331 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children if the paediatric transfer protocol in operation at Louth County Hospital, Dundalk is due for further review; when it was last reviewed; if steps will be taken to bring it into line with the Teamworks report; when this will happen; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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106 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to ensure that teachers are attracted to taking up employment in schools in areas of high disadvantage and for teachers to remain in such employment.
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98 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether the cost of child care represents a considerable barrier to lower income students in participating in third level education; and if she will ensure that the maintenance grant system, through reform, will recognise same.
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99 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether no extra burdens should be placed on African, Caribbean and Pacific countries in relation to intellectual property rules, for example in the area of medicines, in the current Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations with the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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78 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether cheap medicines are vital to the provision of health care in the developing world, that this was recognised by the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health, and that no extra burdens should be placed on developing countries in the proposed new EU free trade agreements which might hinder such access; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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349 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the text of the Social Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006 will be finalised; and the date on which the Bill will be published by his Department.
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585 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his Department will publish its review of the disabled person grant.
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355 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when DSL broadband will be available to customers in rural areas of County Louth (details supplied); his views on whether these areas and others like them are being discriminated against due to the fact that their exchanges are not broadband capable; his further views on whether the lack of DSL broadband is discouraging business and employment in these areas and placing school children and students at a disadvantage, and causes social disadvantage; the reason he has not announced the next call for the rural broadband scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1880 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are guidelines in place covering housing and community regeneration schemes; the length of time such guidelines are in place; the person who ensures they are adhered to in such schemes; if there are plans to amend guidelines; if they are available to members of the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1868 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the percentage of the 93,419 houses and apartments completed in 2006 that were social housing units provided by local authorities.
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1812 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the crisis faced by those people who purchased their homes in local authority housing estates who now find that they cannot continue to live in their homes due to an unprecedented and rapid deterioration in the condition of the estate; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that such homeowners, including the elderly in particular, are being forced to leave due to high levels of crime, intimidation, stress and drug dealing and are left with houses that are now virtually worthless and cannot be sold; if his attention has further been drawn to the extent of this problem in four estates (details supplied) in Limerick; and if, in view of the fact that these people bought their homes from the local authority in good faith, he will consider establishing a specific scheme to buy back such houses in estates which have become uninhabitable in part due to failures of both local and central Government.
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1837 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his Department will publish the relevant legislation that will allow local authorities to sell local authority flats to their tenants.
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1700 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science when adequate additional co-operation hours for practical subjects will be allocated to a school (details supplied) in County Louth; the reason children attending this school are not being treated equally to other children in preparation for examinations; if this situation is in breach of the Equal Status Act 2000 and the Education for People with Special Educational Needs (EPSEN) Act; if her attention has been drawn to the situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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325 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of convenience store off-licences that have been prosecuted for sale of alcohol to underage persons in each of the past five years by whatever geographic location figures are available but particularly in the counties of Louth and Meath; the outcome of such prosecutions; the penalties applying in cases of convictions imposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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180 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether the Employment Permits Act 2006 has the effect of preventing people from changing employers or applying for a new employment permit within the first 12 months of starting a new job; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that exploitation can occur immediately and this legislation provides no remedy for an individual in that circumstance; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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167 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the fact that the conditions for a migrant worker applying for family reunification are not contained in the Employment Permit Act 2006 and are the remit of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform; and his further views on the potential for a lack of Government co-ordination between Government Departments.
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124 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will initiate an assessment of sectors and geographic regions expected to experience job losses in the next five years; and if he will put in place specific funding to upskill and re-train vulnerable workers in advance of the expected job losses.
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346 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science when a committee (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a reply from the school planning section, Tullamore, County Offaly; the reason for the delay in receiving this reply; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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134 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the general policy issue that underpinned the refusal to grant a person (details supplied) a visa; and if he will review the recommendation not to grant a visa to the person in view of the fact that they will only be here for five months and has sworn an affidavit outlining their intentions to return to Bangladesh and has fulfilled all financial requirements.
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108 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of old age pensioners out of the total number who receive the fuel allowance.
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515 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the guidelines for local authorities on the taking over of housing estates based on the Local Government Act 2001 will be published by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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436 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science when funding for adequate education facilities will be made available to a school (details supplied) in County Louth where there are 206 children enrolled in premises designed for approximately half this number; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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372 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permits that have been issued in each of the past five years to non-EEA nationals for chefs.
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370 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the application under highly qualified and skilled category and subsequent appeal for a work permit for a person (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that their employer has attempted to employ local or EEA national labour through FÁS and other media outlets but to no avail; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the person possesses qualifications in both business administration and fine arts which would be adequate for the highly qualified and skilled category of the work permit application; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the person is willing to return to Pakistan in order to change their student status to that of full-time employee; and his views on reviewing the case and in doing so grant a work permit for the person.
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366 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the Bills he expects to publish before the end of 2006; and thereafter the Bills he expects to publish before the general election.
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320 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he will establish the Task-Force on Bio-Energy to develop an integrated national policy on the area of energy efficiency as he has outlined in a reply to a previous parliamentary question; and if this Task-Force on Bio-Energy will have an all-Ireland dimension to it.
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173 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the concerns raised by the Irish Wheelchair Association and Disability Federation of Ireland on the Building Control Bill 2005 with specific reference to the amendments they have proposed on the Bill; if he will take these amendments into account and incorporate their recommendations during report stage of the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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161 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the anomalous situation contained in the Building Control Bill 2005 as amended at committee stage whereby persons who receive the qualification MRIAI after the Bill comes into force will be recognised in Europe but not here and persons who do not hold that qualification will be able to practice here but will not be recognised under the European Architects’ Directive.
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525 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the Bills he expects to publish before the end of 2006; and thereafter the Bills he expects to publish before the general election.
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45 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the results of meetings he has had recently with British Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Mr. Alistair Darling on the issue of Sellafield; if and when there are other meetings planned during the coming year; his plans to reiterate to the British Government the adverse environmental and health consequences that have arisen for Ireland in the past; the way he will reflect the unacceptable nature of Sellafield’s existence to the British Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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185 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether a property management company that engages in the practice of charging residents for amenities that are already being paid for by a local authority are guilty of fraudulent activity and that contracts signed by residents should be set aside; the way residents may be reimbursed for the payment of such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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184 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the situation in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 15, where residents have been charged by their property management company for public lighting costs, for maintenance of common areas, despite these being paid by the local authority and not being in the ownership of the property management company and for public liability insurance for common areas that are not owned by the property management company.
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183 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will bring forward proposals that prevent developers and local authorities establishing property management companies in residential developments which are primarily made up of traditional housing units by the inclusion of duplex and apartments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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182 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his Department’s policy on the practice of establishing property management companies in traditional housing estates; the measures he will take to ensure that local authorities end the practice of writing such conditions into planning agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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47 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when his Department will publish on the website the submissions or summaries of the submissions received in 2005 as part of the consultation on the Immigration and Residence Bill; if submissions have been or will be requested; if a public consultation process will be initiated in relation to the heads of the current proposed Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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40 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the Government has opted out of Council Directive 2004/81/EC on the protection of victims of human trafficking.
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293 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will sign or ratify the European Convention on Protection of Pet Animals; the reason this convention has not been ratified to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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527 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost of providing a home composting unit to all houses here.
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524 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he plans to introduce legislation to ensure proper safety and control of designated smoking areas of public buildings, including pubs; if he will designate an agency to police this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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257 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason post-mortems are no longer carried out at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; the number of post-mortems that have been transferred out of the hospital in each of the past three years, including figures available for 2006; the cost per transfer; if it is planned to carry out post-mortems again at the hospital; and if so, when.
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130 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children if there is a target date for the negotiation and signing of detailed contracts for successful bidders for the development of private hospitals on public hospital sites under the co-location scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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162 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children when respite care will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Louth; the reason this respite care undertaken has been withdrawn; and the way is proposed to deal with this person on the dates concerned.
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161 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of personnel employed as home help or home support workers in each of the Health Service Executive regions; the number of hours allocated in each region; the average number of hours allocated to each client in each region; if separate figures are available in respect of County Louth in each of these cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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160 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children when an audiologist service will be provided at Louth County Hospital, Dundalk, County Louth; the reason this service was removed from the hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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157 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Louth was charged €35,000 for an essential service; if they will be refunded by the Health Service Executive; and when this refund will be awarded to the person.
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156 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Louth was refused physiotherapy by the Health Service Executive Dublin north east at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda on 19 October, 2006; if the HSE intend to provide this service to patients; when this service will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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571 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the expert advice sought by Waterford City Council from his Department in terms of preserving and maintaining the unique feral urban goat herd whose habitat is the Bilberry Rock and Coady’s Pond.
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556 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will sign or ratify the European Convention on Protection of Pet Animals; the reason this convention has not been ratified to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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555 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if local authorities have the legal right to waiver water rate bills charged to schools and other non-profit making organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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