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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 March 2008
12 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Transport his Department’s policy on the provision of park and ride facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9746/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 March 2008
139 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of children to whom the Garda diversion programme as provided for under the Children’s Act 2001 has been applied in each year since its coming into force in 2002; the number of Gardaí involved in the programme; the number of children whose subsequent to involvement in the programme have been subject to criminal charges for subsequent alleged offences; and the steps proposed by him to extent application of the programme. [4022/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 February 2008
15 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of foreign trade missions in the past five years; the follow up that takes place post trade mission; the number planned for 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8503/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 February 2008
25 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has plans to reduce waste from packaging; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8204/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 February 2008
510 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction the construction of the extension sought by a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16 and the undertaking of essential refurbishments to the school; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is an urgent need to replace the prefabricated buildings currently in use and to provide proper facilities for physical education; the consideration given to date by her to the application made by the school; and when the sanction necessary and funding required will be given. [3148/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 February 2008
310 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that she has received a grant application from an association (details supplied); if she will grant the request; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3778/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 2008
236 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number, in respect of each year since the coming into force of the Sex Offenders Act 2001, of convicted sex offenders who have been released subject to post release supervision orders and the number of such offenders currently subject to a post release supervision order being supervised by the Probation and Welfare Service. [2853/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 2008
235 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of warning notices issued to children for alleged anti-social behaviour pursuant to the Criminal Justice Act 2006 during 2007; the number of anti-social behaviour orders sought and granted by the courts in respect of children and adults during 2007; and the number of applicants for such orders presently awaiting determination by the District Court. [2852/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 2008
234 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the provisions in the Children Act 1997 that are not yet in force; the reason for the delay in bringing them into force; and the action proposed by him. [2851/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 2008
106 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the mechanisms put in place by the Health Service Executive to investigate complaints of alleged physical or sexual abuse of children presently in the care of the State; the steps taken by the HSE to publicise contact points in respect of any such service; and the number or personnel employed in such service, their qualifications, training and location. [2781/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 2008
105 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of complaints made in each of the years 2000 to 2007 inclusive of sexual or physical abuse of children in the care of the State during the aforesaid years; the agency to which such complaints were made; the procedures in place to promptly respond to such complaints; the investigations conducted into such complaints; the outcome of such investigations; and the action taken. [2780/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 2008
104 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the provisions in legislation enacted by the Houses of the Oireachtas in relation to children’s legislation which have not been brought into operation; the reason for the delay; when it is intended to bring such provisions into operation; and the action proposed in this regard. [2779/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 2008
103 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the arrangements made by the Health Service Executive to provide accommodation for separated children seeking asylum; the steps that have been taken in the past 12 months to ensure the adequacy of the care provided in view of the concerns expressed by the Ombudsman for Children; and the services in place to ensure that adequate standards are maintained with properly trained care staff in the accommodation provided whether it is public or private. [2778/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 2008
102 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of children within each area administered by the Health Service Executive in respect of whom there are currently reports of abuse or neglect where no investigation or assessment has commenced by the HSE; the number of children so affected in respect of whom such reports were received over three months ago in each such area; and the steps being taken to ensure a speedier response to such reports and the proper protection of children at risk. [2777/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 2008
101 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of reports received by the Health Service Executive in 2006 and separately in 2007 relating to child abuse or neglect; the number of children in respect of whom such reports were received within each area of the Health Service Executive’s administration in respect of each year; the number of such reports fully investigated to date and the number of such reports awaiting investigation; and the average time delay in respect of each year within each area administered by the HSE between the receipt of any such report and a visit by a HSE social worker or other professional personnel to commence investigating or assessing the risk, posed to the children concerned. [2776/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 2008
99 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the action taken to date to extend social work services provided to families and children at risk to a seven day 24 hour service as recommended by the Committee on the Rights of the Child in its second periodic report adopted on 29 September 2006 reviewing Ireland’s compliance with its international obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. [2784/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 2008
98 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the dedicated services currently in place for children aged 16 years and over who require in-patient psychiatric hospital treatment; the action proposed to be taken to put in place essential services; and the timeframe involved. [2783/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 2008
97 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of separated children seeking asylum who arrived in the State in each of the years 2000 to 2007; the number of such children who were reunited with their families; the numbers who are currently provided by the State with accommodation in accommodation centres; the address of such centres; and the number of such children whose whereabouts are unknown. [2854/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 2008
65 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the procedures in place in her Department to monitor, on an ongoing basis, the number of children who are the subject of reports to the Health Service Executive of either abuse or neglect and to monitor the time frame involved in the commencement of an investigation to assess the validity of such reports; the HSE areas in which such reports have been received and in which to date no investigation or assessment has commenced; the number of children to which such reports relate; and the action proposed by her to address difficulties in this area and to ensure children are properly protected. [2723/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 2008
56 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children if it is intended to make an order pursuant to Section 11 (2) (a) of the Ombudsman for Children Act 2002 to enable the Ombudsman for Children to investigate complaints received regarding children detained in prisons such as St. Patrick’s Institution as well as other adult prisons here; if the consent of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform has been sought for the making of such order; and if not, the reason for same. [2722/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 2008
5 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the new services she proposes to put in place to provide for adults and children suffering from cystic fibrosis; and if she will launch a public and ongoing advertising campaign to encourage the public to carry organ donor cards to facilitate the greater availability of organs for heart and lung transplant operations. [2890/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 January 2008
Bill entitled an Act to make provision for the rights of victims of crime and anti-social behaviour; to give effect to the European Union Council Framework Decision of the 15th March 2001 on the standing of victims in criminal proceedings; to specify information to be given to victims; to provide for the proper treatment of victims; making provision for the furnishing to the courts of victim impact statements; providing for specific notices to be furnished to victims relating to alleged and convicted offenders; providing for the establishment of the Commission for the Support of Victims of Crime; providing for the adoption of a victims' charter; making provision for the procedures applicable to address the violation of victims' rights; providing for the making of Protection of Persons Orders to prohibit the intimidation by an alleged offender of victims of alleged offences; and to provide for matters connected therewith
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 December 2007
172 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Service Executive is obstructing implementation of the Civil Registration Act 2004 in so far as it has rendered it impossible for a couple to celebrate a civil marriage ceremony anywhere in Dublin, Kildare or Wicklow other than in a registry office in violation of the provisions contained in the Act which enables such marriages to be celebrated in other locations such as hotels; if an independent enquiry will be conducted into the failure of the HSE to properly carry out its delegated functions under the legislation; and if she will take action to require it to comply with its statutory duties. [35796/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2007
441 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Education and Science the action the Government proposes taking to implement the recommendation contained in the report published on 11 December 2007 into services provided by the Brothers of Charity in Galway and the physical and sexual abuse of intellectually disabled children in the period 1965 to 1998 in institutions run by the Brothers; the reason there was an unaccountable delay of eight years in the publication of the report; and her views on whether the report is comprehensively addressing allegations raised in the circumstances in which just 21 victims of alleged abuse were interviewed although 135 residents in Brothers of Charity institutions have sought compensation through the Redress Board. [35383/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2007
235 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the action the Government proposes taking to implement the recommendation contained in the report published on 11 December 2007 into services provided by the Brothers of Charity in Galway and the physical and sexual abuse of intellectually disabled children in the period 1965 to 1998 in institutions run by the Brothers; the reason there was an unaccountable delay of eight years in the publication of the report; and her views on whether the report is comprehensively addressing allegations raised in the circumstances in which just 21 victims of alleged abuse were interviewed although 135 residents in Brothers of Charity institutions have sought compensation through the Redress Board. [35384/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2007
83 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the consideration given to date to implementing arrangements between this State, the United Kingdom and other European Union member states for the reciprocal enforcement of pension adjustment orders made in matrimonial proceedings; if his attention had been drawn to the fact that considerable difficulties can arise as a consequence in particular of trustees of English pension schemes being unwilling to comply with pension adjustment orders made by the courts here; and the action he will take to address this difficulty. [34611/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2007
39 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the consideration given by him to revise family law to create an in-court mediation service to facilitate the early resolution of family law disputes and in particular disputes relating to the guardianship, custody, upbringing of and access to children. [34610/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2007
5 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the consideration given by him to revise family law to create a new court family and assessment service to assist the courts in determining family law proceedings and in particular issues relating to the guardianship, custody and upbringing of children and in determining care proceedings relating to children. [34646/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2007
162 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether it is essential that the transition supports project funded by the European Social Fund and her Department continues to operate in 2008 to co-ordinate and intricate services to separated children seeking asylum and minors to enable them to participate in education to help prepare them for adult life here or in their country of origin; the funding provided; if the project is to be discontinued, the reason for same; and the alternative initiative, if it is proposed to replace the existing project. [34620/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2007
39 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Transport if he has received representations regarding the reopening of the Phoenix Park rail tunnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32932/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2007
25 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Transport the action he will take to address the situation of potentially thousands of dangerous crashed cars being put back onto Irish roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32946/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
552 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action taken to date to implement the recommendations contained in the report of the Joint Committee on Child Protection published in November 2006; and the action he proposes to take during the next 12 months. [32427/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2007
10 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the plans he has to extend the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31519/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
638 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 in the board’s annual report 2006 expressed concern regarding the ongoing proliferation of septic tanks including proprietary systems associated with houses in the countryside, the pollution of ground waster contaminated by faecal chloroforms associated with septic tank systems and the fact that some local authorities are granting planning permission without having a full set of drainage tests and without a proper assessment of the tests that are submitted; his views on whether this constitutes a serious threat to public health; the action he proposes to take to ensure that local authorities do not grant planning permission or even outline permission without establishing that were septic tanks are or will be involved it is possible to provide safe drainage on the specified site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30742/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
552 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason she has not sanctioned the construction of a permanent school building for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 18; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the project was put to tender and a contractor chosen with the sanction of her Department, that the school board was assured that money was set aside by her Department for this project and that if the project is not sanctioned to go ahead before the end of November 2007 the tendering process will have to recommence, and the project will be further delayed; and if she will sanction the project to proceed. [31158/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
186 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the action taken to date to implement the recommendations contained in the report of the Joint Committee on Child Protection published in November 2006; and the action she proposes to take during the next 12 months. [31368/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2007
70 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the action taken by her to ensure proper standards of hygiene are maintained in hospitals here and to reduce the risk posed to patients by MRSA, C. Difficile and other hospital acquired diseases. [29953/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2007
69 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the review on hospital hygiene published by the Health Information and Quality Authority is a scandalous indictment of the management and governance of public hospitals here by both hospital management and the Health Service Executive and that lack of adequate hygiene indefensibly exposes patients to unacceptable risks of contracting MRSA, C. Difficile and other hospital acquired diseases; and the reason for her failure to ensure that appropriate structures are in place to provide proper hygiene throughout hospitals and to protect patients and the general public from unnecessary risk. [29952/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2007
47 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will implement the recommendation contained in the report from RKW consultants that an urgent care centre be built in Tallaght Hospital to cater for accident and emergency attendances by children; the steps being taken to implement this recommendation; its implications for Harcourt Street Children’s Hospital as part of the Tallaght Hospital complex; and if the recommendation is being implemented to date when the new care centre will open. [30032/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2007
116 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action taken to date to implement the recommendation made in November 2006 by the Report of the Joint Committee on Child Protection that a system for computerised storage and dissemination of information received in accordance with the Sex Offenders Act 2001 be developed and established; and the Government’s timeframe for implementing this recommendation. [25967/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2007
52 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the law relating to the recognition of foreign divorces is in a state of chaos, that different rules apply to the recognition of foreign divorces granted in different member States of the European Union depending on the date on which they were granted, that entirely separate rules apply to divorces granted by a court of a European Union State compared to those applicable to divorces granted outside the European Union and that there is an urgent need to comprehensively reform this area of the law. [25966/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 October 2007
564 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the licence application to hunt deer made by a hunt (details supplied); if the licence sought will be refused; and when he expects to make a decision on the application. [26210/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2007
49 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the estimated cost of the National Conference Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25599/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2007
94 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the fact that Iran is developing a nuclear weapon capability; the nature of his concern; the action taken to date by this State as a member of the European Union and at the United Nations to address this issue; and his views on whether EU and United Nations action to date is adequate. [25043/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2007
132 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action taken by this State as a member of the European Union and in the United Nations with regard to the situation in Myanmar, Burma; his views on whether the lives of those who demonstrated against the junta are at risk; the number of persons currently being detained as a consequence of the protest and demonstrations that took place; and the steps being taken to enable the Red Cross to have access to those being detained. [25044/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2007
6 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Taoiseach if he will publish and place in the Oireachtas Library the details of the programme for Government as agreed with the Progressive Democrats. [17241/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2007
88 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Transport his views on the recent report of the European Transport Safety Council which found that Ireland has reduced road deaths since 2001 by 10.9% compared to France which has reduced road deaths by 42.3%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24316/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2007
71 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Transport his proposals for the Leinster outer orbital route, which will connect the towns of Drogheda, Navan, Naas and Newbridge; his views on whether such a proposal is economically viable, technically feasible and strategically beneficial; if the proposed orbital route is Government policy; the expected cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24339/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2007
257 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Adoption Board has, in determining a number of applications, rejected the opinion of Health Service Executive social workers that a couple or an individual are unsuitable for foreign adoption and made declarations of suitability, that substantial difficulties in effecting a foreign adoption have been experienced by prospective adopters so declared suitable because of the refusal of the Adoption Board to furnish to such adopters separate and independent family assessment reports and the refusal of the HSE to amend reports whose conclusions have been rejected by the Adoption Board; and if she will take urgent action to resolve this difficulty. [23460/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2007
145 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the steps she proposes to take to counteract the problem of MRSA in hospitals here; and the action taken to date. [22318/07]