128 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 577 of 24 October 2006 and a personal reply from her on 14 November 2006, if progress has been made in relation to this case.
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75 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science if her Department’s computer system cannot deal with recording half or quarter days for teachers.
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7 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the percentage of the projected GNP for 2007 the overseas development aid figure contained in the Estimates amounts to.
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132 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Finance his views on the concerns raised by the Central Bank in its Stability Report 2006, published in November 2006.
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74 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Finance if he will introduce measures to end the ability of high income persons to declare themselves non-resident for tax purposes.
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576 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that where an applicant purchasing a house under the affordable housing scheme with a local authority mortgage receives a mortgage subsidy from the local authority, it is then refunded by his Department to the local authority; if his attention has further been drawn to a mechanism to facilitate the same where the affordable house buyer receives their mortgage from an outside lender other than a local authority; if this mechanism does exist if it is functioning to its full capacity; if there is no mechanism in place, when he plans to introduce one; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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569 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will conduct a full and thorough review of the shared ownership scheme in order to reflect the reality of the property market and address the inability of many first time buyers to purchase a home; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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235 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the report published by the ESRI entitled Migrant’s Experience of Racism and Discrimination and its findings that insults or other forms of harassment at work are the second most common form of discrimination against immigrants with 32% of work permit holders across all groups having reported it; and his plans to address this problem.
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234 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of motorists that have been penalised for travelling at speeds between 80kph and 100kph on the stretch of the R132 from south of Kilsaran to Moremount in County Louth during each of the months from January 2006 to November 2006, with a breakdown for each month of the number of the penalties which have been reversed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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190 Mr. Morgan asked the Taoiseach the total costs, including administrative costs, costs of publishing reports and travel costs, associated with the All Party Committee on the Constitution since June 2002.
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189 Mr. Morgan asked the Taoiseach the number of the two million people employed here who are receiving a wage of less than €10 per hour; and the number of these who are receiving a wage of €7.65 per hour.
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184 Mr. Morgan asked the Taoiseach the reason employment statistics are not provided by county; his views on whether this is unacceptable and impedes the pinpointing of employment and unemployment trends in specific counties such as Donegal which experience particular problems.
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183 Mr. Morgan asked the Taoiseach the number and the percentage of the overall workforce who earn twice the average industrial earnings; the number and percentage of the overall workforce who earn three times the average industrial earnings; the number and percentage of the overall workforce who earn four times the average industrial earnings; and the number and percentage of the overall workforce who earn five or more times the average industrial earnings.
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251 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of local authority houses that have been sold to tenant purchasers each year for the past 10 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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132 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the report published by the ESRI entitled Migrant’s Experience of Racism and Discrimination and its findings that insults or other forms of harassment at work are the second most common form of discrimination against immigrants with 32% of work permit holders across all groups having reported it; and his plans to address this problem.
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100 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the significant changes that he has indicated would need to be implemented with regard to existing legislation, employment, social welfare, education, taxation and electoral law in order for the UN Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families to be ratified.
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538 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will immediately make provision for the transfer of estates (details supplied) in County Limerick from the Limerick County Council area into the Limerick City boundary area, as these estates in their current situation effectively deny these residents any local political representation, in view of the fact that there will be no local consensus reached in resolving the boundary issue.
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354 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the provisions in EPAs to deepen South-South trade links among developing countries; and if he will outline the way in which these provisions are to be balanced with the negative revenue and de-industrialisation effects of EPAs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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319 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when will he comply with the EU shellfish directive in respect of Carlingford Lough, County Louth particularly in relation to untreated sewage entering the lough at Omeath; if fines are expected to issue in respect of this breach of directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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318 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of post office closures in County Donegal and specifically within the Milford electoral area for the past ten years.
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173 Mr. Morgan asked the Taoiseach the unemployment statistics and figures within County Donegal and especially within the Milford electoral area for the past ten years.
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115 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if there are proposals to increase the living alone allowance for pensioners.
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122 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views regarding the concerns raised that the great majority of families on low incomes have not been helped by recent efforts to reduce fuel poverty.
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53 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the recent co-operation in the area of the national drugs strategy on a North-South basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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87 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on the recent work of his Department with the Six Counties Department of Environment on environmental issues; if the possibility of creating a single all-Ireland environmental protection agency was discussed; and his views on such a development.
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33 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, with regard to section 23 of the Local Government Act 2001, and in view of recent Central Statistics Office statistics, it will be necessary to redraw local electoral area boundaries and examine the number of councillors in each local authority before the 2009 local elections.
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523 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason his Department refused an application for funding to replace a section of water mains in Toberona, Dundalk, County Louth; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this section of gravity flow water mains has been leaking for at least six months and that traffic is driving across this exposed pipe, adding to the loss of treated water.
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510 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make additional resources and staff available to the Private Residential Tenancies Board to meet with its obligations under the provisions of the Residential Tenancies Act, 2004.
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498 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science when the next cúrsa litríochta for Gaeilge na hArdteistiméireachta will be finalised and published; if her Department will have treoirlínte, similar to those currently available, in schools at least 24 months before the examination date for the new cúrsa litríochta; and if her Department will offer in-service to teachers of Gaeilge when the new set of litríocht is issued.
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497 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science when she will appoint representatives from the relevant subject associations or TPNs to the relevant boards of studies, particularly in relation to Gaeilge.
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496 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science her plans to publish in full the draft document on senior cycle Gaeilge and make it available to the thousands of teachers of Gaeilge who are the front-line staff in this issue; and the arrangements that will be made for teachers to respond to the document.
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495 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science her plans to establish focus groups and invitational seminars around the draft document on senior cycle Gaeilge; the persons who will be invited; the way they will be organised; and when the consultation period will end.
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494 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science the persons, groups and organisations that have been consulted on the NCCA draft paper on senior cycle Gaeilge; and the input the relevant coiste cúrsa had in the preparation of that document.
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D’fhiafraigh Mr. Morgan den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad iad na foinsí tacaíochta agus airgeadais a bheadh ar fáil ag Comhairle Chontae Lú chun Oifigeach Gaeilge a cheapadh.
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D’fhiafraigh Mr. Morgan den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad iad na hÚdaráis Áitiúla a bhfuil Scéim Oibre ullmhaithe acu i leith chur chun cinn na Gaeilge, go bhfios don Roinn.
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346 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he will announce and initiate the third call of the county and group broadband scheme.
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337 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the average cost per household of energy efficiency measures delivered under Sustainable Energy Ireland’s low income housing programme.
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335 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of homes which received energy efficiency measures under Sustainable Energy Ireland’s low income housing programme from the commencement of the programme to date.
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95 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the site at Shanganagh Castle, Shankill, County Dublin, which Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council has requested not be sold, is being sold to private developers to compensate for the overspend on the site at Thornton Hall; and if it is acceptable that the council will be forced to purchase the castle back from the private developers for public use at a greatly inflated cost.
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68 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Transport if, in view of the number of accidents, he has had or intends to have meetings with the Department of Education and Science and the relevant stakeholders in connection with enhancing the safety of public school transport.
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128 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which blood testing in the public hospital system is contracted out of private laboratories; her Department’s policy in this regard; if surveys of cost differentials between contracting out and carrying out work directly in public hospitals have been or will be undertaken; the safeguards which apply to ensure that the highest standard operating procedures apply; if she has had discussions with the Health Service Executive on this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Bill entitled an Act to amend the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2002 to restore the oblications in relation to the provision of social and affordable housing which existed under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 prior to the amendment of that act in 2002
278 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of housing units here; the number of these which are affordable housing units; and the number which are social housing units.
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233 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons who received rent allowance in 2003, 2004 and 2005; and the cost to his Department for each respective year.
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353 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications made for primary medical certificates in each of the old health board and new Health Service Executive regions in the years 2003 to 2006; and the number of these applications granted.
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228 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when will a decision be made in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth who has applied for permission to remain in the State as a parent of an Irish born child.
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184 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science if she is satisfied regarding the fact that expenditure on educational disadvantage initiatives is more focused on third level than on pre-primary, primary or post-primary education.
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128 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will reform the criteria for students with dyslexia to ensure that students with profound dyslexia who make the transition from primary into secondary school will receive vital resource training help and assistance which they may require in order to successfully complete second level education.
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