13 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures he is taking to ensure that affordable child care is available to all families; the progress made since June 2002 both in terms of the number of child care places created and the percentage of working parents who have access to affordable child care; his views on whether a lack of child care remains an obstacle to women’s participation in the workforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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185 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the proposals his Department will introduce to purchase the licences of draft and drift fishermen; the estimated cost of these proposals; the consequential effect of such proposals on salmon stocks; when such proposals will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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26 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the role the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland will play in monitoring emissions from Sellafield, specifically with regard to the new TPP process to be used at Sellafield; if the RPII has been fully briefed on the TPP process; if the RPII will visit Sellafield to inspect the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress that has been made to date on the national spatial strategy objective of balanced regional development; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will address the findings contained in the recent report of the Central Statistics Office in the 2002 census (details supplied) which shows that the number of local authority housing rented dwellings has declined in every census since 1961 and has hit an all time low of 88,000 or 6.9% of all housing units.
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193 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will implement the recommendation contained in the ninth progress report of the Oireachtas All-Party Committee on the Constitution to bring forward legislation for the abolition of ground rents; when he expects to publish legislation for the abolition of ground rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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183 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to a report published recently that indicates a particularly high level of cancer in the Drogheda area of County Louth; the action he is taking to deal with this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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111 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she is in regular contact with the Department with responsibility for regional development in regard to an all-Ireland free travel scheme.
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69 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress that she has made on her commitment to have a review carried out of the overall social welfare code regarding the requirements of the Equal Status Act 2000.
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811 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the rate of redundancy which will be paid in respect of part-time and full-time fire officers; if such rates are agreed centrally or subject to local negotiations; if there is Government policy in place in relation to this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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810 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the age at which part-time fire officers are required to retire; the length this age limit has been in place; if a change to the current retirement age is planned in the near future; if a review is planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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799 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons who have logged on to the Government’s Race Against Waste website since its launch; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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796 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which the new planning guidelines issued by his Department will impact on existing county development plans; the instruction which has been given to local authorities in respect of implementing the new guidelines on rural housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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782 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the continued operation of unlicensed waste disposal and quarrying activities throughout the State; if urgent action will be taken to stop the operation of unlicensed waste disposal and quarrying activities which pollute the environment and cause difficulties for licensed operators and their workers; his views on the business of unlicensed operators who flout the planning laws have unfair trade advantage over licensed, compliant operators and thus penalise those companies paying taxes and complying with the law; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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774 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the register of landlords will be completed; the progress that has been made by local authorities in compiling these lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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691 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made in the case of a person (details supplied) who has applied for residency here in January 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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643 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Transport if he will notify motorists whose vehicles are more than five years old and, therefore, do not have the EU logo on their registration plates, to advise them that this will cause them to fail the NCT; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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588 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made in relation to the mobility allowance appeal of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; the reason this person has had no contact from the North Eastern Health Board in connection to same; if he will accept that given this person’s circumstances the length of time they are waiting for a result of their appeal is not acceptable; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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401 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science if a resource teacher will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of the fact that the person has been assessed as requiring such a teacher under his Department’s guidelines; when such an appointment will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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198 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will intervene to save the jobs of about 30 construction workers employed by a company (details supplied) in County Louth at a building site at Termonfeckin; that are under threat due to the actions of the main contractor (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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190 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will report on the consultations she has had around proposed changes to the retail planning guidelines and the end of the ban on below cost selling; if she intends to make a decision or recommendation on this matter in the near future; and the implications she believes such changes would have for small business people and community-based enterprises.
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189 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work days that were lost in 2003 and for each of the previous five years, as a result of work-related injuries; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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25 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children the funding available in each health board area in 2004 for cancer services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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261 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 99 of 25 March 2004, the policing measures that are in place on Carlingford Lough in regard to aquaculture; the measures that are proposed to prevent unauthorised shellfish removals; and when these will be implemented.
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234 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science when a person (details supplied) in County Louth will obtain a place at a school (details supplied) in County Louth.
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32 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason Ireland did not sign the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families; and if the Government is considering signing it.
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174 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science the consultations he has had in regard to changes he is considering to the ban on publishing school league tables.
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156 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the provision of computers for students at secondary level in this State is well below the OECD average; and the measures he proposes to take to remedy this situation.
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99 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing unauthorised movement of mussel seed and mature mussels from the public fishery area of Carlingford Lough; the measures he is proposing to take to end this illegal movement; when these measures will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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531 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he is taking to encourage refugees and asylum seekers to register and exercise their right to vote at the elections in June 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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530 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he is taking to address the difficulties which will be faced by refugees and asylum seekers who are registered to vote but who will be unable to exercise their right to vote owing to the fact that, in many cases, their only identification, the Garda National Immigration Bureau photo card, is not among the designated list of acceptable forms of identification; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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76 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures the Government is taking to combat the unacceptably high rate of work related deaths and injuries in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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57 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new jobs created in 2003; the number of jobs lost in the same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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39 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on whether there will be a flow of jobs out of this State as multinationals relocate to the EU accession states following enlargement; if the Government has a strategy to deal with this eventuality; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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159 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the implementation of an all-Ireland free travel scheme for pensioners; and the progress made in bringing this about.
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96 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on the figure that there are 2,000 premature deaths every year as a result of fuel poverty.
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165 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the issues to be discussed at the meeting of European Union drug co-ordinators in June 2004.
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68 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the findings of the street count of rough sleepers carried out by the homeless agency in conjunction with the voluntary sector between 12 and 29 January 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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60 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the so called TPP process currently being tested by a company (details supplied); if he has been formally advised of test results in respect of this process; the expert advice which he has received on the TPP process; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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128 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he is taking to address the serious problem of illegal dumping of waste in the State and of waste from the State being disposed of illegally in the Six Counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he is taking to address the serious problem of illegal dumping of waste from the State in the Six Counties and the discussions which have been held with the authorities in the North on this problem.
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108 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children if terms of reference have been agreed for the inquiry into the obstetrics and gynaecology unit at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; if it is his view that such an inquiry should be confined to the activities of a person (details supplied) or if it will be a broad based inquiry covering the operation of the unit between 1974 and 1998; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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321 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children if there were consultations between his Department and the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform on the implications for cases of medical malpractice and negligence of the Civil Liability and Courts Bill 2004, which proposes to reduce the period covered by the Statute of Limitations from three years to one year.
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243 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will list all titles of nobility or honour that are subject to Article 40.2.2° of the 1937 Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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242 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make available all legal or other advice which has been received by the Government with regard to what constitutes a title of nobility or of honour under Article 40.2.2° of the 1937 Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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241 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if CBEs, MBEs and OBEs given by the British royal family to citizens of this State are subject to Article 40.2.2° of the 1937 Constitution which states that no title of nobility or honour may be accepted by any citizen except with the prior approval of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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221 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform , further to Parliamentary Question No. 267 of 18 February 2004, the details regarding the steps which have been taken to date to resolve the possible constitutional and practical difficulties regarding the Bill to abolish ground rents which is listed in the Government legislative schedule published on 25 January 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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163 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the full details of each occasion in the past ten years on which the Government has consented or objected to the receipt of titles of nobility or of honour by citizens of this State with reference to Article 40.2.2 of the 1937 Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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146 Mr. Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permit holders formerly employed in an ineligible occupational sector which have successfully obtained work permits in an eligible occupational sector since the ineligible categories were introduced.
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