454 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will review his decision to increase school transport costs to parents, many of whom are facing financial hardship as a result of this cut-back; if he has plans to review this decision in the near future, taking account of the hardship and negative impact it is having on parents in rural areas; his views on amending the payment arrangements from the structure which requires payment at September and Christmas which are two points of considerable expenditure for parents and spread the cost over several additional months to reduce impact on hard pressed families; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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194 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide funding in respect of phases two and three of the framework plan of regeneration for an area (details supplied), which was published in December 2008, in the event of Dublin City Council failing to accumulate sufficient funding from the sale of council property on the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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38 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to provide out-of-hours social work services, as recommended by the Monageer Report.
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26 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that it cost the State €2,446,196 during 2008 to provide specialised residential care to children outside of the State and that this is an increase of €741,326 on the costs from the previous year; the reasons for this increase; the reason these children have not been provided with the care they need within the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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187 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children the services which will replace the early child care supplement from 1 January 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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242 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Transport the amount of the €5 million plan to upgrade cycle ways in Dublin that has actually been spent; the upgrades and the number of kilometres of upgrades to cycle lanes there has been; 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 employees in his Department who have applied for the tax exempt benefit in kind scheme of up to €1,000 under the cycle scheme announced in budget 2009; the number of employees who successfully received the exemption; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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111 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans in place for additional retraining courses and programmes for jobseekers; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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127 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the moves by a supermarket chain (details supplied) to reduce sales of Irish produced items; the effect this move will have on jobs here and market share; if she is in communication with this retailer; her views on moves to counter this move; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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40 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science his views on whether schools will be required to apply more pressure on parents to partake in fund-raising activities as a result of budget cutbacks.
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22 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science his views on the projected loss of 2.6 temporary and part-time teachers in secondary schools from September 2009.
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133 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on increasing significantly the number of places available on community employment schemes in view of increasing unemployment numbers.
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132 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she is reviewing the terms of reference of community enterprise schemes in view of the significant rise in unemployment; if she will require a re-directing of some of these schemes appropriate to their location; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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78 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance if he will proceed with removing ministerial pensions for sitting TDs; when he will proceed with same; if legislation is necessary; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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70 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance if he will proceed with abolishing long service increments to TDs; when he will proceed with same; if legislation is necessary; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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175 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children if the bilateral agreement on inter-country adoption between this State and Russia has collapsed; the reason for this collapse; when it will be restored; the measures she is taking to ensure the Health Service Executive and other parties here honour the terms of inter-country agreements; if inter-country adoption agreements with this State are now in danger of collapse; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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164 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether the mid-west region not having Objective One status will hinder its ability to attract new investment and jobs; and the efforts he is making to ensure that the mid-west region receives objective one status.
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140 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance if stamp duty must be paid again when a married couple are divorced and the property is divided; his views on whether this is discriminatory; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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46 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of tenant purchase scheme, shared ownership and affordable housing units that have been repossessed on behalf of a local authority for each of the past five years in each local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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506 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there will be a recommendation from his Department to amend the retail planning guidelines to enable pharmacies to locate in town centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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193 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children when the bilateral agreement with Vietnam on adoption will expire; if she is negotiating a new agreement with the Vietnamese authorities; if so, when this agreement will be complete; if special temporary arrangements will be put in place to facilitate those Irish families who are almost through the process of adopting Vietnamese children but cannot proceed as a result of the lapse of the current agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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61 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people in each county availing of the rent income supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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58 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the evidence presented to her to illustrate that rents have fallen in the lower end of the market in each county; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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111 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive is continuing to obstruct movement of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; the obstruction in respect of same; the further reason the HSE will not transfer funding internally to meet the needs of this person who has a disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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26 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the discussions he has had with the Executive and with the British Government regarding the establishment of the All-Ireland Consultative Civic Forum.
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106 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way he will respond to the latest visiting committee report on Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, which reportedly found that overcrowding is so bad that conditions are degrading, rival gang members cannot be segregated and drugs and mobile phones continue to be smuggled in; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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99 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 539 of 24 March 2009, he will confirm the statement (details supplied) that an independent review of the Equality Authority’s budget will be conducted; if so the make-up, form and timeframe of that review; if he will offer a guarantee that the 43% budget cut will be reversed and the extent to which it will be reversed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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24 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the excessive hours being worked by taxi drivers to earn a sufficient income.
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79 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the findings of the Forfás report on the number of job losses arising from the closure of a plant (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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49 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the correspondence she has had with the task force established in the aftermath of the announcement of job losses at a plant (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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204 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has a strategy for the family history unit at the Dóchas Breast Care Unit, Drogheda, County Louth; and if so, the details of the strategy.
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203 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children the Health Service Executive’s plans for the retention or removal of services for the Dóchas Breast Care Unit, Drogheda, County Louth; if a definitive date has been set for removal of services; if so, the services which will be removed; the services which will be maintained; and if they are to be maintained on a permanent basis.
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138 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the most accurate figure for the amount of deposits guaranteed under the Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Act 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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137 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance his views on changes in property taxes here; and the measures which will be taken going forward.
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136 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance if, in view of the fact that banks (details supplied) are effectively nationalised retail banks operating in financial markets here, his attention has been drawn to the details of the take-over process undertaken by the British Government; his views on such an option for the Irish banks that he proposed recapitalising; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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135 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the meetings or correspondence he or his officials have had with the chief executives of the six largest retail banks here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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134 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the steps being taken to reform the financial regulatory system going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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132 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if additional FÁS training places will be made available following her decision to cut jobseeker’s benefit from 15 months to 12 months.
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129 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the shortest period and the longest period for companies who have made employees redundant to receive their 60% rebate from her Department currently and in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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55 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science if he has had consultations with his Australian counterpart with regard to their higher education contribution scheme in view of recent proposals to put in place a similar scheme here.
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1036 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of drivers he has working for him and their remuneration; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1035 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of drivers for each individual Minister of State in his Department and their remuneration; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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953 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of drivers he has working for him and their remuneration; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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952 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of drivers for each individual Minister of State in his Department and their remuneration; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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915 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of drivers he has working for him and their remuneration; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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914 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of drivers for each individual Minister of State in his Department and their remuneration; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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