274 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the planned social welfare office for Swords in North County Dublin; the timeline in which the process will be completed; if the national employment and entitlement service will be based in the town and the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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273 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the planned social welfare office for Balbriggan in North County Dublin; if there is a timeline in which the process will be completed; if a national employment and entitlement service office will be based in the town and the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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311 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if money for the non-principal private residence charge goes to a central Exchequer fund or if it is apportioned to local authorities as the household charge is; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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140 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the applications for naturalisation for persons (details supplied) in north Dublin; and if in view of his commitment to see all outstanding applications dealt with by this spring he will comment on the fact that these cases are still awaiting decision after almost a year.
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116 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government with regards to a property site valuation tax due to be implemented next year, if there are any rates yet being proposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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38 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount that was spent by Ireland on foreign aid in 2010 and 2011 and the projected spend in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1209 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Health if it is still his intention to abolish the Health Service Executive; if so, his plans for the abolition and in particular if he will indicate any timelines currently in place for the abolition; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1114 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will comment on reports that Teagasc is to trial genetically modified potatoes at its Oakpark research facility in County Carlow; if this constitutes a change of policy for the State regarding GM foods and the value he places on Ireland’s status as a GM-free state; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1045 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Defence if there is a medal being issued by the Defence Forces in 2013 to commemorate the Volunteer movement; if this medal will be issued to reserve personnel; if not, if he will explain the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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958 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality having regard to the proposed savings from the nearby Rush Garda Station, his plans to carry out the needed and agreed refurbishment works at Lusk Garda Station in County Dublin, which will have added responsibility to the Rush area in view of the aforementioned closure of the Rush station; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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957 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount being saved per annum from the closure of the Garda station in Rush, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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826 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reasons an estate (details supplied) in north County Dublin which is still managed by the developer, and a similar estate in north County Dublin seemingly in the same condition and management arrangement, is exempt from the charge; and if he will provide a waiver for the estate in question.
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684 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who was previously on jobseeker’s allowance but now on carer’s allowance, may have the difference in the two payments backdated from the date they applied for carer’s allowance to when it was granted, and paid as arrears; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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393 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 83 of 18 January 2012, the date on which the disused prefabs adjacent to the schools (details supplied) in County Dublin will be removed; if his Department owns the land on which the prefabs have been abandoned; if he will confirm that these prefabs are in an utter state of disrepair and have now become a focal point for anti-social behaviour; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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340 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the source used to measure the distance from a home to a third level institution for the purposes of assessing if a student should be in receipt of the adjacent or non-adjacent rates for maintenance grants; if it is a uniform source across all third level institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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93 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been any analysis conducted to ascertain the long term demand for secondary school education in Balbriggan, County Dublin, once the promised Gaelcholaiste is built as part of the five year building programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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63 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the amount that has been collected from charging the universal social charge to Deeds of Covenants in relation to permanently incapacitated minors; if he will break the figures down on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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570 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount that was collected for the National Milk Agency from the specific levy which is collected on a per litre basis from milk suppliers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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569 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount it cost the Exchequer to run the National Milk Agency in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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343 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will respond to the calls from concerned residents to overhaul the building regulations system to underpin the necessary remedial work for homes affected by pyrite; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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192 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills regarding the patronage process for the new secondary school in County Dublin, the number of children who reside in the parish (details supplied) and are included within the submission for patronage from the Educate Together body as declaring a preference for an Educate Together second level school in the town; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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191 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills regarding the patronage process for the new secondary school in County Dublin, the number of children who reside in the parish (details supplied) and are included within the submission for patronage from the vocational education committee as declaring a preference for a VEC community college in the town; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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101 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Taoiseach in view of the commitment given by the Government in the constitutional convention to examine the issue of same sex marriage, if respected non-governmental organisations (details supplied) will be invited to participate in the constitutional convention and will such NGOs have a permanent place at the discussion table; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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49 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the daily and weekly cost of employing Ernst and Young as special manager to a credit union (details supplied); and the total weekly billable hours per Ernst and Young employee working at the credit union; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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210 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Health in respect of circular 20/2005 and the revised method of calculation of pension entitlements for public servants whose pensions are integrated with social welfare benefits, if this revised scheme has been implemented by the Health Service Executive throughout the country to former employees; if this scheme has not been implemented, when the pensioners in question can expect to be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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184 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a naturalisation application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who has requested three updates in the past couple of years and has been told every time that the process would take a few months; if he will examine this case and give a more detailed breakdown of the length of time this process will take; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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158 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a recognition within his Department that those paying the non-principal private residence tax are also paying the household charge; his plans to alter the taxation policy on second homes in order that persons are not charged two flat rate taxes; his plans in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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95 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Finance with regards to the special manager process at Newbridge credit union, County Kildare, if he will supply the numbers of the various staff of a company (details supplied) including their titles and positions with that company; the length of time he thinks the special manager process will be in place at the credit union; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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478 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he has taken to make the household charge payable in local post offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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387 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Social Protection in view of the new rates in rent supplement, what is expected of tenants in relation to landlords who do not bring their rents down in line with the reduction in rent supplement payments; if there is any protections for persons who may be unable to pay rent; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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230 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the role the Teacher’s Council of Ireland plays in the improvement of education in Ireland; if he will confirm if membership of the TCI is mandatory; if so, the reason for same; if he will give further details of what each member receives in return for their annual subscription; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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229 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the extra resources provided to the Redundancy Unit of his Department succeeded in tackling the backlog in processing redundancy payments; the length of this backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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144 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality, in view of the closure of the Garda station in Rush, County Dublin, if he will detail the number of squad cars currently available to the Garda to service the towns and surrounding areas of Balbriggan, Skerries, Rush and Lusk in County Dublin; his views on whether the current number of patrol cars is adequate to cover these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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109 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the following information on the Tús scheme: the number of positions available; the number that have been taken up as at 13 January 2012; the method used to fill the positions; the type of work being carried out by the participants; the budget provision for the scheme; the effect budget 2012 has made to the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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83 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will remove the disused prefabs adjacent to the schools (details supplied) in County Dublin in view of the fact that they are falling into disrepair and becoming a centre for anti-social behaviour; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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205 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to end the practice of civil or public servants who took the early retirement package under the Croke Park agreement returning to work in their previous Departments on a short-term or consultancy basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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204 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of retired civil or public servants who returned to work in their Departments or semi-State agencies on a short-term or consultancy basis in 2011; the cost to the Exchequer of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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152 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal for invalidity pension with a view to a successful outcome in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin taking into account both the applicants health condition and the advice received from their local office which recommended the application for invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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231 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the proposed super dump (details supplied) in north County Dublin; if compulsory purchase orders will be issued before 14 December; and his views on the short, medium and long-term plans for the site.
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152 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the spouse of a person who is an Irish citizen (details supplied) was refused a visa; the length of time the appeal will take; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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224 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Health the status of the drug Pradaxa as it relates to medical card holders and the drug payment scheme; if he will protect those medical card holders who cannot be prescribed Warfarin from being subject to a charge for Pradaxa if it is removed from medical card holders and the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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203 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts he is making to ensure that the small inshore fishing fleet in this country is recognised as a separate sector within the overall Common Fisheries Policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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135 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal against a decision not to award jobseeker’s allowance and supplementary welfare allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; if she will grant an early oral hearing; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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133 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal against a decision not to award illness benefit to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; if she will grant an early oral hearing; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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128 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal against a decision not to award supplementary welfare allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; if she will grant an early oral hearing; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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347 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the potential overall costs of the monster waste water treatment plant proposed for north County Dublin; if no accurate figures are available, if he will evaluate the potential overall costs before proceeding any further with the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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281 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal against a decision not to award disability allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; if she will grant an early oral hearing; the reason in the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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259 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Social Protection the make and model of a scanner used in her Department’s document, record and information management programme; the number of scanners being used; if she is satisfied that those resources are equipped to meet capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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179 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Social Protection when a rent allowance payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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169 Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Louth has had a back to school clothing and footwear allowance refused; if the decision will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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