197 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether employers convicted on breaches of health and safety law resulting in serious injury or death should be ineligible for public contracts.
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81 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason, in view of the growing concerns regarding the employment conditions of workers who are employed in domestic service, he has not asked the Labour Court to investigate the employment conditions prevailing for these workers as he is entitled to do under the provisions of Section 24 of the Industrial Relations Act 1946.
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146 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason he has decided that it is necessary to wait on an updated survey of the incidence of workplace bullying, not due to be completed until at least October 2006, before acting to implement the recommendations of the Expert Advisory Group’s Report on Workplace Bullying published in August 2005.
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60 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will introduce regulations to oblige employers to notify the Health and Safety Authority of any occurrence, including exposure to noxious substances, at a place of work as a result of which a worker is prevented from performing his or her work for more than three consecutive days, as is the existing situation with regard to the obligation to report accidents.
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544 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the negative effects the failure to achieve a boundary extension in Limerick has particularly had on parts of the Moyross area and in further view of the wishes of the residents he will give a commitment to enable the three estates to join the Moyross local authority estate and become part of Limerick City; and the timeframe within which this change will take place.
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284 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason Clare LES has not been reinstated in any shape or form as promised and as recommended by a FÁS report.
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282 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of workdays that were lost in both 2004 and 2005 due to work place injuries and ill-health.
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281 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in order to broaden the knowledge and skills base of those working within the Health and Safety Inspectorate, he will introduce a fourth grade within the Health and Safety Inspectorate which would be open to those who have experience of acting as workers’ safety representatives.
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230 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the number of cases in 2005 and each of the previous five years in which a person seeking to obtain a C2 certificate of authorisation have been found by the Revenue Commissioners to have supplied false information in regard to any of the specified requirements which must be fulfilled in order to qualify for receipt of a certificate.
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74 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the breakdown of the amount of funding which has been allocated by his Department regarding the provision of residential places for female only addicts or for female addicts with children; and if he has had discussions with the Department of Health and Children or the Health Service Executive in relation to the provision of such places.
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55 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to revise and shorten the time period that people have to be in receipt of social welfare payments for before they can apply for a back to education allowance.
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9 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if it is the policy of her Department to instruct doctors or Consultants not to speak to media in relation to general issues in hospitals;her views on such censorship by her Department or Health Service Executive; the action she will take in cases where it applies; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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8 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the recommendations of the Neary Report into procedures at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda will be implemented; the actions being taken to ensure speedy implementation of these recommendations; and if anyone will be held accountable for foot-dragging the implementation of the recommendations.
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85 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces personnel holding appointments at the International Security Assistance Force Headquarters in Kabul have had dealings with the operators of a detention site at Bagram holding some 500 so-called terror suspects in primitive conditions, indefinitely and without charges.
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79 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the growing concerns that the Private Residential Tenancies Board does not have the staff and resources required to properly carry out its work in line with the provisions of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004.
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71 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if additional funds will be made available to local authorities to enable them to carry out necessary repairs to local authority housing as they are prevented from carrying out these repairs at present due to a lack of funding.
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3 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the actions he is taking to curb house price increases and to address the fact that increasing numbers of first-time buyers, in particular, continue to fall below the housing affordability threshold.
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540 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether a fire risk assessment must be done for the city and in particular for the Poolbeg Peninsula and surrounding environs in view of the plan to build an incinerator there.
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539 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, where a local authority acquires land through a compulsory purchase order, a process of public tender is required to employ a developer to develop that land; and if a process of public sale is required to sell that compulsory purchase ordered land on to a developer.
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534 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a list of all Natura 2000 sites here.
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441 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth.
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223 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if care attendants employed by the Health Services Executive are employed on a statutory basis or otherwise; and if otherwise, the type of employment involved.
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142 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Transport if he has received a request from Dublin Bus for additional buses; if so, the number requested; and if Dublin Bus will receive the required number.
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116 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Transport his views on the recent Dublin Bus Network Review; and its recommendations he intends to implement.
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43 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether this State’s laws governing immigration-related detention do not fully conform with international human rights standards; and, if so, the steps he intends to take to rectify this situation.
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136 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she is taking to increase the number of occupational therapists and speech and language therapists available to meet the needs of children with autism; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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433 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the expected date of publication of regulations regarding the drug testing of employees as provided for in the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2005.
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430 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in view of the continuing high levels of workplace accidents and deaths, he is satisfied that the requirements to bring the safety statement to the attention of employees and to provide training is being fully complied with.
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428 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the training given to labour inspectors before taking up their duties; and if they receive training in employment law.
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320 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the enforcement procedures which exist in respect of the obligation on employers to issue a P45 to employees when they leave a job; if his attention has been drawn to a growing number of instances where employers have refused to issue a P45 to employees when they leave their employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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293 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will support the extension of the remit of the Ombudsman to cover the activities of Coillte Teoranta; and if she will seek support for such a proposal.
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289 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food with regard to the proposed development of a hard stone quarry (details supplied) in County Wexford and the fact that the application submitted by the developer included a letter from Coillte Teoranta to the developer stating that in the event of planning permission being granted, Coillte Teoranta would grant a right of way through the wood, the consultation which took place regarding the agreement to grant a right of way to a company (details supplied) through the Coillte woodland; the person responsible for agreeing a right of way through the Coillte woodlands pending planning permission from Wexford County Council ; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that under the Wexford development plan 2001, the area and its environs is a designated sensitive area containing two important salmonid sources, that it is a grazing area for wild deer, that there is a ringfort in the vicinity of the proposed site and that there is a national school within 1 km of the proposed site.
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251 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason Government funding was made available to a group (details supplied) in 2005 when it had closed in January 2004; and the purpose for which the funding was used.
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70 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has powers or responsibilities regarding An Post; and if so, if he will outline them.
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214 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if this State sought a derogation from the biocides directive; and if so, the grounds on which such a derogation was sought.
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356 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Transport the number of road fatalities and accidents in 2005 and in each previous year which involved vehicles being driven by those who were working at the time of the crash.
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319 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the changes which will be included in the legislation amending the Employment Agency Act 1971, due to be published in 2006.
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318 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of registered employment agencies operating here at present and in each of the past five years.
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317 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage of the population and the workforce who suffer ill health associated with work in 2005 and in each of the past five years.
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316 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage of deaths in 2005 and in each of the past five years which were work related.
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314 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage of workers in 2005 and in each of the previous five years who reported suffering from work related stress.
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312 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of employees who staff the telephone service or helpline operated by the employment rights information unit; if these employees have duties other than staffing this helpline; and if so, what these other duties are.
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311 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of one-to-one interviews with workers which were carried out by the employment rights information unit in 2005 and in each of the previous five years.
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310 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of queries from workers received by the employment rights information unit e-mail service in 2005 and in each of the previous five years.
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