76 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when she expects to publish the legislation to clamp down on crony capitalism to restrict cross directorships and to prevent one person fulfilling the dual role of chair and chief executive of a company; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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275 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the impact the non-inclusion of an eastern bridge in the Sligo and environs development plan 2010 to 2016 will have on the continuing funding of the refurbishment scheme from Cranmore and the eastern environs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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335 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Education and Science the change of circumstance which prompted him to review the provision of certain grants to Protestant schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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334 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Education and Science the plans in place to facilitate the growing needs of a college (details supplied) in County Cork which has experienced an increase of more than 100% in its enrolment since 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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101 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether allowances should be made for the variation in cost between urban and rural areas to the early childhood care education scheme; the reason the scheme provides for 38 weeks rather than the 43 weeks of the primary school year; the reason there is a requirement that children at a young age should attend for the full five days; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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46 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he is taking to ensure that live cattle exported to England will be slaughtered in all processing plants in England.
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33 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his policy regarding the release of butter and SMP intervention stocks by the EU Commission.
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94 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the annual accounts for 2008 of the Central Fisheries Board have been published and laid before Dáil Éireann; if not, the reason for the delay; the timeframe for publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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254 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be given an initial appointment at Cork University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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242 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will examine the possibility of providing a long-term care bed for a person (details supplied) in the care of the national health service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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204 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children if a consultant appointment will be brought forward for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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96 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the precise methodology to be employed in providing leased accommodation through the voluntary sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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79 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the commitment in the revised programme for Government to make the necessary legislative changes to enable the publication of house selling prices will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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131 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision on appeal will be forthcoming for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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78 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Finance the retail volumes accommodated at the VAT rates 0%, 13.5% and 21.5%; if he will indicate specifically the volumes in regard to eat-in meals; his views on a reduction in the VAT rate in the eat-in meals sector which has been successfully introduced elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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18 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Defence his views on whether spending on the Irish Defence Forces as a proportion of GDP is the lowest amongst the 27 European Union states; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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16 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Defence his views on whether the target for pay bill cuts of 6.85% will be met by the Permanent Defence Forces by the end of 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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166 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children when a cancelled orthodontic appointment for a person (details supplied) will be rescheduled.
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153 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Finance the number of buildings that are leased from private landlords for Government use on terms which include an upward only rent review; if this term is applicable to the Treasury Building at which National Asset Management Agency will be based; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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116 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has held meetings with the newly installed Cuban Ambassador to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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100 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on such changes as are envisaged in the common position of the European Union in relation to Cuba.
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472 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Education and Science the action he will take to alleviate the distress and hardship caused to students by the failure to disburse education grants in a timely manner; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Cork City Council has indicated that grants will not be awarded until late November 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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298 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will exercise his powers under the Courts Act 1981 to reduce from 8% to 4% the level of interest on judgment debts; if he will confirm that despite the historically low rates applicable elsewhere the interest on judgment debts has been unchanged since 1989; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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156 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of public servants wages and salaries; if that figure included the cost of employer’s PRSI contributions; if so, the cost of such contributions; the estimated amount of those wages and salaries which is returned to the Exchequer in income tax, employees PRSI, health levy, income levy, public service pension levy and superannuation contributions; the current estimated marginal tax rate, including PRSI, all levies and superannuation contributions, of public servants earning €30,000, €50,000, €75,000, €100,000 and €150,000 per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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148 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Finance the most recent reported or estimated per capita GNP for every OECD country; the names of those countries whose per capita GNP exceeded that of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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106 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has concluded an overview on the recommendations made in the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes report; if so, the discussions that he has had as a consequence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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86 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes report which determines that the dormant accounts funds should be returned to the Exchequer thus depriving communities of the value of such funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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85 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps taken to ensue compliance by Government Departments with the new arrangements announced on 20 May 2009 to reduce the payment period by central Government Departments to their business suppliers from 30 to 15 days; her plans to extend this arrangement to semi-State companies; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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82 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made to date by the high level action group on green enterprise; when she expects to receive this report; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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356 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the location where tenants who have been the subject to an eviction from a local authority property must present for accommodation; if he will identify the relevant support service to which they will be referred under the terms of the Pathways to Home document; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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168 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children if there was an evaluation of the effectiveness of the free phone service operated by the homeless persons unit since 1993 undertaken before the decision was taken to replace it; if she will guarantee that the new 24 hour help line will be staffed from within the statutory sector; if protocols have been put in place between the new service provider and social work and out of hours social work services which will ensure the continued sharing of essential information in relation to child welfare and child protection issues; the projected costings for this help line; the projected costings of the expanded outreach services which the introduction of the new help line will necessitate; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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107 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda personnel engaged in providing driver and security services to the members of the Government, members of the Judiciary, former Taoisigh or former Government Ministers; his plans to review the numbers involved with a view to transferring some of these Garda officers to front line duties fighting crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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102 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on amending the law to allow the Criminal Assets Bureau to apply to forfeit seized property after two years rather than the seven year wait; the estimate of the additional revenue that would be raised if this change were made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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200 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has prepared an advice note for companies (details supplied) which, for the past ten, 20 or 30 years have been legally trading under a name, style or title containing the word “architect”; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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172 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will recognise that the needs of cultural cinema require State support, in particular, the case of a cinema (details supplied) in Cork city; if he will become involved in the matter; if he will meet with the various interests both public and private to determine the action to save the cinema; the funding and support that might be available or freed up by him in these circumstances with regard to dealing with the cinema’s immediate difficulties and putting a sustainable business plan in place, for example, the creation of a public private partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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85 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the breakdown of the figures for homeless children according to each local health office area here; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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30 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Transport the reason he has requested the National Roads Authority to take over the management functions of the non-national road network on a non-statutory basis; the functions this new role will entail for the NRA; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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127 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the alternative plans which are being considered to upgrade or replace the Central Mental Hospital following the rejection of the Thornton Hall site; if consideration is being given to keeping the facility in Dundrum; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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107 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the funding package she envisages for the construction of the new national children’s hospital; the way it is intended to seek contributions from the private sector; the public funds which have been committed to the construction phase; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1103 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Education and Science in relation to circular 0065/2008, the influencing factors that led to the introduction of the occupational health strategy for teachers; the tendering procedures that resulted in the appointment of a company (details supplied); the other companies tendered; the duration of the contract; the way this contract will change existing procedures with regard to the administration of sick leave in the education sector; the consultation that was undertaken with the teacher unions and school management bodies prior to the tendering process; the estimated annual cost of the new service; if the introduction of the new service requires any legislative change; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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993 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount that has been spent to date on all aspects of a project (details supplied) since its inception; the amount it is expected to overrun its original estimates; if the ESB has made compensation payments in connection with this project over the past ten years; if so, to whom and the amount; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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938 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the international review of waste management strategy will be published; if he will confirm that the closing date for submissions and observations with regard to the review was mid-June 2009 and that meetings were held with some interested parties after this date to the exclusion of others; if a meeting was held with waste industry representatives, the date it was held, the minutes taken and the names of those in attendance; the reason this group was facilitated after the closure of the submission period; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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932 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the commitment he has made to Cork County Council with regard to the refurbishment and regeneration of flats (details supplied) in County Cork; if costs have been identified; if a budget, a timeframe and a completion date have been agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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928 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on facilitating a trade up process by which households, whose existing affordable home is inadequate, can move to more suitable accommodation from the unsold affordable housing stock without triggering the clawback; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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819 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of households whose application for rent supplement was refused from August to September 2009; the number of households whose application for mortgage supplement was refused in the same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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817 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will rectify the anomaly whereby a person who is in all other respects qualified for back-to-education allowance would be disqualified if the benefit runs out immediately prior to the course, for example, if the course starts on 1 September 2009 and benefit finishes on 2 September 2009 the person qualified, however if the benefit finishes on 31 August 2009 the person is disqualified; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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798 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if legislation will be required to effect the proposed changes to community development projects; if CDPs will continue to develop their work plans and service agreements; the way funding from sources other than his Department will be managed; the savings which are proposed by the transfer of the administrative burden to local partnerships; if additional resources have been identified to assist with the additional administration; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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434 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress made at the adolescent unit at Bessborough care centre, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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414 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will reply to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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298 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Finance the number of local authorities which have implemented the new rateable valuation calculation; the procedure used for the new valuation process; the way it differs from the old; his views on the impact that the new rateable valuation will have on business costs; if he will continue the process; if he will confirm that the procedure has resulted in an increase of 48% in one shopping centre and 62% in another (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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