154 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when medical files in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth will be produced; the reason these files went missing following surgical procedures at the hospital in 1965; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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153 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when medical files in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth will be produced; the reason these files went missing following surgical procedures at the hospital in 1973; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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152 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when medical files in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth will be produced; the reason these files went missing following surgical procedures at the hospital in 1956; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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88 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the long overdue renegotiation of the consultants’ common contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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32 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on progress since the end of 2003 in the promised extension of general practitioner co-operatives; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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240 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the person who has competency to investigate a local authority in a case in which it is alleged to have breached both planning regulation and environmental laws; the person who can initiate an investigation in such circumstances; and if his Department has a role in such cases.
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239 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department offers guidance in setting criteria for employment of retained fire officers; and if it has an oversight role to ensure proper and adequate provision of this vital service.
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523 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether cafés (details supplied) represent an integral part of the built heritage of Dublin; the measures he will take to ensure that they are kept open; the further measures he will take to ensure that the buildings are maintained in the present form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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198 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a complaint made by a person (details supplied) in County Dublin against a doctor in 2001 was investigated by the Eastern Regional Health Authority; when this complaint was investigated and by whom; if she will make available to this person full details of the matters investigated by the health board; if she will make documentary evidence available that this complaint, regarding the doctor’s behaviour during the person’s last visit to them, was investigated; the reason the health board and her Department have refused to give transparent and open responses to this person in relation to the case; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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114 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the estimated financial loss incurred by An Post over the past year; and the reason for same.
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111 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of local post offices which have been closed in the past year.
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58 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of increasing obesity amongst younger persons, she will prioritise physical education and education in nutrition; and if she will allocate funding to these areas.
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51 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will respond to ASTI’s request for a feasibility study to be conducted by her Department to establish the way in which schools might provide cooked lunches for pupils.
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668 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is his policy to permit the transfer of State assets such as local authority housing stock, as recently proposed by Dublin City Council, out of public ownership to alternative landlords; if such a policy is being driven by Dublin City Council alone; if it is with his consent; if discussions on this issue have already taken place between his Department and Dublin City Council officials; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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300 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he is considering introducing employment rights legislation in respect of sick pay and sick leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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104 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will remove the provisions in the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004 related to random drug and alcohol testing of employees in view of the deep concerns regarding the implications of these provisions.
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118 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will establish a fund to address the plight of former workers at a subsidiary of Irish Fertiliser Industries (details supplied) in Belfast who received inferior severance packages, particularly with respect to reduced pension entitlements, following the closure of that plant, compared to their counterparts at the IFI plants in Carlow and Cork which closed at the same time.
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254 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason no place can be found for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and the measures which can be employed to ensure this person’s education.
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247 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science when a special needs assistant applied for in October 2003 will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Louth; if an assessment has been carried out on this person; and when a reply will be forthcoming.
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127 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has read the report compiled by the Children’s Rights Alliance, entitled End Child Poverty by 2007; and if he proposes to factor in the recommendations of the report, particularly in the area of child income support.
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79 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, in view of the up coming budget, he will return eligibility for back to work enterprise allowance and back to work allowance to 15 and 12 months respectively in view of the hardships incurred in this sector.
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105 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has plans to address the problem of ad hoc funding in the community and voluntary sector by allocating the sufficient core funding to these groups.
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80 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will make provision in the 2005 budget for the fulfilment of the commitment to support the community and voluntary sector as outlined in the White Paper.
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209 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is considering extending the town council boundaries of Drogheda, County Louth; if his attention has been drawn to the considerable private development already occurring immediately outside the current town council boundary; and his views on whether there is a need for extension to allow for social and affordable housing as well as green spaces and recreational development.
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60 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has examined the possibility of a conflict of interest arising from the appointment of a person (details supplied) to the board of the EPA following their previous employment with a prominent company in the incineration industry.
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95 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will take action to prevent the construction of incinerators until a full review of the health effects of incineration on communities has been carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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176 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Finance if he will commission a new report into flood protection in Bray to be carried out by the OPW, in view of environmental changes which have occurred in the intervening period.
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161 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Finance if funding will be forthcoming to implement flood protection work on the River Dargle in Bray.
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316 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of community employment participants working at child care facilities currently and in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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315 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of child care facilities employing staff via community employment programmes currently and in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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314 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work days lost through sickness by exposure to chemicals including as a result of asthma, allergies and exposure to asbestos.
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277 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Finance his views on the introduction of a hotel bed tax of €2 a night to be collected by local authorities and from which bed and breakfasts and guest houses would be exempted.
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276 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Finance his views on the removal of the exemption for State occupied buildings from rates under section 15(3) of the Valuation Act 2001; if he will bring forward legislation to remove this exemption; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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278 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the number of child care places provided for parents who work in the Civil Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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262 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the number of employees per Civil Service crèche; the average cost per child of the service for parents; the cost per child to the Exchequer of providing the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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163 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Transport if he proposes introducing a national height strategy in line with clearance height of the Dublin Port tunnel.
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144 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Transport the research which has been done into the potential safety hazards attached to supercube trucks.
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364 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science the average age in months at which children commence primary education in this State.
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312 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount and percentage of GDP spent on early childhood care and education; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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311 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of work based crèche places in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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310 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the percentage and number of children in the zero to two age group in the State who are cared for in crèches; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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309 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the percentage and number of children in the three to four age group in the State who are in receipt of pre-school education; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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305 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average cost of child care in the State and in each county; the number of child care places available, full and part-time, in each county; the breakdown of those numbers in terms of the type of care catered for; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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391 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the statement (details supplied) on 30 September 2004, in reference to a submission from Dublin City Council in relation to proposals on the sale of council flats, was untrue; and if the submission in fact came from management and not the members of the council.
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385 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the name, relevant qualifications and process by which each person appointed to a State board operating under the aegis of his Department was appointed since 1994.
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384 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of units, which make up part of a development for housing on land of more than 0.2 acres or consisting of five or more houses, for which planning permission has been granted since the enactment of the Planning and Development Act 2000.
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383 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost to the Exchequer of reinstating the first time buyers grant to its pre-abolition level to apply to new and second-hand homes.
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382 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount it would cost to increase the total social housing rental housing stock in the State by 30%.
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381 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the estimated cost of increasing the disabled persons housing grant to cover 100% of the cost of approved building costs on the basis of need.
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376 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Defence the name, relevant qualifications and process by which each person appointed to a State board operating under the aegis of his Department was appointed since 1994.
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