Written answers
Wednesday, 23 September 2015
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- National Roads Authority Projects
11. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will seek to have the N20 motorway upgrade between Limerick and Cork included in the Government’s forthcoming capital plan;...
- State Bodies Property
12. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he received any correspondence containing concerns or queries as to the manner in which the sale process of the CIE site at Tara...
- Rail Network
13. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on any plans to upgrade public transport from Dublin city centre to Dublin airport and Swords, County Dublin;...
- Harbour Authorities
14. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the activities for which the Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company must seek consent before engaging in; if he is satisfied that the company...
- Transport Regulation
15. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide regulations for the operation of non-traditional private for hire transport, such as Uber or rickshaws, in towns and...
- Hotel Accommodation
16. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the increasing cost of renting hotel rooms; if he intends to address these increased costs given their possible...
- Road Network
17. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he recognises the great socio-economic benefits that would derive from the construction of the new N22 Cork-Kerry road; if he is aware...
- Military Aircraft Landings
18. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in relation to the exemptions granted by his Department regarding civil aircraft used by foreign militaries under the Air Navigation...
- Rail Network
19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the interconnect rail link between Dublin airport and Dublin city centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or his officials have been briefed or have been party to any formal or informal meetings with either trade unions or the management...
- Bus Éireann Services
21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the new Bus Éireann buses, which reportedly cannot navigate some streets of a major Irish town and have led to...
- Rail Network
22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on his decision to abandon plans to progress the DART underground project for Dublin; if he will provide an explanation of the...
- Rail Services
23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to deal with overcrowding on the DART during peak times; if Irish Rail has looked for more funding to provide more trains and...
- State Airports
24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the positive effect the national aviation policy will have on Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31802/15]
- Road Projects Status
25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the long-awaited new N22 Cork-Kerry road will be prioritised for construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31919/15]
- Rail Services
26. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the development of plans for the DART project; if he will confirm if this will remain under the auspices...
- Tourism Project Funding
27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the lack of amenities for tourists in the Malin Head, Errigal and Dún Luiche areas of County Donegal, as well as in...
- Haulage Industry
28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with the French authorities to seek compensation for Irish hauliers who suffered losses as a result of strike action in...
- Community Development Projects
29. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress to date on the development of the section of the inter-urban greenway between Athlone and Galway; and if he will make a...
- Public Transport Initiatives
30. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projected capacity and frequency for the proposed Luas link to Swords, County Dublin via Dublin Airport; if such capacity and...
- Military Aircraft Landings
31. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of any discussions he has had with the Departments of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Justice and Equality and-or...
- National Roads Authority Projects
32. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in consideration of the welcome allocation of €4 million in funding this year, the reason for the delays in upgrading and...
- Swimming Pool Projects
33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the provision of a public swimming pool for Kildare North, particularly considering the long delays to date and the...
- Tourism Policy
34. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to encourage and develop historical tourism interest, focusing on the revolutionary periods of Irish history during and...
- Coast Guard Station Closures
35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will support the reinstatement of the Coast Guard Unit Cliff Rescue Service in An Bun Beag; the other supports he will make...
- Tourism Policy
36. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that Tourism Ireland and Bord Fáilte are promoting all tourism areas equally; his views that a fresh approach...
- Public Transport
37. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the report on Transitioning to a Wheelchair Accessible Licensed Bus Sector; if it has been published; and if he has an...
- Road Network
38. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport with regard to the proposed N4 Collooney to Castlebaldwin scheme, which is at an advanced stage of planning, if the previously agreed...
- Traffic Management
40. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the proposals of the National Transport Authority and Dublin City Council, contained in the Dublin city transport study, to...
- Public Transport
41. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the resulting increase in vehicle emissions arising as a result of the cancellation of the Dublin Area Rapid Transit underground has...
- Road Network
42. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he accepts the vital beneficial economic impact of the proposal in respect of the Naas-Newbridge bypass-Newhall interchange-Sallins...
- Department of Social Protection
- Redundancy Payments
43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding entitlement to statutory redundancy in the case where somebody leaves the workplace due to illness or...
- Carer's Allowance Payments
45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason payment of carer's allowance has been reduced for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
- Illness Benefit Appeals
46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for illness benefit by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
- State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason the year that a person turns 66 years of age is not included in the calculations for the yearly average contribution...
- Disability Allowance Eligibility
48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite a disability allowance review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, as all...
- Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the current waiting times for each social welfare payment for the processing of applications by...
- Social Welfare Schemes
50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to reintroduce the cost of education allowance for back to education allowance students. [32407/15]
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Applications
51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding long-term illness benefit in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if and when rent allowance will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; if any documentation remains...
- Carer's Allowance Eligibility
53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to allow discretion on the 15-hour week employment exemption under the carer's allowance scheme where it has no impact on...
- Disability Allowance Payments
54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when arrears will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal in respect of a disability allowance claim; and if she...
- Invalidity Pension Applications
55. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has been refused payment of carer's allowance (details supplied); and if she...
- Department of Finance
- Property Tax Exemptions
57. To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to home owners living in pyrite effected homes, if he will outline the class of home owners who are entitled to tax exemptions or reliefs; if he...
- Tax Data
58. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of all documents requested by the European Parliament's TAXE Committee of his Department or of the Revenue Commissioners and in each...
- Property Tax
59. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding moneys due for household charges in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
- VAT Rate Reductions
60. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of reducing the VAT rate by 1% and 2%, respectively. [32392/15]
- Financial Services Regulation
61. To ask the Minister for Finance the regulations which govern the sale of loan-mortgages from an Irish based bank to institutions outside the State. [32408/15]
- Flood Risk Insurance Cover
62. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason insurance companies are permitted to exclude cover for flood damage by using a technology for geo coding-flooding mapping, which results in premises...
- Tax Yield
63. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of Government revenue, on an annual basis, raised by the vehicle registration tax for both domestic and imported motor vehicles since 2004; and if...
- Tax Reliefs Eligibility
64. To ask the Minister for Finance whether, to qualify for the foreign earnings deduction, the employee concerned must be employed by an Irish incorporated company; and if he will make a...
- Insurance Industry Regulation
65. To ask the Minister for Finance to indicate the person or body who regulates car insurance charges; the process for granting an increase; his views on whether it is reasonable that a motor...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Freedom of Information Remit
66. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address a matter (details supplied) with regard to the Freedom of Information Act; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Sector Pay
67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out his plans to legislate for the proposed changes to the pension-related deduction or pension levy, as provided for in the...
- Flood Risk Assessments
68. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will arrange for the Office of Public Works to investigate and carry out remedial works to the river (details supplied) in County...
- Office of Public Works Expenditure
70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the expenditure incurred by the Office of Public Works for the years 2011 to 2015 on drainage works in County Cavan; and if he...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Herd Numbers
72. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for a changeover of title on a herd number in respect of persons (details supplied) in County...
- Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
73. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway is not receiving the top rate of payment under the targeted agricultural...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
74. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received their payment under the rural environment protection scheme...
- Herd Numbers
75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be issued with a herd number; the reason for the delay in same; and if he...
- Department of Defence
- Air Corps Equipment
76. To ask the Minister for Defence the consideration that has been given by his Department to additional replacement and further modernisation of the Air Corps fleet. [32390/15]
- Naval Service Operations
77. To ask the Minister for Defence the reason the Navy Service turned down a request from An Garda Síochána to assist in a search operation (details supplied) in County Mayo; the...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Immigration Status
82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if permission can be facilitated to remain in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Garda Operations
83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda Commissioner intends to create a dedicated full time stolen bike unit within An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a...
- Immigration Status
84. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of an application for leave to remain in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if she will make a statement...
- Residency Permits
85. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Naturalisation Applications
88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Penalty Points System Offences
89. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 508 of 14 July 2015, if she will provide the figures from certain District Courts (details supplied) where...
- Alcohol Sales Legislation
90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce the Sale of Alcohol Bill. [32388/15]
- Bench Warrants
91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bench warrants currently outstanding in the Garda R district as of 14 September 2015. [32389/15]
- Syrian Conflict
92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the preparations for the reception of refugees from Syria; if refugees coming here are already in the EU or are applicants for EU refugee in...
- Garda Strength
93. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the personnel strength of An Garda Síochána each year since 2009; her views that An Garda Síochána has sufficient personnel at...
- Courts Staff
94. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding staff resources within the Courts Service; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Immigration Controls
96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the Irish naturalisation and immigration process; the way permission to remain in the State may be secured on the basis of...
- Paramilitary Groups
97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received a report from the Garda Commissioner in relation to paramilitary activity on this island; if there are paramilitary...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Social Workers Recruitment
98. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social worker posts currently vacant; and his plans to ensure all posts are filled immediately. [32391/15]
- Inter-Country Adoptions
99. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the most recent occasion that his Department held a meeting with the Russian Embassy regarding inter-country adoption. [32470/15]
- Department of Health
- Home Help Service Data
101. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the number of home help hours from 10.3 million to 11.5 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32345/15]
- Orthodontic Service Provision
102. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding orthodontic treatment for a child (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32347/15]
- Medical Card Applications
103. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32352/15]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
104. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) is granted a date for their knee replacement operation at Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County...
- Hospital Services
105. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of beds in the epilepsy monitoring unit at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9. [32386/15]
- European Investment Bank Loans
106. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount of investment funding received by the Health Service Executive from the European Investment Bank in the years 2012, 2013, 2014 and to date in...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
107. To ask the Minister for Health if and when an CT colonography procedure will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
- Hospital Investigations
108. To ask the Minister for Health the number of critical incidents in the University Hospital Galway maternity unit in each year to date in 2015 since the death of a person (details supplied);...
- Services for People with Disabilities
109. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that personal assistant hours will be increased in budget 2016 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32433/15]
- Vaccination Programme
110. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the use of the anti-cervical cancer vaccine, Gardasil; if he will investigate the cases of the several school-going children experiencing...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason a mother's passport cannot be taken into account in the case of an application for a passport by person (details supplied) in...
- Migrant Issues
112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his officials have discussed the refugee crisis in Hungary with the Hungarian authorities. [32396/15]
- Human Rights Issues
113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the use of tear gas, water cannon and other crowd control measures by the Hungarian authorities on Serbian territory. [32397/15]
- Immigration Policy
114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with European Union counterparts on the refugee crisis. [32398/15]
- Foreign Conflicts
115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent clashes between Palestinians and the Israeli police force in occupied East Jerusalem. [32399/15]
- Departmental Funding
116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to the recent visit of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall to County Sligo, a visit which was another major stepping...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Site Acquisitions
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the procurement of a permanent site for a planned new school (details supplied) in County Cork and also on the...
- School Funding
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding her Department has provided to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9 in the years 2012, 2013 and 2014; and if she will...
- School Transport Administration
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with reference to the primary school transport scheme document on her website, if children in junior and senior infants whose school day finishes...
- Skills Shortages
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which skill requirements in this workplace continue to be met by jobseekers; if particular initiatives are contemplated to address...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reverse the reductions in the family income thresholds to qualify for the Student Universal Support Ireland grant scheme. [32401/15]
- Student Grant Scheme Expenditure
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to make changes to the adjacency rates for the Student Universal Support Ireland grant scheme to reduce the burden of attending third...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans reintroduce grant supports for students engaged in postgraduate studies. [32403/15]
- Student Assistance Fund
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the funds for the student assistance fund given the SAF funds in many third-level colleges are exhausted by Christmas....
- Third Level Charges
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to abolish the student contribution charge. [32406/15]
- Residential Institutions
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding persons who were institutionalised in the 1950s; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the discussions she has held with the Department of Social Protection regarding offsetting changes to payments from the Department of Social...
- Special Educational Needs Staffing
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants at a school (details supplied) in County Cork for the school year 2013-2014, 2014-2015 and the allocation...
- Schools Building Projects Status
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the status of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on...
- School Accommodation
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 482 of 3 March 2015, if she will provide an update on the status of a school (details supplied) in County...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills on the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004, if she will confirm if a child with special needs currently has a legal...
- Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the threshold for Student Universal Support Ireland Grant; and if she will make a statement on...
- Professional Qualifications
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that teachers who wish to participate on the professional diploma in mathematics course in the University of Limerick who do...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Bituminous Fuel Ban
136. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to extend the smoky coal ban to other towns here in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32338/15]
- Departmental Funding
137. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has reduced funding to the Environmental Protection Agency since 2007; if so, if he will provide an...
- Housing Assistance Payments
138. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the Housing Assistance Payment will be implemented in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Wind Energy Guidelines
139. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has a date for when the revised wind farm planning guidelines will be announced; and if he will make a statement on...
- Air Quality
140. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Ireland is in full compliance with the European directives, 2008 Clean Air for Europe Directive, Directive 2008/50/EC...
- Emergency Accommodation Numbers
142. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the regulations surrounding the construction and renovation of buildings to use for emergency accommodation. [32379/15]
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Emergency Call Answering Service
143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of 999/112 calls received by the BT central control call centre in 2014 and to date in 2015; the number of...
- Inland Fisheries Data
144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form the salmon counter figures from the counter at Scartleigh Dam on the River Feale from...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the regulatory oversight his Department will have on the broadband intervention strategy in terms of supervising...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- National Transport Authority
146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the progress of the plans to hold open tenders for 10% of existing Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann...
- Tourism Industry
147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the resources which will be made available by his Department for the Ireland's Ancient East tourist initiative; the criteria that must be...
- Rail Network
148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale behind the decision to terminate the DART underground project; the representations he has received from the business...
- Rail Services
149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Iarnród Éireann does not sell five-day tickets; if plans to sell five-day tickets are being considered; and if he...
- Rail Network
150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an explanation for the decision not to proceed with the DART underground project regarding north County Dublin and as...
- Bus Services
151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the restriction of a licence applied to a bus company (details supplied) with respect to picking up passengers from 7 a.m....
- Commencement of Legislation
152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has commenced section 11 of the Road Traffic Act 2014; and if not, when he intends to commence this important section. [32393/15]
- Road Signage
153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Transport Infrastructure Ireland, formerly the National Roads Authority, to provide directional signage at Shannon...
- Motor Tax Collection
154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will restructure commercial vehicle road tax in line with comparable costs in Northern Ireland in order to save jobs in the haulage...
- Rail Network
155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Iarnród Éireann to paint and repair the main railway bridge that runs through the town of Athlone, over the...
- Transport Infrastructure
156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he continues to progress integrated transport plans across the entire country with particular reference to the...
- Sports Events
157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he continues to have discussions with the major sporting organisations with a view to encouraging the use of this...
- Regional Airports
158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the degree to which regional airports are expected to continue to play a major part in the national transport network; and if he will...
- Tourism Industry
160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which the tourism sector has contributed to national economic recovery; if he is satisfied regarding the adequacy of the...
- Tourist Accommodation
162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which any shortfall in bed accommodation has been identified in Dublin or the various regions throughout the country; his...
- Road Network
164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which his Department continues to examine the various traffic routes with a view to future development such an extension of...
- Road Safety Data
165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which well-known and identifiable accident black spots remain an issue throughout the country; the extent to which efforts...
- Transport Infrastructure
166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he continues to strive for a fully co-ordinated and integrated transport sector to meet the needs of road, rail, air...
- Military Aircraft Landings
167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the basis for his reporting of the number of US troops passing through Shannon Airport; and the way he arrived at the number of 55,405...
- Air Navigation Orders
168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will indicate the advance notice required for permit requests for the carriage of munitions under the Air Navigation (Carriage of...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Cultural Policy
169. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department have examined the potential for Irish culture to be used as part of a continued economic...
- National Monuments
170. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the reported destruction of a Bronze Age Bog Road at Mayne Bog, County Westmeath; the action that has been...
- Hare Coursing
172. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding a club (details supplied) which was in breach of licence conditions; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Wildlife Protection
173. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason she has refused to meet with groups opposed to hare coursing; the reason she did not attend the opening of a Wildlife...
