116 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Taoiseach the number of persons employed in the farming and fishing sectors in County Donegal on a yearly basis for the past ten years.
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199 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if the name of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal by her Department in 1979, conferred any legal rights to the community; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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163 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Donegal; when works will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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121 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his Department has received an application from a sporting organisation (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he has considered its application.
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174 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs on the position regarding an appeal for carer’s allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal.
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433 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science her views on whether the decision not to open any new gaelscoileanna in 2010 is a breach of parents’ constitutional right to Irish medium education for their children, and the State’s obligation to protect and nurture the Irish language; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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432 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the seven applications made by founding committees to establish new gaelscoileanna in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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431 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if she will clarify the criteria used to make the decision on new schools for 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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430 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if she will review the decision not to open any new gaelscoileanna in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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171 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the cost of the Cabinet reshuffle; the amount it is costing in terms of administration and other expenses; the amount it is costing each Department; the way the allocation of resources and votes will be distributed now due to the changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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168 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the value of Irish public contracts advertised in the Official Journal of the EU in 2008 that were awarded to Irish companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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149 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of county enterprise funds that exist in the State; the level of funding that has been granted to each of these funds in each of the past five years by his Department in a tabular format on a county basis; if there is a ceiling on the level of loans to be awarded from each fund per application; the person who is the accounting authority in each case; and if there is an annual audit report in respect of each fund.
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93 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person earning €26,000 per annum who receives a pay rise can, as a result, have less take home pay in view of the fact that when one's pay exceeds €26,000 per annum one must pay a 4% health levy on all income; her plans to remove this anomaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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61 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the observations of the Competition Authority that the new Legal Services Ombudsman will not introduce independent regulation to the industry.
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26 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether that the system of community services orders is under used; and the steps he will take to promote its use as the default sanction for less serious offences in view of its proven cost-effectiveness when compared to penal sanction.
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548 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of young people aged 22, 23 and 24 years in receipt of the reduced rate of jobseeker’s allowance and basic supplementary allowance of €150 per week which was introduced in Budget 2010, on a monthly and county basis in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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547 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of young people aged 20 and 21 years in receipt of the reduced jobseeker’s allowance and basic supplement allowance of €100 per week which was introduced in Budget 2010 on a monthly and county basis in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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546 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of young people aged 18 and 19 years in receipt of the reduced rate of jobseeker’s allowance and basic supplementary allowance of €100 per week which was introduced in May 2009, on a monthly and county basis in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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150 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans for apprentices who have been unable to complete their training due to the unavailability of work placements; the way they can continue their apprenticeships; the number of apprentices that have had their apprenticeships on hold in the past 18 months due to this situation; the cost to subsidise these work placements to encourage businesses to sponsor apprentices; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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149 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of apprentices within six to 12 months of completion of their apprenticeship without a job placement; the type of apprenticeship involved; the cost to subsidise these work placements to encourage sponsors to keep apprentices; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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148 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to address the situation that many FÁS apprentices find themselves in having being let go without completing their formal qualifications.
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147 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding for the apprenticeship retention programme to make sure that these apprenticeships are able to finish their training and work placements; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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146 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the apprenticeship retention programme within FÁS; the steps she is taking to ensure that apprentices who are being let go by their sponsors can finish their apprenticeships; the further steps she is taking to ensure that apprentices who are being let go by their sponsors can qualify with a qualification even if they may not get to finish their full apprenticeship which is out of their control; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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142 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the main purpose of the Shareholders Rights Directive 2007/36/EC Regulations 2009 signed on 6 August 2009 is to enhance the rights of shareholders; if these enhanced rights include access to possible election as a director of financial institution at an AGM or EGM; if covered institutions are subject to this directive; and if covered institutions are adhering to this directive, referring in particular to a bank (details supplied).
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79 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the start date for National Asset Management Agency acquiring loans in view of the fact that the first round of loans will entail the top ten developers with the largest relative percentage of loans; if the Houses of the Oireachtas will have some oversight into this initial business; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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72 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the level of remuneration for board members of the National Asset Management Agency; if this was set prior to the pay cuts announced in budget 2010; if these pay cuts apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children the way she could preside over a situation in which 58,000 X-rays were not read by a consultant radiologist; the action that has been taken to ensure there will be no repeat of this incident which, in itself, is a repetition of other unread or misread X-rays; and the way she proposes to instil confidence in the public in her health service with this level of incompetence and negligence on her part and on the part of those answerable to her.
376 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the remuneration package of the chief executive of ESB for each of the years 2007, 2008 and 2009.
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375 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the remuneration package of the chief executive of An Post for each of the years 2007, 2008 and 2009.
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169 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the amount of vehicle registration tax paid in each revenue office here in the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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57 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures she is taking to assist indigenous enterprises to retain and create employment to compensate for the loss of inward investment in jobs in view of the fact that the National Irish Bank foreign direct intelligence inward investment performance monitor found that job creation by foreign multinationals slipped by 42% in 2009 and that job creation in the Industrial Development Authority supported companies has fallen by 62% since 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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48 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will categorise the 2,600 companies which made an application under the second round of the employment subsidy scheme in respect of small, medium and large enterprises; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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81 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 302 of 24 November 2009, if he has made representations to an authority (details supplied) to review the fee structure for a contractor licence in the context of its strategic plan for 2010 to 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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20 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science his plans to lift the cap on post leaving certificate places to cope with rising demand.
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150 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of beds that are closed in St. Joseph’s Hospital, Ardee, County Louth; the locations to which these beds are being transferred; if this is a permanent transfer of beds from this hospital; her plans to close St Joseph’s Hospital permanently; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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133 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost of increasing the number of community employment places by 5,000; and the cost of increasing the number of places by 10,000.
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89 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the proposed regional hospital for the north east region; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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63 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of acute hospital beds which will be closed as a result of the implementation of the Health Service Executive plan for 2010.
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481 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of posts unfilled in his Department because of the embargo on recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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448 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of posts unfilled in his Department because of the embargo on recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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425 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of posts unfilled in his Department because of the embargo on recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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387 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Defence the number of posts unfilled in his Department because of the embargo on recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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365 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of posts unfilled in her Department because of the embargo on recruitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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334 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason child benefit has not been awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Louth since April 2007; if she is satisfied that all information requested has been provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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329 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons under 25 years on the live register who do not hold a leaving certificate qualification; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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324 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of posts unfilled in his Department because of the embargo on recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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316 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of posts unfilled in his Department because of the embargo on recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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308 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of posts unfilled in his Department because of the embargo on recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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293 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of posts unfilled in his Department because of the embargo on recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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246 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Transport the number of posts unfilled in his Department because of the embargo on recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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