156 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the percentage in 2005 or the latest available figures for persons who avail of tax relief in respect of pension contributions who are from the lowest 20% of income earners; and the percentage which are from the highest 20% of income earners.
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152 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide full details of all representations from or meetings he has had with any representatives of the Open Republic Institute.
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139 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will provide full details of all representations from or meetings she has had with any representatives of the Open Republic Institute.
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88 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he intends to utilise the pay related social insurance mandatory pension scheme more effectively to ensure pensioners do not have to face into an old age of poverty.
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902 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received regular reports from the Private Residential Tenancies Board on registration of landlords, as he indicated to Dáil Éireann that he would be receiving in reply to parliamentary questions in December 2004; and the contents of the most recent report received.
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894 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the fact that the Local Government Act 2001 requires elected members of local authorities to submit a summary of the proceedings of conferences attended to their respective councils.
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853 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the house completions in each of the past five years; the percentage of these each year which were second homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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852 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the house completions in each of the past five years; the percentage of these each year which were social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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442 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of inspections which have been carried out by the labour inspectorate in respect of compliance with the provisions of the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 since its enactment; and the number of prosecutions for failure to comply with its provisions during the same period.
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441 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff employed by the Labour Court in each of the past ten years.
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440 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the ratio of labour inspectors to workforce in each of the past ten years.
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439 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in the past 12 months he has received representations from trade unions, employers bodies or any other party in respect of the waiting time for cases in the Labour Court.
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435 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage of the workforce employed by temporary work agencies in 2005 and in each of the previous five years.
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434 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage of employees employed in time limited contract jobs in 2005 and in each of the previous ten years.
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433 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of workdays that were lost in 2005 and in each of the previous five years, as a result of work related injuries; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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377 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the percentage of phone masts, overall and in each county, which have been checked for signal strength and radiation output by the Communications Regulator since its establishment in 2002.
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128 Mr. Morgan asked the Taoiseach the number of strikes related to union recognition in each of the past ten years; and the average duration of such strikes in each of those years.
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81 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the steps he has taken to address the concerns raised by the community sector regarding the national drugs strategy team since the resignation of a person (details supplied).
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39 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the anomalies surrounding the status of Somalis currently seeking asylum here.
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58 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the opinion of BAOBAB, cited by himself, that female genital mutilation is not a genuine reason for applying for asylum abroad in view of the universal recognition that violence against women is a human rights issue and that female genital mutilation is a form of violence against women.
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134 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of inspections which were carried out in each of the past five years to assess compliance of employers with the provisions of the Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act 1996; and the number of prosecutions in each of those years for non-compliance with the provisions of this Act.
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127 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the consultation which has taken place in respect of the proposed grant aid package on renewable energy; the number of groups-companies which were involved; the name of each; and when he expects to publish the package of grant aid.
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84 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government whether he will seek to have the NESC report recommendations for a net increase of 73,000 units of social housing included in the new National Development Plan 2007-13, which is being prepared.
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110 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the actions he will be taking on foot of the publication of the independent review of the implementation of the Government’s integrated and preventative homeless strategies; and the timetable for the implementation of the recommendations contained in this report in view of the fact that he has indicated that he accepts the broad thrust of the recommendations.
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202 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if protective clothing will be issued to home help and home support persons employed by Health Service Executive; if they will be issued with medical soap and proper aprons; and her plans to issue uniforms and identity badges to these employees.
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162 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Transport his proposals to deal with the prevention of tragedies in view of the ongoing carnage on roads here.
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60 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied with the new Bus Átha Cliath timetable which proposes to trim routes to west Tallaght supposedly due to the roll-out of Luas which in reality is an optional service that does not run near these areas.
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72 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of acute hospital beds here currently closed due to inadequate staffing, inadequate funding, ongoing renovations and repairs and other reasons; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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38 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a full audit of the number of acute hospital beds in use in the public health system and of the number required to meet patient needs will be carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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294 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will make a statement regarding the loss of 350 jobs following the closure of the NEC plant in Ballivor, County Meath; and the actions the Government intends to take to create alternative employment for those affected.
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270 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if there is a review of the safety issues associated with mobile phone masts being conducted by or for his Department; when any such review will be completed; if he will publish the results; and the actions he intends to take to restrict the ill-effects of these masts on communities generally and young people in particular.
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199 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when funding for additional hours of home help will issue to Health Service Executive areas; the number of additional hours which will be covered by extra funding; when contracts for home help personnel will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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328 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he will roll out the promised grants for householders with regard to the €65 million made available in budget 2006 for renewable energy schemes; the details of such grants; and if certain projects will be given greater priority.
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161 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, due to the fact that EU pressure is being put on unscrupulous mobile phone operators to reduce or even remove their roaming costs, the pressure being put on Irish operators by the Government, following a company’s (details supplied) recent announcement.
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102 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the measures which have been devised to encourage other Irish operators into following a company’s (details supplied) lead regarding the positive moves on roaming charges from April 2006.
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226 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, under the requirement that in order to qualify for the unemployment benefit or assistance a person must be willing and able to accept a suitable offer of full-time work immediately, certain employment can be deemed unsuitable where the hours of employment include night time hours and the person is a parent of young children.
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128 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the recent report on literacy by the Education Research Centre at a school (details supplied).
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93 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the multi-generational nature of learning and literacy difficulties here, the accompanying problems of low computer literacy, persistent early school leaving and literacy problems at primary level she is satisfied with her Department’s response to these issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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609 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, following the publication of the most recent three yearly assessment of social housing needs, which showed that there were 43,600 households on social housing waiting lists, he will, as committed to in reply to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 25 October 2005, be announcing a new statement of housing policy.
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291 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to provide special educational and occupational needs for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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186 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce a requirement to oblige local authorities to replace every unit of social housing sold under the tenant purchase scheme with a new additional unit of social housing.
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123 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has carried out an assessment to ascertain whether the policies of his or any other Department are contributing to the ongoing excessive increases in house prices.
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258 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in view of the fact that provision of board and lodgings has been connected with many cases of exploitation of migrant workers, the minimum wage legislation will be amended to remove the provision whereby if an employer provides an employee with full board and lodgings, or lodgings only, or full board only, a monetary allowance can be included as reckonable pay for the purpose of compliance with the national minimum wage.
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218 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Finance his position on the possible inclusion of a separate stand-alone article on the protection and improvement of the environment in the Structural Funds regulations, currently under negotiation, along the lines of existing article 14 on equality between men and women and non-discrimination as supported by the European Parliament in its first reading in July and as also supported by several member states in the Council.
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447 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the application by a person (details supplied) for leave to remain here under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999.
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170 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether the sacking of a shop steward with the union, Mandate, from their position in a company (details supplied) for wearing a union badge on their store uniform and the company’s subsequent refusal to attend a meeting regarding the disciplinary action with the worker in question due to the fact that they were accompanied by their trade union official is unacceptable; and the actions he intends to take to address such actions by employers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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142 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the fact that according to the Health and Safety Authority 23 people were killed in workplace accidents in the construction sector in 2005, compared to 16 in that sector in 2004.
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