212 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Defence his views on whether recent cutbacks in regard to the Defence Forces will render the Defence Forces unable to properly and fully discharge all duties that must be performed on behalf of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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211 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Defence the proposals he has to lift the ban on recruitment in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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210 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Defence when he will lift the moratorium on promotion in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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117 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action he has undertaken to secure support from fellow EU Agriculture Ministers on critical issues for dairy markets, such as the re-introduction of processing aids and the continuation and increase of export refunds to help commodity prices lift above intervention equivalent levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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102 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action he has taken to persuade the EU Commission that it needs to postpone the end of the butter APS scheme to late September 2009 and that it must handle the disposal of intervention stocks sensitively, so as not to dampen dairy markets once they start recovering; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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399 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a cocktail of sprays used on crops are having a devastating effect on the bee population; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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360 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the categories of immigrants who are eligible to be placed on a local authority list; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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91 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to warnings from the Construction Industry Federation that some 55,000 construction jobs could be lost by the end of 2010; her views on the accuracy of the forecast; the steps she will take to try to prevent such job losses; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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63 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of redundancies notified to her Department in respect of each year from 2002 to 2008 and to date in 2009; the number of projected redundancies for 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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36 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science if he is unable to offer first refusal to the further education sector, including the vocational education committees and the institutes of technology, on the 51,000 additional places announced in February 2009 in view of the fact they are repackaged places within FÁS and funded out of existing resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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9 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science his views on the revelation, at a meeting of the Joint Committee on Education and Science on 23 April 2009, that fee paying schools would charge fees of approximately €20,000 to €30,000 if the €100 million provided by the State for teachers’ salaries was removed; his views on whether most fee paying schools would collapse if this payment was removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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253 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science his views on the appeal by a primary school (details supplied) in County Waterford against the staffing allocation to be implemented in September 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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240 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason the owners of smaller fishing vessels are being denied access to the syncrolift at Dunmore East Fishery Harbour, County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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222 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Defence the action he proposes to take on foot of the position paper submitted to his Department by PDFORRA outlining their case for affiliation to ICTU (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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131 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Finance his proposals for treatment of the 20% stake in a retailer (details supplied) accruing to the State as a result of the nationalisation of Anglo Irish Bank which, according to reports, holds a 38.5% stake in a company, which in turn holds a 45% stake in the retailer; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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95 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Finance his approach to the treatment of tax havens; his views on reports that the Obama administration in the US may introduce fiscal measures which could have a detrimental effect on the Exchequer position here and employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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436 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science his proposals to ensure the appropriate level of English as an additional language provision in each primary school; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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368 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide the information sought by a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; the way the money being paid for salmon rod licences is spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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224 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will supply the information being requested by a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; if the HSE is in discussion with the other service providers or caring organisation to attach part of the disability allowance of the people in their care to pay for revenue funding activities; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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131 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the assistance her Department is giving to ensure that the visitor centre at a company (details supplied) is left open; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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92 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the claims that although there are up to 12,000 homes and businesses that cannot access broadband of any kind, they are not covered by the national broadband scheme; the provision he will make for these cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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109 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the new measures he will take to ensure Ireland’s cost of energy is tackled in view of concerns expressed by the commercial sector on the high cost of energy here and in view of his failure to tackle this high cost for business; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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52 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her proposals to make an application under the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for those workers made redundant at a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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207 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Health and Children her proposals to improve the length of time it is taking to process nursing home subvention applications in Waterford city and county; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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160 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Finance the funds that have been provided in 2009 for works to combat coastal erosion in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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124 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her proposals to provide compensation for employees injured at work when the employer goes into receivership and no employee liability insurance was in place beforehand; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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122 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her proposals to make it mandatory for all employers to have appropriate personal insurance cover for all of their employees; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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119 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way the EU Globalisation Adjustment Fund which was launched two years ago under Regulation 1927/2006 is being promoted here; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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98 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Defence the way the €30 million reduction in defence spending, announced in the 7 April 2009 supplementary budget, will be achieved; the instances in which plans to acquire new equipment during 2009 will not proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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89 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Defence if there will be recruitment into the Reserve Defence Force during 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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60 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Defence the way the saving of 48% will be achieved in Air Corps equipment and expenses in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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58 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Defence the restrictions placed on Defence Forces personnel serving in Chad in terms of sporting activities in which they are permitted to engage; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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209 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funding will be released to Waterford City Council in regard to the various housing grants operated by the city council; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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192 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Defence his proposals to disband the Reserve Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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115 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Health and Children if there has been a change in entitlement to medical card for a person with a social security pension and an occupational pension from another EU member state; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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90 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Finance his proposals to end the practice whereby the income levy is deducted from the income of couples who are under the €40,000 income threshold but will be refunded at the end of the year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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70 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when she will announce the representative of her Department on the Waterford Crystal Task Force; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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42 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she is satisfied that the number of community welfare officers is sufficient to meet the growing demand for supplementary welfare allowance, mortgage interest supplement, rent supplement and other basic allowances.
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11 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the proposals she has to tackle the situation whereby people receiving family income supplement who suffer reduced hours at work and go down to one week on one week off must cancel their family income supplement payment before they can qualify for jobseeker’s benefit for the week that they are off.
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D’fhiafraigh Deputy Brian O’Shea den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an mbeidh an toghchán d’Údarás na Gaeltachta in Aibreán 2010 bunaithe ar na teorannacha nua agus ar an sainmhíniú nua ar cad is Gaeltacht ann; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh.
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488 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science the measures he will implement in regard to the findings of the report, The Irish Language and The Irish People; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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340 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his proposals to recognise Irish sign language as a third official language (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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262 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide an undertaking that no one man rural garda station in County Waterford will be closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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164 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when he will reintroduce the grant scheme of community support for older people.
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57 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will work towards securing an international ban on the sale of arms to zones of conflict; the work that has been done to date in this light; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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21 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the recent closure in Krygyzstan of the US air-base in Manas, and its implications regarding the situation in Pakistan and the conflict in Afghanistan.
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535 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 263 of 7 April 2009, if she will reconsider her decision not to publish a national carer’s strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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90 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the Central Statistics Office crime figures for 2008 and on the continued increase in the number of drug offences; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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134 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when, further to an interview (details supplied), he will introduce legislation to end prison terms of non-payment of fines; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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62 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) in County Waterford was not allowed to continue their methadone maintenance programme while they served four months in prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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