197 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of staff at a company (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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163 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her projection of the amount that will be saved from anti-fraud and control work by her Department; and if she expects that these savings will be sufficient to allow the Christmas bonus payment to be reinstated.
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1204 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science his proposals to provide a 45-seater school bus from the Dunmore East area of County Waterford to enable 10 children to attend secondary schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1121 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science if in view of recent developments (details supplied), he will make a decision in regard to the application of Waterford Institute of Technology for upgrading to university status; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1021 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the new postal code will be based on Irish language abbreviations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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976 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals to provide adequate funding to the local authorities in the Waterford constituency for housing grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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870 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her proposals to introduce a pension protection fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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D’fhiafraigh Deputy Brian O’Shea den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an féidir leis gealltanas a thabhairt nach gcuirfear scéimeanna Labhairt na Gaeilge agus na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge ar ceal (sonraí iniata); agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh.
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620 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Transport his proposals to change the regulations in regard to motorcycles; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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596 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Transport his proposals on the rural transport scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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267 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Finance his proposals to assist former employees of a company (details supplied) in regard to the difficulties they have encountered with their pension fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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254 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding the proposed extension to Waterford Courthouse; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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D’fhiafraigh Deputy Brian O’Shea den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cathain a fhoilseofar an Straitéis Fiche Bliain don Ghaeilge.
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D’fhiafraigh Deputy Brian O’Shea den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén dul chun cinn atá déanta i leith sainmhínithe nua ar cad is Gaeltacht ann; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh.
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85 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the delay for children awaiting orthodontic treatment at Waterford Regional Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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12 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the situation as it pertains to a person (details supplied); his views on whether reports that they may soon be released are accurate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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D’fhiafraigh Deputy Brian O’Shea den Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an féidir leis a rá nach gcuirfear i bhfeidhm aon cheann de na moltaí oideachais atá déanta i dtuarascáil Mhic Cárthaigh go dtí go bhfoilseoidh an Rialtas Plean 2028 don Ghaeilge (sonraí tugtha).
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369 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science when construction will commence on the new school at a location (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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297 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the proposals she has to abolish treatment benefit such as dental, optical and aural in the case of a practice in County Waterford (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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175 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the licence of an organisation (details supplied) in relation to Vietnamese adoptions; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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69 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the new instructions which have been issued to members of the gardaí arising from those recommendations of the Monageer inquiry relating to the gardaí; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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26 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when arrangements will be made to instruct members of An Garda Síochána that it is not necessary to take a longhand note of interviews with persons in custody when such interviews are being electronically recorded; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1208 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to a report regarding difficulties encountered by Irish speaking maths students (details supplied) when being tested in english; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1103 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his proposals in regard to a managed lobster fishery and a closed season to allow lobster stocks to recover; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1065 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there has been a recovery in the wild salmon stocks on our rivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1064 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to permit drift net salmon fishing in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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888 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will revise the guidelines in regard to the back to work enterprise scheme in order that all participants on the scheme whose claims were in payment when the new guidelines were introduced, will benefit under the new arrangements; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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348 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Health and Children if a date has been set for the meeting here with officials from Vietnam in regard to the resumption of an adoption agreement between the two states; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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299 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will grant the free year pre-school placement to a child (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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49 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Transport the status of the State Airports Act 2004; if he will repeal the legislation; if so, the timeframe for the repeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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45 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Transport if he has received, from the Department of Finance, a copy of the cost benefit analysis of the new €10 air travel tax; if he has undertaken an investigation of the impact of the air travel tax on air passenger numbers and traffic; if so, if he will publish this research; his views on the statement of a person (details supplied) that thousands of aviation jobs may be lost in 2009 and 2010 as a result of the air travel tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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98 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Finance his views on the International Monetary Fund’s recent assertion that the economic distress currently facing Ireland is the most severe facing an advanced economy since World War II; the way he expects businesses and families here to be able to cope with the crisis and the reduced incomes it entails; the measures he will introduce to alleviate these financial pressures; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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85 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Finance his views on the recent court action initiated by a bank (details supplied) to recover some €60 million owed to it; his views on whether further such legal actions are unlikely to be initiated by credit institutions in advance of the establishment of the National Asset Management Agency and that credit institutions should await the establishment of NAMA before initiating such legal actions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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606 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science his proposals to provide a full-time special needs assistant to a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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96 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the announcement of the loss of 177 jobs at a company (details supplied) in County Waterford; the discussions she has had with the industrial development agencies with a view to securing replacement jobs; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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94 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of redundancies notified to her in respect of each year from 2002 to 2008 and to date in 2009; the number of projected redundancies for 2009; the amount of money paid out in statutory redundancy payment in respect of each year from 2002 to 2008; the projected figure for 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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158 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in regard to long-term leases held by Coillte from private landowners, such leases allow for permitting of recreational activities such as rambling, pony trekking and cycling; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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93 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals to rectify the situation arising from the recent decision of a judge in the High Court, which has led to the Attorney General instructing that warrants regarding committal orders for the non-payment of maintenance to separated spouses cease or be withdrawn; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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35 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science if he has contacted the Archbishop of Dublin, in view of their speech on 17 June 2009, and their comments on reducing the role of the Catholic Church in the education system here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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19 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science when he expects the Oireachtas Committee on Education and Science to take the Committee Stage of the Student Support Bill 2008; if the Bill has been shelved indefinitely; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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257 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the compensation due under the pigmeat recall scheme will be awarded to a company (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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237 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Defence his proposals to source chicken for the Defence Forces from An Bord Bia assured processors here (details supplied).
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49 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will take steps to address the long waiting times for access to dermatology services; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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31 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in reaching agreement on a bilateral arrangement for inter-country adoption between Ireland and Vietnam; when she expects such an agreement to be finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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327 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the assistance he will provide in respect of the proposed new building for a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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117 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her proposals to remove the bureaucracy that surrounds the setting up of small businesses; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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81 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the 2009 REP scheme four payments will be awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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209 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the national lobster V-notching programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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