136 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, in view of the 2005 allocation under the scheme of community support for older persons he will formalise earlier application deadlines to allow applicants to henceforth benefit sooner each year.
[30689/05]
106 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding which he has made available in the first six months of 2005 to the RAPID area Cork-Togher-Mahon.
[30688/05]
89 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the findings of the report he has commissioned on the impact of regulation on charitable trusts will be published.
[30780/05]
87 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the findings of the Comptroller and Auditor General's annual report 2004 on the wrongful procedures followed in the introduction of the rural social scheme.
[30779/05]
161 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if all the public-private partnership projects approved in 2004 for the environment sector are fully operational; the title and location of these projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[26549/05]
131 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to modernise the building regulations to provide for the mandatory use of condensing boilers in new dwellings as is the case in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[30412/05]
160 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of grant support that has been allocated in the past five years in the RAPID designated areas under the equal opportunities child care programme.
[29996/05]
143 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason no decision has been made regarding a person (details supplied) who has been seeking humanitarian leave to remain here but has not received news on this request for over three years.
[29964/05]
134 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the first guide which has been produced in Cork advising child care providers all over Munster on the way in which to support the children of asylum seekers and refugees; and if he will consider commissioning the publication of such a national guide by his Department in view of the distress which these children are likely to be suffering due to their circumstances.
[29889/05]
105 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if a formal application has been made to his Department by Cork City Council for funding to improve a swimming pool (details supplied); when such an application was made; and the status of this application.
[29966/05]
51 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide details of all funding made available by him to groups providing support services to victims of violence against women from when he became Minister to date; his plans to increase the level of funding for these groups in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[29734/05]
13 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will be taking action, as provided for in the Garda Síochána Act 2005, calling the Garda Commissioner, Noel Conroy, to account for his failure to carry through his commitment to transfer five gardaí from Donegal to Dublin in June 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[29733/05]
157 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it is practically impossible for a person in a wheelchair to have access to a wheelchair accessible taxi; the way in which this reflects on the commitment given by the Government in 2001 at the point of deregulation of the taxi fleet that from 2003 a process would start whereby all taxis would become wheelchair accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[29487/05]
124 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has completed feasibility studies for the estimated cost of the ten year national strategic transport plan; if his Department’s findings exceed the previously proposed budget of €20 billion; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[26551/05]
255 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the reason methadone treatment is not available in many areas of the country; and the plans there are to expand this service.
[28969/05]
165 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress of the implementation of a ten point plan to deal with the accident and emergency crisis; her views on the assessment of Professor Brendan Drumm that the difficulties will exist for another two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[28962/05]
180 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to deal with the possible flu pandemic; if she has satisfied herself that Ireland has sufficient stocks of anti-viral drugs at present; the details of current stocks; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[28957/05]
179 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the information he has on the use of asbestos-lined pipes used in distributing the drinking water supply throughout the country; and the amount of such piping that exists.
[28456/05]
178 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the legal costs to date in 2005, or the latest year for which figures are available, of his Department contesting European Court of Justice actions where decisions have been awarded against the Government.
[28455/05]
177 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the amendments to Article 3 of EU Directive 2003/35/EC regarding environmental impact assessments have been transposed into Irish law, as was to be the case by 25 June 2005.
[28454/05]
176 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will address the continuing issue of poor sanitary standards in inner-city private rented accommodation by increasing resources currently available to local authorities which are not adequately fulfilling their responsibility.
[28453/05]
175 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown of funding on a county basis which has been provided by the Government in the past five years for the provision of new playgrounds.
[28437/05]
156 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science the funding made available by her to voluntary organisations in County Cork during 2004 under the youth service grant scheme.
[28449/05]
150 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) with a valid work permit has been refused visas for their children.
[28565/05]
145 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the closing of the North Quay Place immigration centre in Cork, consideration will be given to individual circumstances when deciding where individuals are relocated, for example prior enrolment for university courses in Cork city.
[28468/05]
144 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the findings of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in view of the several areas highlighted in the report for Ireland as requiring improvement.
[28466/05]
135 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will be issuing a recommendation that all free range chickens be kept inside as part of the precautionary measures against the spread of the avian flu H5NI.
[28440/05]
134 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the early warning system for the prevention of the arrival and spread of the avian flu H5NI which she has put in place and if this incorporates recommendations made to member states by the European Food Safety Authority on the matter.
[28439/05]
128 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Transport if there will be a price increase in the cost of Cork-Dublin rail tickets once the new service commences; and the person, in the absence of an independent public transport regulator who will be sanctioning such a price review.
[28447/05]
127 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on his plans to establish an independent public transport procurement and regulatory body.
[28446/05]
126 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Transport if all the estimated €936 million revenue gained by the State and its agencies between 2005 and 2020 from the West Link toll bridge will be used on the upgrade of the M50.
[28445/05]
107 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if, in view of the recent CSO figures on visitor numbers here in the first half of 2005 he will commission a study to determine which tourist regions benefitted the most and least from these visits compared to previous years.
[28443/05]
106 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the level of grant support which has been made available by him to date in County Cork under the 2005 sports capital programme.
[28442/05]
104 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if it is envisaged that Ireland will ratify the international convention for migrant workers and their families in the near future.
[28467/05]
97 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position regarding the proposed establishment of an interdepartmental group to look at the effects on health of electromagnetic fields.
[28441/05]
85 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider the introduction of an aviation fuel tax in view of increased internal air travel on, for example, the Ryanair Cork to Dublin route.
[28448/05]
59 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the Government’s national recreation policy currently under development by her Department will be launched.
[28438/05]
58 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay until the middle of 2006 in the stocking of packs of anti-viral drugs.
[28436/05]
57 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the total cost to the health service for clean-up operations undertaken to bring MRSA infections under control in hospitals nationwide in 2004.
[28435/05]
56 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the names of relatives of deceased residents who receive repayments for illegal nursing home charges are automatically passed on to the Revenue Commissioners for scrutiny to see if any tax liability arises.
[28434/05]
55 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if legal actions have been taken against the State by patients who have contracted MRSA; and if so, the damages which were awarded to patients who had contracted MRSA.
[28433/05]
174 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his role in the introduction of co-firing of biomass material in existing peat power stations here; and the impediments to the immediate introduction of such an initiative.
[27833/05]
122 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the role he has played in the investigation into the alleged malpractice in the reporting of mackerel catch quotas in Donegal ports; and his views on the matter.
[27834/05]
527 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the location of radioactive waste that has been stored on Rocky Island, near Ringaskiddy, County Cork; the cost of such removal and who has carried this cost.
[27420/05]
526 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department encourages a policy of transference of tenancy to sub-tenants of local authority housing, where such sub-tenants are family members of the original tenants; and if a record is kept of such transfers that might be kept in a given year.
[27419/05]
62 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science if research has been carried out into effects of the vocational education committees raising of the threshold for senior citizens, for example the discounted cost of adult education courses; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[27704/05]
50
D'fhiafraigh Mr. Boyle den Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta cad é a polasaí i leith fhorbairt na gcoláistí samhraidh sa Ghaeltacht agus san iar-Ghaeltacht agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina leith.
[22732/05]
213 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of approved peace commissioners under the name (details supplied) and the locations in which they are situated.
[27297/05]
153 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance the number of individuals and qualifying companies who have been granted tax relief under the seaside resort scheme since the inception of the scheme in 1995; the amounts of relief granted and the locations where such relief was applied.
[27296/05]
100 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on bilateral meetings that he has attended since 1 June 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[27051/05]