131 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on whether the failure of his Department to recognise the extent to which the economy was over dependent on the construction sector has meant that the Government was ill prepared for the consequences for the Exchequer of the contraction which is currently under way in that sector.
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113 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the implications of the shortfall in projected tax receipts in terms of Government spending plans and in respect of promises contained within the programme for Government.
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142 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for naturalisation from a person (details supplied) in County Louth will be complete; the average time for processing naturalisation applications; the measures being introduced to expedite the processing of such applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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530 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will review the level of payments offered to participants of the salmon hardship scheme; when such review will be complete; if he will increase the unreasonable and unacceptably low rate on offer presently; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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476 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects a decision in the appeal to the Supreme Court of a number of matters related to the IBC/05 scheme as outlined in a letter from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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378 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of laboratory technicians and assistants employed in secondary schools; and if she will act upon the recommendation of the Task Force on the Physical Sciences which recommended the employment of laboratory technicians and assistants in all second level schools.
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170 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in order to ensure full human rights compliance and to prevent further abuse and in view of the high cost to the taxpayer of Garda abuse recently highlighted in media reports, he will arrange for the regulations governing the treatment of persons in Garda custody to be reviewed and human rights proofed and updated.
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144 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the third report of the Garda Inspectorate detailing a time-frame for the implementation of its key recommendations.
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506 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown of households on social housing waiting lists by category of income analysis for 2006 for each local authority here.
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505 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown of households on social housing waiting lists by category of employment status for 2006 for each local authority here.
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504 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown of households on social housing waiting lists by category of length of time on the waiting list for 2006 for each local authority here.
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503 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown of households on social housing waiting lists by category of tenure for 2006 for each local authority here.
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502 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown of households on social housing waiting lists by category of need for 2006 for each local authority here.
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501 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown of the figures for the number of households on local authority social housing waiting lists in relation to duration on the waiting list, household composition, household size as a percentage of total need, age profile of applicants for housing, household income levels of applicants and citizenship status of households.
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500 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of households on social housing waiting lists for the year 2006 in each local authority here.
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499 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the statistics available from local authority assessments of social housing needs for the year 2006 in relation to individual categories of need (details supplied).
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464 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a decision to permit a person (details supplied) in County Louth to remain in the State until the birth of their baby; the date on which he will make the decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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337 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will review their case and the criteria to qualify for the back to education allowance to ensure persons on low incomes and others requiring financial assistance are given a sufficient chance at pursuing an education.
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115 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science if she is satisfied with the level of literacy support for adults; and if she will make improvements to the level of provision and service.
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193 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the level of funding he plans to provide to local authorities for the provision of specialised housing units for older people which is both affordable and appropriate to their housing needs as outlined in the Programme for Government.
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1200 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the date on which he plans to establish an ocean energy development unit.
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1199 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to work with the European Commission and other national grid operators to develop an offshore wind farm grid connection system to power the rest of Europe.
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1198 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to support energy research development and innovation programmes.
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1197 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to stimulate the development of alternative energy resources.
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1196 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the date on which he will ensure that the ESB installs a new smart electronic meter in every home.
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1195 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to incentivise people to move towards greater energy efficiency in their homes.
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1194 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to promote the use of sustainable energy in transport.
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1193 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to introduce a biofuels obligation system; and the progress made on same.
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1192 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made in the implementation of the National Bioenergy Action Plan; and the level of greenhouse gas emissions that has been reduced since its introduction.
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1191 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the date on which he plans to introduce co-firing at each of the three peat stations with biomass; and the percentage of biomass that will be used.
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1190 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the regulatory powers to combined heat and power and district heating systems he plans to remove.
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1189 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to ensure that one third of electricity consumed will come from renewable energy by 2020.
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1176 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made in ensuring that one third of electricity consumed here comes from renewable resources by 2020.
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1128 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will amend the Tenant Purchase Scheme for Local Authority Dwellings 1995, section 90 of the Housing Act 1966 or subsequent relevant housing Acts to allow current local authority tenants to buy their houses at an affordable rate.
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1124 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce legislation to amend Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 in order to remove all options from developers other than providing local authorities with 20% social and affordable units from new housing developments.
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1115 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date on creating a group of non-nuclear European States to counter the pro-nuclear lobby in Europe.
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1113 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce a scheme of support for the replacement of septic tanks older than 15 years with newer systems.
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1112 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to implement higher standards of water protection and initiatives to ensure that farmers have all the necessary supports to operate to these standards.
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1111 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to further invest in waste water schemes.
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1110 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made to date on upgrading all local group water schemes to match the highest drinking water standards.
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1109 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has started to review litter laws to ascertain their effectiveness; and the progress of this review.
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1108 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has initiated a study of all legislation relating to environmental fines as part of the review of the Environmental Protection Agency; and the progress on this study to date.
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1107 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the date on which the legislation to transpose Directive 2003/35/EC will be introduced.
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1106 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to invest in local government enforcement capacity.
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1105 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the initiatives he plans to establish to expand the network of bottle banks and recycling centres here.
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1104 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to establish community monitoring arrangements of major waste management facilities; and the dates on which these will be established.
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1103 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the timeframe during which he will ensure that the State reduces the figures for waste consigned to landfill from 66% to 10%.
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1102 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the dates on which he plans to phase out the use of incandescent lightbulbs in favour of more energy efficient lightbulbs.
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1101 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department will publish a report setting out progress on meeting climate change targets in 2007 in respect of the year 2006; and the date of publication of this report.
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1100 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he plans to establish an all-party Oireachtas group on reaching climate change targets.
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