Written answers
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to instruct the National Council for Special Education to extend the schools appeals process it intends to have in place for...
- School Patronage
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the publication of the Report of the Advisory Group to the Forum on Patronage and Pluralism; if he will...
- Higher Education Institutions
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on Universitas 21 findings in relation to rankings for Irish universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Value for Money Reviews
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the value for money review of small schools has yet to be published; if he will provide a date for publishing this review;...
- School Enrolments
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has issued a directive or a circular or advice to school principals reminding them of his previous opinion regarding the voluntary...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage of a proposed building project in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cavan; when this project will proceed to...
- State Examinations
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the leaving certificate higher level maths paper and particularly on criticism that the standard of the questions was...
- Public Sector Pay
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update of the review of public service allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30967/12]
- Schools Guidance Counsellors
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that there will be adequate provision for career guidance and counselling for 2012/2013 school year; and if he will...
- Special Education Review
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date by which the National Council for Special Education will complete its major strategic review of special education. [30975/12]
- Languages Programme
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to the recent National Council for Curriculum and Assessment research reports on proposals for a new language...
- Student Grant Scheme
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the online applications for student grants will be made available; the reason for the delay in making these forms available; if he...
- Schools Guidance Counsellors
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the decision to cut the allocation of guidance counselling to schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Research Centres Programme
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline his views on the proposal that an education research and policy institute should be established; and if he will make...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has held any meetings with officials from the National Asset Management Agency in relation to possible suitable sites or buildings...
- European Globalisation Fund
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the European Globalisation Fund application in respect of a company (details supplied); and the measures...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update regarding the proposal for a shared campus in respect of a Gaelcoláiste and second level Educate Together...
- Third Level Staff
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the unauthorised level of payments made to university staff; if universities have responded to him on this issue; and if he...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date in addressing the specific issues of rural schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30968/12]
- School Staffing
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date by which he intends to provide an updated circular in the way special needs assistants posts are to be allocated to schools....
- State Examinations
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on some of the questions in the Higher Level Leaving Certificate Math's Paper that were criticised for using very complex...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the methods by which the National Council for Special Education has circulated its recently published Children with Special Educational...
- Teaching Council of Ireland
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the way money received in teacher's registration fees is currently being used by the Teaching Council....
- Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
Question 38: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna ar phléigh an Coiste idir-Rannach atá freagrach as Oideachas i dtaca leis an Straitéis Fiche Bliain na héifeachtaí a d'fhéadfadh a...
- Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the issue of costs of school books and school uniforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30792/12]
- Education and Training Boards
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of occasions that the SOLAS implementation group has met; when legislation will be published to enable the establishment of...
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of his plan to merge vocational education committees, if he will be carrying out an audit on the current stock of properties...
- Health Professions Admission Test
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a recent review of the entry exam HPAT for medical schools which has shown that the exam has done little to widen access to...
- State Examinations
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the current status of proposals to review the junior certificate; his views on the proposal by the National Council...
- School Closures
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that he can retain an adequate number of rural schools throughout the country with particular reference to the need...
- Student Grant Scheme
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the progress made to date in establishing the new student grant awarding authority, SUSI; and if he will make a...
- Teacher Training
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who have availed of training under the Draft National Plan to Improve Literacy and Numeracy standards in schools;...
- Third Level Admissions
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the methodology and reason three Grade A's achieved at A-level in the North of Ireland are allocated 450 points, when applicants for...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the terms of reference for the National Council for Special Education schools appeals process which it intends to have in place for the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage of a proposed building project in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cavan; when this project will proceed to...
- European Globalisation Fund
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of persons who have received support from the European Globalisation Fund programme for redundant workers since 21...
- School Accommodation
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to deal with the prefab accommodation in schools (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if it would be more cost effective...
- School Transport
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the practical difficulties being experienced by parents of pupils in Dunmore East and Portlaw in...
- Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent and content of the consultation process that was undertaken with victims of residential abuse in advance of the drafting of...
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next assessment of DEIS schools will be implemented; and the criteria to be applied when examining the effectiveness of DEIS...
- Points System
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects reform proposals on the points system to be brought forward from the third level sector; if these proposals will then be...
- European Globalisation Fund
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to address the failure highlighted in the Dáil on Wednesday 26 October 2011 in respect of the use of European...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Human Rights Issues
Question 59: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the fact that the Israeli army plans to forcibly evict and relocate some 2,300 persons, a majority of...
- Ministerial Transport
Question 60: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent of money spent on ministerial transport in his Department for each of the years 2009, 2010 and 2011....
- Department of Finance
- Credit Availability
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent revelation by the Central Bank of Ireland that the amount of credit extended to the small and medium enterprise sector had...
- Credit Availability
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Finance the immediate action he will take to assist small to medium enterprises and the farming community who are finding it increasingly difficult to secure...
- Additional Voluntary Contributions
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person is entitled to access their AVC pension contribution prior to reaching the required age if that person is facing a mortgage payment...
- Tax Credits
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received correspondence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; if their parents are entitled to the incapacitated...
- Tax Reliefs
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are tax breaks available to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31266/12]
- Ministerial Transport
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent of money spent on ministerial transport in his Department for each of the years 2009, 2010 and 2011. [31594/12]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Third Level Grants
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding options available to Irish citizens who have been offered places at American universities; and if he will make a statement...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; when he expects this school to go to tender; and if he will make...
- European Globalisation Fund
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the final reports on the EGF funding programme for SR Technics, Waterford Crystal Construction Workers are due to be submitted to...
- Third Level Grants
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will allow top-up student grants to be paid retrospectively if, following appeal, a decision is made by the Department of Social...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of the €359.5m capital allocation for 2012 under the school building programme that has been expended to date; and the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has taken measures to compile a contingent list of school building projects for advancement in the event that any of...
- Further Education and Training Programmes
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the need to be responsive to changing skills needs, the extent to which the training and further education courses currently...
- Skills Development
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the importance for prospective employees of training to develop specialised skill sets, particularly in the area of ICT, as...
- Departmental Staff
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who took a Department-sanctioned study leave to study a PHD but because of circular letter 0010/2011 in relation...
- Emergency Works Scheme
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that he has received an emergency works application from a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; if in the...
- Further Education and Training Programmes
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be in a position to influence the number of up skilling or retraining places likely to become...
- Back to Education Allowance
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if in conjunction with the Department of Social Protection he can identify the availability of extra back to education places; and if he...
- School Staffing
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of schools likely to be affected by a reduction in teacher numbers from September next in the aftermath of all appeals...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of new school projects pending at primary or second level; the number in the course of construction and or awaiting...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of school building projects likely to start over the next three years in respect of both primary and second level; and...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he has been able to meet the special needs assistants requirement in all schools throughout the country in the...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied notwithstanding the ongoing economic situation that he can maintain class sizes insofar as is possible within...
- School Patronage
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date in the determination of the patronage of the proposed new second level schools in Maynooth, County Kildare;...
- School Accommodation
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full extent to which the primary and post primary school accommodation requirements are being met in the towns of Maynooth, Leixlip,...
- Student Retention Rates
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent of student dropout, if any, at second and or third level in each of the past three years to date; if any particular trend...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the full extent of requirements in terms of extra facilities at a school (details supplied) in County...
- Ministerial Transport
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent of money spent on ministerial transport in his Department for each of the years 2009, 2010 and 2011. [31592/12]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Coastal Protection
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will acknowledge County Kerry's vast coastline and the major problem the county is facing with coastal erosion by...
- Ministerial Transport
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent of money spent on Ministerial transport for each of the years 2009, 2010 and 2011. [31049/12]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Credit Availability
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the recent revelation by the Central Bank of Ireland that the amount of credit extended to the small and medium...
- Credit Availability
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the immediate action he will take to assist small to medium enterprises and the farming community who are finding it...
- State Agencies
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of any compulsory purchase orders issued by the Industrial Development Agency Ireland since 1988;...
- Ministerial Transport
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent of money spent on ministerial transport in his Department for each of the years 2009, 2010 and 2011. [31597/12]
- Department of Social Protection
- Domiciliary Care Allowance
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will include parents representation on the committee she is establishing to review the domiciliary care allowance. [31043/12]
- Pension Provisions
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the pension or work situation of persons who retire at 65 years of age and who are not eligible for a pension until they reach 66 years of...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the community employment review will be published; if she will outline its contents; and the way she intends to respond to same....
- Rent Supplement Scheme
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) who is separated and has their three children stay with them three nights per week may claim full rent...
- Invalidity Pension
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the continuing delay in the appeal for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 in respect of their...
- Disability Allowance
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will recommend that the appeals office schedule an oral hearing on a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the status of a domiciliary care allowance claim in respect of persons (details supplied); and if she...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of the number of persons in County Louth in receipt of domiciliary care allowance. [31093/12]
- Disability Allowance
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision is likely to be made on an appeal against the decision to disallow their application for disability allowance in respect...
- Carer's Allowance
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when an application for carer's allowance will be processed and payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
- Illness Benefit
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an illness benefit appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will be expedited; the reason for the delay in their...
- Rent Supplement Scheme
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the situation whereby if a housing applicant in Dun Laoghaire Rathdown unable to find rented accommodation in the Dun...
- Rent Supplement Scheme
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on how successful the new rent allowance caps have been in forcing landlords to reduce their rents. [31228/12]
- Domiciliary Care Allowance
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that she has received an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Ministerial Transport
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent of money spent on ministerial transport in her Department for each of the years 2009, 2010 and 2011. [31599/12]
- Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Cultural Property
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on whether membership by Ireland, to date, of the International Centre for the study of preservation and...
- Chonarthaí Comhairleoireachta
Question 127: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an ndeachaigh Foras na Gaeilge i gcomhairle leis maidir le Gníomhaireacht Caidrimh Phoiblí a fhostú, cé go bhfuil a...
- Wildlife Protection
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the criteria relating to cutting hedgerows and the cutting for road safety; if land owners can cut for road safety reasons;...
- Ministerial Transport
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent of money spent on ministerial transport in his Department for each of the years 2009, 2010 and 2011. [31588/12]
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Fuel Prices
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to reduce the price of diesel and petrol in view of the significant decrease in the price of crude...
- Warmer Homes Scheme
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position in relation to the €3,000 levy on contractors who participate in the Sustainable Energy...
- Ministerial Transport
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent of money spent on ministerial transport in his Department for each of the years 2009, 2010 and 2011....
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Ministerial Travel
Question 133: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a report on the Earth Summit at Rio de Janerio; the commitments made and the way in which...
- Property Taxation
Question 135: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify reports whereby it is said that the new property tax is to be deducted directly from the...
- Household Charge
Question 136: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the household charge covers the cost of the fire brigade services. [31035/12]
- Fire Stations
Question 137: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 552 of 11 January 2012, when funding will be provided to replace an...
- Regeneration Projects
Question 138: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it is the case that Ballymun Regeneration Limited was incorporated into Dublin City Council as a public...
- Water Services
Question 142: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he met with representatives from Price Waterhouse Coopers in the context of the review they carried out...
- Motor Taxation
Question 143: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends to apply a 0% motor tax rate to off the road cars or any other method of ending the off the...
- Nitrates Action Programme
Question 144: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the timeframe for the review of the Nitrates Action Plan; his plans to change this plan; and if he will make...
- Building Regulations
Question 145: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the nature of the regionalised or shared services model for the administration of building control function...
- End of Life Vehicles
Question 147: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if illegal burying of scrapped cars is in breach of environmental legislation. [31126/12]
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 148: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether the National Study on Unsewered Wastewater Treatment Systems, ESBI 2008, conclusion...
- Motor Taxation
Question 149: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total revenue generated in 2011 and to date in 2012 from motor vehicle tax; the contribution revenue...
- Ministerial Transport
Question 150: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent of money spent on ministerial transport in his Department for each of the years 2009, 2010 and...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Road Safety
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the black spot designated for mobile speed cameras at a location (details supplied) in County Wicklow; the...
- Garda Stations
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to close three Garda stations (details supplied) in County Monaghan to restrict their opening hours or to make any other...
- Garda Transport
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda mobile custody units that are currently in use; the stations to which they are attached; and if he will make a...
- Garda Transport
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason 60 traffic corps vehicles have been withdrawn from the Garda traffic corps; if he is concerned that road casualty rates are...
- Garda Transport
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Garda community van stationed at a Garda station (details supplied) has been withdrawn; his plans to provide a new van;...
- Garda Operations
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he received a report from the Garda Commissioner regarding the serious public order problems which occurred at Malahide and...
- Ministerial Correspondence
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; his views on same; and if he will make a statement...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received a request from the Garda Inspector in Finglas, Dublin, for CCTV on the Cardiffbridge Road and Wellmount Road...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Ministerial Transport
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent of money spent on ministerial transport in his Department for each of the years 2009, 2010 and 2011. [31598/12]
- Ministerial Transport
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent of money spent on the Government jet for each of the years 2009, 2010 and 2011. [31050/12]
- Ministerial Transport
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent of money spent on ministerial transport in his Department for each of the years 2009, 2010 and 2011. [31591/12]
- Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
- Departmental Schemes
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Horse Racing Ireland and Bord na gCon have loan facilities; the extent of the respective loan faculties and the amount...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2012 agri environment options scheme payment will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue on an agri environment option scheme application in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Garda Investigations
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the Garda investigation into the cause of the dioxin crisis and those involved; the steps being...
- Animal Welfare Issues
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding persons who have a number of horses but due to the present economic situation are no longer in a...
- Single Payment Scheme
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a single farm payment appeal can be re-examined by persons who made the initial decision to refuse the payment;...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford did not receive full REP scheme payment; and if he will make a...
- Single Payment Scheme
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reasons a person (details supplied) in County Wexford did not receive their single farm payment; and if he will make a...
- Ministerial Transport
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent of money spent on ministerial transport in his Department for each of the years 2009, 2010 and 2011. [31587/12]
- Department of Health
- Departmental Staff
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons employed by her Department by grade; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31100/12]
- Ministerial Transport
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent of money spent on ministerial transport in her Department for each of the years 2009, 2010 and 2011. [31589/12]
- Medical Cards
Question 175: 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 Tipperary; and if he will make a...
- General Practitioner Services
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health the changes that have been made to the management structure of WestDoc; the reason a full-time service manager is no longer in place; the reason a...
- Bullying in the Workplace
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health when a hearing will be provided in regard to a bullying complaint lodged by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) in County Mayo has been waiting approximately one year for an appointment to see a urologist at Tallaght...
- Medical Cards
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if same will be expedited. [31056/12]
- Ambulance Service
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health the benefits the new Aeromedical Ambulance based in Athlone, County Westmeath, will have for the Sligo/Leitrim West Cavan area; and if he will make a...
- Medical Cards
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card application will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork [31068/12]
- Tobacco Control Measures
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to implement the World Health Organisation framework convention on tobacco control; the steps being taken to implement Article...
- Health Service Reform
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 659 of 19 June 2012, if he will confirm if it is the case that the Health Service Executive at present has...
- Medical Cards
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; when a decision will issue. [31081/12]
- Hospital Services
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health if he has instructed the Health Service Executive North East to reduce services in Louth County Hospital, Navan Hospital and other hospitals in the...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health when he intends to publish in full the National Narcolepsy Steering Committee Report; if he will outline the key findings and recommendations of the...
- Hospital Services
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a new pulmonary hypertension unit for Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31107/12]
- Hospital Staff
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health when the post for Registrar in Emergency Medicine at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 will be appointed; if he is concerned at recent gross overcrowding...
- Health Service Staff
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the Health and Social Care Professionals Act to those providing psychotherapeutic and counselling services who are not already...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will receive an appointment with an eye specialist; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medicinal Products
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health if the drug Trental is available under the general medical scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31132/12]
- Health Services
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 665 of 21 March 2012, if he will provide an update; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31134/12]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health when braces will be supplied to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31138/12]
- Medical Cards
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31141/12]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hip replacement operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Service Staff
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase the hours from 20 to 30 for a domestic cook cleaner at a day care centre (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make...
- Pension Provisions
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the Health Service Executive providing a final benefit statement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Primary Care Centres
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health the services that will be provided in the new primary health care centre planned for a location (details supplied) in Dublin 8; the person who is...
- Medical Cards
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card was withdrawn in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; if same will be reinstated; and if he will...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health if financial assistance is available to a person who is providing transport on a daily basis to an adult family member to a day care service for...
- Ministerial Transport
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health the extent of money spent on ministerial transport in his Department for each of the years 2009, 2010 and 2011. [31596/12]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Bus Services
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total cost of implementing the Dublin Bus real time information displays; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to re-open the local authority swimming pool programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31105/12]
- Driving Tests
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff by grade currently in a driving test centre (details supplied) in Dublin 5; the number of tests conducted...
- Bus Services
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the share and number of Dublin buses is compliant with the real time information displays; if he is satisfied with the...
- Sale of State Assets
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which European Union restrictions on foreign ownership of airlines will restrict the sale of the Government's...
- Sale of State Assets
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had any contact with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on Ryanair's bid for Aer Lingus; and if he will...
- Ministerial Transport
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent of money spent on ministerial transport in his Department for each of the years 2009, 2010 and 2011. [31600/12]
