239 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to drive a waste reduction programme through extension of producer responsibility initiatives and a levy on packaging.
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238 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to move towards zero-carbon homes and the timeframe in which he envisages this happening.
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237 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to initiate urban regeneration projects and the locations of same.
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235 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the State or any agency of the State owns a domain name (details supplied) and the date on which this website will be up and running for the public to use.
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233 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a single State building inspectorate service.
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232 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has implemented a requirement that the Local Government Director of Audit publish an annual report covering all his functions, to be provided to the Oireachtas Committee on the environment; and the date on which the committee will receive the first report.
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241 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will introduce a mechanism to require all local authorities to develop a transport plan in conjunction with their county or city development plans and local areas plans.
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240 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure more co-ordinated development and planning that supports local communities instead of the current system, which favours developer-led planning.
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229 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to amend the strategic planning guideline model.
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234 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to fundamentally reorganise local governance structures to allow for devolution of much greater decision making to local persons.
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231 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will introduce legislation that will provide councillors with a legal power to seek reports from, and question in public, private sector service providers such as internet and digital TV providers, local banks and private schools on their public service remit.
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230 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will introduce legislation that will provide councillors with a legal power to seek reports from and question in public all providers of public services in their area.
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228 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will abolish the position of county manager and replace it with a chief executive; and if he will outline the limited range of executive functions that this new chief executive will hold.
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227 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure all property-related revenues are part of the income stream of local government.
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236 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to merge the local enterprise and job support functions of local, regional and national agencies into a single business and enterprise unit within local authorities.
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226 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to move community employment and enterprise supports back to local government.
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216 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to make Ireland a centre of excellence in the management of carbon; and his plans to work with his Northern counterpart in doing so.
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215 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to insulate all public buildings in the State; the buildings which have been insulated so far; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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214 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to introduce an energy efficiency obligation for suppliers.
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213 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the level of funding allocated to home energy efficiency and renewable energy programmes; and the percentage rate of increase to the funding that will be allocated to these programmes for each year until 2013.
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54 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance the progress made to date in developing solutions to mortgage holders currently in mortgage distress; and the date on which he will publish the relevant legislation.
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47 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an estimate of the potential liabilities to the covered institutions arising from current levels of mortgage arrears as detailed by the Financial Regulator in April 2011.
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15 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way the latest reports of escalations in the war on Libya such as NATO’s bombing of ships in Libya, the sending of troops to Libya, and the news that British and French are sending Apache and other military helicopters to take part in the war in Libya, constitute as conforming with a no-fly zone UN resolution.
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7 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will confirm media reports which have stated that Colonel Gadaffi’s grandchildren were killed in a NATO bombing raid on Libya and if true, if he approves of what is clearly an attempted assassination of the head of State of Libya.
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65 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the person responsible for awarding the contract for national car test garages; and the criteria for any decision made.
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60 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans and initiatives he will take to maximise the number of genealogical tourists to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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344 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the reconfiguration of acute surgical services taking place at the three midlands hospitals, Portlaoise, Tullamore and Mullingar; if he will give assurances that acute surgical services will not be withdrawn from Portlaoise; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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43 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health and Children if he has a programme for the reopening of closed public hospital beds and wards; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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122 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection if she proposes to use age of the unemployed as a factor in the analysis in the new profiling system for the unemployed, which aims to identify early those with a high probability of becoming long-term unemployed at the time they first become unemployed.
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283 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by an organisation (details supplied) as a result of delays in obtaining Garda vetting information for prospective employees; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that these applications have been made under the auspices of FÁS, a registered organisation with the Garda Vetting Unit; the reason for the delays; the date on which they will receive the necessary vetting information; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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275 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the practice of gardaí videoing and photographing persons attending Sinn Féin commemorations; the cost and purpose of these exercises; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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226 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there has been a local labour clause inserted into the agreement for the regeneration of an area (details supplied).
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47 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on the deployment of members of the Defence Forces to assist fire crews dealing with gorse fires in parts of counties Donegal, Galway and Mayo at the start of May; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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76 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently availing of the rent supplement scheme; the amount spent on this scheme in 2009 and 2010; the projected spend for 2011; and if she will provide a breakdown based on each local authority.
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75 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to develop a strategy to ensure that the most competitive rents are secured for persons availing of rent supplement.
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74 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason there is a ban on rent supplement in an area (details supplied); and her plans to lift this ban.
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153 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the total cost of lifting, checking and sealing manholes and drains and related works in advance of the visit here of Queen Elizabeth II; the projected cost of lifting, checking and unsealing manholes and drains when she leaves the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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61 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of joint policing committees that have been set up; the local authorities that have not set up the structure to date; the reason for same; the chairperson of each joint policing committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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49 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to enhance the witness protection programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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501 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of fair deal nursing home residents that are currently in receipt of State therapy services as part of their overall care within a nursing home.
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298 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport his plans to review the criteria used to designate areas as special areas of conservation and natural heritage areas.
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229 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of green jobs that will be generated from the new jobs initiative.
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69 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will conduct an investigation into the provision of fire services in Counties Laois and Offaly to ascertain if the services currently provided are adequate.
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38 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider using ghost housing estates held by the National Assets Management Agency for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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33 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that parts of County Offaly are now without any fire service; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that substantial tracts of land have been damaged in bogfires since the closure of fire stations in Daingean, Kilcormac, and Bannagher; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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34 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the date on which he will commence a review of the opening times of our cultural institutions; and the date on which this review will be published.
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343 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 334 of 19 April 2011, if he will provide the actual number of persons who received State therapy services while under the fair deal scheme during each of the years 2009, 2010 and the first three months of 2011.
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213 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the date and venue for the Famine commemoration organised by the national famine commemoration committee which is normally held in the second or third week in May; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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85 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will provide an update on the work of the National Ancillary Group.
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