140 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on reports that EU Foreign Ministers are planning to write a joint letter to the new US President setting out the ways in which they hope the EU-US relationship can develop under a new presidency; and the principles being applied in the preparation of its contribution to this letter on the part of Ireland.
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541 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science the solutions he proposes to address the concerns of the primary management bodies in regard to the budget 2009 education cuts (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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539 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science the solutions he proposes in regard to the consequences for a primary school (details supplied) in County Waterford arising from the recently announced budget 2009 cut backs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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528 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science his proposals to address the concerns of a teacher (details supplied) in County Waterford in regard to the budget 2009 proposed cutbacks in education, in particular in regard to the substitution scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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501 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science the proposals he has to address the impact of the education cuts proposed in budget 2009 in a primary school (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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499 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the impact that the proposed education cuts will have on the capacity of secondary schools to maintain and develop the quality of teaching and learning offered to their students (details supplied); the solutions he proposes in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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536 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science his proposals regarding the concerns and the suggestions of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford in regard to the proposed education cuts in budget 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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535 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science the solutions he proposes to address the consequences of the proposed budget cuts in second level education to a school (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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524 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science the solutions he will provide to address the concerns of teachers from a secondary school (details supplied) in County Waterford arising from the proposed education cuts announced in budget 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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496 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science the solutions he proposes in regard to the effects of the education cut back on a community college (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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495 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science the solutions he proposes in regard to the extent of the education cuts and their impact on a school (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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494 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science his proposals to resolve the difficulties arising from budget 2009 for a second level school (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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492 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science the proposals he has to find a solution to the difficulties for a school (details supplied) in County Waterford arising from budget 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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127 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science the measures he will take to improve the ranking of Ireland as 27th out of 29 OECD countries when it comes to the amount of GDP per capita spent on each second-level student; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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119 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason the capitation grant for primary schools was not doubled in budget 2009 from €178 to €356 per pupil; his views on the situation whereby school communities are forced to depend on an increasing need to fund raise in order that basic costs can be covered; his further views on whether the rhetoric on world class education is simply words followed by inaction and cutbacks; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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169 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if legislation is required to put into effect the merging of the National Archives and the Irish Manuscripts Commission with the National Library; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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111 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Health and Children when BreastCheck will be available in Waterford city; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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58 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the initiatives in place to encourage farmers to grow crops for fuel which will not only assist in the reduction of greenhouse emissions but also assist in rural development by providing and sustaining new enterprise and employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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20 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the proposals contained in the Aylward report for a sheep maintenance payment on a per ewe basis, to arrest decline in numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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549 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science the regularity with which restricted recognition was granted to resource teachers in the primary school system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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480 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will review the withdrawal of a third level grant from a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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479 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science his views on whether it is fair that his Department at the information meeting in Tullamore in 2008 regarding the third level grants, stressed that in cases in which divorced parents have joint custody of their children but no maintenance is being paid that both spouses income will be reckoned for means test purposes in respect of eligibility for third level grants even when one of the parents has remarried; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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414 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the provision he has made to finance improvement works at the Ardmore fisheries harbour, County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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173 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the outside organisations working on the national broadband scheme; the amount that has been paid out to them since the start of the scheme; the reports and advice they have provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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170 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if areas have been identified under the national broadband scheme as suitable for satellite Internet access only; the percentage of the contract covered by this; the areas under the national broadband scheme that have been identified as being suitable for satellite Internet access only; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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279 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the extension to a school (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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32 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the minimum and maximum mortgage periods under the incremental purchase scheme.
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220
D’fhiafraigh Deputy Brian O’Shea den Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta cén dul chun cinn atá déanta ina Roinn leis an iarratas ó Ghaelscoil (sonraí tugtha); agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh.
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67 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Defence his proposals in regard to the Defence Forces participating in EU battlegroups; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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35 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Defence his proposals to ensure that Irish Troops serving in Chad will have their Christmas gifts delivered to them in time for Christmas 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Defence the report he has received on the sinking of the Asgard II off the French coast; his future plans in regard to the provision of a sail training vessel; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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8 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Defence the progress made during 2008 in regard to bringing the Defence Forces medical corps up to full strength; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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561 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science the regularity with which an exception has been made to the regulations under circular 15/05 in regard to employing only teachers with recognised qualifications in primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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151 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action she has taken to reduce the waiting times for jobseeker payments at local social welfare offices; the targets that are in place for processing times and the extent to which these are currently being met.
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169 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the changes she will make to the rate of the living alone allowance.
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99 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, in regard to the review of programmes that facilitated participation of the voluntary and community sector, the consideration is finalised; the action he will take at this juncture; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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98 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost of the three reviews carried out in the past two years on the Combat Poverty Agency, including the staff time in the OSI; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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97 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason it was necessary to have three reviews of the Combat Poverty Agency carried out in the past two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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96 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when she will bring the recommendations contained in the high level review of the Combat Poverty Agency to Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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95 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the consultation process that was involved and the person who was consulted in the high level review, value for money and policy review of the Combat Poverty Agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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90
D’fhiafraigh Deputy Brian O’Shea den Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta cad iad na moltaí atá aige chun déileáil leis na cúiseanna imní atá ag grúpa tuismitheoirí as Gaeltacht Chonamara faoi scéim scoláireachtaí do mhic léinn ón nGaeltacht (sonraí tugtha); agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh.
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88
D’fhiafraigh Deputy Brian O’Shea den Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta cén fáth a bhfuil neamhaird á déanamh ar iarratas ó Ghaelscoil (sonraí tugtha) ar fhoirgneamh buan; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh.
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54 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will give an assurance that, in view of budget 2009 which is pending, the Irish Aid budget will not suffer cuts and our commitments to the poorest of the poor will not be undercut.
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34 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the work being carried out in Irish Aid’s target countries; if it is proposed to expand this programme; if he will give an assurance that the overall budget for this programme will not be cut in Budget 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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261 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals to put a limit on the length of time the record of a criminal conviction in the District Court is held by the Garda Síochána when the convicted person does not reoffend over many years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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260 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals to put a limit on the length of time the record of a criminal conviction in the District Court is held in court records and available to members of the public, when the convicted person does not reoffend over many years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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135 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he is satisfied with the standard of sporting facilities here; his views on whether this influenced the outcome for Irish athletes at Beijing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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232 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Health and Children if, in the case of married female nurses who left the service on disability grounds before the widows and orphans scheme was introduced on the 1 September 1984, they were given the option at any stage of buying back into the scheme; her proposals in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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158
D’fhiafraigh Deputy Brian O’Shea den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an gcríochnófar agus an bhfoilseofar an straitéis fiche bliain don Ghaeilge roimh dheireadh na bliana; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh.
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135
D’fhiafraigh Deputy Brian O’Shea den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an mó cruinniú a bhí ag an bhfo-choiste rialtais a cuireadh ar bun chun déileáil le moltaí an staidéir teangeolaíochta
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