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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2005
58 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Transport the reason for the sharp drop in funding for regional airports in the 2006 Estimates; and the way in which this will impact on services. [35903/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2005
22 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Transport the interim measures he is taking to deal with traffic congestion in the greater Dublin area pending the full implementation of Transport 21. [35902/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2005
150 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the property holdings of IDA Ireland in the Cork South-West constituency, with particular reference to the Kinsale area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35824/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2005
95 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members of the Garda Síochána at the latest date for which figures are available; the number expected to be recruited in 2005; the anticipated membership at the end of 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35722/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2005
88 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress which has taken place in the inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35734/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 November 2005
551 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to ensure that the pupils attending a national school (details supplied) in County Kerry have access to broadband in their school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35544/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 November 2005
460 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay in the processing of a disadvantaged payment for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; if this application will be cleared for payment and when payment will issue. [35288/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 November 2005
144 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she intends to take to improve mental health service to the young, following a study that up to 26% of teenagers have mental health issues; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that mental health problems is higher among children from lower socio-economic groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35471/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 November 2005
96 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that more than 250 new clients have contacted the support organisation One in Four since the Ferns Report; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that the Rape Crisis Centre has seen a 50% increase in calls across the country seeking help; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35472/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2005
127 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science her plans to introduce a policy for schools on the disclosure and appropriate referral where children have experienced violence in the family; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34982/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2005
126 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science when she intends to introduce sex, relationship, gender and gender based violence education programmes in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34981/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2005
13 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to the fact that one of the reasons given for the recent extension of pub licensing hours in Northern Ireland is the need to meet tourist demands; his views on whether further extension of pub opening hours here would have extra benefits for tourism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34888/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2005
222 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of women in County Kerry awaiting a mammogram at Kerry General Hospital; the number of women in County Kerry awaiting a mammogram at Cork University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34920/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2005
199 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the refunding of nursing home charges; when such repayments are likely to commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34735/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2005
96 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will bring forward measures to facilitate the provision of digital radio in its DAB and DRM formats; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34354/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2005
655 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to each local authority in 2004 and to date in 2005 for the disabled person’s grants scheme; the amount of unspent money returned by each local authority in 2004 and to date in 2005; the reason for this unspent money being returned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34241/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2005
189 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to reports of increased deaths and injuries to farmers arising from more aggressive farm animals; if any particular steps are planned to counter this threat; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34175/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2005
119 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the implications for Irish agriculture of the proposals recently made by EU Commissioners Mandelson and Fischer Boel in regard to the current round of world trade talks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34176/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2005
84 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he and the Irish people have offered their sympathy to the US ambassador to Ireland on the death of Ms Rosa Parks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33510/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2005
131 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the rate of implementation of the current national development plan; if the plan will be implemented in full by the end of 2006; the figures available on the number of projects under the plan that have been completed to date in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33057/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2005
135 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Finance the estimated additional costs likely to arise for the Office of Public Works as the agency purchasing gas for various Departments as a result of the recent rise in gas prices approved by the Commission for Energy Regulation; if the Office of Public Works has made any representations to CER on this matter; the response received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33058/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2005
764 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the State’s proposals for the future of the Great Blasket Island. [32913/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2005
591 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has received a submission for funding for the extension of a school bus service (details supplied) in County Kerry; if she will provide the necessary funding for this proposal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32540/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2005
519 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he intends to take to increase the amount of information available to the public and state officials on violence against women; his response to the concerns expressed by the UN committee on the elimination of discrimination against women in July 2005 regarding the prevalence of violence against women and girls here; the low prosecution and conviction rates of perpetrators, high withdrawal rates of complaints, and inadequate funding for organisations that provide support services to victims; if he intends to act on their recommendations on the need for sustained training and awareness-raising initiatives for public officials, the Judiciary, health professionals and members of the public and similar recommendations from the National Crime Council in July 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32671/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2005
283 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the funds which are available to community-based not-for-profit organisations seeking to purchase automatic external defibrillators; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32912/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2005
227 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a response has not been received to Parliamentary Question No. 109 of 25 May 2005; if she will provide this reply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32393/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2005
209 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science her plans to introduce dual use sports facilities in conjunction with local communities to encourage more participation in sport, especially by girls; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32770/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2005
187 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that solicitors charged fees to their clients on top of the costs paid by the Residential Institution Redress Board in advance of the publicity in recent weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32814/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2005
63 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Defence if an independent inquiry into the death of Private Kevin Barrett who was shot while serving in the Lebanon in 1999 will be established; when a final decision will be made on this; the scope and remit of any such inquiry; the timescale for the inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32000/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 November 2005
149 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding each of the inquiries being carried out by or on behalf of his Department; the projected date for the conclusion of each such investigation; the inquiries in respect of which reports have been referred to the DPP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31608/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 October 2005
52 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his priorities for social welfare in the context of the forthcoming Estimates, budget and Social Welfare Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30951/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2005
113 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the main points of his recent speech given at the Why Irish international symposium at Notre Dame University; if his speech considered the best way the Irish language can be maintained and developed into the future; the details of the conference; if it produced a final report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30703/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2005
92 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the details of the recently established Government-sponsored fund to cement and promote ties between Ireland and universities where the Irish language is taught around the world; the specific purposes for which this money will be used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30704/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2005
558 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an extension for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and when work will commence on same. [30563/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2005
403 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Transport the number of persons awaiting driving tests at both the Tralee and Killarney test centres on 1 January 2002, 1 January 2003, 1 January 2004, 1 January 2005 and the most recent date for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30020/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2005
236 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children awaiting assessment by the Health Service Executive southern area at a clinic (details supplied) in County Kerry; the average waiting time for an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30101/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2005
230 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the contents of a letter sent to Professor Brendan Drumm and copied to her (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30094/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2005
202 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he will take to prevent further smuggling of farm plastic from Northern Ireland into the State following the Irish Farm Film Producers Group identifying this as a factor in the deterioration of the farm plastics recycling scheme; if the problem has been investigated; if he will prosecute persons in relation to this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30376/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2005
55 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to correspondence (details supplied); if he met with some of the principals in the case in any capacity; if a file was sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29776/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2005
6 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the agreement made in 1997 between the Garda Síochána and Esat Digifone on the erection of masts on Garda stations and the role played by him in making the agreement; the value of the contract since 1997; the number of mobile telephones that have been provided to the Garda Síochána since 1997; the number of gardaí who have mobile phones supplied by O2 at present; if these mobile phones are the only secure communication system available to the gardaí; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29754/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2005
147 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Transport his target date for the full expansion of the penalty points system; and when he will be making legislative provision for this expansion. [29052/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2005
98 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Transport if he has satisfied himself with the progress to date in implementing the Road Safety Strategy 2004-2006; and his views on the comments by the chairman of the National Safety Council that there is a lack of political will to fully implement the strategy. [29053/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2005
172 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to address the serious rise in the incidence of prostate cancer; her plans for the introduction of a national screening service to combat prostate cancer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28799/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2005
167 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the organ retention inquiry is the only inquiry in the history of the State that has been abandoned before reaching a conclusion; the steps taken by her to ensure that no human tissue or organs will ever again be retained during post mortem and used for research or teaching or sold to any pharmaceutical company or other institution without full informed consent of the next of kin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28800/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 October 2005
135 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position regarding the European Commission’s proposals for a single market for radio waves; the effect of this on the licensing radio spectrum here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27884/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
37 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science her Department’s estimate of the cost of payments of compensation by the Residential Institutions Redress Board to persons who suffered institutional abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27664/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
31 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science her timescale for reducing class size at both primary and post-primary level to EU norms; when she will implement the undertaking in An Agreed Programme for Government that the average size of classes for children under nine years will be brought below the international best practice guideline of 20:1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27659/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2005
111 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position on the G8-EU initiative in Palestine and Israel to rebuild the economy and infrastructure of areas controlled by Palestinians. [26863/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2005
76 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the position in Afghanistan, particularly the security situation in the nation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26864/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 October 2005
146 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Finance his plans to review the operation of the tonnage tax under which certain shipping operators can opt to pay a notional tax based on tonnage rather than standard corporation tax; the number of vessels that currently qualify and the amount of tax foregone; his plans to impose any conditions on companies opting for this system, such as a requirement to employ crews on an acceptable level of payment and conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26637/05]