16 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will reconsider her decision, announced in Pathways to Work to cut the jobseeker’s benefit payments to persons who have had their working week reduced as a consequence of the recession; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the reason most persons are combining part-time work with social welfare is that they had their working week forcibly reduced and are unable to secure full-time employment because it does not exist.
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30 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to enhance our competitiveness through supporting green technologies.
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18 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he collates the pay, pension and allowances data of vocational educational committee employees.
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51 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance if he agrees that allowing a company (details supplied) to be eligible for purchasing bank assets in Irish Bank Resolution Corporation after providing loan sale advice to IBRC would undermine international confidence in transparency of bank asset sales in Ireland; if he agrees that international perception among investors would be that this company would have a competitive advantage in bidding for assets put on the market by IBRC which could result in reduced value for the taxpayer; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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32 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance if he intends to appoint someone from a company (details supplied) to the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, advisory board; if he will outline if such an appointment will be made from the advisory company or the investment company; if he believes a conflict of interest will arise as a result of someone from this company being on the NAMA advisory board and this company subsequently purchasing assets in NAMA; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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540 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria by which the decision was made to reduce the opening hours for Sundrive Garda station, Dublin Metropolitan Region; and if there is an opportunity to reverse the decision.
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539 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who have been allocated to Ballyfermot, Dublin Metropolitan Region, in 2010, 2011 and 2012.
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538 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations in County Laois that have access to broadband; and the number that do not have access to broadband.
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486 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government about the long delay in enabling community and voluntary groups and enterprises to draw down their awarded grants which is causing hardship to those groups and individuals; if he has made a decision or when he is going to make a decision as to the mechanism to be used to administer the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 and the Local and Community Development Programme in the areas previously covered by Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta; if these groups and individuals will be reimbursed for interest charges incurred as a result of the delay; if he will provide a breakdown of the funding allocated to each of the affected areas under the Rural Development Programme, including grants paid to date, grants allocated but awaiting drawdown, and the balance of funding to be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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157 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the rationale applied when deciding to cut funding to a project (details supplied).
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156 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider reversing the cut of €148,274 to a project (details supplied); if he will consider meeting the project to discuss the serious implications this cut will have; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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41 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that fares for public transport companies are not raised beyond that laid out as acceptable by his Department.
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7 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport the efforts he has made with the relevant agencies to maximise the tourism potential for Ireland of the London Olympics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8596/12]
53 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the current status of the proposed national children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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23 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the contingency plan in place to address the staffing crisis in the mental health services as a result of the 400 front line nurses retiring, on top of the estimated 1,200 staff who have left posts in the mental health services in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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95 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which she will introduce a children’s rights referendum Bill.
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70 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total number of young persons currently in receipt of after care services from the Health Service Executive; the number of aftercare workers employed by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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32 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to use his office to impress on the Department of Finance the need to ensure that bank credit facilities are made readily available to young farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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27 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase financial support for start-up farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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101 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will introduce an independent complaints mechanism for prisoners here.
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90 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will bring forward the date of publication of the inspection of places of detention Bill.
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178 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the actions he will be taking to ensure his Department will spend only €1.9 million for 2012, as opposed to the €4.2 million spent in 2011, on the carbon fund.
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177 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way in which he expects the cuts to fire and emergency services, from €11.25 million in 2011 to €6 million for 2012, will be made; and if he will explain how the ongoing service will be maintained while importing these cuts into the funding of the services.
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175 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has carried out any reviews into funding cuts to programmes funded through social inclusion; and if so, the details of same.
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174 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends amending the 2010 Planning and Development Act to rebalance power towards elected representatives and the public.
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173 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when we can expect legislation that will allow local authorities to take housing estates in charge; and whether the legislation will make allowance for the financial implications for the relevant local authority.
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172 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government how he plans to move towards zero-carbon homes.
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171 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it is necessary for those applying for local authority housing to supply leases for all rented addresses over the past five years.
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170 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government how he will meet the commitment to increase the stock of social housing with a diminishing capital budget as outlined in the report on infrastructural and capital investment.
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169 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there has been a rationalisation impact assessment on household waste collection; and if he intends introducing a Bill to introduce competitive tendering for household waste collection, under which service providers would bid to provide waste collection services in a given area, for a given period of time and to a guaranteed level of service under the system of market structuring known as franchise bidding.
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168 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether it is of the utmost urgency to introduce legislation that establishes a new fire safety inspectorate and certification regime and which makes it mandatory for builders and architects to provide evidence of compliance with building regulations, including fire standards.
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167 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the contact he has had with Dublin City Council in his efforts to improve building regulations.
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166 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made on the commitment to introduce a single national building inspectorate service; if he will clarify whether this inspectorate will include fire safety and whether it will be answerable to local authorities.
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165 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the plans he has put in place to establish Ireland as a leading player in the global carbon market.
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150 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has agreed on a tendering process for the proposed pay-as-you-save contracts to insulate domestic and public buildings; and if so, to provide details in this regard.
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10 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will outline in detail, county by county, the programme for the installation of water meters; and the programme for the introduction of water charges. [5907/12]
9 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if the erection of over ground cables such, as EirGrid is subject to environment impact statements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5908/12]
176 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the way in which the €8 million in cuts to the local and community development programme have been made; and the impact these cuts will have on service delivery. [6035/12]
164 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the progress made in the Programme for Government’s commitment to abolish the position of County Manager. [6022/12]
163 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government when Dáil Éireann can expect to see local Government reform proposals including devolving control on transport, traffic, economic development, education, responses to crime and local health care needs to local communities. [6021/12]
2 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the process, time frame and the terms of reference for the consultation process on drafting standards for septic tanks in line with the Water Services Bill 2011; and his plans for the establishment of a grant scheme for households who cannot afford to upgrade their septic tanks to meet those standards. [5950/12]
576 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if a portion of the extra €35 million allocated for mental health may be used to improve services for patients with dementia and Alzheimer’s in Shaen hospital.
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575 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health his views on the impact the reduction of 550 public nursing home beds will have on Shaen and Abbeyleix hospitals.
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574 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if he will visit Shaen hospital, County Laois, and meet with the hospital action group and Oireachtas Members to discuss the future of the hospital.
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437 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households liable for the household charge in Dublin; the number liable in Dublin South Central; the number that have registered in Dublin and Dublin South Central to date; and the number that have paid the full €100 in Dublin and in Dublin South Central.
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436 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm whether Dublin City Council has submitted an application for funding to carry out retrofitting of homes in Dublin in 2012; the amount applied for; and the amount it may expect to receive.
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394 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the notification that was sent to the owners of turf banks on Coolrain Bog, County Laois, to inform them that it had been designated a special area of conservation; and if he has copies of this correspondence and a list of those to whom it was sent.
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393 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the notification that was sent to the owners of turf banks on Coolrain bog, County Laois, prior to it being designated a special area of conservation; and if he has copies of this correspondence and a list of those to whom it was sent.
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392 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the scientific evidence upon which the designation of the Coolrain bog, County Laois, as a special area of conservation was based, in particular the fauna, plants and wildlife.
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