56 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on allegations made that senior members of An Garda Síochána interfered with and prevented a full investigation taking place into the murder and suspected rape in 1970 of a person (details supplied); if an investigation officer was stopped from interviewing a suspect named on this file; if he will instruct the Garda Commissioner to reopen the investigation in this case and take the steps necessary for a separate independent investigation to be conducted into the manner in which the murder was originally investigated in 1970 and into any alleged obstacles to that investigation which inhibited its completion and prosecution taking place.
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42 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to ask the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána to reopen the investigation into the murder and suspected rape in 1970 of a person (details supplied); the location of the file relating to the murder; and if he will make a statement on allegations made the murder was not fully and comprehensively investigated and that a copy of the Garda file was furnished to a senior member of the Roman Catholic clergy.
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4 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the removal of a child (details supplied) from his mother at Dublin Airport on 15 August 2009 and of the deportation to Nigeria of the child’s mother on 1 September 2009; his views on whether it is appropriate that a four year old child never previously apart from his mother be taken from her in such circumstances at Dublin Airport and remain totally alone in this State under the care of the Health Service Executive; if consideration was given to the distress caused to the child and both the immediate and long-term damage to the child’s welfare that may result; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that the child is an Irish citizen born here on 21 August 2005 and that since the events at Dublin Airport, the child has had numerous social workers involved in considering his circumstances, has been cared for in a variety of placements at taxpayers’ expense and subject to events that can only be harmful to the child; and if he will take immediate action to facilitate family reunification between the child and his mother by permitting her return here.
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285 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the communications received by him prior to the publication of the Murphy commission report on clerical child abuse regarding the refusal and failure of the papal nuncio and the Vatican to cooperate with the Murphy commission; the initiatives taken by him of his predecessor; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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44 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children if the site for the proposed 60 bed psychiatric unit, for which planning permission was granted, does not impinge on the proposed site for the co-located hospital at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; if so, when she will proceed with the construction of the psychiatric unit at Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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364 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the poor structural conditions of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 14 and the need to sanction the construction of a new school; the steps he will take on this matter.
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208 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Law Reform Commission in its consultation paper Legal Aspects of Family Relationships has provisionally recommended the establishment of a guardianship register; his views on whether the establishment of such a register is in the public interest and in the context of the recommendation made to not seek an order for costs against the plaintiff in a High Court case (details supplied).
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112 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Finance the reason for the continuing delay in receiving a reply to Parliamentary Question No. 350 of 3 November 2009; and when a detailed reply to the question raised may be expected by this Deputy.
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587 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Education and Science the religious congregations and organisations which have to date issued details to him of the additional sum they are willing to contribute to a fund for the benefit of victims of physical and sexual abuse in religious institutions; the specific funds offered; and when he will publish a financial profile of religious congregations and organisations that has been furnished to him by the body appointed to deal with this matter.
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233 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the person in the Health Service Executive with overall responsibility for child care issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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232 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the private agencies contracted by the Health Service Executive to provide child care services to the HSE; the services they provide; the money awarded to each of these services each year for the past ten years; the number of children cared for per year during this time; the registered name of each company; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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231 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of internal reports carried out on residential establishments in relation to allegations of child abuse by the Health Service Executive or health boards over the past 20 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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206 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the early childhood care and education scheme does not allow for child care places to be allocated to younger children who are not yet eligible for the scheme in circumstances in which parents whose children are eligible do not wish to avail of all five of the allocated sessions per week in the case of a preschool (details supplied) in County Cork; the impact this has on child care providers who have empty spaces which they cannot fill, resulting in a loss of revenue; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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58 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she is taking to streamline the public procurement process for small business; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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8 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Taoiseach the referenda he envisages taking place during the lifetime of the current Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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208 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 443 of 16 September 2009 from the Health Service Executive has not yet been received by this Deputy; and the action she will take to ensure that this reply is received.
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185 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the reviews which were undertaken by the joint working group established under part V of the agreement on mutual co-operation concerning adoption between Ireland and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam regarding the provision of humanitarian financial assistance; the evaluation which was undertaken of such assistance provided; when such evaluations were conducted; and the recommendations made following such evaluations by the review group.
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146 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will order an inquiry into the procedures followed by the Health Service Executive and the gardaí in relation to a child (details supplied) in County Galway; if correspondence has been entered into by her with the HSE in respect of this matter; and if so, the replies received.
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126 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children her policy regarding the use of sun beds; the legislation that she proposes to introduce with regard to the usage of sun beds; and the timeframe involved.
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174 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that in excess of 150 children are awaiting heart surgery at Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin, Dublin and the delay in such surgery is placing many of these children at serious risk and that many of these children are suffering a diminished quality of life; the action she will take to ensure those children receive the surgery they require without further delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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187 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to require the Health Service Executive to publish the report of the investigation into the death of a person (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the fact that her Minister of State with responsibility for children informed a meeting of the Joint Committee on Health and Children on 6 October 2009 that the report would be published on 19 October 2009; the reason for the delay in the publication of the report; if she acknowledges that it is in the public interest that the report be published; and when it will be published.
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186 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to require the Health Service Executive to publish the report of the investigation into the death of a person (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the fact that her Minister of State with responsibility for children informed a meeting of the Joint Committee on Health and Children on 6 October 2009 that the report would be published on 21 October 2009; the reason for the delay in the publication of the report; if she acknowledges that it is in the public interest that the report be published; when it will be published.
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82 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the contacts made with the Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam in the course of his visit to Ireland on 22 and 23 October 2009 to discuss the conclusion of a new bilateral agreement between Ireland and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam with regard to inter-country adoptions; the position and the progress made during the course of such discussions; and if it remains her intention to conclude such an agreement or to take no further action and await both Ireland and Vietnam becoming parties to the Hague Convention on inter-country adoption.
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1185 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Education and Science the consideration given to providing funding to extend a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16 in order that extra places are made available in the school at post-primary level for pupils who formerly attended the local national school; if an assessment has been done of the places required in the post-primary school in the current economic circumstances where fewer parents can afford to send children to other local fee paying schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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350 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Finance the address of properties rented by the State for the use of each Department, State or semi-State agency; the date of commencement of the lease of each such property; the square meterage or square footage of such property; the number of persons working in each such property; the rent payable in respect of each such property; the date from which the current rent payable commenced; the purpose for which each property is utilised; the name of the landlord of each such property; the steps taken to date in 2009 to determine if the rent currently payable accords with current market rents for similar properties; and the steps taken to effect, where appropriate, a downward review of such rents.
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142 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Finance the guidelines that exist regarding the procedure applicable to the early retirement of a public servant or a chief executive or an employee of a State or semi-State body; the circumstances stated in such guidelines in which it is said to be appropriate to effect such early retirement; the financial arrangements applicable to same; if he will furnish a copy of the said guidelines; and if it is intended to make amendments to them.
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123 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Finance the guidelines that exist regarding the procedure applicable to the dismissal of a public servant or a chief executive or an employee of a State of semi-State body; the circumstances stated in such guidelines in which it is said to be appropriate to effect such dismissal; the financial arrangements applicable to same; if he will furnish a copy of the said guidelines; and if it is intended to make amendments to them.
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625 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that of the 15 classes provided by a school (details supplied) in Dublin 14, 12 are housed in prefabs and some of the prefabs have been in place since the 1970s; and if he will sanction the construction of the permanent new school due to the fact that the school received planning permission for same in May 2008.
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156 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Education and Science the offers made to date of an additional contribution by way of reparation which has been received by the Exchequer from all or any of the 18 religious orders and congregations who signed the 2002 indemnity agreement with regard to compensation payable to victims of institutional abuse; and his views on the progress made since the publication of the Ryan report in addressing this issue and putting in place new arrangements.
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632 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are substantial difficulties evident in Dublin Institute of Technology since the start of the 2009-10 academic year; the steps he will take to address these difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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504 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress made to date by the panel appointed to examine statements received from religious orders and congregations with regard to their assets and financial resources and any background material received to explain or verify same; and when the report expected from this group will be published.
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496 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Education and Science his views on requests from Gaelscoileanna in south Dublin for the purchase by his Department of the former boys vocational school in Dundrum to provide a Gael Choláiste to meet the post-primary school needs of the many pupils who have attended Gaelscoileanna in the area; if no decision in this regard has been made, the projected timeframe for completing his consideration of this proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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397 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide the funding required by Dún Laoghaire Rathdown Council for the re-development of a complex (details supplied) in Dublin 14; the position with regard to an application made to his Department by Dún Laoghaire Rathdown Council for the required funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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192 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the form of humanitarian financial support agreed to be provided by authorised organisations licensed under the agreement on mutual co-operation concerning adoption between Ireland and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam made on 23 September 2003 for child-care centres in Vietnam and the sum of money authorised as payable during the currency of the said agreement; if it was agreed that such humanitarian aid contributed by eligible adopters during the currency of the agreement be a matter for determination by the relevant Vietnamese provincial government authorities; if the sums that an agency (details supplied) received from eligible adopters and provided to the Vietnamese authorities by way of humanitarian aid are in compliance with the express provisions of the 2003 agreement and the arrangements for such aid agreed within the joint working group; and if she will publish the evaluations and reviews conducted by the joint working group on the provision of such humanitarian financial aid and supports as envisaged pursuant to Article 24 of the 2003 agreement.
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178 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of meetings held by the joint working group pursuant to chapter five of the Agreement on Mutual Co-operation Concerning Adoption between Ireland the Socialist Republic of Vietnam pursuant to the bilateral agreement made in Hanoi on 23 September 2003; the location of each such meeting held and the dates on which each such meeting was held; the persons appointed to the joint working group by this State; the number of reports received from the group reviewing and evaluating the implementation of the agreement; if she will place these reports in the Library of the Houses of the Oireachtas and publish same.
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177 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the agreement reached by the joint working group established under Part V of the Agreement on Mutual Co-operation Concerning Adoption between Ireland and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam with regard to the provision of technical assistance to implement the agreement regarding adoption matters; the nature of the technical assistance provided by Ireland to Vietnam pursuant to any such agreement; the steps taken by the State during the currency of the agreement to ensure the principles applicable to inter-country adoption as agreed between the two states were properly applied in the best interests of children eligible for adoption pursuant to the agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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107 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Finance the provision in new public works contracts for the use of mediation to resolve disputes prior to use of arbitration with a view to saving considerable sums in legal fees and other related expenditure and to more readily facilitate the resolution of such disputes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1007 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will meet an organisation (details supplied) to discuss with them their concerns about Part 3 of the Building Control Act 2007; the consideration given by him to date to their concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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449 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce amendments to the early childhood care and education scheme; if it is intended to address the many anomalies that arise under it which have been communicated to the Minister of State with responsibility for children and youth affairs; if she acknowledges that the fees payable under the scheme may reduce both the quality of care and the number of qualified staff in some crèches; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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423 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress made by her to date with regard to the holding of an inquiry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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392 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Finance the guidelines that exist with regard to the procedure applicable to the early retirement of a public servant or a chief executive or an employee of a State or semi-State body; the circumstances stated in such guidelines in which it is said to be appropriate to effect such early retirement; the financial arrangements applicable to same; if he will provide a copy of the said guidelines; if it is intended to make a amendments to them.
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391 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Finance the guidelines that exist with regard to the procedure applicable to the dismissal of a public servant or a chief executive or an employee of a State or semi-State body; the circumstances stated in such guidelines in which it is said to be appropriate to effect such dismissal; the financial arrangements applicable to same; if he will provide a copy of the said guidelines; if it is intended to make amendments to them.
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268 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Finance the steps being taken to ensure the start up of infrastructure capital projects to a value of €6.5 billion in the year 2010; the preliminary work undertaken to date in 2009 and expected to be undertaken prior to the 31 December 2009; the projects concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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83 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is appropriate that a person (details supplied) remains a member and the chairperson of the board of the Institute of Public Administration; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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25 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his trip to Sudan relating to the kidnapping of persons (details supplied); if he is satisfied that they are safe and well; and the steps being taken to secure their release.
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1304 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Education and Science the reduction in the number of teachers as at September 2009 as compared to September 2008 in respect of each school in the Dáil constituency of Dublin South; the number of pupils in respect of each school at these dates; the number of special needs assistants in each school at these dates; the number of children in each school regarded as having special needs at these dates; and the current actual teacher/pupil ratio in respect of each school.
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1204 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Education and Science the steps he will take to address the concerns of the Protestant community arising from his change in the status of Protestant voluntary schools and the abolition of grants formerly paid to them; if his attention has been drawn to the recommendations contained in report of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes regarding these schools are a cause of additional concern and alarm and a belief that their implementation will result in further discrimination against Protestant schools and the Protestant community and the possible closure of schools; if he will address these concerns and engage in discussions with the Protestant secondary school sector to ensure the future capacity of these schools to fully meet the needs of the Protestant community and for the purpose of allocating teachers to be restored to the same pupil teacher ratio as applies to schools in the free education scheme.
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1200 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will grant to a board of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 18 the permission required to progress the provision of a new permanent school building; the reason the required permission has to date been withheld; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the projected number of pupils who will attend the school within the next three years makes it a necessity that the new permanent school be built without further delay.
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1199 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will grant the sanctions necessary to facilitate the provision of additional permanent school classrooms for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16; if he will replace the prefab buildings; his views on whether it is unreasonable that this project be further delayed.
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