221 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children 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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170 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance 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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169 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the number of jobs that would be created if the public sector recruitment embargo was lifted; the number of positions that would be advertised; the cost to the Exchequer of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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163 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the number of individuals’ businesses across all sectors that have advised the Revenue Commissioners that they have ceased trading in the past 12 months in tabular form on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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157 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance if he will carry out a review of a claim by the Revenue Commissioners in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal with particular emphasis on the VAT section and penalty section.
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153 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to improve communication between the Commission for Taxi Regulation and the Revenue Commissioners to stamp out issues of tax evasion, double jobbing and welfare fraud; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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149 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance if he will look at the feasibility of establishing a public sector internship exchange programme with other EU states whereby young unemployed persons here would have access to public sector internships in other EU states as a mechanism to improve their language skills.
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139 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment 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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138 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons under 25 years who are self-employed; the percentage of persons in work under the age of 25 years who are self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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135 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of enterprises, commercial and manufacturing, that went into liquidation in the past five years; the number of jobs lost; the value of exports lost in tabular form on a county basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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124 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons under 25 years who are registered with FÁS that do not hold a leaving certificate qualification on a county basis in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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118 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost of providing 10,000 free information technology skills training places to bring participants up to European computer drivers licence advanced level for unemployed workers.
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115 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Taoiseach 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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114 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Taoiseach the number of persons from the most recent Quarterly National Household Survey under 25 years who are self-employed; the percentage of persons in work under the age of 25 years who are self-employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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110 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Taoiseach the number of persons under 25 years who are unemployed on the quarterly national household survey that do not hold a leaving certificate qualification on a county basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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208 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science when construction will commence on a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; when it is expected that this project will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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49 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost on increasing the number of community employment schemes by 10,000.
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48 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost of increasing the number of community employment schemes by 5000.
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47 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of community employment schemes in existence.
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18 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding sites that were previously transferred from the Office of Public Works to private contractors under a public private partnership arrangement to build affordable housing which are no longer being developed; if the land will revert back to the State; if the land will be transferred to local authorities for the provision of social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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243 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science his plans to include politics as an examinable subject in the secondary school curriculum; his plans to introduce politics in the second level curriculum outside of the current civic, social and political education course; the timeline for implementation of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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181 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average delay in the processing of social welfare claims in each of the social welfare offices in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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464 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the new REP scheme; when the scheme will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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451 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when a community (details supplied) in County Donegal will be connected under the national broadband scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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371 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made on an application for jobseeker’s payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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349 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made in respect of the application for carer’s allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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216 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Louth will receive payment under the Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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208 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of home help hours that will be provided per month over the course of 2010 in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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161 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of IDA Ireland’s strategic review; the details of the new strategy 2020; if plans for attracting foreign direct investment will be included in this strategy; the way employment opportunities and jobs will be dispersed; the way she intends to implement this strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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160 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the figures for foreign direct investment here for each of the years from 2000 to 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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159 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created and lost by the Industrial Development Authority in 2009 on a county basis in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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158 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created by the IDA Ireland each year in Ireland over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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153 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs that have been created in 2010 to date; the number of jobs that were created in 2009 in a tabular form by month and on a county basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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152 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs that have been lost in 2010 to date; the number of jobs that were lost in 2009 in a tabular form by month and on a county basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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145 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her Department will fund the 20 applications from former employees of a company (details supplied) for a degree course with the Dublin Institute of Technology while they await confirmation of the European Globalisation Fund to ensure these people have access to the course before applications close in March 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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99 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the cumulative effects of cuts to social welfare payments for families that have more than one person claiming benefits, particularly those with dependants; and the way she will help families in this position.
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103 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will make a statement on the length of time it is taking to process social welfare appeals; the reason for the delay; and the steps she is taking to clear the backlog of appeals.
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43 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress made regarding the production of a report on the way local drugs task forces will take over the responsibility of tackling issues surrounding alcohol abuse.
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11 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the frustration of community based drug services with delays in response and delays in funding since the demise of the national drugs strategy committee and the subsuming of its powers and decision making capability into his Department; the loss of the expertise the NDSC had built up over the years; the steps he will take to speed up the delivery of services to the community drugs groups.
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219 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding capital works in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal.
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168 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of temporary positions in each social welfare office in County Donegal which have been filled as a result of long-term or maternity leave as of February 2010.
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167 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons working in each social welfare office in County Donegal who are on long-term or maternity leave as and from February 2010 in tabular form.
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166 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons working in each social welfare office in County Donegal in tabular form in 2009; and the number of persons working in each social welfare office in County Donegal in tabular form in 2010.
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106 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Finance if he has given consideration to a third banking force; the discussions he has had with the banking sector regarding same; his views on whether a third banking sector would enhance confidence in the sector and competitiveness throughout the economy; his further views on whether there is a role for, or he is proposing to have discussions with a bank (details supplied) regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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93 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons from a construction related profession registered with FÁS; the breakdown of the professions, for example, builders, plumbers, electricians on a county basis in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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92 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons from the teaching profession registered with FÁS; the breakdown of the professions, for example, primary school teachers, secondary school teachers on a county basis in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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91 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons from an information technology-related profession registered with FÁS; the breakdown of the professions on a county basis in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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90 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will report on her application for funding under the European globalisation adjustment fund for former employees at a company (details supplied); the additional information sought by the European Commission; if this information has been sent to the Commission; when a decision will be made on this application; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many of the employees are in limbo until this fund has been drawn down; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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89 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Taoiseach the percentage of persons under 25 years who are unemployed, as per the most recent quarterly national household survey, who previously worked in construction; the percentage of persons under 25 years who are on the live register who previously worked in construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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629 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Education and Science if all three Irish language dialects will be covered equally in the new Abair Leat pilot project.
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