234 Mr. Allen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will make a full statement on the progress being made on the setting up of a regional acute unit for the National Rehabilitation Centre which was promised several years ago to be located at St. Mary’s Orthopaedic Hospital, Gurranabraher, Cork, and that in co-operation with Rehab, a rehabilitation unit will be set up by that organisation also in the Cork area.
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196 Mr. Allen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans for improved respite care here; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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179 Mr. Allen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on putting trolleys from accident and emergency into existing wards in hospitals to relieve the ongoing pressure in accident and emergency around the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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147 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his projections in respect of the maximum achievable target in terms of biofuel production; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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124 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of customers who have so far received broadband services either by wireless or other technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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340 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will carry out an investigation as to the way a person (details supplied) was discharged from the Garda Síochána on the grounds of infirmity of mind due to the fact that they were never examined by a consultant psychiatrist or psychologist but was effectively forced out on the findings of the Garda general practitioner.
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9 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary school children in classes of more than 30; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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6 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education and Science if a new third level funding authority will be established with responsibility for institutes of technology as well as universities; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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82 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support a legally binding international arms trade treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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158 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the holding of a referendum on the EU constitution in view of President Barroso’s recent comments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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15 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the situation in relation to the holding of a referendum on the EU constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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4 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans for the decentralisation of Development Cooperation Ireland; his views on the potential for disruption and loss of staff arising from these plans; his further views on the way in which decentralisation may impact upon the coordination or effectiveness of overseas development aid spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his recent attendance at the UN World Summit in New York; if he will further report on the failure to reach agreement on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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189 Mr. Allen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the situation of a person (details supplied) in County Cork.
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188 Mr. Allen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the situation of a person (details supplied) in County Cork.
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183 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to prevent an outbreak of avian flu here; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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162 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to secure competition within the animal remedies sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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29 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Defence the reports he has commissioned to examine the possibility of Irish troops joining EU battlegroups; when he expects these to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1352 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the annual limitations imposed by his Department on local authority estimates for each year over the years since the enactment of the Local Government (Financial Provisions) Act 1978.
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942 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of centres housing asylum-seekers and refugees on a yearly basis from 2000 to 2005 inclusive; the total expenditure differentiating between capital and other expenditure including rental on each centre on an annual basis since their opening to date.
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608 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of persons and the organisations to which they are attached which have been granted diplomatic immunity within the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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223 Mr. Allen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork.
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65 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of children awaiting assessment for the crèche supplement by a social worker or health sector personal social services professional in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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36 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress to date on the introduction of a personal pension entitlement for pensioner spouses currently in receipt of the qualified adult allowance to be set at the level of the full non-contributory pension, as promised in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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104 Mr. Allen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork must wait from five to six weeks for an eye test.
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577 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for a one month visa on behalf of a person (details supplied).
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526 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 508 of 14 June 2005, the limit of the amount of funding available towards the cost of replacement monitored alarms fitted for the elderly, especially alarms that have gone beyond their guarantee period and are causing problems.
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61 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the estimated total cost to the State of scrapping the electronic voting project; if there is resale value for the machines (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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70 Mr. Allen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been refused elastic stockings which were prescribed by their doctor; and the further reason they were told by the Southern Health Board that they had a directive from the Department of Health and Children to grant elastic stockings to persons for whom they are medically prescribed.
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304 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education and Science the class sizes in a school, details supplied, in County Cork in 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
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303 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education and Science the class sizes in a school, details supplied, in County Cork in 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
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302 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education and Science the class sizes in a school, details supplied, in County Cork in 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
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301 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education and Science the class sizes in a school, details supplied, in County Cork in 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
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300 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education and Science the class sizes in a school, details supplied, in County Cork in 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
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299 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education and Science the class sizes in a school, details supplied, in County Cork in 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
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298 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education and Science the class sizes in a school, details supplied, in County Cork in 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
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297 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education and Science the class sizes in a school, details supplied, in County Cork in 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
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296 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education and Science the class sizes in a school, details supplied, in County Cork in 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
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295 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education and Science the class sizes in a school, details supplied, in County Cork in 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
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294 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education and Science the class sizes in a school, details supplied, in County Cork in 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
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293 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education and Science the class sizes in a school, details supplied, in County Cork in 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
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292 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education and Science the class sizes in a school, details supplied, in County Cork in 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
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291 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education and Science the class sizes in a school, details supplied, in County Cork in 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
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290 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education and Science the class sizes in a school, details supplied, in County Cork in 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
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289 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education and Science the class sizes in a school, details supplied, in County Cork in 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
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288 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education and Science the class sizes in a school, details supplied, in County Cork in 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
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287 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education and Science the class sizes in a school, details supplied, in County Cork in 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
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286 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education and Science the class sizes in a school, details supplied, in County Cork in 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
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285 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education and Science the class sizes in a school, details supplied, in County Cork in 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
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284 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education and Science the class sizes in a school, details supplied, in County Cork in 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
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