202 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the discontinuation of staffing grants to community child care services is significantly increasing the cost of services to many unsubvented parents who can ill afford to pay the costs required for the delivery of regulated services.
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37 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will explain the meaning of pledge number eight in his consultation paper on next generation broadband to use Government purchasing power in order to stimulate demand, create economies of scale and better public services; if this will be the subject of further detailed specific plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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29 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding his plans to transfer ownership of electricity transmission assets from the ESB to EirGrid; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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733 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will sanction the construction of a school extension for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 6W; the consideration given by her Department to date regarding the required extension; the stage within his Department of the school’s request; and if all further required sanctions will be given without delay.
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326 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the parents of children suffering from intellectual disability whose children until the end of the 2007/2008 school year attended a school (details supplied) have been informed that the rehabilitative training programme in which the children were to participate from September 2008 in a day care centre will not be available due to lack of funding; the reason persons suffering from intellectual disabilities are being targeted by Government cutbacks; and if she will take steps to restore this essential service.
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56 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he agrees with the statement by the Director of Public Prosecutions that a constitutional referendum should be held to reinstate the offence of statutory rape, which statement was originally made by him to the Joint Committee on Child Protection in 2006 and repeated by him on 27 June 2008 in a speech at UCC; and if the Government is committed to the holding of such a referendum.
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16 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Taoiseach if he will publish a progress report on the implementation of the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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237 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will confirm that he has received an application from a club (details supplied) in County Dublin, for funding under the 2008 sports capital programme to upgrade and modernise its facilities; if he will grant the request; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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107 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the review of the guidelines for the per cent for art scheme has been completed; when he expects to publish the new guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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99 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when it is intended to publish the Arts in Education report; the progress that has been made towards implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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76 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to introduce new aid modalities on delivery methods; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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866 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that members of An Garda Síochána no longer supply victim support organisations with the names of victims of crime who may require assistance due to provisions contained in the data protection legislation and that as a consequence victim support is currently being provided to substantially fewer people than in the past; and the action he proposes to take to resolve the difficulty that has arisen.
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530 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will confirm that he has received an application from a club (details supplied) in Dublin 16 for funding from the National Lottery funded 2008 sports capital programme for provision of dressing rooms; if he will grant the request; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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116 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Transport his plans for the future of Valentia and Malin Head coast guard stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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41 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the exact timescale for the implementation of recommendations contained in the report published in December 2007 into services provided by the Brothers of Charity in Galway to provide for adequate protection from physical and sexual abuse for intellectually disabled children and adults in care; if she has received the results of the investigation into the delay of eight years in the publication of the report; if she is satisfied that no such physical or sexual abuse took place in any other institution for which the Brothers of Charity are responsible; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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205 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will sanction the provision of combined decongestive therapy for lymphoedema for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; if he will sanction the therapy for all other patients suffering from lymphoedema; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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17 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the plans that have been agreed to transpose the third directive on postal liberalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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193 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the arrangements in place to enable the central Garda vetting unit to contact the British authorities to carry out child protection checks on prospective employees; the reciprocal vetting arrangements in place throughout the European Union among European Union jurisdictions; and the steps being taken to provide such arrangements.
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125 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason his Department did not furnish to the Department of Health and Children, the Health Service Executive or any other State agency information received by it on 27 July 2004 relating to Dr. A sexually harassing American girls as detailed in the final report of the review inquiry pertaining to child protection issues as published on 15 April 2008 nor having arranged for a summons to be served on Dr. A for a court session in Amsterdam on 13 September 2005 made an inquiry as to the outcome of the prosecution taken against Dr. A by the Dutch authorities; and the steps he is taking to ensure that information furnished to his Department relating to child protection issues is promptly communicated to the appropriate Departments and State agencies.
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86 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he was informed by the Equality Authority in advance of the detail of the poster campaign being sponsored by them together with the Health Service Executive and the National Council on Ageing and Older People for the Say No to Ageism in 2008 campaign on 19 to 23 May 2008; his views on whether the posters offensively stereotype older people and stigmatise young people; the cost of the campaign; the action he will take to ensure that there is no repetition of such an inappropriate and insensitive campaign paid for by public funds in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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84 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he proposes to introduce legislation to provide for the prosecution in domestic courts here of Irish nationals who commit offences abroad regarding sexual conduct with children; and his views on whether such legislation is necessary.
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348 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that as a consequence of the Government failing to implement promises made on the pupil-teacher ratio a school (details supplied) in Dublin 18, will lose a teacher for the academic year commencing in 2008 and instead of a reduction of the pupil-teacher ratio this will mean an increase in the ratio; and if he will take appropriate action to enable the school to retain its current pupil-teacher ratio.
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347 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that as a consequence of the Government failing to implement promises made on the pupil-teacher ratio a school (details supplied) in Dublin 18, will lose a teacher for the academic year commencing in 2008 and instead of a reduction of the pupil teacher ratio this will mean an increase in the ratio; and if he will take appropriate action to enable the school to retain its current pupil-teacher ratio.
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346 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, as a consequence of the Government failing to implement promises made on the pupil-teacher ratio, a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16 will lose a teacher for the academic year commencing in 2008 and instead of a reduction of the pupil-teacher ratio this will mean an increase in the ratio; and if he will take appropriate action to enable the school to retain its current pupil-teacher ratio.
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92 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the plans and funding in place for the upgrading of the National Library facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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42 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the Government Ministers from non-OECD countries he has met in an official capacity since his appointment as Minister; the date of the meeting; the location of the meeting; if he raised concerns regarding human rights or lack of democracy with them in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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288 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has received a grant application from a club (details supplied) in Dublin 16, for funding from the National Lottery funded 2008 sports capital programme for a Prunty pitch; if he will grant the request; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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170 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the date when she or the Minister of State with responsibility for Children first received the Health Service Executive review report on its child and family services for 2005; the reason the report only first appeared in full on the HSE website at the end of February; the reason it has not to date been published in book form; and if it will be so published.
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167 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children if she has received the Health Service Executive quarterly performance monitoring report on children’s services for 1 January 2008 to 31 March 2008 for each HSE region on the number of notifications of child abuse or neglect, the number of assessments conducted following notification, the number of children on waiting lists following notification of child abuse or neglect and the average time spent on a waiting list for assessment following notification of child abuse or neglect; and if she will detail the information contained in the report.
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169 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children if she or the Minister of State with responsibility for Children has received the Health Service Executive review report on its child and family services for 2006; if not, the action taken by either of them to force the HSE to comply with its obligation to produce an annual report on the aforesaid services; the date when the report will be published; and if the date is not known, the reason for same.
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166 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children when she expects to receive the Health Service Executive review report on its child and family services for 2007; and the action she has taken to ensure it is published during the first half of 2008.
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78 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the ongoing programmes in place in each Government Department and State agency to ensure appropriate training on child protection issues is provided for the management and employees of Government Departments and State agencies.
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13 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has submitted to her a report for the first quarter of 2008 pursuant to the HSE national service plan which requires the provision of performance indicators for each HSE region on the number of notifications of child abuse or neglect received, the number of assessments conducted following notifications, the number of children on waiting lists for assessments following notification of child abuse or neglect and the average time spent on a waiting list for assessment following notification of child abuse or neglect; if she will provide detailed information on these matters received by her in respect of each HSE region; the initiative she proposes taking with regard to the number of children on waiting lists for assessments; and the average waiting time spent on such lists following notification of child abuse or neglect.
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7 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the basis of the State’s recalculation of public service pension provisions as published recently by his Department; and if a similar recalculation of the liability to social welfare pensions will take place.
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439 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 638 of 27 November 2007, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a concern raised by the chairman of An Bord Pleanála in relation to effluent disposal results from the failure of some planning authorities to comply with the guidelines referred to in his reply and that their existence for many years renders it unlikely that revised guidelines will be properly implemented by all planning authorities; if he will have research undertaken to identify and monitor compliance in this area by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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438 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the chairman of An Bord Pleanála has expressed concerns regarding the inadequacy of guidelines on the necessity for adequate spacing of septic tanks in particular conditions; if he will ensure that adequate guidelines are prescribed to include limitations on proprietary systems in the new Environmental Protection Agency guidelines on waste water treatment systems referred to by him in his answer to Parliamentary Question No. 638 of 27 November 2007 or in some other format; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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199 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Information and Quality Authority has completed its work on standards for designated residential centres for people with a disability; and if it has not done so, when this work will be completed and published.
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198 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has completed its work on developing protocols for the management of all future inquiries such as the inquiry which resulted in the McCoy report.
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197 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children if the delay in producing the McCoy report into allegations of physical and sexual abuse in residential homes managed by an order (details supplied) has been investigated as was promised; if the outcome of the investigation has been furnished to her; and when it will be published.
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493 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason the boards of management of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16 have been instructed by her Department not to proceed to apply for planning permission for the construction of the essential new primary school facilities following on from her Department in November 2007 giving what is known as stage three technical approval; the reason no further communication since that date has been made to the boards of management concerning funding for the school; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the 16 prefabricated buildings that accommodate up to 500 pupils are disimproving rapidly and can no longer be properly maintained; and if sanction will be given to apply for planning permission to enable the school project to progress.
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247 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children when the Health Service Executive will publish its formal guidance document on residential facilities for adults with a disability; when quality and safety measures will be included in contractual arrangements between the HSE and agencies that provide a disability service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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32 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Defence if it is inappropriate that a person (details supplied) play a role in briefing members of the Irish Army going to Chad; his views on whether such briefings could result in Army members being given a biased perspective on the situation there, place them at risk of being unfairly accused of partiality by other parties to conflict in the region and place in jeopardy their United Nations mission; if he has received expressions of concern in this regard; and the action proposed by him.
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227 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the Commission for the Support of Victims of Crime; if he has extended the operational life of the commission; and the arrangements he has made regarding membership of the commission to facilitate its continued work as and from 31 March 2008 being the original date up to which members of the commission were appointed.
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358 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Education and Science the position in respect of each primary school located in Dublin South with regard to the provision of a new school building or of additional or replacement classrooms, the construction of extensions and other structural proposals submitted to her Department for approval or which are under consideration; the stage of each proposal within her Department; when sanctions sought are expected to be forthcoming; and when she anticipates the essential funding required to provide new and essential school facilities will be made available.
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357 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Education and Science the position in respect of each post-primary school located in Dublin South with regard to the provision of a new school building or of additional or replacement classrooms, the construction of extensions and other structural proposals submitted to her Department for approval or which are under consideration; the stage of each proposal within her Department; when sanctions sought are expected to be forthcoming; and when she anticipates the essential funding required to provide new and essential school facilities will be made available.
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209 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the reason the Health Service Executive has not furnished to this Deputy the information sought in Questions Nos. 101, 102, 105 and 106 of 31 January 2008 concerning children at risk as promised by her on that date; if the HSE is required to furnish to her on a monthly basis the information sought in these questions pursuant to the National Service Plan; and if in the absence of such information she is able to monitor the quality and efficiency of child care services and ensure that children at risk are provided with the protection to which they are entitled.
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208 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reconsider the deportation order made against a person (details supplied) having regard to their genuine concerns for the safety, health and well-being of their daughters; and if he will allow them and their daughters remain here instead of leaving this important issue to be determined by traumatic and expensive judicial review proceedings in the courts.
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87 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will introduce legislation to enable transgendered persons to obtain new birth certificates reflecting their new sexual identity in response to the High Court judgment delivered in proceedings taken against the State by a person (details supplied) which resulted in a High Court declaration that laws here are incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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24 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of An Agreed Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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46 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Transport the progress to date in introducing mandatory breath or blood testing at the scene of road traffic accidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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