667 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason residential housing density guidelines are used to determine capital funding for women’s refuges.
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666 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on the continued delays to build a women’s refuge in Dublin 15.
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363 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of revenue which would be raised if the PRSI cut-off ceiling was removed based on 2004 figures.
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360 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Question No. 259 of 9 November 2005 the way in which he can claim that there is a vibrant competition, particularly in the Sunday newspaper market when it is estimated that a group (details supplied) own approximately 87% of Sunday newspapers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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359 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Question No. 259 of 9 November 2005, the way in which he can have confidence that a monopoly has not developed in the newspaper market, for which he does not have precise market share details; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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297 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the percentage at which the average industrial earning persons here begin to pay the top rate of income tax.
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296 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the number of investigations which have been carried out by Revenue as the veracity of declarations by persons claiming to be non-resident for tax purpose regarding the number of days spent here in a given tax year; and the number of cases where it is been found that false declarations have been made.
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295 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the average percentage of profits paid as tax in 2004 by the top 20 performing companies on the Dublin Stock Exchange.
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294 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the percentage of savings in SSIAs which have been made by the bottom 20% of households and by the top 20% of households.
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292 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the average income of those who availed of income tax allowances and reliefs in each of the past five years.
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286 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the cost to the State of tax relief on private health insurance in each of the past five years.
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194 Mr. Morgan asked the Taoiseach the average percentage of income which the bottom 20% of households spend on housing, food, fuel and electricity, medical expenses and child care.
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42 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of US troops that has passed through Shannon each month since the invasion of Iraq commenced.
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259 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on concerns regarding lack of competition in the newspaper market here; the percentage of the local and national newspapers owned by each newspaper group operating here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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763 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views regarding the environmentally impact and the amount of waste being created as a result of the mass handing out of two new free morning papers (details supplied) in Dublin; the actions he will take in relation to same.
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760 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will respond to the proposal, made several months ago, from Dublin City Council for the redevelopment of Tom Kelly Road flats, Dublin 2.
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741 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason Cratlagh Wood, County Donegal, has not been classified as a special area of conservation; and if he will consider classifying it as such.
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739 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cause of the landslide and flooding in Carlingford, County Louth, on the night of 23 to 24 October 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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597 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of career guidance councillors here; and the number and percentage of second level schools which do not have a career guidance teacher.
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572 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary school students in County Louth who are in classes of 30 or more; and if this is an increase on 2004.
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571 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science the correspondence she has received and sent, and the meetings which were held, about schools provision in the Drogheda northern environs plan.
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570 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science her plans to provide three primary and a possible second level school in the proposed Dundalk south west local area plan.
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407 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage total entrepreneurial activity here for the year ending 31 December 2004.
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406 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs lost in Donegal in each of the past ten years; the percentage of jobs lost which were in the textile sector; and the retraining initiatives provided to workers made redundant including the number of those made redundant which have availed of retraining provided by the State.
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380 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the British security forces have given an explanation for 7 July 2005 helicopter incursion into Rassan, County Louth; if so the explanation and the action he has taken regarding same.
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378 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of times surveyors from his Department have inspected ships belonging to Irish Ferries docked in Irish ports; the position regarding such inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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344 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the companies and financial institutions in which the Government has invested as part of the national pensions reserve fund including the amounts invested in each company or financial institution; the business conducted by each of the companies in which the State has invested; and if companies located here or elsewhere in which the State has invested as part of the national pensions reserve fund have any element of public ownership.
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324 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the meetings or correspondence which have taken place with promoters of a private hospital in Dundalk.
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223 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the meetings that were held by officials from her Department with Dundalk based private hospital promoters or correspondence entered into in June 2003 and to date in 2005; and the purpose of these meetings and correspondence.
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210 Mr. Morgan asked the Taoiseach the number of public sector employees here at present; and the percentage of the overall workforce which is employed in the public service.
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119 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will meet with a person (details supplied) currently on hunger strike outside Dáil Éireann in protest at her refusal to include the Morning Star mother and baby unit as an institution for consideration by the Redress Board.
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115 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science her views on claims made by the One in Four group that abuser clerics had an extremely high level of access to national schools which allowed them to take children from the schools and abuse them.
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311 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the fire regulations and standards for local authority flat complexes are standardised across the country; and, if so, the details of same.
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130 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he intends to introduce legislation to regulate property management companies (details supplied).
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643 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government whether the actions of Donegal County Council at Cratlagh Wood on the main Carrigart to Milford road where works by the council have resulted in the plundering of the forest, major destruction and serious damage to the fauna and wildlife, with bogland and wetlands destroyed will be investigated; and his views regarding the financial accountability of Donegal County Council on this matter.
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641 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the zoning for high density retail and residential development on land which forms part of a floodplain in Bray, County Wicklow and the fact that this zoning contradicts advice from the Office of Public Works and town planners that it was not advisable to build on same; and his further views on the fact that this rezoning is inconsistent with the communication from the European Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on flood risk management, flood prevention, protection and mitigation with regard to best practice in respect of flood prevention (details supplied).
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290 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Finance if funding will be made available to carry out the flood protection work on the River Dargle in Bray (details supplied).
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222 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a similar financial proposition will be offered to Louth County Hospital, Dundalk, as was offered to Bantry Hospital, wherein she would match each euro raised through voluntary subscription towards the purchase of a CT scanner; and the further assistance she will offer in support of provision of necessary services at Louth County Hospital.
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221 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she will honour a commitment she made to Dundalk town councillors on 18 May 2005 to visit the Louth County Hospital, Dundalk.
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220 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a consultant surgeon (details supplied) who has been suspended on full pay from Louth County Hospital, Dundalk and whom a rights commissioner decided is entitled to a permanent position, will be re-instated at the Louth County Hospital; if so, when; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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163 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions he will take to address the fact that competition law is being mischievously used to attack the rights of certain workers, especially actors, musicians, film crews and freelance journalists, to be collectively represented.
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58 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he supports the One Family, formerly Cherish, recommendation to increase the one parent family allowance by €18.50 to €165 per week.
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83 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 33% of single parent families live in consistent poverty; and his plans regarding same.
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