Written answers

Tuesday, 26 June 2007

  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of dutiable housing transfers which underpin the estimates for stamp duty receipts; the number in different duty rates; the...
    • Programmes for Government
      Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the targets in the finance area in the programme for Government of June 2002 which were not delivered. [17348/07]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in some Departments instructions have issued to agencies under their supervision that...
    • Public Investment Projects
      Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the system in place for pinning responsibility on a named public official for the delivery of public investment projects. [17336/07]
    • House Prices
      Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the prospect that first-time buyers will be excluded from the housing market if interest rates increase as forecast to...
    • Tax Code
      Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the interpretation of the objective in the programme for Government of keeping average earners out of the higher band. [17297/07]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his estimate of the deferred pension liabilities of all public service employees and the way this compares to the moneys accumulated in...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the recent annual report from the Information Commissioner in which she expressed concern regarding...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the projects approved in his Department in 2007 which exceed the threshold for a cost benefit analysis; and the person who conducted...
    • Tax Code
      Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the parameters for the introduction of carbon tax as agreed in the programme for Government. [17270/07]
    • Tax Collection
      Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of random audits carried out by the Revenue Commissioners in 2006 and to date in 2007; the way this compares with each year...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the specific vulnerabilities he has identified in the Irish economy; and the steps he is taking or proposing to take to address these....
    • Tax Code
      Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when he will publish the distribution of the benefits of tax relief across the different income cohorts; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimate of the number of persons non-resident for tax purposes for each of the past three tax years; if the Revenue Commissioners...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the steps the Government will take to invest in increasing the productive capacity of the economy, particularly in terms of ensuring...
    • Tax Code
      Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reforms he proposes to introduce in relation to inheritance tax and in particular with regard to property inherited from family...
    • Public Service Staff
      Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the staff increases within public services, which are in addition to existing policy, planned in the programme for Government; and the...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his plans for a review of the entire economic regulatory environment in regard to the commitment contained in the programme for...
    • Personal Debt
      Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the effect that the relentless pace of interest rate increases over the past 15 months may be having on families with...
    • Tax Code
      Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated annual cost of indexing tax bands and personal and employee tax credits to the average rise in wages each year; and if...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if any of the proposed decentralisation moves affecting the Civil Service or the State agencies will be reconsidered over the course...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he proposes to have the Revenue Commissioners carry out a detailed examination of the number of properties availing of licensing...
    • Public Investment Projects
      Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the projects examined in the first six months of 2007 by the central evaluation unit; and the projects in which shortcomings have been...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has had reason to revise his forecast for tax receipts in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17265/07]
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the ethical investment guidelines being adopted in respect of investments and investment vehicles such as the National Pension Reserve...
    • Tax Code
      Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number and percentage of income earners who are paying tax at the higher rate and at the standard rate for 2006; the anticipated...
    • Public Service Staff
      Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the implications for the public service generally of the recent Labour Court decision that the practice by the Health Service...
    • Social Finance Foundation
      Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when the social finance fund announced in budget 2006 will start to issue loans to voluntary projects; the person who will be in...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the Exchequer returns for the first five months of 2007. [17160/07]
    • Tax Code
      Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the expected returns to the Exchequer from the proposed carbon tax in a single year; if the level of this tax has been agreed; and if...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his legislative priorities for the 30th Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17159/07]
    • Tax Code
      Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on reform of the stamp duty system, exempting from stamp duty any house purchased by a person with a disability due to the...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount of outstanding uncollected taxes; the proportion of same the Revenue Commissioners expect to recover; if new measures are...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with other Government Departments or State agencies who are concerned at the reported potential loss of up...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the tax incentive measures he will introduce to ensure that Ireland meets the new target agreed by EU leaders of increasing renewable...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding the decentralisation of Revenue jobs to Listowel, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the recent criticism from the consumer panel of the Irish Financial Regulatory Authority to provide...
    • Tax Code
      Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the increasing number of high net worth individuals avoiding capital acquisitions tax on multi-million house transfers as...
    • Construction Sector
      Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the over-dependence of the economy on the construction sector; and the steps he will take to cushion against the economic...
    • Tax Code
      Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on whether further reductions in income tax would make the Exchequer increasingly dependent on other more insecure sources...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the Government plans amendments to the Ethics in Public Office Acts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17163/07]
    • Tax Code
      Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his proposals to weight vehicle registration tax in favour of cars with lower emissions; the estimated annual cost of this proposal;...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when, in view of the evidence of increased activity by sub prime lenders, legislative changes in respect of this type of predatory...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the latest information available from the central applications facility in respect of applications from civil servants and from other...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 137: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding the acquisition of a site for a new Garda station at Tralee, County Kerry; the position regarding the provision...
    • Tax Code
      Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his proposals for a review of current VAT classifications with a view to reducing the rate of VAT applied to certain environmental...
    • Commission on Taxation
      Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when the Commission on Taxation as proposed in the Programme for Government will be established. [17253/07]
    • Tax Code
      Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his proposals to use the taxation system to encourage good environmental behaviour and discourage poor practice in regard to the...
    • Revenue Commissioners Reports
      Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the recently published Revenue Commissioners Annual Report for 2006. [17162/07]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Agreements with Members
      Question 142: To ask the Taoiseach if the cost of deals with independent TD's valued at hundreds of millions will be reimbursed to the taxpayer; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Projects
      Question 149: To ask the Taoiseach the projects approved in his Department in 2007 which exceed the threshold for a cost benefit analysis; and the person who conducted the analysis in each case....
  • Department of Finance
    • Employment Rights
      Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will assist a person (details supplied) in County Cork in obtaining their P45. [17068/07]
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if a revision or review can or will be undertaken to remedy the inconsistency in the degree to which persons suffering from certain...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 152: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position in relation to the decentralisation of the office of the Revenue Commissioners to Newcastle West, County Limerick; and if...
    • Tax Code
      Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford is being taxed on their income; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his plans to relocate staff from the Revenue Commissioners to Roscommon Town; the number of staff to be relocated and the timetable...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the steps he proposes to take to relocate the driving test centre in Roscommon Town; his views on whether the current site and lack of...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 306 of 20 March, 2007, if the Office of Public Works has received the contracts for sale from...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works will approve a site for the new school at Listellick, Tralee, County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the steps he will take in relation to the reform of Stamp Duty; and the way he will compensate those first time buyers who paid huge...
    • Drainage Schemes
      Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will instruct the Office of Public Works to clean a river (details supplied) in County Mayo. [16849/07]
    • Flood Relief
      Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will ascertain from the Office of Public Works if a report has been carried out (details supplied); if so, if he will provide...
    • Tax Code
      Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is not in receipt of tax relief in relation to rent payments; and if he will...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the situation regarding the proposed decentralisation of part of his Department to County Cork. [17222/07]
    • Tax Code
      Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the moneys received in respect of each of the tax years from 2002 to 2006 by way of inheritance tax paid by sons and daughters on...
    • Natural Heritage Areas
      Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding the repair of the carpark at Carrigafoyle Castle, Ballylongford, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Code
      Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason tax relief is not available on expenditure on psychotherapy services, even when the practitioner is registered; his...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his proposals to progress the Tramore Road section of the St. John's River flood relief scheme, County Waterford; and if he will make...
    • Tax Code
      Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on reducing the VAT rate on insulation materials, solar panels, wool pellet burners, heat recovering units and other such...
    • Natural Heritage Areas
      Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his proposals in respect of Castletown House, Celbridge, County Kildare, its grounds and associated buildings; the discussions that...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the steps he proposes to take to improve the competitiveness of the Irish economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Code
      Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his proposals to tax incentivise bio-fuel production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17634/07]
    • Programmes for Government
      Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if revision of the financial proposals set out in Budget 2007 is anticipated or expected to be necessitated arising from the Programme...
    • Carbon Tax
      Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the extent to which the proposed carbon tax is expected to impact on home heating costs; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the extent to which decentralisation has been progressed; the locations to which public servants have agreed to relocate; the number...
    • Tax Code
      Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will exclude cigarettes and other tobacco products from the basket of items from which the Consumer Price Index is presently...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to appoint a Minister for Older People, specifically to act on and implement legislation for the elderly and appoint an...
    • Health Services
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary did not qualify for the homecare package. [16751/07]
    • Foreign Adoptions
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to ratify the Hague Convention with regard to adoption; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17752/07]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for ongoing service development for children and adults with intellectual disability, particularly respite and residential...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the completion of phase 2B Longford/Westmeath General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to reverse the trend whereby physiotherapy graduates are forced to go abroad to gain necessary employment and...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with a bed in University Hospital Galway; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a consultant radiologist (details supplied) will be employed at Ennis General Hospital, County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has not been facilitated with a transfer from Limerick to Ennis; and if she will...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare did not qualify for a medical card; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Educational Assessments
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an educational assessment will be undertaken for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when placement for intervention services at Moyvale Lodge, Naas, County Kildare will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be offered a medical procedure at Naas Hospital; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when respite care will be offered to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Nursing Home Charges
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when repayment of nursing home charges will be refunded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a review of nursing home subvention will be undertaken on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Health Services
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16551/07]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a hospital appointment will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason orthotic prosthetic care requires a letter from the general practitioner before supplying special footwear in the case of a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a scan appointment at Naas Hospital will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when speech therapy will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when public radiotherapy services at Waterford Regional Hospital will be available to patients; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a cataract operation will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in Waterford Regional Hospital; and if she...
    • Health Services
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in calling a person (details supplied) in County Wexford for dental treatment; and if she will make a statement...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when domiciliary care allowance will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an appeal against decision to refuse a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [16618/07]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received the submission from mid-western Health Service Executive for the provision of a capital allocation to provide...
    • General Practitioner Co-operatives
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the doctor on call service in County Louth will provide a doctor based in Ardee town to deal with calls for the Ardee area; and if...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in arranging an appointment at a specific hospital in County Cork for a person (details supplied) in County Cork....
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange to re-assess an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork for grant aid to replace windows and...
    • Hospital Charges
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the repayment of hospital charges in respect of a deceased person (details supplied). [16655/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange for an appointment to be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [16656/07]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate an application for a medical card which has been refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Compensation Schemes
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 930 of 31 January 2007, the outcome of an examination into the feasibility of introducing the...
    • Community Pharmacy Services
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 326 of 3 April 2007 if she will outline the progress to date; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the planned development of a new health centre in Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon; when the project will commence...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will sanction an increase to the attendance allowance to service users on rehabilitative training and sheltered work programmes...
    • Health Services
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will look into or request that the HSE intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin City who is needing...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the waiting list numbers for each of the long-term care facilities in the greater Dublin area; the steps that have...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the new cystic fibrosis unit in St. Vincent's Hospital in Dublin 4 will be opened in view of the increased life expectancy of CF...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to ensure that the vaccine for pneumonococcal meningitis is available for all parents who wish their children to...
    • Health Services
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will have their house assessed by an occupational therapist for a disability grant to...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) will receive their walking aids. [16709/07]
    • Social Services Inspectorate Report
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the social services inspectorate report into a facility (details supplied) in County Dublin; when the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take steps to have a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath admitted for a hip operation; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is an EEG technician in Sligo General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16726/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of discussions between her Department and the Health Service Executive regarding provision for a health examination and...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when pension pay and lump sum will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has not received payment...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her proposals for the future of a hospital (details supplied) in County Dublin; if she proposes to dispose of any part or all of the...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a parliamentary question (details supplied) which was asked on 2 March 2007 was not responded to until 18 May 2007. [16837/07]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there is no dentist in a town (details supplied) in County Mayo. [16850/07]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be provided with a trike as recommended by the occupational therapy services....
    • Health Repayment Scheme
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their payment under the health repayment scheme. [16852/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position between the Irish Dental Association members and the Health Service Executive regarding the dental treatment service...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a payment or financial help available to persons (details supplied) in County Mayo. [16897/07]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in relation to the building programme for the Community Hospital in Ballinamore, County Leitrim; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will facilitate a meeting with all elected representatives in County Clare to discuss the future of Ennis General Hospital...
    • Health Services
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with an occupational therapist assessment; and if she will make a...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an increase in subvention for a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be put in place; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application for a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied) in County Clare was cancelled; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application for the housing aid for the elderly for a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be processed; and if she...
    • Health Services
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare did not receive an appointment as a public patient; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with a hearing aid; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with toilet facilities; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing Home Charges
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a refund will issue to a person (detail supplied) in County Clare in respect of nursing home charges; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with rehabilitation; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Nursing Home Charges
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a refund will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare in respect of nursing home charges; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has to wait 20 weeks for an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with an appointment for cataract surgery; and if she will make a...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the minimum internationally recommended specialist medical staff levels will be reached by 2008. [17050/07]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a home (details supplied) cannot provide residential placement for families who are...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the terms of home care packages which she has established as a complementary measure to the revised nursing home care package; if she is...
    • Health Services
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 receives an early assessment at a language unit in order that early and...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the appeal of an application for a primary medical certificate in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Health Services
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a review of eligibility for a primary medical certificate will take place in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Nursing Home Charges
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare for repayment under the health repayment scheme; and if...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on the motorised transport grant for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo in view of their...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in transferring residents of a centre (details supplied) in County Westmeath to the newly refurbished community...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the staffing levels of public health nurses in the Cork City region; if public health nurses are rostered for weekends; and if they are...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo can expect to be called for an appointment. [17147/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when funding will be made available for a dementia unit at a nursing home (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans with regard to St. Luke's Hospital, Rathgar; and if she intends to end the excellent patient services currently provided by...
    • Health Services
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with an appointment for chiropody and podiatry; and if she will...
    • Health Service Charges
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the basis on which her Department expects to lay claim in the residue of a traffic accident award made in 1964 in the case of a person...
    • Health Services
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if home help or a suitable alternative can or will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the chronic lack of psychiatric and psychological services for teenagers under 18 years and the fact...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the rules regarding the quantity of prescription tablets that are permitted for dispensing by licensed chemists; if there is a reason...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in having an outpatient appointment arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [17435/07]
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date on which the new terms for nursing home subvention will come into force in 2008; the arrangements she is putting in place to...
    • Nursing Home Charges
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be refunded the money owed to them under the national repayment scheme. [17450/07]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had with the Health Service Executive regarding the implementation of the Teamwork Report proposals which would...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the changes in medical card income qualification guidelines she proposes to make; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17453/07]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress which has been made on the renegotiation of the hospital consultants' contract since the dissolution of the 29th Dáil; and...
    • Health Services
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure increased resources for the National MRSA reference laboratory in view of the endemic nature of MRSA in hospitals...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received the report of the Irish Association of Emergency Medicine Health and Safety Standards for Irish accident and...
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the arrangements within her Department for liaison with the Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety in the Six Counties;...
    • Health Services
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo and have them called for their treatment in Galway; and...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene with the Bon Secours Hospital, Galway on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will...
    • Health Repayment Scheme
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the health service's health repayment scheme have refused a claim made by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [17465/07]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be assisted with regard to their travel and accommodation costs and so on while...
    • Health Repayment Scheme
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to expedite payment under the national repayment scheme to elderly widows or widowers of deceased persons whose...
    • EU Directives
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she plans to give Irish pharmacists the same rights of establishment in other EU countries as pharmacists from other Member States...
    • Health Repayment Scheme
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive the nursing home repayment due to them; the reason for such a delay;...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the necessary resources will be made available to the Health Service Executive to provide a nurse at St. Mary of the Angels,...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9, will receive an appointment date for surgery at the Mater Hospital in order to have stents...
    • Health Services
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applicants on the waiting list for dental treatment within the Health Service Executive in County Kildare; the number of...
    • Foreign Adoptions
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the whole time equivalent number of social workers devoted to the assessment of foreign adoption applicants in each of the Health...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will seek a detailed explanation from the Health Service Executive as to the reason a medication (details supplied) was withdrawn...
    • Health Services
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the fact that newly diagnosed diabetic patients can wait up to two years before they see a specialist doctor; her proposals...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of palliative beds at Waterford Regional Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if additional speech and language therapists have been successfully recruited to the service in County Kildare. [17568/07]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide funding to bring into operation newly built residential units (details supplied) in Dublin 20; and if she will make...
    • Health Services
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether general practitioner registrars should be afforded the status of specialist registrars; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown, Dublin 15 is the only acute general hospital in...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the long delay in a decision on the appeal for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and when a...
    • Departmental Surveys
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the projects approved in her Department in 2007 which exceed the threshold for a cost benefit analysis; and the person who conducted the...
  • Department of Transport
    • Road Safety
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the time-scale in relation to the setting up of an urgently required road safety strategy in view of the fact that it has been over...
    • Rail Network
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine his plans for the Athlone to Mullingar rail link; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16501/07]
    • Public Transport
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the number of routes operated by Dublin Bus; the number of buses assigned to each route and the passengers carried; and the change...
    • Parking Regulations
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine his plans to introduce legislation to allow local authorities introduce parking bans on heavy goods vehicle cabs in certain...
    • Rail Network
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the position regarding works being carried out to build a new train station at Kishogue, Lucan, County Dublin; and when the works...
    • Road Network
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine if he has viewed documents in relation to the consequences of lifting the barriers on the M50 toll bridge in advance of barrier...
    • Public Transport
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 375 of 5 April 2007, if the proposals have been decided upon and cleared. [17554/07]
    • Rail Services
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine his plans to speed up the provision of additional capacity on the Maynooth suburban line including the provision of additional...
    • EU Directives
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the EU directives within his Department's competency which have not been fully transposed into law; the articles that await...
    • Transport Regulations
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the regulations, including SI reference number, signed by him since 1 January 2007; if he will verify that the text of each of...
    • Parking Regulations
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the acute shortage of adequate parking space at the various rail stations throughout County...
    • Public Transport
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the additional funding that has been set aside for the Metro North project to ensure that the project is built underground through...
    • Road Safety
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine if his Department has issued guidelines to local authorities on the qualifying criteria applied by them for the provision of...
    • Road and Rail Networks
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the projects approved in his Department in 2007 which exceed the threshold for a cost benefit analysis; and the person who...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Emigrant Support Services
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position in relation to undocumented Irish people living in America; the discussions that have taken place in this regard recently...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding whether the baby of an Irish person and their fiancé in Thailand, is entitled to an Irish passport; the position in...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when he expects to establish an Irish Embassy in Ukraine. [17124/07]
    • State Airports
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether random checks of flights through Shannon should be put in place in order to validate the claims that the airport is...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action he has taken to reprimand the Government of Sudan for its failure to protect the life and property of people in the Darfur...
    • Capital Expenditure
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the projects approved in his department in 2007 which exceed the threshold for a cost benefit analysis; and the person who conducted the...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Job Creation
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he will take to ensure that Ireland remains an attractive investment location with particular reference to the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the dates on which the heads of Bills (details supplied) will be approved by Government; and the expected dates of...
    • Semi-State Bodies
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the salary and expenses paid to each individual vice-chairperson of a body (details supplied) for each year of their...
    • National Partnership Agreement
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to be paid under the national wage agreement. [16649/07]
    • Job Protection
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he proposes to take to secure the future employment of staff at a company (details supplied) in County Westmeath;...
    • Work Permits
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a work permit renewal application will be finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [16891/07]
    • National Minimum Wage
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the minimum wage for a person working in a private child care facility or creche. [17070/07]
    • Company Closures
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of complaints submitted to the Companies Registration Office in relation to companies continuing to trade after...
    • Job Creation
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his proposals in regard to job creation in the Waterford constituency; the discussion he has had with the relevant State...
    • Departmental Projects
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the projects approved in his Department in 2007 which exceed the threshold for a cost benefit analysis; and the person who...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when the expenditure review of the local authority swimming pool programme will be completed; and when is it expected that a new...
    • Departmental Projects
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the projects approved in his Department in 2007 which exceed the threshold for a cost benefit analysis; and the person who conducted...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Insurance
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can pay PRSI health contributions; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the situation regarding the decentralisation to Carrickmacross and Monaghan towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a decision has been made on the awarding of an old age pension to a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a bereavement grant will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the outcome of an appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [16854/07]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and awarded invalidity pension based on the new medical evidence...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason an oral hearing to finalise a disability allowance appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was cancelled;...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if there are plans to pay the living alone allowance to returned emigrants who are not in receipt of other payments from his...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an oral hearing will be scheduled for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo to finalise their appeal for a respite care...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will review the PRSI rate being deducted from retired Civil Service personnel; if this deduction is grossly unfair in view...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to redress the imbalance that currently exists in the qualification criteria for the household benefits package which...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the delay in processing family income supplement claims; the efforts being made to reduce the waiting times; and if...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the revenue which will be lost to the to the social insurance fund on an annual basis if PRSI is reduced from 4% to 2% for PAYE...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the situation regarding the implementation of lone parent proposals; when the necessary legislation regarding same will be...
    • National Carers Strategy
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress made to date on the development of the national carers strategy; the expected publication date of same; and if he...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the Green Paper on pensions will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17204/07]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he will publish legislation to place the money advice and budgeting service on a statutory footing; and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has received the completed NESC research into a second tier child income support payment; if not, when he expects to receive...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to alter the pension arrangements in place for those who applied for a pension for the self-employed, whereby this was...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the upper ceiling of rents which he has sanctioned in respect of Dublin's northside for the receipt of supplementary welfare...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will give positive consideration to an application for funding from a group (details supplied) in Dublin 9 under the social...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the situation in relation to widows and widowers pension and the view of same that widows with their own contribution record...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on back to school payments for national and second level school children; the payments and income limits which apply;...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made on the appeal for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [17786/07]
    • Departmental Projects
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the projects approved in his Department in 2007 which exceed the threshold for a cost benefit analysis; and the person who...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if consideration has been given to ensuring that adequate funding is available to cover the running costs of a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when a decision will issue in the case of a group (details supplied) in County Tipperary which has submitted an...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will include a primary school (details supplied) in County Mayo in the next review of the CLÁR area; and if he...
    • Departmental Projects
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the projects approved in his Department in 2007 which exceed the threshold for a cost benefit analysis; and the...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if legal proceedings will be initiated under the Forestry Act 1946, section 4 (3) in a case (details supplied) in County...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her plans to deliver on a suckler cow support scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16497/07]
    • Rural Development
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action she will take to relieve the growing mountain of red tape and bureaucracy which is driving farmers off the land;...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when persons (details supplied) in County Clare will receive their REP scheme payment; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Animal Imports
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the details of animals imported for use in circuses here in 2006, including the species, the number, their countries of...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when she will be in a position to expedite payment to a person (details supplied) in County Offaly under the REP scheme; and...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a farm retirement pension will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [16615/07]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will alter the terms of the promotion for persons who are successful in the competition for assistant agri-inspector...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will review the single farm payment over-claim penalty applied to a person (details supplied) in County Offaly in...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the delay in processing the early farm retirement for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford and when...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary had single farm payment entitlements issued to another person; if...
    • Commonage Division
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason shares on commonage have not been attributed to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo by the Land Commission...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Registration of Title
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will seek confirmation from the Land Commission that when land was signed over to a person (details supplied) in...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will approve an application for installation aid by a person (details supplied) in County Cork at the higher rate of...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when REP scheme 4 will be introduced and started. [17420/07]
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the status of an application for a slatted shed by a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a...
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Sligo was restricted due to a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when balance of single payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [17484/07]
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her attention has been drawn to the fact that no legislation exists here banning the trade in cat and dog fur, that no...
    • Departmental Projects
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the projects approved in her Department in 2007 which exceed the threshold for a cost benefit analysis; and the person who...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school placement will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is in a position to furnish information previously requested on the number of children in primary schools in class sizes of...
    • Third Level Funding
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans for extra funding for the university sector in view of the fact that students are experiencing first hand the consequences...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the levels of information and communication technology facilities and broadband services being provided for a school (details...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will examine the present system under which her Department recognises and supports the opening of non-denominational schools...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on introducing concessions on student fees for persons who are studying part-time as part of an initiative to upgrade...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation in relation to the provision of a new school to replace an existing one (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason resource teaching assistance will not be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if a review can or will...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the pupil-teacher ratio will be reduced regarding class sizes in a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • School Placement
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when school placement at Kill or Enfield will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if provision will be made for a resource teacher to assist a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • School Placement
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school place can be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the procedure her Department applies with regard to the allocation of special education teachers to schools; if the allocation of...
    • Home Tuition
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a review will be undertaken regarding qualifications of persons who can tutor a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application for recognition has been received from a national school (details supplied) in County Clare; the status of the...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application has been received from a national school (details supplied) in County Laois under the grant aid for major works; the...
    • School Transport
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the school transport that will be available for a student (details supplied) of a County Offaly school, which is closing, to allow...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the case of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary which has applied for additional facilities; if all...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the appeal for the higher education grant for persons (details supplied) in County Wexford; when a decision will be...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if representatives from her Department can meet with a unit (details supplied) in County Wexford to discuss the concerns regarding the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the arrangements in place to meet the staffing needs of a school (details supplied) in County Meath anticipated from the start of the...
    • School Closures
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reasons three autism pre-schools within the Dublin and Meath area are being closed; and if she will make this a priority issue....
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding under the dormant accounts education disadvantage and rapid leverage fund will be considered for a school (details...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the provision of a special needs assistant will be made for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick in second level...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the qualifications of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be acknowledged as the equivalent of a degree from a...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in the provision of a new amalgamated secondary school for Doon, County Limerick; and if she will make a statement...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if permission will be given to some students at a special school (details supplied) in County Limerick to continue in the school when...
    • School Staffing
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will approve the appointment of two additional teachers at a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork in view of...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will arrange to expedite the payment of travelling expenses in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who is...
    • Early Childhood Education
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that pre-school and Montessori schools are being charged water rates; if her further...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when details will be announced for the 2008 small schools scheme; the closing date for applications; and if she will make a statement...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will approve funding under the primary school building programme for a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if...
    • School Transport
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 29 March 2007, if she has completed the review of the provision of a school transport...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an appeal (details supplied) under the small schools scheme; when a decision will be made; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Questions No. 903 and 904 of 24 April 2007 the status of the application for the construction of a new...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will take steps to provide a place at a school for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who is autistic; and if she...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she will take to ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who undertook a course which was extremely...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made on the development work at a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the necessary funding will be provided for the extra accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [16752/07]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason teachers who acquired the remedial qualification prior to 2005 are not in receipt of the special education diploma...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason that the necessary funding has not been provided for urgently needed renovation works and extension works at a school...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a special needs assistant will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is starting school in September;...
    • Capitation Grants
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will increase the capitation grant amount paid to schools in the voluntary secondary sector in order that there is a parity of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be provided to a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [16846/07]
    • School Transport
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the review of the school bus transport. [16847/07]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the outcome of an appeal for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [16848/07]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in relation to a new school (details supplied) in County Mayo; when she expects the construction phase will be...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the procedure in relation to psychological assessment of children; if there is a waiting list for these assessments; if only a limited...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will acquire for use as an urgently needed secondary school, lands reserved for that purpose in the Stepaside area action plan...
    • School Staffing
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when teacher allocation will be processed for a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will re-examine a decision to refuse a higher education grant to a person (details attached) in County Cork; and if she will...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the procedure in place to address the concerns of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo that did not qualify for inclusion in...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is entitled to the third level grant as they are currently completing a specialised four...
    • School Transport
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will investigate the school transport service provided to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason this person...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a site visit will take place at a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [17041/07]
    • School Staffing
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo can retain their post in a school. [17042/07]
    • School Transport
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will investigate the charging of school bus fees in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Cork. [17066/07]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Cork has a pension entitlement from her Department. [17067/07]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will reduce the sum of money required from a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason, in 2005, the school transport pick-up point was moved from Ballindine Cross, Hollymount, County Mayo to a location known...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the decision that has been made by her Department regarding the extent of subsidy and the level of fees for the graduate medical...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide the resources to employ laboratory assistants in schools to facilitate the teaching of science; the timetable for...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the need to provide more secondary school places in Midleton as a result of the growing population;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will approve resource hours for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [17220/07]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will extend the scope of the higher education grant scheme to include the children of all non-Irish nationals legally resident...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding proposed extensions at schools (details supplied) in County Cork. [17225/07]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to discussions with primary schools (details supplied) in County Kildare regarding a possible rationalisation...
    • State Examinations
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason students who were successful in the 2006 leaving certificate examination have yet to receive their certificates. [17360/07]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her Department's plans for identifying suitable premises for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 for the school year 2007/08; and...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if proposals have been received by her Department for the refurbishment of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she will...
    • School Staffing
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will appoint an additional teacher to a national school (details supplied) in County Waterford, which will have completed its...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when it is proposed to provide a replacement school for a school (details supplied) in view of commitments given by the Government...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will approve funding for the provision of a proper heating system at a school (details supplied) in County Waterford in view of...
    • School Staffing
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to change the situation whereby a national school must maintain numbers of 80 pupils or more for over 12 months before an...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in providing a new school hall to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the position at which this...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of her Department in relation to the needs of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the evaluation this position is...
    • Languages Programme
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the supports available for schools to cater for the language needs of non-Irish national pupils; and the amount drawn down in each of...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the support available to supplement the education requirements of gifted pupils; her views on the adequacy of such funding; and if she...
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects to receive the preliminary assessment of the submission made by the governing body of Waterford Institute of...
    • Capitation Grants
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the current amount of the capitation grant to primary schools; the amount for the school year 2007 to 2008; the current amount of each...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the first statutory Educational Disadvantage Committee completed its term of office; when the committee was re-established and...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the sections of the Education Act 1998 which have not commenced; the proposed commencement date in each case; and if she will make a...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in sanctioning the payment by Dublin Institute of Technology of certain payments due to TUI members following...
    • State Examinations
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined and an explanation provided as to the reason leaving certificate results...
    • School Placement
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children who have applied for places in junior infant classes in primary schools in Lucan, County Dublin; and the number...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will approve funding of major capital works at a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow who needs a special needs assistant on a full-time basis;...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 868 of 24 April 2007, when an application for incremental credit will be processed for a person...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received the stage 1 and 2 submission in relation to the building of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has finalised the allocation of the additional 31 educational psychologists to different counties; and if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has concluded her examination of the National Council for Special Education implementation report in relation to the Education...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a design team will be appointed for a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [17560/07]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the degree to which she has received requests for the provision of special teaching facilities to meet the requirements of children...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to the provision of permanent classroom and ancillary buildings for a school (details supplied) in County...
    • School Security
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of residents neighbouring schools (details supplied) in Dublin 9 in relation to...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 618: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is committed to the refurbishment of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 619: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress she has made in acquiring a site for a new additional secondary school in Castleknock, Dublin 15; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 622: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to a previous parliamentary question when the assessment was carried out by her Department of the extent of...
    • Departmental Projects
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the projects approved in her Department in 2007 which exceed the threshold for a cost benefit analysis; and the person who conducted...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will make arrangements to inform a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 of the reason they have not been given security clearance to join...
    • Defences Forces Personnel
      Question 625: To ask the Minister for Defence if a person (details supplied) in County Cork with the Naval Service can return to a land based position of employment. [16642/07]
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 626: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the provision of funding to provide a new facility in a town (details supplied) in County Cork. [16643/07]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 627: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason retired members of the Defence Forces are having their pension increases postponed due to a PDFORA dispute even though they are not...
    • Departmental Projects
      Question 628: To ask the Minister for Defence the projects approved in his Department in 2007 which exceed the threshold for a cost benefit analysis; and the person who conducted the analysis in...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Equality Issues
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action that has been taken in recent years to combat ageism; and his views on a campaign to combat the problem for...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the full details of the pilot project in relation to the management and removal of graffiti; if the amount involved is €3...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 631: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for Ballymahon, County Longford for the years 2002 to 2007 inclusive; his views on providing...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 632: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures in place to tackle anti-social behaviour carried out by individuals on scramble bikes, quad bikes and motor...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 633: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application for family reunification has been decided upon in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 634: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 635: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for extended residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15;...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 640: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in the investigation of the murder of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 641: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedure involved for an EU national, resident in this country for the past 18 months who wishes to apply for...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 642: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a holiday visa application from a Thai national (details supplied); if he will expedite the case; and if he...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 644: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reconsider his decision to deny permission to remain and use his ministerial discretion to grant permission to...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 645: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of public order offences committed in St. James's Hospital, Dublin in 2006 and to date in 2007; the steps that...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 646: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when closed circuit television facilities which were promised for Mullingar, County Westmeath will be made available; the...
    • Missing Persons
      Question 647: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will take steps to urgently put in place the necessary funding to ensure that the missing persons helpline is...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 648: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a visa will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16742/07]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 649: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 84 of 1 February 2007 if the file of the person involved (details supplied) has been...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 650: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a visa application in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make...
    • Travel Document Applications
      Question 657: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a travel document will issue to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 who applied for same on 29 March 2007; and if...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 658: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding residency, naturalisation in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 659: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for naturalisation in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 660: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding leave to remain in the State in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 663: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will intervene with the land registry office on an application (details supplied) and have it processed; and the...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 664: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the residency application for the spouse of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo....
    • Visa Applications
      Question 665: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there has recently been a change in the regulations and requirements for persons who are not EU citizens staying here on...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 667: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects to deal with an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [16899/07]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 669: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for long-term residence will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the date on...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 671: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the next recruitment campaign for the Garda will be launched. [16903/07]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 672: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when Irish citizenship by naturalisation will be approved for persons (details supplied) in County Mayo. [16904/07]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 673: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when long-term residence will be granted to persons (details supplied) in County Mayo. [16905/07]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 674: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for citizenship by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 677: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of an application by persons (details supplied) in County Kildare for permission for their daughter to remain...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 678: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 29 March 2007 when an application for a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 680: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will intervene with the land registry regarding when an application (details supplied) will be processed; the reason...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 683: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will take steps to have an application for a visa in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 684: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to improve efficiency in the processing of citizenship applications, the current waiting time for...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 685: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will arrange to issue travel documents for persons (details supplied). [17088/07]
    • Human Trafficking
      Question 686: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the laws that apply here governing human trafficking; his views on whether the penalties are adequate and whether it...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 687: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of an application for right of permanence by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Garda Civilianisation Programme
      Question 690: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the targets being set for the planned rapid improvement of the ratio of civilian staff to Garda officers across the...
    • Garda Charter
      Question 691: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will introduce the Garda charter setting out targeted Garda response times and levels of service. [17371/07]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 692: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the provision of a new Garda station in Kilfinane, County Limerick. [17372/07]
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 693: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans his Department has for the enactment of legislation to respond to the recent court judgment in relation to...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 694: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the review of application for family reunification will be completed in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 695: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when it is expected that a naturalisation application in the name of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 will be...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 697: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 701: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to an application for naturalisation in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 702: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to an application for reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 703: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 705: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in respect of naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 706: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in respect of residency and naturalisation status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath;...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 709: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when residency status in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare will be finalised in view of the fact...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 710: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 713: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the land registry application of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Residency Permits
      Question 714: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has applied to obtain a Stamp 4; and if so, the position in relation to same....
    • Visa Applications
      Question 715: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when applications for persons (details supplied) will be dealt with. [17472/07]
    • Legal Aid Service
      Question 718: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there is assistance available through his Department or any agency associated with his Department to help cover the cost...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 719: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will ensure that a safety and security plan is implemented in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 720: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Carlow/Kildare division is the worst manned Garda division, at one...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 722: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reverse his Department's recent decision to deny residency to non-EU spouses of EU citizens unless they have...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 725: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action proposed to combat increasing levels of anti-social behaviour in residential areas here; and if he will make a...
    • Prison Building Programme
      Question 726: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he plans to carry out a review of the decision to relocate Mountjoy to Thornton Hall; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 727: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the options available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 who wishes to obtain leave to remain or a working visa,...
    • Departmental Projects
      Question 728: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the projects approved in his Department in 2007 which exceed the threshold for a cost benefit analysis; and the person who...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 729: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will establish a Dublin Bay area task force; the proposed purpose of the task force; and the way it...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 730: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the date on which the Social Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill will be published. [16612/07]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 731: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will implement the changes to the grant schemes for older people and people with disabilities as...
    • National Spatial Strategy
      Question 733: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has developed the necessary qualifying criteria for gateway authorities to enable funding...
    • Road Network
      Question 734: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will take steps in conjunction with Waterways Ireland to provide Westmeath County Council with part of...
    • Rural Renewal Scheme
      Question 735: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the entitlement of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo to the tax incentives in the upper Shannon...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 736: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding being made available by his Department for the provision of a sewerage scheme at...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 738: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he proposes to take to ensure the reinstatement of voters onto the live register who were recently...
    • Rural Renewal Scheme
      Question 739: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the inspection for the rural renewal tax incentives will be carried out on the property of a person...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 740: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the problems that arise in many private estates where a large proportion...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 741: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide this Deputy with a copy of the internal report detailing the staffing requirements of the...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 742: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will repeal the Protection of the Environment Act 2003. [16910/07]
    • Waste Management
      Question 743: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce legislation prohibiting the introduction of thermal treatment plants here; and the date...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 745: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a person who is living in rented accommodation in England and wishes to return to Ireland can be placed on...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 746: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the operations of the design, build and operate models as currently operated by local...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 747: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will qualify for a payment from the NWPS. [17043/07]
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 749: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the plastic refuse collection service will be available to farmers across County Westmeath; and if he...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 750: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will ensure that a floor area certificate is made available as a matter of urgency, in respect of a...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 754: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a decision will be reached on the proposal submitted by Dublin City Council to his Department in...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 756: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he will put in place to meet the Government's target of a 3% reduction on average in greenhouse...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 757: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he will put in place to increase the provision of affordable houses by 5,000 per annum; and the...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 758: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he plans to introduce legislation to govern the management of apartment complexes; and the penalties...
    • Water Services
      Question 759: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been brought to the difficulties of the water services pricing policy on non-commercial...
    • Local Government Elections
      Question 760: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals to enact Part 8 of the Local Government Act 2001; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 761: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans for legislation to rectify the situation whereby persons who have bought their home under the...
    • Local Government Elections
      Question 764: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding plans to adjust boundaries and seat numbers for local government electoral areas; and...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 765: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will arrange for a person from the National Parks and Wildlife Service to call out to a person (details...
    • National Parks
      Question 766: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 567 and 577 of 5 April 2007 he will facilitate the development of a...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 767: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals to provide a new fire station for Lismore, County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 768: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the decision not to proceed with the phase 2 restoration works to Maynooth Castle,...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 770: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will meet with the Department of Finance with a view to seeking the lifting of the embargo on the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 772: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will bring in amending legislation allowing for the purchase by tenants of their homes provided under...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 773: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce new planning regulations to ease the bureaucratic burden on householders applying for...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 774: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will accelerate the programme for the provision of sewerage facilities serving all the towns throughout...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 778: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the income thresholds for affordable housing applicants under the 1999 and 2000 schemes;...
    • Departmental Projects
      Question 782: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the projects approved in his Department in 2007 which exceed the threshold for a cost benefit analysis; and...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Postal Services
      Question 783: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason An Post staff pre-1984 were not entitled to benchmarking and had to wait over three years,...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 784: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to promote the growth of bio-fuels in view of the fact that only 3% of Ireland's primary energy...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 785: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the change of ministerial structures will make any difference to Cavan town development; and if he will make...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 786: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the full roll-out of broadband will take place in Counties Longford and Westmeath; and if he will make a...
    • Nuclear Plants
      Question 787: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether nuclear energy has a role to play in reducing Ireland's dependancy on non-renewable energy...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 788: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of the independent appeals mechanism in place for fishermen to appeal a refusal for...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 789: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to introduce legislation to compel utility companies to provide contact details and identification on...
    • Departmental Projects
      Question 790: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the projects approved in his Department in 2007 which exceed the threshold for a cost benefit analysis; and the...

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