230 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection following the announcement that the JobBridge scheme has reached its target of 5,000 internships since it was launched, the proportion of these positions that related to host organisations based in Galway city and county; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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153 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is concerned that academic and support services for students of NUI Galway and Galway Mayo Institute of Technology may be adversely affected by the retirement this year of 34 and 22 staff from each of the institutions, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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155 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects to be in a position to provide funding to Galway City Council in respect of the housing grant for people with a disability, housing aid for older people and the mobility aids housing grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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83 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that a site has been acquired for the purpose of constructing a new school building in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if the project will be included in the five-year building programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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77 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the increasing number of instances in which covered institutions are using taxpayers’ money to challenge in the High Court decisions made by the financial ombudsman in favour of mortgage holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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213 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the specific transport projects in Galway that will benefit from the allocation of €25 million through the regional cities programme over the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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139 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the mechanisms in place to ensure manufacturers and distributors of light bulbs comply with the EU lighting directive; the penalties that may apply in a case of non-compliance; the recourse open to persons wishing to report failure by a company to comply with the directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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136 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans in respect of the development of terminal buildings at airstrips on Inishbofin and Cleggan, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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718 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application under the nursing home support scheme, fair deal, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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464 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a vacant property in County Galway which is uninhabitable is liable for the household charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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338 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of families currently in receipt of both family income supplement and carer’s allowance payments; and the savings anticipated as a result of the inclusion of carer’s payments for the purpose of calculating entitlement to FIS as introduced in the last budget.
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185 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in relation to a site selection process for the development of a post-primary school at Claregalway, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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124 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are plans for Ireland to nominate a UN youth delegate to participate in the State’s official delegation to the United Nations General Assembly; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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205 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application appeal in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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159 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the exemption from liability to pay the household charge when a person has had to vacate their home due to long-term infirmity may be extended to apply to those who have not been absent from their property for the full period of 12 months prior to the liability date of 1 January 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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269 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the contract for public service obligation bus routes will be the subject of a tender process when the current arrangement expires in December 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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656 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway, who is on a waiting list, will be admitted to undergo surgery at University Hospital Galway.
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633 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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631 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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630 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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627 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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625 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for nursing home support under the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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623 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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587 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amounts paid by the Health Service Executive to mother and baby homes in the State during the years 2009, 2010 and 2011 with a breakdown of the figures citing the amount paid to each facility in each years; and the number of women whose use of the service related to these amounts.
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406 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress made in relation to plans to merge the National Archives and the Irish Manuscripts Commission with the National Library; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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358 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance appeal application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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357 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a scope application appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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345 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer’s allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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250 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the registration of untrained substitute primary teachers with the Teaching Council; if there are any supports in place to enable these untrained teachers to become formally qualified teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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482 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when join-spouse and join-parent visas will be issued in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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242 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Health when a decision on an application for a medical card will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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119 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection if the employer job, PRSI, incentive scheme is to be extended for 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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168 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of redundancy entitlements for teachers employed exclusively to deliver the modern languages in primary schools initiative following the discontinuation of the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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167 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Education and Skills his position on proposals concerning the idea of a technological university comprised of Athlone, Dundalk, Letterkenny, Sligo and Galway-Mayo Institutes of Technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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259 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if plans to close the visitor centre at Dún Aengus on Inis Mór, County Galway, for two days per week will be reviewed in view of concern that the historical site could be subjected to damage in the absence of supervision; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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210 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application by a school (details supplied) in County Galway for building expansion; and if the school will be included in the five-year programme for school building projects to be announced this year.
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139 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Finance if there is any mechanism by which charities can reclaim VAT that was incorrectly applied by telecommunications providers to charitable donations made via SMS text message; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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212 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to facilitate the continued provision of vital public health services in an area (details supplied) of County Galway following the retirement of the area’s only public health nurse last week.
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660 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Health if an application for treatment abroad under the E112 scheme will be approved in time for a person (details supplied) in County Galway to undergo the treatment required as scheduled in the UK on the 7 of March 2012.
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173 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the possibility of providing additional places on the competency determination validation electrical course, which is provided through Shannon Training Centre, in view of the fact that the current capacity of four places per course has resulted in a waiting time for applicants of around two years.
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420 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Health the position regarding efforts to recruit a senior audiological scientist in Galway following interviews for the position, which were held in October; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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347 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the details and amounts of funding provided to an approved housing body in the form of a loan through the Housing Finance Agency, availability payments and the capital advance leasing facility in respect of housing at a location (details supplied) in Dublin.
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60 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a public bike scheme will be operational in County Galway by summer 2012; if a decision was made to roll out such a scheme and if sufficient support from the private sector was forthcoming following the upcoming symposia announced this week; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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778 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide her consent for the Adoption Authority of Ireland to commence negotiations with Ethiopia regarding a bilateral adoption agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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622 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when a date will be set for a judicial review of a decision in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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346 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding family income supplement in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Galway.
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279 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has any plans to consider the introduction of a voluntary redundancy scheme at the Office of Public Works as part of the initiative to reduce the number of workers within the public service.
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145 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Education and Skills if provision will be made for teachers currently engaged in the modern languages in primary schools initiative to be redeployed within the education system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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143 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for a higher education grant will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway.
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79 Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Finance if he will request that the Central Bank use its powers to engage with Permanent TSB regarding its standard variable mortgage rate, which is considerably higher than that of other State-controlled banks, in order to establish if the rate is disproportionate to the cost of funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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