440 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science about the higher education grant scheme in respect of educational courses offered; the way a course falls outside the eligibility criteria for these supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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379 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the moneys collected in respect of television licence fees for each of the past five years; the way the moneys collected are distributed, divided and spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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311 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the criteria for the back to education allowance second level option; the meaning of particular courses not to be a progression in educational qualifications; the courses which fall under this category; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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136 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 34 of 12 November 2009, the locations in County Donegal at which the three industrial development authorities hosted itinerary by foreign investors were held; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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135 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of foreign investors she has, through the Industrial Development Authority, brought on a county basis in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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99 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene to prevent the removal of acute services from the Louth County Hospital in Dundalk; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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72 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce prescription charges for holders of medical cards; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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51 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the effect that abolishing the PRSI ceiling would have on Exchequer returns; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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43 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance his views on introducing a wealth tax; the possibility of such a wealth tax being modelled on the French ISF solidarity tax which taxes global assets; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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270 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the publication of the draft 20-year strategy for the Irish language with its emphasis on immersion education, he will reconsider his decision to end the practice of early immersion education; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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131 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the way, in view of a carbon tax being introduced, he intends to ensure that most vulnerable who would pay more for solid fuels such as coal would be protected; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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130 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that an introduction of carbon tax on solid fuels such as coal will drive persons across the Border to purchase such fuel; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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87 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in view of her decision not to introduce a short-term State-supported credit scheme, she has examined, analysed and investigated other EU countries such as Hungary, Luxembourg, Denmark, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, and France which have supported the credit insurance market over the past 12 months; the conclusions that were drawn from the investigation; the reason this model will not be applied here; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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50 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the composition of the representative group of companies that were engaged by a company (details supplied) in their assessment of credit insurance issues; the size of the companies; the sectors in which they are involved; the markets to which they export; the number of exports insured; the back-up plans that are in place for enterprises if insurance companies fail to provide better levels of cover; if a negligible number of jobs would be supported by a State-supported export credit scheme as claimed by the assessment; and her views on whether this would be more beneficial than putting persons on the live register and leaving indigenous exporters without the opportunity to expand to new markets.
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590 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm that it is now his position that there will be no closures of small rural schools with fewer than 100 pupils as was indicated by him on a radio programme on 16 November 2009; if this is a change in the position as previously stated in Parliamentary Question No. 230 on 12 November 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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556 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science the timeframe for the allocation of grants in respect of months when each payment should be received by a student; the provision being made by third level institutions for students whose grant payments are delayed with respect to registration, access to student services and facilities and exams; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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555 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of students who have received their student grants from vocational education committees on a county basis; the number of students who have received student grants from local authorities on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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554 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of students in receipt of student grants from vocational education committees on a county basis; the number of students in receipt of student grants from local authorities on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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549 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 1160 of 3 November 2009 if he will provide information regarding the number of higher education institutes which provide an accredited learning-to-learn module.
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391 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons, on a county basis, who received the Christmas bonus payment in 2008.
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302 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether the €2,250 fee for a contractor licence for two years from the Private Security Authority is excessive given the financial constraints on many of these contractors in the current economic climate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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301 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the correspondence (details supplied) issued to a person who legally purchased an intruder alarm and had it fitted by private electrical contractors; his views on whether the orders placed on the person to be fair considering the device was legally purchased; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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142 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance when a review of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers tax concessions scheme 1994 will be complete; if he will make changes to ensure the scheme is more open and transparent; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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157 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the number of public sector workers earning between €100,000 and €110,000, €110,000 and €120,000, €120,000 and €130,000, €130,000 and €140,000, €140,000 and €150,000, €150,000 and €160,000, €160,000 and €170,000, €170,000 and €180,000, €190,000 and €200,000, €200,000 and €250,000, €250,000 and €300,000, €300,000 and €350,000, €350,000 and €400,000, €400,000 and €450,000, €450,000 and €500,000; and the number of public sector workers earning in excess of €500,000.
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97 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will meet with the Israeli Ambassador to highlight the Irish people’s opposition to the building of illegal settlements in Jerusalem.
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83 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will instigate an investigation into a company’s (details supplied) acquisition of a 25% stake in the Nesher Cement Company.
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76 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fear in many drugs projects that they will not be able to deliver their services if he implements cuts in their budgets, including closure of services.
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230 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm that he will not proceed with the amalgamation of small rural schools as proposed in the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programme.
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93 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to introduce an export focused short-term State supported credit insurance scheme to supplement the capacity of the existing commercial insurance market; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the lack of State supported export credit insurance is inhibiting business, especially small and medium enterprises from expanding into export orientated activities; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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8 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress being made with the approved funding of €10 million by the FÁS board to provide training for small and medium enterprise managers or supervisors under the strategic alliance programme, agreed in the Social Partnership Programme Towards 2016, which was to be rolled out more than two years ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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214 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to an upsurge in attendance at Money Advice and Budgeting Service offices; the consequences of the increased numbers on persons seeking this service and on its staff; if the quality of the service is effected; and the effect of that reduced service on its customers.
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473 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science the measures he is taking to ensure that the school transport scheme is cost effective; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are instances in which children have been allocated free travel under this scheme but are not availing of the service and therefore applications for concessionary bus tickets are being refused by Bus Éireann; his plans to deal with this problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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242 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of children availing of the school transport scheme in County Donegal.
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240 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of children availing of the school transport scheme over the past five years on a county basis.
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175 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the outcome for groups which have, or have partially, invested in projects dependent on income from the sports capital grant scheme; if the groups that drew up a development plan prior to the suspension of the sports capital grant scheme will be awarded the grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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174 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the way the sports capital grant scheme is funded; if the programme is funded from the profits generated by the national lottery; if so, the location to which the money generated in 2009 has gone in view of the fact that the sports capital grant scheme was suspended for 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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173 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his plans regarding the sports capital grant scheme; if he will renew the sports capital grant scheme; or if he will replace it; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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243 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the Irish economic expenditure of the food sector as compared to the IEE of total manufacturing industry for each of the past ten years; the way Irish economic expenditure of the food sector as compared to the IEE of total manufacturing industry excluding the food sector for each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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242 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the Irish economic expenditure of the food sector for each of the past ten years; the IEE of the food sector as a percentage of total expenditure in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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240 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the electrical prices for industrial users here from 1999 to date in 2009; the electrical prices for industrial users here as compared to the UK from 1999 to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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239 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the breakdown of energy prices from 1999 to date in 2009; the overall figures for energy prices as a whole from 1999 to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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238 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the wholesale energy prices from 1999 to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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95 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children the process by which her Department and the Health Service Executive has made inputs to the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programme report proposals regarding health and personal social services; her views on these proposals; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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87 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children the cost to date in 2009 of the co-location programme; the number of public hospital beds that have been freed up as a result of the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1160 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of higher education institutes which provide an accredited learning-to-learn module; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1043 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to introduce air miles labelling for all imported agrifood products.
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1042 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason imported agrifood products are able to use the same sell by dates as domestic producers despite the differences in dates of production; the way containment methods used in importing facilitate the imported agrifood products in using the same sell by dates as products produced domestically; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1041 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of commercial producers of edible horticultural products here to date in 2009; the number of commercial producers of edible horticultural products here in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1026 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the tariff nomenclature can be amended at international level to distinguish agrifood products subject to substantial transformation; if the tariff nomenclature can be amended at EU level to distinguish agrifood products subject to substantial transformation; how agrifood products subject to substantial transformation can become part of the tariff nomenclature set at international level by reference to Standard International Trade Classification or the common nomenclature; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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