97 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Finance if he will to introduce compensation to charities for VAT incurred on independent fundraising for charities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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96 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Finance if he will reduce the threshold for tax relief to around €100 a year for charities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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95 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Finance if he will retain the current rate of tax relief for charities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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78 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of claims for redundancy payments waiting to be processed at the latest date for which figures are available; the average time taken to process a claim; the steps that are being taken to speed up this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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68 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when he intends to publish anti-victimisation legislation, designed to protect those workers who choose to join a trade union, and which was promised by March 2009 under the review of Towards 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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500 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the concerns of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford in regard to the Waterford Crystal European Globalisation Adjustment Fund application; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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352 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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178 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Finance his views on the key actions from the UK 2008 Strategy, Tackling Tobacco Smuggling Together (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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171 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Finance the proposals he has in regard to the taxing of disablement pension gratuities and payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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334 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the concerns of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford regarding the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund application, EGF/2009/012; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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324 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the funds he will be providing in 2010 for non-core fisheries harbours; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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251 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 19 May 2010, his views on further observations from a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow.
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241 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on the supplementary allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) from County Waterford.
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173 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the re-opened application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford will be dealt with; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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160 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will allow a person (details supplied) in County Waterford to remain in Ireland and continue his business; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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50 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding the payment of health levy 2008 and 2009 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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17 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will promote the site of the former cheese factory at Kilmeaden, County Waterford with potential investors; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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88 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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87 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for leave to remain in the State in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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86 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for leave to remain in the State in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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85 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for leave to remain in the State in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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84 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for leave to remain in the State in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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6 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she has read the report produced by Engineers Ireland called the Task Force on Education of Maths and Science at Second Level; if she will consider implementing all of its proposals; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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122 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for leave to remain in the State in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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83 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding the new White Paper on Defence to cover the period 2010 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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62 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Defence the reason since the end of the Cold War that Ireland has not increased its reserve defence elements as have other western states; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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21 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Defence if he will appoint a Brigadier General Director of the Reserve Defence Forces in order that the Reserve Defence Forces have a meaningful voice at general staff level
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19 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Defence his views on whether the Irish Red Cross Society should be fully independent of Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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358 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the action he proposes to take regarding the concerns of the Dyslexia Association of Ireland in respect of the review he is carrying out on the scheme to support national organisations in the community and voluntary sector (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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350 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of court cases his Department has become involved in since the setting up of the Official Languages Act 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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349 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the 11 lawyers who participated in but did not complete the intensive course set up under the advanced Irish language skills programme in 2006 refunded the stipend and accommodation expenses to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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344 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action he proposes to take in regard to a prison sentence that was handed down in Malawi (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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301 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a subsidiary protection application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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277 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Health and Children the proposals she has for the provision of a hot-line telephone number for missing children (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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124 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the locations throughout the country that have been visited by prospective foreign direct investors at the invitation of the Industrial Development Authority since January 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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123 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the sites in the Waterford constituency to which the Industrial Development Authority have brought or will bring foreign direct investors to visit; the reason that these are the sites that are selected; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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122 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of visits made by prospective overseas investors at the invitation of the Industrial Development Authority to locations in the Waterford constituency since January 2009; the sites visited; the outcome of each visit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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121 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will make a statement on the concerns of the migrant rights centre in regard to the employment permit policy (details supplied).
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46 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will comment on a report of the Environmental Protection Agency that carbon emissions from the power station at Moneypoint, County Clare, cannot be captured and stored underground; his views on carbon capture storage; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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179 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of persons hired by EU institutions regarding Irish being made an official language of the EU in January 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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178 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there was a means test regarding eligibility for stipend and accommodation expenses in regard to the 16 week intensive course set up under the advanced Irish language skills initiative for lawyers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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177 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of money spent on the advanced Irish skills initiative since 2006 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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172 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of money provided by the State regarding Irish language being made an official language of the EU from January 2007 to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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135 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Waterford who has two Irish-born children can have their parents who are non-EEA citizens stay with them on a regular basis to assist with looking after the children; 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 the position regarding an application for subsidiary protection in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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132 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the residency application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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96 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the new dairy investment scheme for farmers will be available in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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426 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the assistance she will give to persons (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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331 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Defence his plans for digitising the aerial photographic archives of the Defence Forces for publication on the Internet in view of the education and heritage value of such a project and the popularity of modern day aerial photography technologies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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278 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport when she intends to resume sports capital grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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