55 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of inspections carried out by the Labour Inspectorate during 2006 and 2007 to ensure that the minimum wage was being paid; the number of breaches detected in these inspections; the number of prosecutions that followed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[4066/08]
24 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of workplace inspections carried out by the labour inspectors during 2006 and 2007 to ensure that young workers are not being employed outside the hours permitted by the relevant regulations; the number of such inspections that took place outside of normal working hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[4067/08]
149 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has received a full report regarding the attempt (details supplied) to fly children out of Chad to Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[34166/07]
108 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on continued reported human rights abuses perpetrated in Zimbabwe, as documented by Amnesty International, as well as the renewed detention of a political opponent of the country’s President ahead of a recent planned rally focussing on the need for political reform in the country; if the EU has had input into, or information from, South African led talks aimed at changing Zimbabwe’s media security and electoral laws; if so what these consisted of; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[3683/08]
705 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the decentralisation of Ordnance Survey Ireland to Dungarvan, County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[3134/08]
674 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the decentralisation of part of his Department to Waterford City; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[3135/08]
473 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of applications for foreshore licences from Waterford County Council that are before her Department; the date each application was received; the position regarding each application; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[3133/08]
278 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of people in the Health Service Executive who are on the assistant national director pay scale; the title and job specification in each case; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[3350/08]
155 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Transport the procedure necessary for Bus Éireann to establish a new route or change an existing one in its network; if Bus Éireann will be regulated by the new Dublin Transport Authority or institutions established by the promised Public Transport Regulation Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[3403/08]
132 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Transport when he will publish the Sustainable Transport Plan; the agencies and stakeholders his Department consulted with in the preparation of the plan; if legislation will be necessary to fully implement the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[3404/08]
278 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the processing of water and sewerage schemes in his Department from conception to commissioning takes at least ten years; the proposals he has to address this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[3042/08]
81 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Health and Children the time frame for the roll-out of cervical cancer screening; the funding that has been set aside in 2008 for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[2707/08]
25 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Health and Children when the commitment in the Programme for Government to introduce a programme of vaccination against cervical cancer will be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[2706/08]
1434 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 528 of 6 November 2007, when in 2008 the results from the research component of the Waterford warmer homes Initiative will be available to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[1097/08]
1370 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the National Spatial Strategy with a view to giving hub status to Dungarvan, County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[2001/08]
1329 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when it is estimated that construction will begin on Ring, County Waterford water supply scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[1249/08]
1211 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects additional personnel will become available to An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[1620/08]
949 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to increase research and development capacity in third level institutions in the south east region to extend fourth level provision in the south east region; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[1334/08]
1026 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of official meetings which have taken place to date in 2008 and the dates of the official meetings scheduled to take place in 2008 in her Department in regard to the consideration of the Dr. Jim Port report on the submission by Waterford Institute of Technology to upgrading to university status.
[2004/08]
1025 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science the provision that has been made in the 2008 Estimates of her Department in regard to the upgrading of Waterford Institute of Technology to the university of the south east.
[2003/08]
917 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the proposed amalgamation of the two secondary schools in Tramore, County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[1098/08]
872 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when she expects to have the completed Poultry Task Force Report; and if she will publish the report.
[2030/08]
871 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her proposals to introduce country of origin labelling for poultry products.
[2029/08]
870 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the funding provided in her Department’s 2008 estimates of expenditure for work to prevent coastal erosion in County Waterford.
[2002/08]
374 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Health and Children her proposals in regard to the issues raised by a person (details supplied) in County Waterford relating to cystic fibrosis sufferers; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[1621/08]
129 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views, in view of the recent stock market volatility and the impact on the National Pensions Reserve Fund portfolio of its holdings of Irish equities, on a need to review the mandate of the NTMA or a re-weighting of the portfolio; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[2318/08]
108 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the Government will amend the Ethics in Public Office Acts to allow the Standards in Public Office to appoint an inquiry officer without having received a formal complaint, in view of the fact that SIPO have urged the Government to do so on a number of occasions.
[2321/08]
343 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science the level in her Department a report (details supplied) on the submission of Waterford Institute of Technology for university status is being considered; the number of official meetings that have taken place in relation to same; the dates of these meetings; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[36019/07]
342 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science if it is public policy that there be no institutional transfers into the university system; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[36018/07]
341 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science the amount of capital funding, revenue funding or other funding provided by her Department to each of the universities and institutes of technology in 2007 and in each of the previous four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[36017/07]
109 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the all-island grid study; the benefits to having same complete and published; the length of time it has taken to complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[35625/07]
572 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his proposals to minimise law breaking in regard to salmon fishing in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[34937/07]
571 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent of law breaking in regard to salmon fishing in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[34936/07]
570 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of fishing fines imposed in 2007 in each of the fishery board areas; the nature of the offence in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[34935/07]
494 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the proposals he has to increase Garda numbers in Waterford (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[35031/07]
410 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will waive the requirement regarding residency in the matter of the third level maintenance grant application of a student (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[35002/07]
124 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will detail what constitutes the carbon sinks referred to in the budget carbon emissions table as sinks eligible for accounting under Kyoto protocol rules which represents net afforestation since 1990 and accounting for almost half of the deductions from gross carbon emissions here to enable Ireland to meet Kyoto carbon emission reduction targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[35149/07]
125 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the use of flexible mechanisms of purchasing carbon credits by which over half Ireland’s Kyoto carbon emission reduction targets are to be achieved as set out in the budget carbon emissions table; the way these carbon credits will be purchased and the location from where; the amount they will cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[35150/07]
96 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding the concerns of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford in the matter of the energy tax directive 2004.
[34678/07]
88 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will use the powers available to him under section 22 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003 to provide for the traceability of alcohol sold for consumption off premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[34536/07]
54 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals for further civilianisation of the Garda in order to free trained members for front line duty; his views on the view expressed in the final report of the advisory group on Garda management and leadership development that progress in regard to civilianisation has been risible; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[34534/07]
183 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to empower High Court judges sitting on the Admiralty Marshals Court to waive the State’s deduction of 12% levied as court fees in cases where a ship is being sold to recover unpaid crew wages and where it is apparent to the judge that the deduction of the said court fee will reduce the funds available below the level required to enable the full discharge of the aforesaid crews’ wages, which means effectively that it will be the crew themselves who will be paying most, or all, of the said court fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[34565/07]
180 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the application for subsidiary protection in the State for a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[34513/07]
100 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Defence the recommendations that have been made by the Naval Service/PDFORRA working group in regard to solutions to shortages of skilled personnel in critical areas of the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[34148/07]
49 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to claims made at the recent RACO conference that the military medical system is in a state of virtual collapse; the number of qualified medical doctors serving with the Defence Forces; the establishment level for the medical corps; the steps being taken to recruit additional medical personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[34147/07]
47 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Defence his views on the reported resignation of almost 5,000 members from the Army Reserve during the past four years; the current membership of the Reserve and its establishment level; the steps he proposes to take to stem the flow of members from the Reserve and to replace those who have left; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[34479/07]
45 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Defence the position in regard to the proposed deployment of Irish troops to Chad; if a new date for the operation has been set; if the issue of air support for the operation has been dealt with; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[34478/07]
676 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science the proposals she has to increase the meal allowance for VTOS learners by €4 to €20 per week and to at least double the travel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[33307/07]
99 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science the plans she has to increase the fees for foreign nationals outside the EEA enrolling on a post-leaving certificate course to cover the cost of tuition, administration and normal student support services provided by the school or college; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[33435/07]
59 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science the manner and method in which the post-primary pupil database in her Department is operated and indicate for each of the years 2004, 2005, and 2006 the number of foreign students recorded on that database and their percentage of the total of post-primary pupils; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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