for the...
- Health Services
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [22588/12]
- Health Service Reform
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the Mayo General Hospital has been incorporated in to the Galway group of hospitals; if he will outline what this will mean...
- Health Services
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will provide support to an organisation (details supplied) in County Kildare along the lines requested in the...
- Medical Cards
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay; and if he...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider that lupus disease, which is a chronic auto immune condition greatly affecting the quality of life for sufferers, be put on the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 673 of 21 March 2012, when the person involved (details supplied) will receive an appointment; and if he will...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for prosthetic and orthotic services; the average waiting period for same; the number of amputees waiting...
- Medical Cards
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appeal for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
- Mental Health Services
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the child and adolescent community mental health teams allocated under the Health Service Executive Service Plan for 2012 and...
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider including the drug pradaxa as one of the items on the general medical supplement. [22765/12]
- Hospital Services
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Health when will the Health Information and Quality Authority inspection be carried out at a hospital (details supplied) in County Westmeath; if he will...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Health if he will support a matter (details supplied) regarding assessments and disabled children. [22797/12]
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Health the total amount spent since February 2011 on external reports commissioned by his Department including payments from Ministerial allowances; the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Health when a patient (details supplied) will receive a date for surgery at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22854/12]
- Medical Cards
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Health if the refusal of a medical card application can be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
- Health Services
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding services and resources in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Services
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for an outpatients appointment to be brought forward in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly. [22881/12]
- Departmental Staff
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Health the names, grade and cost of staff who have been rehired following retirement in his Department and State agencies under his remit; and if he will...
- Hospital Staff
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the current schedule regarding to nursing and dietetic posts at Limerick Regional Hospital; when advertisements for these posts...
- Health Services
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine an issue (details supplied) regarding the national clinical programme on diabetes. [22911/12]
- Hospital Services
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 will receive an appointment to have an operation to remove cataracts in both eyes; and if he will make a...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Health if National Lottery funding will be made available to an organisation (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Health the free dental care to which a child over 14 years but under 16 years is entitled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22960/12]
- Medical Cards
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22961/12]
- Hospital Services
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an urgent triple bypass. [22962/12]
- Home Help Services
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that there are no cuts to home help services, in view of the severe difficulties this will cause service users and their families;...
- Ambulance Service
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the proposals to develop a new ambulance base at Ballaghadereen, County Roscommon; when this service will be operational; if this...
- Health Services
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Health if he will support a matter (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [22979/12]
- Medical Cards
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Health if he will give a breakdown of the decision to award a general practitioner visit card (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [22980/12]
- Hospital Services
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding suggestions for reform in our hospitals; if he will seek a detailed...
- Coroner Service
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Health the hours of the post mortem service in the north east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23014/12]
- Hospital Staff
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Health if he will deploy more rheumatologists to Cork University Hospital in view of the fact that currently there are only two who cover approximately...
- Health Service Funding
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding. [23046/12]
- State Banking Sector
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out, in respect of Government Departments, State controlled banks and State agencies, any contracts for the provision of services by a...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Commissioners of Irish Lights
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will retain all the lighthouse buildings of Ireland in their original historic condition and refrain from changing any...
- Road Safety
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider making it compulsory for vehicle lights to be on at all times whilst being driven to help reduce the number...
- Tourism Promotion
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is the lead Department with regard to the organisation of the Gathering project; and if so the amount of...
- Road Signage
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of money spent on a county by county basis in 2011 and in 2010 on installing new road signs and replacing existing...
- Road Safety
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are any traffic safety issues concerning a sheer wall at a right angle in the vehicle lay-bys at the Dublin Port...
- Regional Airports
Question 401: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projected levels of funding for all regional airports in 2012. [22796/12]
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount spent since February 2011 on external reports commissioned by his Department including payments from...
- Light Rail Project
Question 404: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital and current budget allocations for the Luas BXD extension to Broombridge in 2012; the year end forecast for...
- Departmental Staff
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the names, grade and cost of staff who have been rehired following retirement in his Department and State agencies under his...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if sporting organisations which have sports grounds located outside of RAPID areas but which have a large number of players and...
- Road Signage
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the number of cities, towns and villages that are currently bypassed, if he will consider revising the traffic sign...
- State Banking Sector
Question 409: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will set out, in respect of Government Departments, State controlled banks and State agencies, any contracts for the...
