80 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Transport the published policies his Department have on fostering and facilitating cycling; the budget allocated to such policies; and the number of staff in his Department dedicated to cycling policy.
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103 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Transport when he expects mutual recognition of penalty points to be introduced on both sides of the Border with Northern Ireland; and the other areas of cooperation his Department is working on currently.
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1335 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will meet with a group of parents regarding the proposed amalgamation of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; when this meeting will take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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159 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to reports of threats and harassment faced by general practitioners during house calls or at their practice; the measures she plans on putting in place to ensure general practitioners continue to treat patients effectively and safely; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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129 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Health and Children the measures taken to enforce the recommendations as set out by the report of the Task Force on Sudden Cardiac Death to roll-out the Community First Responders scheme nationwide; the timeframe for nationwide roll-out; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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47 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to the removal of 54 paintings from the Great Southern Hotels earlier in 2006 and their subsequent valuation by auctioneers in Dublin; the reason these paintings were sent for valuation; if he will clarify the precise ownership of these paintings; if he has had discussions with the Dublin Airport Authority and the Arts Council regarding these paintings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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105 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the measures he intends to introduce to tackle the major structural problems in the fishing sector, in view of the decrease in fleet size of 75 per cent in Dingle harbour in the past 20 years, and with similar decreases in other fishing ports; his views on whether measures are necessary to stabilise and maintain the fishing fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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60 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the stage oil and gas exploration licenses are at for the Slyne and north west exploration province; the persons who are carrying out his promised review of licensing terms and conditions; the terms of reference of the review; when it will be complete and available to the Houses of the Oireachtas; if he will be making a submission to the Department of Finance in time for Budget 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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821 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of an application by Killarney Town Council for funding for the installation of gas heating in apartments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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56 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science her plans for vocational educational committees to take over fully the administration of the higher education grants scheme; if she intends to alter the method of assessing means in the context of this change or in the Third Level Student Support Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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86 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science the categories of people in the education sector who will be subject to vetting from September 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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71 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on the work of the high-wealth unit of the Revenue Commissioners; the number of audits conducted each year from 2000 to date in 2006; the amount of money collected from audits in each year from 2000 to date in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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50 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Finance the number of women and men in each category or grade of public service appointment of principal officer level and above for his Department, the Revenue Commissioners, the Office of Public Work, and agencies under the remit of his Department.
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110 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount of meat other than beef, pork and chicken, imported for 2003, 2004, 2005 and to date in 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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81 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the nature of the solid progress she and her Department have made in the continuing consultation process on the detailed arrangements to give effect to her decision in relation to the move to a more open market system for transferring milk quotas; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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109 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the implementation on each of the recommendations of the Small Business Forum; the timetable for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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71 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he intends to introduce amendments to corporate law requiring employee representation on company boards of directors, as is the case in many European countries; the minimum size company to which such a regulation would apply; if he or his Department has engaged in discussions with unions or employers’ groups in relation to such a proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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78 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his proposals to address the low number of absent fathers paying child maintenance; his views on introducing a mechanism to penalise absent fathers who fail to support their children financially; if so, the details of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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56 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will make a decision on an application for family reunification currently with his Department for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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60 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has had discussions with the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform regarding the recently published Drugs and Crime in Ireland Report; his views on its findings that most drug users do not commit crimes other than those of possession; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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113 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to establish an updating and maintenance system for the electoral register in order that the level of inaccuracies is not allowed to happen again; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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112 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which he intends to ensure that legitimate voters are not deleted off the electoral register under the Government’s plan to update the register in autumn 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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59 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of murders in which firearms were used since the beginning of 2006; his views on the continuing level of gun murders, many of which are gang-related; the steps he is taking to deal with this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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50 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases of murder in which firearms were used in respect of each year from 1998 to date in 2006; the number of such cases in which prosecutions for murder were initiated; the number of such cases where convictions were secured; if he is satisfied regarding the level of detection and conviction in such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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165 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Transport when he will publish the review of the National Car Test; and if he intends introducing a statutory watch-dog for NCT.
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48 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will report on his recent visit to the Cannes Film festival; the efforts he made to promote Irish film while attending the Festival; the meetings he held during his visit; 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 the developments on plans for a strategic gas reserve; if the Kinsale reservoir will be utilised in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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107 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the possible mandatory biofuel targets for EU Member States and on his Department’s research plans for a possible bio-refinery for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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92 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science the plans and the timeframe for the introduction of a data-base of primary and post-primary school students; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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79 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of education welfare officers appointed in 2005 and to date in 2006; her proposed timeframe to fully resource the Education Welfare Board and permit them to employ the full cohort of education welfare officers to carry out their statutory duty; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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169 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position in relation to the recognition of the independence of the Sahara-Arab Democratic Republic as envisaged by UN Resolutions in 1974 and subsequent years; if the Government has changed its position; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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158 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when it is proposed to establish an Embassy in Chile as understood at the time of the visit of the former President of Chile, Mr Ricardo Lagos.
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135 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons, companies and trusts being investigated by the Revenue Commissioners arising from Ansbacher accounts to date; the number of cases where settlements have been agreed; the amount paid to date; the number of cases outstanding, if additional action has been taken by the Revenue Commissioners arising from the report of the Ansbacher inspectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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121 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm reports that several Departments are under-spending on their capital allocations; the Departments that reported under-spends to April 2006; the size of the under-spend in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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112 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will meet with a representative group from Kenmare community in County Kerry regarding the provision of a 14 bed extension to Kenmare Community Hospital.
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86 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on introducing a minimum value rule for the export of horses from here to the continent along the lines of that which applies to the export of horses from the UK to continental Europe; the number of horses which were exported from here during each of the past five years to continental Europe; the number of horses which were imported from the United Kingdom during each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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250 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals to provide funding for the refurbishment of the Kilkenny courthouse; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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125 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the sums of money that have been deployed within his Department for the employment and human resources development operational programme as set out in the National Development Plan 2000-2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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111 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the work which has been completed on the reform of the Companies Act 1990; the areas that are being examined; the priorities which his Department has for consolidation and reform; the number of people, in his Department, who are currently working full-time on this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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196 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the percentage increase in funding allocated to the Health Service Executive southern area for the provision of enhanced nursing home subvention; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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123 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the timetable for the Charities Regulation Bill 2006; if he still expects the Bill itself to be published during 2006; if he has received further feedback on the general scheme of the Bill from the charities sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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114 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has had further discussions with Garda representatives regarding the prevalence of crack cocaine here; if the latest information available to him confirms that crack cocaine remains generally specific to one geographic area in inner city Dublin; if there are signs that the drug is spreading out from this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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40 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of exemptions from payment of social insurance employment contributions, for a period not exceeding 52 weeks, granted in respect of the temporary employment of persons not ordinarily resident here in respect of each of the past five years; the number of such applications granted in respect of a company (details supplied); his plans to review this procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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12 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the recent call from the Irish Congress of Trade Unions for a clampdown on pension abuses in the construction industry; the action he intends to take arising from this call; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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111 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding the proposed participation of Irish troops in the EU support operation for the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo; when a Government decision will be made; when troops will be committed to the mission; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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129 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide an assessment of the security situation in Liberia; his views on whether the situation necessitates the extension of involvement of Irish troops in the UNMIL mission beyond the November 2006 withdrawal date; if further consultations have been held with the UN Secretary General on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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88 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which local authority services are to be financed over the next few years; the steps he intends to take to ensure that local authorities have sufficient funds to take in charge and maintain all housing developments in their areas, in order that there is no longer a need for management companies to operate in housing estates; if he intends to ban management companies in housing estates; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the provision of greater access to environmental information and on the importance of public participation in the planning process; the work that has occurred to date in respect of the ratification of the Aarhus agreement and the transposition of the two EU Directives associated with the agreement; and when the ratification of the agreement will be complete.
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551 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will give approval to Kerry County Council to proceed to tender stage in relation to the Waterville sewerage scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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