127 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science the level of occupancy of each of the detention centres for children on 31 January 2006; if she has satisfied herself that there are enough residential detention places for children; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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107 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science when she expects all the sections of the Children Act 2001 that are under the aegis of her Department to be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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456 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the extension of Dunquin pier and the building of a new pier on the Blasket Island will commence; the amount of funding which has been allocated for these projects; if these works have been put to tender; if tenders have been accepted; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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380 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the €10,000 required to facilitate a study (details supplied) will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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323 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to make funding available for the provision of a psychiatric day care centre for Kenmare County Kerry which is a priority development by management of the Kerry mental health services; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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322 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has satisfied herself that sufficient resources are being invested by her Department in the promotion of awareness of donor cards; her proposals to increase awareness; if she will provide figures as to the number of people at present in possession of donor cards; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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211 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to take action to ensure the protection of No. 16 Moore Street following a consultants’ report recommending that the property be added to the record of protected structures; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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29 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of recipients in receipt of family income supplement at the latest date for which figures are available; the way in which this figure compares with statistics compiled by the Revenue Commissioners on the number of earners within the income limits; his plans for a campaign to promote greater awareness of family income supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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26 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the introduction of an all-Ireland free travel scheme; the latest discussions he has had on this issue; the reasons for the delay in its implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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124 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the details of the special fund created for the purpose of placenames research; the amount being given to the fund; the type of groups that will be able to access the fund; the aims of the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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395 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount of increase in the forestry retirement pension; when this increase will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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315 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if funding will be sanctioned for a club (details supplied) in County Kerry under the sports capital programme 2006.
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174 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his view on the decision of the Competition Authority to interpret the Competition Act 2002 as prohibiting self-employed individuals from having a trade union negotiate employment terms and conditions for them.
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43 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of interview rooms in Wexford town Garda station that contained audio-visual equipment on 10 October 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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198 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Transport the reason for the delay in commencing section 36 of the Taxi Regulation Act 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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186 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Transport the discussions he has had with the driving instructor sector to inform them of his plans for the regulation of that sector.
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388 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the progress report on the proposal to locate his Department to Killarney; when the building will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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333 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of places available in hospitals in County Kerry for children and adolescents under 16 who are mental health patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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332 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the ratio of nurses to beds available for patients in Kerry General Hospital and in Cork Regional Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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331 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the ratio of doctors to beds available for patients in Kerry General Hospital and in Cork Regional Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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321 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the funding which has been made available to the Health Services Executive southern area to enable curam grants which have been approved in 2005 but to date in 2006 have not been awarded to applicants due to lack of funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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233 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she intends to take to improve mental health services for children and adolescents, following reports that up to 26% of teenagers have mental health issues; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that mental health problems are higher among children from lower socioeconomic groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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200 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children being told that the increase in type 2 diabetes has reached crisis levels; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that people are getting the disease at a younger age and the average delay in diagnosis has increased from seven to 12 years; her views on the call for national screening for eye problems in particular and for implementation of care services including foot services; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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14 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if contact has been made with the various stakeholders regarding price increases in view of concerns regarding a Ryder Cup rip-off mounting; the outcome of these meetings; his views on whether a rip-off attitude will not prevail in the wake of the Ryder Cup; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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218 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the electronic communications (miscellaneous provisions) Bill; if a limited consultation process is under way on this Bill; the form the consultation process is taking; the measures he proposes to introduce to reform the regulation of the telecommunications sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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139 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the county and group broadband scheme; the number of schemes which are in operation; the cost of same; the number of people who are being connected to broadband through these schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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89 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science if her Department is planning to place more emphasis on the speaking of foreign languages in the curriculum and examination system; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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18 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science her views on the contentions of a number of former residents of mother and baby homes and their legal representations that the State had a duty of care, where babies were born or placed in these institutions, and therefore should have been included in the remit of the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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113 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in view of his response to Question No. 86 of 10 November 2005, that inter alia the Government has, on a number of occasions, made known to the US Government its concerns regarding the treatment and status of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, the precise nature of the concerns which he expressed, and the response from US authorities which these elicited.
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80 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Finance the progress of the consultation process promised in advance of the introduction of a new national development plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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62 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Finance his views of recent reports showing a significant increase in the level of personal debt, with some reports suggesting that households here are likely to become the most indebted in Europe by 2007; if he has satisfied himself that this level of debt and borrowing can be sustained; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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58 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of consultants and special advisers, who have been employed by her Department in 2003, 2004 and to date in 2005; the cost of same in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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102 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to statements by a spokesman for RACO (details supplied) that there is no need to cut the number of officers serving abroad; if he accepts the view that tighter management here, including more centralised training, would improve the overall management of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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172 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there is any provision made in the health Estimates for 2006 for the continuation of the Cúram home care grant; if there is provision for the payment of the grant to those who have been awarded the grant but have not been paid; her plans for the continuation of the grant scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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238 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money expended by his Department to date in 2005 on the State purchase of the Great Blasket Island and associated works; the amount of money expended by his Department to date in 2005 on the buy-out of property holdings on the island; the amount of money expended by his Department to date in 2005 on the implementation of the management plan for the island; the amount of money set aside for the future implementation of the remaining recommendations of the management plan for the island; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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237 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps which are taken to deal with drug dealers who reside in housing estates; if there is a policy of displacement of drug dealers who reside in housing estates; if a policy of displacement will be considered to ensure that drug dealing in housing estates is outlawed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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212 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will issue from her Department in respect of an application for the extension of the school bus service to an area (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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211 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of secondary schools which employ a caretaker on a full or part-time basis; if these caretakers are paid directly by her Department; the number who are paid through the ancillary services grant; if the ancillary services grant has been increased sufficiently in recent years to ensure that caretakers receive their due from the national wage agreements; if all caretakers have received their due under the various national wage agreements; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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210 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of pupils in primary schools in County Kerry in class sizes of less than 20, between 21 and 30, 31 and 40 and greater than 40; the average pupil-teacher ratio in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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167 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if money has been expended by his Department to date in 2005 on the development of piers on the Great Blasket Island and at Dún Chaoin, Contae Chiarraí; the amount of money set aside for future expenditure on these projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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119 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Finance if, in the case of the State purchase and development of the Great Blasket Island and certain projects (details supplied), such projects were put out to tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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118 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Finance the amount of money expended by his Department to date in 2005 on the State purchase of the Great Blasket Island and associated works; the amount of money expended by his Department to date in 2005 on the buy-out of property holdings on the island; the amount of money expended by his Department to date in 2005 on the implementation of the management plan for the island; the amount of money set aside for the future implementation of the remaining recommendations of the management plan for the island; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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102 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the efforts she is making to ensure that a registrar is appointed for the accident and emergency department of Kerry General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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101 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of applicants to date in 2005 for the Cúram home grant in counties Cork and Kerry; the number of applicants awarded the grant to date in 2005 in counties Cork and Kerry; the number of applicants who have been awarded the grant but not paid the money in counties Cork and Kerry; the amount of funding expended on the scheme to date in 2005 by her Department; if she will provide the information for these grants broken down by county for counties Cork and Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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64 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will make a statement on his Department’s Estimates for 2006.
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59 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will make a statement on the outcome of his consultations with community and voluntary organisations in advance of budget 2006.
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80 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the reports he has received from the official in his Department who has chaired the Blasket management group meetings will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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139 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no specialised physiotherapist at Kerry General Hospital to deal with patients suffering with multiple sclerosis; if funding will be provided for this purpose; and if she 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 when the confidential waste information line will be operational; the way in which same will operate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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33 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the enforcement initiatives he has planned involving targeted efforts to deal with the dumping of construction waste which was cited by the Office of Environmental Enforcement’s report, The Nature and Extent of Unauthorised Waste Activity in Ireland.
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