72 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on the number of marine inspectors employed by his Department; the number of spot-check inspections carried out in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007; his plans to strengthen the inspection and invigilation of ships operating in Irish ports and waters; the Government’s objectives at EU wide level to address the problems associated with vessels operating under flags of convenience and on strengthening EU wide regulations on safety, pay and working conditions for maritime workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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62 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on the recent decision to select a company (details supplied) to build the new Bremore deep water port; when he plans to amend the Harbours Act 1996 to facilitate the development of Bremore; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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184 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his proposals to extend the back to school education allowance to lone parents who are writing up their PhD theses; 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 an nglacann sé leis na leasuithe reachtúla ar an Acht Airí agus Rúnaithe (Leasú) 1956 atá molta sa Staidéar Cuimsitheach ar Úsáid na Gaeilge sa Ghaeltacht; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh.
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D’fhiafraigh Deputy Brian O’Shea den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil sé sásta go bhfuil Foras na Gaeilge ag oibriú chomh maith agus ba cheart é a bheith; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh.
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189 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the new initiatives regarding the Gaeltacht and the Irish language he will put in place in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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52 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the work that has been carried out in respect of the promised 20-year strategy for the Irish language since 1997 to date in 2007; if it will be published by the end of 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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244 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Health and Children the proposals she has in regard to the provision of comprehensive, designated transport for cancer patients who must travel to obtain services; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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234 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Health and Children the proposals she has to provide essential core funding to the Irish Osteoporosis Society (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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106 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way he will fund the commitments set out in the Programme for Government on State contributory pension and other schemes in view of the projected deficit in the social insurance fund.
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152 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be reached under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford seeking leave to remain in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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151 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be reached on the application of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford for subsidiary protection under the European Communities (Eligibility for Protection) Regulations 2006 SI No. 518 of 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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150 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be reached on the application of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford to remain here on humanitarian grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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149 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be reached on the application of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford to be allowed residency here on humanitarian grounds; 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 cén dul chun cinn atá déanta faoi fhorbairt an phlean straitéisigh i leith fás a chothú in úsáid na Gaeilge agus sa dátheangachas a bheidh mar ardphlean cuimsitheach chun úsáid na Gaeilge a fhorbairt i ngach ceantar baile agus tuaithe in Éirinn; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh.
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D’fhiafraigh Deputy Brian O’Shea den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén dul chun cinn atá déanta leis an bpróiseas comhairliúcháin phoiblí a thosnú don scéim nua faoi Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh.
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26 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his Department has carried out an audit of local sports facilities; if the findings of the audit have been published; the areas that are most in need of additional supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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24 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the importance of e-marketing for tourism performance here; the policies being pursued by the Government in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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258 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Defence if he will commission, fund and publish, as a 2016 commemoration project of the 1916 Rising, the compiling of a definitive list of all those who died during the War of Independence and the Civil War; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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181 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the proposals he has in regard to the concerns of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford regarding the sentences received by two persons in Saudi Arabia; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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162 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Health and Children the proposals she has to extend eligibility under the refund of nursing home charges scheme to those psychiatric patients who lived in community accommodation under the supervision of the psychiatric services; the reason these patients were excluded from entitlement under the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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77 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of deaths and injuries arising from workplace accidents generally, and specifically in regard to the construction industry for 2006; the way these figures compare with 2003, 2004 and 2005; the additional steps he will take to reduce such accidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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67 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of workplace inspections carried out by labour inspectors during 2006 and to date in 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.
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109 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress being made in terms of the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals by the G8; and his views of the progress, or lack thereof, in achieving universal access to prevention treatment and care of persons suffering from AIDS, the strengthening of health systems, the care of orphans and vulnerable children, affordable treatment and the promise to establish a G8 working group on AIDS.
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111 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the current position in Burma; the initiatives Ireland has taken in order to establish the whereabouts of those detained following the recent demonstrations; the progress made in establishing such meaningful talks as would lead to a transition to democracy; and if the European Union is expected to redraft its sanctions regime in relation to Burma.
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77 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Health and Children the system in place to screen babies prenatally or at birth for cystic fibrosis where one or both parents are carriers; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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76 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of cases of cystic fibrosis diagnosed in each county in each of the past five years and to date in 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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34 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her attention has been drawn to the contents of the latest FVO report on the failure of Brazil to meet EU standards and safety controls; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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121 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Health and Children the locations it is intended to have cervical smears and biopsies tested when the cancer control programme is rolled out; if it is intended to outsource some of this work to the US or the UK; her views on whether more of this work could be carried out here if the available graduates were recruited; if it is planned to accredit laboratories doing this work here; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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73 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Health and Children the cost of the Health Service Executive contract with a company (details supplied); the length of time the contract is for; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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170 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) in County Waterford will be informed of the date for their oral hearing before the Refugee Appeals Tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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54 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the most recent OECD figures on broadband provision that puts Ireland below average of OECD countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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14 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the security failure from Eircom regarding its 250,000 wi-fi customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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85 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of social houses and affordable houses provided in 2006 and to date in 2007; the number expected to be provided by the end of 2007; if his attention has been drawn to the increase in the numbers applying for affordable housing in some areas; the steps he is taking to deal with the backlog.
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82 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will bring in legislation in line with the recommendations of the Kenny report and the Ninth Progress Report of the All Party Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution to empower local authorities to compulsorily acquire land on it being zoned for residential development at agricultural value or its existing use value plus 25%; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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340 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science if the consideration of a report (details supplied) on the submission of Waterford Institute of Technology for upgrading to university status will be concluded by the end of 2007, the end of 2008 or the end of 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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302 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 392 of 23 October 2007, the length of time the legal advisers to her Department have been examining the issues referred to in the reply; when the examination will be concluded; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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76 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of grants made to schools under the school building and school support programmes during each year from 2002 to date in 2007 for Dublin city, Dún Laoghaire Rathdown, south Dublin and Fingal; the value of such grants in each year and in each area mentioned.
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71 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science the specific resources available to third level institutions to fund on-campus medical and counselling facilities for students; if she will provide specific funding for such facilities in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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219 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the review of the €30 million hardship fund for commercial fishermen and others affected by the ban on commercial salmon fishing will be concluded; 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 if planning authorities are obliged to use the moneys paid to them by developers in lieu of an insufficiency of parking spaces on particular developments, to provide additional parking places in the immediate vicinity of the development; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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184 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of foreign nationals who have been the subject of deportation orders and whose whereabouts are unknown; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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183 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications for family reunification received in his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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182 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons who have initiated legal challenges to their deportation orders in each of the past five years and to date in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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169 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals in regard to proactive planning, continuous data accumulation and analysis in relation to immigration and integration; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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168 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals to produce a green paper on immigration and integration; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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153 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science her plans to establish a forum to examine education and equality legislation in the matter of intercultural education; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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151 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to ensure that all schools have a comprehensive policy on racism, anti-racism and intercultural education; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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150 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science if she is satisfied that the English language support for newcomer children in schools here is anywhere near adequate to meet her proposals in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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152 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to ensure English language learning for all immigrant families is co-ordinated through schools where possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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