158 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the drafting of the climate change Bill has begun; and if not when he intends starting this process.
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157 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the cost of funding the establishment of Irish Water; and the way that it is to be funded.
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5 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the consultation with stakeholders that will take place in preparing his proposals for local government reform; and when will these proposals be ready. [31373/12]
2 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the completion of ghost estates, including the number of estates with site resolution plans and the number of estates that have completed their site resolution plans. [31372/12]
21 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on Air Corps activity in supporting the National Parks and Wildlife Service; the number of times that the Air Corps aircraft have been used to assist the NPWS during each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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19 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to ensure that elderly residents in rural areas are protected from burglaries in view of his plans to cut back provision of Garda numbers in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29759/12]
10 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons prosecuted for illegal money-lending offences during each of the past seven years; the offences for which they were prosecuted; the sentences received on conviction; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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111 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if he will give a definitive position regarding the practice of some hospitals informing patients that they cannot receive treatment because they do not fall within the catchment area of the hospital [29430/12]
153 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the future of public nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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21 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is possible to meet the targets as set out under Food Harvest 2020 while maintaining our targets to reduce agricultural emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the restrictions that are in place on farmers whose farms are adjoining a farm testing positive for TB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28864/12]
2 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if the limits on expenditure agreed under the bailout programme has the potential to adversely impact on the potential take-up of the EU infrastructural support, or other funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28863/12]
32 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to ensure that State bodies are subject to the same reporting requirements as their parent Departments.
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484 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has been waiting since October 2010 for their Garda vetting to be processed.
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144 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the proposals to introduce a single working age payment. [28047/12]
151 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on her proposals to cut entitlements to illness benefit.
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42 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to provide support for those in the banking sector who have been made or are in the process of being made unemployed.
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8 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if the reduction of €772 million on exports in medical and pharmaceutical products in the first three months of 2012 as compared to the same period in 2011 has resulted or may result in job losses in this sector. [27330/12]
914 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that patients (details supplied) in County Laois requiring a spinal stimulator are being refused treatment in St. Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin, because they do not live in the catchment area; the action he proposes to take on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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409 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a community employment scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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D’fhiafraigh Brian Stanley den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén buiséad atá ag Óige na Gaeltachta i mbliana i gcomparáid leis na 5 bliana roimhe seo; agus cad iad na pleananna atá aige maidir le forbairt na heagraíochta seo.
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148 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will guarantee that Sundrive Road Garda Station, Dublin 12 will remain open permanently and that his Department has no plans to close same.
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64 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on statistics which show newly qualified teachers have to wait, on average, eight to nine years to acquire a full-time, permanent position and that 93% of teachers are still on fixed-term contracts after two years of teaching, a figure that is more than double the OCED average.
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62 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding teachers’ allowances; his views on whether allowances are part of teachers’ pay and to cut them would mean a breach of the Croke Park agreement.
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60 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance the pre-emptive and proactive measures he is putting in place, along with other Government Departments, to prepare for the numbers of staff to be let go in the banks, particularly the expected 2,500 job losses in AIB.
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37 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance the steps that will be taken to provide and protect banking infrastructure in rural and disadvantaged areas following downsizing by the banks.
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569 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that cuts to child care training and education support are forcing crèches to close in Ballyfermot, Cabra and Whitehall, Dublin; if she will reinstate the child care training and education support to the 2011 level of €170 per child per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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309 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider increasing the money that goes to good causes by 4%.
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308 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform as part of the sale of the National Lottery, if it is his intention to introduce a duty tax on the lottery money.
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286 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that as part of the initiative education programme for children with autism which is taking place in July that some principals will not be receiving payment for this work because it is regarded as a new post of responsibility and if he will ensure that this situation is reversed immediately.
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277 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that there will be no reduction in teaching posts in schools (details supplied) in Dublin 10 and 12 which are being imposed on the school post the review into the loss of 235 pre-DEIS legacy posts that were announced in Budget 2012.
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111 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will guarantee the higher rate of subsidy to privately sourced group water schemes who have entered in to a 20 year design, build and operate contracts with private contractors.
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110 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will guarantee the operational subsidy to group water schemes with private sources and also group water schemes connected to public water mains.
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109 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the meter charge that will apply to group water scheme members when the scheme was taken in charge after being upgraded and metered and where the members contributed to the cost of the upgrade.
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108 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the charging mechanism that will be used to charge domestic consumers on privately operated group water schemes with supply from public mains.
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74 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to address the anomaly faced by those who are transgender and have inconsistent documents, for example, the name and gender on the birth certificate being different to that of their passport or drivers licence.
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56 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Skills is his attention has been drawn to the pressure that the staff and pupils are under in a school (details supplied) in County Laois due to the need for new classrooms; the steps he is taking to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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55 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken by him to advance the amalgamation of the boys and girls schools in Ballyroan, County Laois.
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54 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Skills is his attention has been drawn to the fact that children of survivors of institutional abuse, who have received financial assistance from the Education Finance Board to do year one or two of education courses are being denied funding to complete those courses; and the steps he is taking to rectify this matter.
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49 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the progress, if any, on the establishment of a patient safety authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a guarantee that the decision to close Abbeyleix Hospital, County Laois, will be reversed, that the hospital will be retained and maintained by the Health Service Executive as a facility for older persons in the midlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24202/12]
354 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the location of the 300,000 homes that cannot be installed with water meters.
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353 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to Dublin City Council for the operation of the energy efficiency/retrofitting programme within Dublin City Council.
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133 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to provide supports for lesbian, gay and bisexual children; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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93 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children on turning 18 years who have left high support units or special care units during each of the past five years; and the number of these children who did not receive aftercare services. [23955/12]
24 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide stimulus for the growing of bio-fuel crops here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if he has had any discussions with companies that wish to use the GM method to grow crops in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23334/12]
25 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to extend the LEAP scheme to other urban areas transport services and the national rail and bus networks.
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113 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will facilitate an independent review of prison gangs that are now operating throughout Irish prisons.
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90 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to ratify without delay the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention Against Torture; and to establish effective national preventative mechanisms under the Protocol.
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