121 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had any contact with the Spanish Government either directly or at an EU level regarding the recently announced Basque peace initiative by ETA; if he will use his influence to encourage the Spanish Government to seize this initiative for peace in the Basque country.
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120 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there have been any developments regarding Israeli attempts to lobby the EU to unfreeze proposals dating back to 2008 for increased diplomatic co-operation and Israeli integration with the single market.
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73 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) with regard to its application for major capital works.
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72 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the difference there shall be in terms of status, financial resourcing and so on between the current institutes of technology and the proposed technological universities; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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59 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his views on an opinion reportedly expressed by the Garda that the use of crystal meth is confined to foreign nationals; and the steps he will take to address this drug.
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45 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the decision making process and principal factors taken into consideration by his Department when considering requests from foreign security personnel to carry firearms in this State; and the number of requests he has received each year for the past five years.
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212 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding given to an organisation (details supplied) by her Department in each of the past four years; for what specific purpose were these allocations made; the checks carried out or audits conducted to ensure property in respect of end-user spending; the reporting system in place in respect of accountability on delivery of service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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376 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1515 of 29 September 2010, if an application has been received from Donegal County Council for pipe replacement at Magheroarty, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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108 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons availing of training in the FÁS centre (details supplied) in County Donegal for the years 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; and for this information to be broken down into those courses provided within the centre and those that are outsourced.
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105 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of courses provided in the FÁS centre at a location (details supplied) in County Donegal; the courses provided within the centre and those that are outsourced; the number of participants availing of the courses; and to provide the same information for the years 2007, 2008 and 2009.
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68 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will reinstate essential emergency services at a hospital (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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288 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the potential revenue that could be achieved annually if a levy of 10% was to be applied to the value of all natural resources mined off Irish shores in Irish-owned sea.
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167 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance if the four-year write-off period for stallions is still in existence and the potential gains to the Exchequer annually from the abolition of this exemption.
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166 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the potential gains to the Exchequer annually if a limit of €300,000 was applied to the capital acquisitions tax exemption between married people.
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165 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the potential gains to the Exchequer annually if a limit of €300,000 was applied to the capital gains tax exemption for the transfer of assets between married couples.
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164 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance if he will estimate the losses incurred to the Exchequer annually by the deferment of capital gains tax when a business is transferred from an individual to a company.
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162 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the rationale behind, and the potential gain to the Exchequer annually from, the abolition of the capital gains tax deferment allowed for the transfer of assets within a corporate group.
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163 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the rationale behind, and the potential gain to the Exchequer annually from the abolition of the corporation tax deferment where shares held as trading stock are exchanged in a corporate reorganisation.
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161 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the rationale behind, and the potential gain to the Exchequer annually from the abolition of the capital gains tax deferment allowed to amalgamated or reorganised companies.
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160 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the potential gain to the Exchequer annually from the abolition of the tax exemption applied for resident companies receiving dividends from other resident companies.
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159 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the potential gain to the Exchequer annually from the abolition of the exemption from stamp duty on transfer of intellectual property.
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158 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the potential gain to the Exchequer annually from the abolition of the exemption from stamp duty on the transfer of foreign immovable properties.
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157 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the rationale behind the exemptions on stamp duty for the transfer of units in regulated collective investment undertakings and the potential gain to the Exchequer annually if the exemption was abolished.
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156 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the rationale behind the stamp duty exemption for transfers of loan capital and the potential gain to the Exchequer annually of abolishing the exemption.
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155 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the potential gain to the Exchequer annually of placing a levy of 1% on profits of holding companies here.
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154 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the amount lost to the Exchequer annually through the awarding of shares as opposed to cash bonuses to employees.
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153 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the potential gains for the Exchequer of lifting the exemption on capital gains tax for transfer of pension fund rights.
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152 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have undertaken any kind of investigation to establish the potential losses to the Exchequer annually caused by the ability of companies to surrender trading losses to members of their corporate group in order to allow other companies within the group to write those losses off against their profits.
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151 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the amount lost to the Exchequer annually through the tax relief made payable for trading losses.
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150 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the potential gain for the Exchequer annually if the repayable DIRT for over 65 year olds was to be means tested and no longer applied to savings in excess of €300,000.
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149 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the potential gain to the Exchequer in a full year if dividend withholding tax was applied to pension funds.
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65 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance his view on whether a stimulus package is necessary to lift the economy and to create jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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26 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the effects on the economy here of defaulting on Anglo Irish Bank bondholders in the short term; the effects on the economy of defaulting on Anglo Irish bank bondholders in the medium term; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1756 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the proportion of persons at risk of poverty; the proportion of persons at risk of poverty for each of the past five years; the regional and local differences in the risk of poverty in 2010 and for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1754 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the status on an application (details supplied) made for funding to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1697 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the value of exports of multinational companies based here in the past year and each of the past five years; the contribution of multinational corporations to Irish exports, to GDP and to Irish expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1696 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the location of Industrial Development Agency international offices; the cost involved in keeping these offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1695 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the geographic concentration of small and medium enterprises set-up in the past year, in the past three years and in the past five years; if he will provide this information in tabular form on a county basis; if he will provide this information in tabular form in terms of micro enterprises, small enterprises and medium-sized enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1694 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the figures for foreign direct investment here for each of the past ten years; the figures for investments won and lost by the Industrial Development Agency in this ten year period; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1693 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the areas that have been most affected by the withdrawal of foreign direct investment in each of the past ten years, in terms of job losses and by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1692 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the geographic concentration of foreign direct investment in each of the past ten years; the numbers of Industrial Development Agency supported companies that have been set up in each of the past ten years; the numbers of IDA supported companies that have been set up in each of the past five years on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1515 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an application has been received from Donegal County Council for pipe replacement at Magheroary, County Donegal; if he will provide the necessary funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1362 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of employees within his Department who have completed their career breaks and who are still waiting to return to his Department; the number of persons and the length of time waiting; if he will supply details on a county basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1333 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Social Protection the extent of the backlog that exists in relation to appeals for social welfare payments; the number on this list; the length of time that they been waiting on a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1243 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of returning the Christmas bonus to welfare recipients in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1227 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Social Protection the social protection expenditure as a proportion of Gross Domestic Product; the social protection expenditure as a proportion of Gross Domestic Product in comparison with other EU27 member states; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1226 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Social Protection the return to the Exchequer in a full year if the PRSI ceiling were abolished.
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907 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if legislation to introduce equality for parents in respect of access to children is being considered; when any such legislation will be brought before the Dáil; the measures that may be included in any proposed legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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760 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that no services will be lost from a primary health care centre (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will confirm that such services will continue to be made available to medical card holders.
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759 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive will continue to be made available for the running of a day care centre (details supplied) in Dublin 7.
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