115 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions he is taking to protect migrant workers who are employed as domestic workers; and his plans to introduce employment regulation orders outlining rates of pay and minimum standards for domestic workers in light of increasing evidence that these workers are being exploited and mistreated.
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111 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans for the Government to publish a comprehensive alternative energy strategy.
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110 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason for the delay in publishing the wind energy strategy document.
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109 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his Department’s view on the possibility of multinational companies controlling huge energy production resources here.
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17 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has had or intends to have discussions with the Garda Commissioner regarding inspecting planes at Shannon Airport.
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11 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether his failure to ensure the reinvestment of savings in spending on prison officers’ overtime directly into rehabilitation measures demonstrates his lack of commitment to rehabilitation programmes for prisoners.
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200 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Transport his plans to recoup the cost of replacing or otherwise repairing the defective Luas tracks from persons responsible for this debacle.
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179 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Transport the length of time he has been aware of the problems with the Luas tracks; and the efforts which have been made to find out what went wrong.
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547 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an assessment has or will be carried out on the extent to which section 142(5)( f ) of the Local Government Act 2001, which states where a member of an elected council attends a meeting or event by virtue of an authorisation under this section, he or she shall submit a summary of the proceedings to the next ordinary meeting of the local authority, is being enforced.
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205 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the terms of reference, the cost and the deadline for conclusion of the consultancy report on hospital services in the north-east region commissioned by the Health Service Executive.
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190 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when Louth County Hospital will receive the promised CT scanner; and when breast surgery services will be restored.
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190 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether Bray Town Council needs a boundary, and if so when the process will commence.
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189 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the fact that the west Wicklow region is under-represented at county council level, with only three seats available for the entire region.
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188 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the possibility of establishing a town council in Blessington, County Wicklow.
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187 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if approval of funding will be given to Bray Town Council to allow same to carry out a fire safety audit on the houses in the Oldcourt Estate, Bray, County Wicklow.
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183 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that school traffic wardens are the only local authority employees excluded from the pension provisions of the local government superannuation scheme; his views on whether the exclusion of school traffic wardens from the pension provisions of this scheme is an equality issue, in view of the fact that employees in this industry are primarily female.
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80 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost to the State of an increase in the strength of the labour inspectorate to 75 inspectors.
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759 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average cost per job of jobs created by Enterprise Ireland in 2004 and 2005.
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758 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average cost per job of jobs created by city and county enterprise boards in 2004 and 2005.
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753 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 Act 2005.
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752 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether the unconstitutionality of random drug testing for drivers also applies to similar drug testing of employees as provided for in the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005.
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546 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue collected by way of corporation tax in County Donegal in each of the past three years.
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186 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has had contact with the authorities in the Six Counties in relation to the harmonisation of communications networks.
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145 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to harmonise communications networks between here and the Six Counties; and if so, the stage which they are at.
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452 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a civic amenity centre will be opened in Drogheda; and the correspondence he has had with Louth local authorities in regard to this matter.
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214 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the situation which has arisen at a company (details supplied) in County Cork; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that workers have not been paid in three weeks and that company management is behaving in a manner similar to Irish Ferries by attempting to change the employment conditions from full-time to seasonal without proper consultation with the workers; and the actions he intends to take to address the plight of the workers at this company.
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205 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the measures he is proposing to take to ensure that a high end cable ADSL link is installed to protect the crucial jobs at a company (details supplied) in County Donegal; if assistance will be given to this company.
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162 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons in county Louth who are receiving subvention payments for private nursing home care.
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161 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a clinic (details supplied) in County Dublin was offered public kidney dialysis patients to treat at €67,860 while the same treatment is available for a significantly lower rate in Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry; and if she has satisfied herself that this clinic offers value for money.
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160 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount of public money which has been spent under the primary care strategy since 2001.
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159 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of public beds for older people in County Louth in 1984, 1994 and 2003.
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158 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of publicly funded acute hospital beds in Louth County Hospital and Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in 1980, 1986, 1990, 1995, 2000 and to date in 2005.
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156 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the issues discussed, officials and other persons in attendance, and decisions made at the meetings between Dundalk based private hospital promoters and officials from her Department.
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73 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science if her Department had to correct any catchment boundary areas which were incorrect; and if so, the reason therefor.
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71 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the cases where the vocational educational committee has said the catchment boundary covers one area and her Department has said it covers another.
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183 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department approved a borrowing of €371,959.94 by a company (details supplied) for the purchase of a dredger; if he is satisfied that requirements under the code of practice for State bodies were met, including sections 6.1, 6.2 and 6.4; when consent issued in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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149 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who are awaiting payments under the national repayment scheme throughout the State; the number in County Louth in particular; and the number in the Health Service Executive north-eastern area; when the necessary legislation will be in place to facilitate payments; and when she expects these payments to be made.
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120 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when the Rafah border crossing point discussed at the EU General Affairs and External Relations Council meeting in Brussels on 21-22 November 2005 is likely to be fully opened.
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61 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the date of deployment of the EU mission relating to the Agreement on Movement and Access between the Government of Israel and the Palestinian Authority and agreed to at the EU General Affairs and External Relations Council meeting in Brussels on 21-22 November 2005.
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408 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 365 of 6 December 2005 and noting his comments in respect of the gender pay differential in that reply, the reason he did not answer the question asked regarding the five primary factors to which earnings inequality and income differentials here are attributable; and if he will answer the question asked.
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283 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in view of the decline of the clothing and textile sector in Donegal his Department or the State agencies have or had a strategy to attract or promote the development of a particular sector to create alternative employment for the workers affected by job losses in the textile and clothing sector.
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279 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his Department’s policy to reduce wage differentials between the highest paid and the lowest paid workers here.
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138 Mr. Morgan asked the Taoiseach the number and percentage of overall workers in County Donegal who worked in the textile sector on 31 December 1994 and on 31 December 2004.
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137 Mr. Morgan asked the Taoiseach the average daily hours worked by workers in full-time employment here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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