155 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the value and percentage of overall trade between here and Northern Ireland in each year since the introduction of the single currency and the percentage increase or decrease in the volume of trade over that period.
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154 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the value and percentage of overall trade between here and England, Scotland and Wales in each year since the introduction of the single currency and the percentage increase or decrease in the volume of trade over that period.
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153 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the value and percentage of overall trade between here and other members of the eurozone in each year since the introduction of the single currency and the percentage increase or decrease in the volume of trade over that period.
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110 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an inquiry was held by the Health Service Executive and ambulance service into an incident on 12 November 2005, where a person (details supplied) in County Louth received a life-saving operation at Louth County Hospital, Dundalk; and if changes in protocol will be made following the successful outcome on this occasion.
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219 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science the amount of revenue spent by the State on third level education in each of the past ten years.
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166 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the value of all-island trade in the first six months of 2005 and the percentage increase or decrease over that period.
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487 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science her plans to include a module on trade unions within the civic, social and political education curriculum at secondary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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444 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science if all third level students from County Louth who are entitled to higher education grants received their payments for the present term; if not, the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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443 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science when a person (details supplied) in County Louth will receive her higher education grant for this term; her views on the time it has taken to process this payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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365 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the five primary factors to which earnings inequality and income differentials here are attributable; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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109 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the actions of Irish Ferries in ignoring the Labour Court recommendations whereby the court rejected claims by the company management that the future viability of the company was dependent on proceeding with its proposals for replacing staff with low paid agency workers from eastern Europe and elsewhere.
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97 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when action will be taken to address the unacceptable situation whereby competition law is being mischievously used by the Competition Authority to attack the rights of certain workers, in particular actors, musicians, film crews and freelance journalists to be collectively represented.
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68 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his Department’s strategy to prevent the displacement of workers and their replacement with lower paid workers who are subjected to exploitative terms and conditions.
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88 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the third level allowance is dependent on having been in receipt of social welfare for nine months.
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30 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether the resident condition is a factor in Irish Ferries being able to recruit staff at such low wages and poor conditions.
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257 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the grants received by a company (details supplied) in County Cork from either Enterprise Ireland or IDA Ireland in the past ten years; and the actions he or the relevant agencies intend to take to recover the State’s investment if the company relocates to another jurisdiction.
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256 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 he will investigate the serious concerns that what are really redundancies, are being presented to the workers as lay-offs, a fact that will result in the workers being denied proper statutory terms; and the actions he intends to take to address the plight of the workers at this company.
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508 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the current economic situation in Donegal, he will consider ring-fencing an additional €800,000 per year from the local government fund for Donegal County Council over the next three years.
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35 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has examined the assessment of the effectiveness of the Housing Act 1988 and Integrated Strategy 2000 in meeting the needs of persons who are homeless entitled Settlement First, produced by the Simon Communities of Ireland; and his views on the findings and recommendations.
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29 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the percentage of persons currently on social housing waiting lists which he expects will be housed in 2006 based on the fact that local authority and social housing programmes received only a 5% increase in the 2006 pre-budget Estimates.
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264 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that funds from the urban and village renewal measure of the regional operational programmes 2000-2006 have never been used to underground ESB 220 kv cables.
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261 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of single applicants who are on the Louth local authorities housing waiting lists.
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238 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science the discussions she or her Department has had with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government with regard to proposed changes to Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 as amended in 2002.
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237 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many second level schools have not received DVDs of Clare sa Spéir an Irish short story which is on the new leaving certificate Irish course; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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236 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many second level schools have not received the DVD pack of Irish State films and guidelines to go with it and that there is no supply left in the education centres across the State; and if the pack will be made available and delivered directly to each second level school which requires same.
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106 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has set a date to meet a delegation from Dundalk Town Council in relation to Louth County Hospital as promised in May 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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105 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of patients who were treated on trolleys in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital between 1 January 2005 and 31 October 2005.
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104 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the precise date in May 2005 when she or officials from her Department met with a private hospital group from Dundalk; and if an agreement was made at that meeting.
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73 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Transport if he has had any contact with management and workers regarding the possible strike action by bus drivers.
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31 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Transport if he intends to make the honouring of pension commitments to former staff part of the conditions of sale in the event of Aer Lingus being sold.
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261 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 425 of 16 November 2005, if he can make a statement regarding which local authorities have been found to be charging tenants attempting to purchase their rural cottage homes, under the tenant purchase scheme; the market value of their homes inclusive of the site cost, due to the fact that the site was provided free to the county council by the tenant at the time of construction.
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58 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2004 does not make provision for the introduction of payment in respect of parental leave.
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606 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to update legislation regarding the design and construction of apartment complexes.
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387 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount which was paid by his Department under the redundancy and insolvency scheme in 2004.
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340 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Finance if restrictions in VAT law would prevent any reduction in rates for certain products for environmental reasons; and if so, the restrictions of same.
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107 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to address the under-resourcing of Louth County Hospital, including the need for a CT scanner; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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54 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason an employee who opted out of the spouses’ and children’s scheme when it was introduced for women in 1984 will be liable for contributions to the scheme on retirement as will be the case for a person (details supplied) in County Louth.
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425 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Meath County Council has been charging tenants attempting to purchase their rural cottage homes under the tenants purchase scheme; the market value of their homes inclusive of the site despite the site having been provided free to Meath County Council by the tenant at the time of construction; and if will make a statement as to whether this practice is happening in other local authorities.
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345 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when legislation to regulate charities will be published; and the reason its publication has been subject to ongoing delays.
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241 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the reason a reduced rate of VAT of 4.4% is applied to live greyhounds and the hire of horses; the amount of VAT raised in 2004 in respect of each of these two items; and the amount which would be raised in respect of each of these two items, in 2004 terms, if VAT was charged on them at the standard rate of 21%.
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237 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the number of cases in which claims by organisations to have been established for charitable purposes have been found by the Revenue Commissioners to be false after granting such an organisation an exemption from tax; and the amount of defrauded tax which has been recouped on each such occasion.
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228 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue which would be raised from a 50c increase on a packet of cigarettes based on 2004 figures.
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181 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has had discussions regarding the pay and working conditions of workers on ferries operating between member states of the EU with the Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities Commissioner, Vladimir Spidla; and if he will report on the discussions held.
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93 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views regarding the treatment of workers on board the Irish Ferries ship the Normandy , notwithstanding the fact that the Government’s ability to intervene is constrained by the fact that this ship flies under a flag of convenience; and if his Department has raised concerns regarding the treatment of workers on this ship with the management at Irish Ferries or in any discussions with IBEC.
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668 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on the number of city and county councils which have sought funding for the undergrounding of existing 110kV and 220kV ESB overhead cables under the urban and village renewal measure of the regional operational programmes, 2000-06; and the breakdown of same funding provided for each of these councils.
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