191 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the possibility of products subject to substantial transformation being distinguished in the tariff nomenclature.
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186 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of submissions received by the credit supply clearing group in relation to credit availability to small and medium enterprises; if the credit supply clearing group has identified credit supply solutions; if she will make available a report of the work of the group in relation to the availability of credit to SMEs; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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185 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the remit of Enterprise Ireland will be expanded to incorporate indigenous companies that are not export-orientated; the initiatives taken by her to support indigenous companies focused on import substitution; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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184 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to change the criteria of the work placement programme to include micro-enterprises and those who have had to make staff redundant in the past six months; and the reason the work placement programme has not been mainstreamed already in view of the fact that there is no net cost to the Exchequer.
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183 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans for the surplus in the national training fund; if she will use the surplus in the national training fund to support skills development in small and medium enterprises; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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182 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the initiatives being taken by her to upskill workers and managers; the initiatives being taken by her to support skills development in small businesses; the initiatives she is taking to develop an intervention body tasked to pre-empt job losses and offer mentoring and advice to struggling companies; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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181 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications received for the employment subsidy scheme; the breakdown of applications into the number of people employed by the company; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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180 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to extend the employment subsidy scheme to indigenous small and medium enterprises that fall outside the remit of Enterprise Ireland; her further plans to change eligibility criteria in order that non-export orientated companies can avail of this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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179 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs that have been subsidised under the employment subsidy scheme; the number of jobs that have been saved under the employment subsidy scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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178 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs lost and the number of jobs created in the past 12 months or the latest period for which figures are available; the number of jobs lost and the number of jobs created since the introduction of the employment subsidy scheme in August 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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141 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science the timeframe for his proposed survey of school accommodation in primary and secondary level; and when it is proposed that this work will commence.
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122 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science when the appeals process will begin for providing 200 teaching posts to those schools most seriously affected by the increase in the pupil-teacher ratio as per the revised programme for Government; and the criteria being considered.
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288 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science if there are supports in place for mature students in third level education; if he or the Higher Education Authority will implement supports for mature students in third level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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289 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science the effect of the economic recession on the enrolment of mature students into third level education.
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287 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science the breakdown of mature students registered in respect of institutes of technology, colleges and universities in 2009 and for each of the past ten years; the breakdown of mature students who drop out in respect of institutes of technology, colleges and universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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286 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of mature students who have dropped out of third level education in 2009; the number of mature students who have dropped out of third level education in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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285 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of mature students registered in third level education in 2009; the number of mature students registered in third level courses in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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276 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science if he, or a suitable member of his Department, will examine the recommendations of an organisation (details supplied) in relation to bringing Chinese students into State funded public schools here for a year’s study; if he will meet with the organisation to discuss the possible merits of this system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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123 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the agencies and bodies which run entrepreneurial programmes here; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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122 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of entrepreneurial programmes which are run here; the number of entrepreneurial programmes which have been run in each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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121 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the breakdown of entrepreneurial activity in each county to date in 2009; the breakdown of entrepreneurial activity in each county for each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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120 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the entrepreneurial activity to date in 2009; the entrepreneurial activity for each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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258 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Defence the number of people in the Army in 2009; the number of people in the Army for each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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259 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Defence the number of recruits into the Army in 2009; the number of recruits into the Army for each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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257 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Defence the age profile of new recruits into the Defence Forces in 2009; the age profile of new recruits into Defence Forces for each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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507 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science the breakdown of how previous moneys put into the George Mitchell Scholarship Fund have been spent.
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506 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science the breakdown of the way the proposed €20 million in respect of the George Mitchell Scholarship Fund will be spent.
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472 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of dairy co-operatives in each county for 2009; the number of dairy co-operatives in each county for the year 1999; the number of dairy co-operatives in each county for the year 1989; the number of dairy co-operatives in each county for the year 1979; the number of dairy co-operatives in each county for the year 1969; the number of dairy cooperatives in each county for the year 1959; the number of dairy co-operatives in each county for the year 1949; the number of dairy co-operatives in each county for the year 1939; the number of dairy co-operatives in each county for the year 1929; the number of dairy co-operatives in each county for the year 1919; the number of dairy co-operatives in each county for the year 1909; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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470 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the projected cost to indigenous businesses of substantial transformation, when they are in direct competition with products in which the primary products are not Irish but after processing can be marketed as such; the projected cost to the economy of substantial transformation when primary products imported here can market themselves as Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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469 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the percentage of agri-food products subject to substantial transformation here; the value of agri-food products subject to substantial transformation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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467 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his Department is drafting regulations that would require the country of origin to be indicated on fruit, vegetables and other horticultural product; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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471 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the measures being taken by him for the inclusion of a requirement to indicate the country of origin of primary ingredients in finished products; if he will make available all documents, correspondence and consultations relating to this effort; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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468 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make available the correspondence between his Department and the EU Commission in which the commission’s arguments for refusing to adopt the draft regulations regarding country of origin labelling prepared by his Department are laid down; the reason for the commission’s rejection of the draft regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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466 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the initiatives he is taking in consultation with the EU Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health and the relevant directorate general to amend EU legislation governing the EU custom code in order that misleading terminology regarding the origin of food is removed.
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465 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make available the evidence of consumers’ desire for country of origin labelling that his Department additionally provided to the EU Commission.
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464 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the subsequent information being provided and initiatives being taken by him in support of the draft regulations prepared to require the country of origin to be indicated on pig meat, poultry and sheep meat, after the EU Commission delivered a negative opinion on them.
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456 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on an industry-led initiative (details supplied) which is misleading consumers into believing the products use domestic raw materials and are manufactured domestically; his further views on whether the use of this logo campaign should be stopped in order that another more representative logo could be used; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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455 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a new industry-led initiative (details supplied) is allowed to inadvertently advertise itself as Irish when in fact in many cases raw materials are not sourced domestically and that this advertising is misleading consumers in view of the fact that it is mostly related to the manufacturing process of the product here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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391 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of accidents which occurred at polling stations during the Lisbon referendum on 2 October 2009; if he will accept liability for these accidents; the estimated cost to the taxpayer of settling claims arising therefrom; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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390 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if all polling stations were wheelchair accessible during the Lisbon referendum on 2 October 2009; if not, the number of non-wheelchair accessible stations; when all polling stations will be wheelchair accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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115 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised if the State introduced a 40% levy on legacy tax reliefs in 2010.
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114 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised from increasing the rate of capital acquisitions tax from 25% to 30%.
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104 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the total sum of private mortgages owed to the financial institutions which are covered by the National Asset Management Agency.
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103 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance his views on a private borrowing aspect to the National Asset Management Agency that would deal with mortgages taken out by individuals over the past number of years and allow the downward renegotiation of these mortgages in line with current house prices.
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75 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the take-up on the export jobs subsidy scheme announced by her in recent months; the amount of money which has been paid out; and if the remaining money will be awarded.
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64 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a redundancy payment has not been awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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