171 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a single payment has not been made to persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and the reason for the delay.
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170 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a top-up single payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and the reason for the delay in paying same.
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169 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the details of the early retirement pension for farmers will be available; when farmers can make application; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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168 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will reintroduce REP scheme 3 until such time as REP scheme 4 is agreed at EU level; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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158 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason there is such a long delay in processing applications for the carer’s allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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73 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of site visits made by Enterprise Ireland or the IDA to County Kerry in each of 2005, 2006 and to date in 2007; the number of same in which a Minister or Minister of State of his Department participated; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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15 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the policies in place in his Department to encourage the use of public transport by staff travelling to and from work; the policies in place to encourage staff to use public transport when travelling on Departmental business; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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76 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the promised Green Paper on pensions will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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75 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the latest support he has given to the Money Advice and Budgeting Service in view of the concerns expressed by the organisation that they are being swamped with requests for advice; his views on the increasing levels of personal debt among Irish families and whether the structures and organisation of MABS require reform to cope with these new circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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983 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his Department will give approval for the Caherdaniel sewerage scheme in County Kerry in order that contract documents can be prepared; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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597 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether preventing those over the age of 55 from participating on community employment schemes constitutes discrimination in the context of equality legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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531 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the plans his Department has to roll out the provision of broadband to the Kilgarvan area of County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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84 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress he has made to promote and support the sustainable and inclusive development of Gaeltacht communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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65 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the continued rise in the use of cocaine reported by the National Advisory Committee on Drugs; if the Garda is taking new steps to halt the spread of cocaine; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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44 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is intended to act on the recommendation made in the recent report of the National Advisory Committee on Drugs that Garda management should provide the optimum number of personnel needed in drug units at Garda district and divisional level to reflect the evolving drug markets and local drug prevalence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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660 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his policy with regard to the collection, use and distribution of development levies by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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600 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science the amount of funding she allocated to primary schools and secondary schools in 2006 for temporary accommodation facilities such as prefabs; the number of primary and secondary schools which were in receipt of such support; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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599 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science the average size of primary school classes when non-teaching staff are excluded from the calculation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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598 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of new facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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597 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science the plans to upgrade facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; when such improvements will take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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596 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science when facilities will be upgraded at a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some children at the school are being educated in a converted bike shed and a prefab; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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547 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science when adequate facilities will be provided for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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402 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the membership, objectives and purpose of the expert group recently established by him (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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330 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the new national child care investment programme; if staffing grants for community based child care centres will continue under the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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329 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Health and Children if plans for the nationwide rollout of BreastCheck to the south and west of the country by the end of 2007 are on schedule; when women in these areas can expect to be invited for screening; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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328 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the proposed new community hospital for An Daingean, County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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327 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Health and Children if the proposed extension to Kenmare Community Hospital in Kenmare, County Kerry has been approved by her to proceed in 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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158 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on the progress to date on the reintroduction of maximum height limits for trucks.
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121 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Transport the action he is taking through vehicle standards, road pricing, public transport provision or otherwise to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the transport sector here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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98 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on the lack of provision for children with acquired brain injury; the measures she will take to address same and when; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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43 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the 2005 introduction of charges for long-term residents on medical cards in mental health institutions; if she has satisfied herself that residents and their families are informed and supported by the Health Service Executive regarding changes; if her attention has been drawn to the pressure applied to medical card holders to pay bills; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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82 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the main elements of the new Fáilte Ireland seven year tourism programme; the shortcomings in the tourist industry here that the report has identified; the initiatives that will be taken during the seven year period to develop tourism here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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518 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will make a decision on an application by a community council (details supplied) in County Kerry to purchase surplus land adjoining the local school for the purpose of developing a sports facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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184 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason the Government failed to propose an overall renewable energy target for 2020 and beyond in Delivering a Sustainable Energy Future for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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88 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has received and reviewed the National Council for the Blind of Ireland’s general election manifesto for 2007; if he will bring forward measures to implement the NCBI’s recommendations to improve access to communications and information technology for citizens who are blind or vision impaired; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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71 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science the sanctions available to her Department in the context of schools which have still failed to return information for the primary school database more than four months after the deadline; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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37 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools which still have not returned information on class sizes for the primary school database; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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802 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science the status with regard to the proposed construction of a new school at a school (details supplied) in County Cork; when she expects work to commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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756 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science when is it proposed to carry out the technical investigation of the existing building and site for suitability for a new school (details supplied) in County Kerry.
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520 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when the compensation due to salmon fishermen resulting from the ban on drift net fishing will be awarded to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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275 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has plans to extend the VAT exemption, which is currently available to fishermen who own boats of 15 tons and over, to smaller fishermen; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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148 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Finance the PAYE tax paid over by the 100 largest corporate tax payers in PAYE for each of the years 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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92 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Finance the tax incentive measures he will introduce to ensure Ireland meets the new target agreed by EU leaders of cutting CO2 emissions by 20% by 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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64 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when her attention was drawn to the fact that a consignment of 17 tonnes of illegal poultry from China was apparently seized at Belfast port in August 2005; the steps she has taken to ensure that such consignments do not enter the food chain here.
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43 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the procedures which led up to the reported decision to order the slaughter of the pigs which survived the bridge collapse incident in County Kerry earlier in 2007; the reason, when a national newspaper had reportedly found homes for these pigs, they were slaughtered; and if she will make a statement on the animal cruelty aspects of the bridge collapse.
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116 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Defence the number of courts martial that have taken place in the Defence Forces in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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86 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Defence if there is provision for a person who applied unsuccessfully for admission to the Permanent Defence Forces to reapply; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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108 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the policies in place in his Department to encourage the use of public transport by staff travelling to and from work; the policies in place to encourage staff to use public transport when travelling on Departmental business; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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101 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff, being civil servants, who are assigned to the constituency office of Minister of State for Trade and Commerce, whether based at the Department’s offices or at a location in the Minister of State’s constituency; the salary cost of the constituency offices of the Minister of State; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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88 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress made to date with regard to consideration by his Department of a new mortgage support plan; when the consultation period will be complete; if the scheme will be directed specifically towards those currently priced out of the property market; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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