485 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science if a special needs education organiser will be appointed for south Kerry; the number of SENOs countrywide at present; the numbers of SENOs in 1997; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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484 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in County Kerry does not qualify at present for administrative principal status; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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483 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science the criteria for the increased principal’s administration time initiative; the reason special needs assistants are not included in the numbers needed to qualify for administrative principal in primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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482 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science the definition of a unit in the context of classes for autistic children; the number of classrooms required to constitute a unit; the reason these criteria apply and when they changed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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236 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Health and Children if publicly funded speech therapy is available to children with Down’s syndrome; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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51 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of the local government fund general purpose grants which are being allocated to local authorities for 2007; the amount by which these grants have been increased over 2006; the amount of the grants represented by the proceeds of motor tax and by Exchequer contribution; the amounts by which these components of the grants are being increased over the 2006 allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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68 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of firearms and knives surrendered under the recent amnesty by the closing date of 31 October 2006; if he is satisfied with the number of items surrendered; the steps that were taken to promote public knowledge of the amnesty; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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31 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the Law Reform Commission consultation document on legitimate defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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56 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Transport the feasibility study, cost-benefit analysis, consultants report or other research he has commissioned since the publication of the strategic rail review on the possibility of a subsidy for rail freight here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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41 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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377 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the funding available to a sporting organisation to facilitate with the purchase of land to expand training facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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252 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Osteoporosis Society has not been allocated funding for 2006; if she will make a statement on the fact that due to the lack of funding the society is facing closure; and if she will immediately address the situation.
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136 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that only 13 counties are represented on the Health Service Executive website for nursing homes inspections reports; when the public can expect to see reports on nursing homes all over the country posted on this website; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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125 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on reports that children with intellectual disabilities are forced to wait up to three years for assessment and treatment; the waiting lists for children to access speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and psychiatry here; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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26 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the latest position in regard to the development of the new Abbey Theatre; the situation regarding the international competition for the design of the new theatre; when this will be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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71 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on whether the recent outbreaks of equine infectious anaemia here will negatively affect Ireland’s reputation in regard to animal health and welfare.
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32 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on reports (details supplied) that organic farmers in Spain are finding traces of genetically modified strains in their crops; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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449 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress made regarding an application by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry not to amalgamate with another school in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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370 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of participants on the rural social scheme in County Kerry who are recipients of disability allowance, one parent family payment, survivors pension contributory and non-contributory and jobseekers allowance and benefit; the number of these participants who have transferred from community employment schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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297 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will meet a group (details supplied) in County Kerry in relation to the lack of funding for the provision of SATU at Kerry General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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203 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for long term residency stamp 4 by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; when a decision on the application is expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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125 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science if she has made a decision on the application of County Clare Vocational Educational Committee to become the patron body to two primary schools in the county; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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112 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science if she has received applications from Vocational Educational Committees apart from County Clare to establish primary schools under their patronage; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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393 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason adult literacy classes for a group of intellectually disabled adults (details supplied) have stopped; her proposals to recommence these classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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149 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Finance if an estimate has been undertaken of the number of civil or public servants, who do not wish to relocate, who will be surplus to requirements as a result of their jobs being transferred to other locations under the Government’s decentralisation programme; the jobs that will be provided for these personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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116 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Finance the expected distribution of income earners for income tax payments for 2005 and 2006 broken down in number and percentage terms into the categories of exempt, marginal relief, standard rate and higher rate; the estimate of the number of people with an income in excess of €100,000 and in excess of €1million that will have a zero rate of income tax or a less than 5% rate of income tax for 2005 and 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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87 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the Government’s position on the recent EU discussions on the extension of the Television Without Frontiers Directive to the internet; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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83 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department retains the bond for £420,000 lodged by the Drogheda Port Company in 1998 in relation to the mussel productivity levels of an association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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167 Ms Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland now ranks 37th in the world in terms of women’s presence in the workforce and 51st in the world in terms of their economic opportunity, according to the World Economic Forum; the action he is taking to close the gender gap in industry and employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
147 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost to the State of the consultants contracted to examine the effects of the main regulations on companies as referred to in his reply to Parliamentary Question Nos. 34, 88 and 166 of 11 October 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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157 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 it is being swamped with requests for advice; his views on the increasing levels of personal debt among Irish families; his further views on whether the structures and organisation of MABS requires reform to cope with these new circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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93 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he will take arising from criticism by the Pensions Ombudsman of what he called the theft by employers of pension contributions deducted from employees but not remitted to pension schemes, particularly in the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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280 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if and when he will approve contract documents for the Kenmare water supply scheme, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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262 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 544 of 1 November 2005, the reason the information sought in the question is not readily available in her Department in view of its availability in the past; the breakdown of the figures requested; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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147 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will allocate funding to Kerry County Council for coastal erosion works at Inch-Annascaul, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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129 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of home help hours allocated to County Kerry in 2005 and to date in 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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184 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to the recent plebiscite held in Dingle, County Kerry seeking a return to the name Dingle Daingean Uí Chuis, the next step in the process; if legislative change will be necessary to facilitate the enactment of the wishes of the people; the legal or legislative barriers preventing him from acting on the wishes of the people; if he will meet with Kerry County Council on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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61 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he plans to put forward amendments to the Place Names (Irish Forms) Act 1973, following the outcome of the plebiscite among the residents of the Gaeltacht town of An Daingean; if he has had consultations with the wider Gaeltacht community regarding the outcome of the vote; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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45 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the outcome of the plebiscite among the residents of the Gaeltacht town of An Daingean to change the name of the town to the bilingual Dingle Daingean Uí Chuis; if he has met representatives of the town to discuss the outcome of the vote; if he will take action following the outcome of the vote; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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41 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce a pilot scheme for tenant purchase by tenants of voluntary and co-operative housing bodies; the details of such a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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12 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the responsibilities of local authorities to keep public places free from litter; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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492 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science the criteria for applicants for the 20% daily rate grant aid available to school buses to enable owners to replace old vehicles, that is the size of vehicle which qualifies.
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485 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the extension of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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344 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the status of Brandon Bay, County Kerry in relation to trawling; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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119 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the investigation that has been held into the circumstances of the wounding of a man by gardaí following a standoff in Gort, County Galway on 9 October 2006; his views on the fact that the less than lethal weapons available to the gardaí are reported to have been ineffective; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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116 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of weapons seized to date in relation to Operation Anvil; the number of arrests made; the reason no information is available regarding the number of charges preferred, arising to date from the operation; the length of time the operation is intended to continue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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60 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Transport the action he is taking, to support competition in the general vehicle insurance market, and particularly in the insurance markets for motorcycles and wheelchair accessible hire vehicles.
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23 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Transport the position on the extension of rail services to Navan; and the timescale proposed for these works.
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608 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding allocated in 2006 from his Department to Kerry County Council for the disabled persons grant and the essential repairs grant schemes; the way this level of funding compares with each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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607 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he has taken to address extremely high levels of radon gas recorded by the RPII in respect of areas in County Kerry, including Annascaul and Castleisland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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