44 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress to date in the implementation of the Strategy for Science, Technology and Innovation 2006 to 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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554 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Defence the number of Reserve Defence Force Officers promoted from 1 December 2005 to date in 2006 by rank and brigade.
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392 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will make a statement on recent comments from Government sources that a new FÁS training centre will be opened at a college (details supplied) in County Cork; when the centre will open; and the resources which are being allocated to its development.
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326 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will get an outpatients appointment in Cork University Hospital.
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306 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding the provision of a national rehabilitation service which was originally proposed for St. Mary’s Orthopaedic Hospital, Gurranabraher, Cork.
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259 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the delays in the Office of the Revenue Commissioners regarding the repayment of overpaid taxes.
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200 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the efforts his Department is making to solve the problems regarding construction industry pensions; when he expects the new construction workers’ scheme to come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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198 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the efforts his Department is making to combat rural poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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15 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the sectors which will benefit under the EU Rural Development Scheme 2007 to 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will allow emigrant groups working on behalf of Irish emigrants overseas to be permitted to apply for funding from the Dormant Funds Account; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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226 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the evidence of urban sprawl found in the latest census figures particularly in the soaring populations of Fingal, Meath, Kildare and Louth are worse or better than he had predicted; the steps he plans to take to counter urban sprawl; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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205 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he intends to take to tackle the increase in waste generation here, as highlighted in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Environment in Focus 2006 report which shows a 64 per cent increase in municipal waste generation since 1995; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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102 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Transport if he has made representations to the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform to ensure that the immigration booths are adequately manned to meet the demand created by arrivals at Dublin Airport.
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1542 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the situation where Cork City Council officials are stating that, as a result of a directive from his Department, the Council have now introduced a water charge to national schools in their jurisdiction for water services.
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1512 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on a situation in Cork City where Cork City Council is charging schools for water consumed and have explained that they are obliged to do so due to a directive from him; and his views on whether this is putting severe financial pressure both on boards of management and parents.
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1458 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he proposes to introduce a grant scheme to allow local authorities to put in wood pellet burners in local authority housing; and, if so, when they will be available; and if there is a grant scheme at the present time for local authority tenants.
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1386 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education and Science her views on the situation where there are 36 students in a class at a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and the steps she proposes to take on this unacceptable situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1228 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason the Teaching Council is demanding, as a condition for post-primary registration, one complete year teaching at a minimum of 18 hours per week; and the way in which teachers who are employed on a part-time basis of less than 18 hours can register with the consequences that, having failed to register, they will be unable to obtain a permanent job after March 2007.
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1035 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made on the application for a respite care grant submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Cork.
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871 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will make a statement on a situation whereby Eircom are refusing to install broadband in parts of Glanmire, County Cork, and have informed residents who applied for broadband service that they should contact their local TDs and himself on the matter; and the steps he proposes to take to ensure that these people receive a broadband service.
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870 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will make a statement on a situation whereby Eircom are refusing to install broadband in areas of Kerry Pike, Clogheen, County Cork, and have informed residents who applied for broadband service that they should contact their local TDs and himself on the matter; and the steps he proposes to take to ensure that these people receive a Broadband service.
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606 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will classify the retirement convalescent homes (details supplied) in County Cork in order to receive funding from the Health Service Executive.
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603 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to help create public awareness on the preventable and treatable disease of osteoporosis.
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544 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Finance the avenues community-based groups can pursue in order to acquire essential equipment for voluntary services VAT free; and his views on granting VAT free status to voluntary groups.
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506 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Finance if a site has been identified for a Garda station in Glanmire, County Cork; the location of the site; and when work will commence on the construction of a Garda station on that site.
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505 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Finance when the lease on the present Garda station in Glanmire, County Cork, will expire; and if he is in negotiation to renew the lease or to acquire a new site for a new station there.
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459 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Finance when he will give sanction for the construction of a new Garda Station at Glanmire, County Cork.
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257 Mr. Allen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the opening hours of the Garda Station at Glanmire, County Cork; and his views on opening the station on a seven day week 24 hour day basis.
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604 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Irish Osteoporosis Society will have to cease operation due to lack of funding from the Health Service Executive.
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145 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children when she expects that nurses prescribing will be implemented in the Irish health care system; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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137 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of paramedics trained; the total number of ambulance personnel fully covered to work as paramedics; where they are based; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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379 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the percentage of the social welfare contributions paid by both the employer and employee during the years 1954 to 1974 on an annual basis.
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64 Mr. Allen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been told by Cork University Hospital that they will not get an out-patient appointment for three years and therefore does not qualify for surgery under the National Treatment Fund.
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88 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if parish church broadcasting services which were discontinued by order of the Regulator have been or will be restored without undue cost to the consumer.
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818 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 239 on 14 June 2006, if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties arising for RDF officers assigned on 1 October 2006 to nominal appointments which are located substantive distances from their home addresses; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that many of the gazetted staff appointments are not operational in the normal training environment; and if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that the new POCAR regulations do not provide for the reality of the situation in which many officers find themselves due to the changes in the location of the appointments rather than the individuals and, therefore, they have not been reimbursed for mileage incurred completing military duties.
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359 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of times that Israeli Air Force planes have utilised airport facilities here to date in 2006; the date or dates such facilities were used by the Israeli Air Force; the reason given for the use of these facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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80 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of leaving certificate students taking Irish, French, German, Spanish and Italian who attempt the higher level paper; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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34 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education and Science the most recent information relating to the average caseload for each educational welfare officer; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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196 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is intended to remove or reform the visa requirements for Bulgarian citizens seeking entry to Ireland prior to accession date for that country; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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195 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is intended to remove or reform the visa requirements for Romanian citizens seeking entry to Ireland prior to accession date for that country; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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105 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has paid a court-imposed bond for an Irish citizen in 2005; the number of Irish people for whom his Department has paid a court-imposed bond since 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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147 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had recent contact with his US counterpart with regard to the continued use of the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp by the US administration; if he has conveyed his concerns to the US administration with regard to the holding of detainees at the camp; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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86 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there are proposals under consideration within his Department with regard to the extension of diplomatic relations to Burma; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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4 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he has taken to date to work with other countries in order to combat human trafficking; the talks that he has held with his counterpart European Union Foreign Ministers on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position with regard to the number of principal and senior development specialists with Irish Aid volunteering to take part in the Government decentralisation programme; if he will confirm that legal difficulties surround the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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49 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Finance the negotiations which have taken place regarding the placement of persons who do not opt to decentralise with their units or agencies; and the proposals which the Government have made to unions.
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294 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if Eircom have been in contact with him regarding Government financial support for the upgrading of a sub-exchange in the Glanmire area due to the fact that hundreds of homes can not receive a broadband service in the Glanmire area because of the inadequacy of a sub-exchange service in that area; and if a decision on the request will be made shortly in order to eliminate this deficiency in the area.
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293 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he had contact with Eircom regarding the inadequacies of sub-exchanges to provide a broadband service nationwide; the location of all the sub-exchanges that are unable to provide a broadband service; and the action he proposes to take in relation to the problem.
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70 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the discussions she has had with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland on its report into breaches of food labelling laws of 90 food businesses completed in 2004; the action which her Department has taken following the reporting of breaches in the legislation under its control; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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