351 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the high pupil/teacher ratio in a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and her plans to alleviate same.
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350 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Science if capitation grants to primary schools will be increased to reflect the recent increase in energy prices.
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313 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to change pension legislation affecting entitlement for separated and divorced persons who have been dependent on their spouses’ pensions while married and face a future without full pension entitlement now that they are no longer with their spouse; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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280 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to plans to have the cost of motorcycle insurance here reduced; and if not, the reason for same.
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108 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Transport if discussions have taken place in relation to allowing motorcycles use bus lanes here; and if so, if there are plans to allow same.
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374 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) a human rights worker detained for the past 12 months by the Israeli military without being charged; and if he will investigate the circumstances of their detention.
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267 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Science her plans for the relocation of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 18 to a larger site or for the replacement of prefabricated buildings on the current site.
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266 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Science her views on the provision of a new or relocated secondary or primary school in the area of Shankill, County Dublin; and if she will assess the viability of using the former Shanganagh Prison building and lands as a school.
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138 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works have had discussions in relation to the disposal or use of the former Shanganagh Prison with other State bodies or developers; and the covenants as are attached to its use.
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355 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Transport if he will introduce legislation or regulations to control vehicle modification and his views on whether such changes impact on the validity of an NCT certificate.
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169 Mr. Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a meeting scheduled for 11 May 2006 with a group (details supplied) will be re-arranged at the earliest convenience in order to resolve the implementation of an insurance scheme for persons who contracted hepatitis C from contaminated blood products.
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254 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he intends to retain Cabinteely Garda Station for Garda use in the event that a new station is built in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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253 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the suggested coming together at a new site of Cabinteely Garda Station and Kill O’ the Grange Garda Station.
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252 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the conditions at Cabinteely Garda Station which is need of improvement in the short term and complete overhaul in the long term; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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961 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on a review of the waste collection permit regulations and, in particular, the great disparity in charging regimes between different local authorities, some of which take into account ability to pay and other issues in creating a range of charges.
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491 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Science if she has had discussions with the State Claims Agency in regard to the case involving a person (details supplied); if the costs of their case will be pursued by the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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191 Mr. Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to top-up fees being charged by chiropodists to medical card holders; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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537 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has received an application to part-fund the construction of a community facility at Brookfield, Blackrock, County Dublin.
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536 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will amend planning regulations to ensure that statutory undertakers must in future apply for planning permission to erect telecommunications masts and not be able to avail of existing exemptions.
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369 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on proposed uses for the lands in the possession of the Irish Prison Service at the former Shanganagh Prison.
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158 Mr. Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the well-being of Irish patients availing of the National Treatment Purchase Fund in the UK following revelations on the BBC’s “Panorama” programme concerning untrained or unqualified surgeons in private medical hospitals under fast-track surgical programmes.
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155 Mr. Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the ongoing MRSA situation, there is a screening process for hospital staff to ascertain if any such staff are carriers of MRSA; and the procedures which are in place to limit the exposure of patients and other staff.
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129 Mr. Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an application for funding to recruit a speech therapist has been made by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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50 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Defence the number of Irish troops currently on service overseas on missions in Liberia, Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina; the nature of their duties there; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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184 Mr. Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to planning difficulties experienced by applicants who wish to set up multi-disciplinary health practices in residential areas; if she has communicated with planning authorities to improve the roll-out of improved primary care facilities; and if steps are being taken to ensure that such facilities operate at unsocial hours to take pressure off accident and emergency departments.
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371 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he is taking in the Dublin area to prevent fly-tipping; and if he will fund a pilot project to provide estates with skips to dispose of major items of waste in view of the fact that previous efforts along these lines operated prior to the rollout of pay per weight.
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331 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Science if property held in trusts can be accepted to compensate abuse victims under the residential abuse scheme.
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188 Mr. Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if more nurses’ aids could be employed to release nurses from labour intensive duties; and if equal pay issues would arise in those circumstances where nurses’ aids were doing work that nurses previously carried out.
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187 Mr. Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if progress has been made on the community nursing units which were due to be rolled out in several locations in Dublin.
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186 Mr. Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there is a nurse to patient ratio in operation in public hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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108 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Finance the implications for the Revenue Commissioners of abolishing the two different types of diesel; and his views on whether there should be a rebate system for vouched fuel used for agricultural machinery in view of the extent of the activity in fuel laundering and the damage to the environment from the by-product of this activity.
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435 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Science if the board of management of a school or her Department are the employer with regard to the transitional agreement 2005 under the Protection of Employees (Fixed Term Work) Act 2003.
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370 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the factors which are considered in an application for leave to remain on humanitarian grounds.
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369 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications for leave to remain on humanitarian grounds which were made in 2003, 2004 and to date in 2005; and the number which were granted in each of those years.
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368 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons deported to Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, Angola and Kenya in the past year.
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509 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the appointment of a regulator to deal with issues arising from waste management charges and waivers for older persons on a national basis.
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327 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Transport if a review of the use of bus lanes with a view to extending their use to multi-occupancy vehicles and to motorcycles, especially in areas in high congestion will be considered.
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245 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Finance his views on abolishing duty on bank cards in respect of pensioners following the abolition of duty on passports for pensioners.
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204 Mr. Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to make personal care packages available for the elderly, in particular the level of funding provided to the Health Services Executive for personal care packages and for home help.
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468 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Science if the free university fees scheme could be extended to citizens of the EU not resident here but who have an affinity or association with the country, such as having a parent who is ordinarily resident here for tax purposes.
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266 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason losses are not allowable against profits in calculating PRSI; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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265 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will consider making pension contributions made by self-employed persons deductible or allowable against PRSI levies in view of the fact that employed persons get relief from PRSI on their contributions.
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157 Mr. Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on progress towards the construction of the new National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dún Laoghaire.
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134 Mr. Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason losses are not allowable against profits in calculating income levies; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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100 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Transport the progress which has been made so far in negotiations on a public private partnership for the construction of the Sandyford Luas line extension to Cherrywood.
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95 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide details of the timescale for construction of the Sandyford Luas line extension to Cherrywood, broken down into its various stages over the next few years.
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181 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will consider legislation to allow for the expunging of sentences along the lines of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 in the UK.
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377 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Science if the inclusion of a sports hall for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow will be considered in the next round of announcements for school building projects.
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412 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Transport if he will investigate ways of making DART carriages easier to access for wheelchair users.
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