13 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he has taken to deliver the programme for Government commitment in relation to assisting the replacement of septic tanks; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the anticipated overall cost over a 20-year period of the scheme for local authorities to lease new houses for social housing; the anticipated cost per unit of a 20-year lease; the mechanism that will be used to determine the rate at which property will be leased; the way the rental income from such property will be used; the anticipated cost of maintenance and upkeep of leased properties; the way this cost will be provided for; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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215 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the new information which prompted him to make his recent decision to scrap electronic voting machines; if he received a report on the electoral commission which examined the e-voting issue as stated in the Houses of the Oireachtas on 28 October 2008; if he will make that report available to the House; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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131 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of registered heroin addicts in the Cork city and Cork county areas in each year since 2000 to date in 2009; the number of such registered addicts who have been incarcerated at any time since 2004 to date in 2009; the prisons in which they were incarcerated; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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71 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Finance the number of registered moneylenders operating in each local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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29 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action she is taking to retrieve the €7 million that is lost each year by the non-retrieval of rent supplement deposits from landlords.
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454 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Education and Science when an application for grant funding for a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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372 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made in regard to the introduction of a national BER examination from June 2009; if the 41 exam centres including 25 mobile units have been selected; the distinction made with regard to new build and existing build as regards examinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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370 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the closing dates for applications for the supplement to the postal and special voters lists in the local and European elections to be held on 5 June 2009; the closing date for any by-elections which may be held on the same date; if the closing date will be uniform throughout the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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278 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the application for refugee status of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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222 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether it is acceptable that general medical services patients are charged for the taking of cervical smears under the cervical cancer screening programme for women aged 25 to 60 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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221 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of places available in antenatal classes at Cork University Maternity Hospital; the number of applicants for such classes; the provision made to accommodate expectant mothers who are public patients in circumstances where there is no place available at CUMH; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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220 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children if antenatal classes will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork at Cork University Maternity Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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187 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Cork who is awaiting surgery will be treated; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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142 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Finance the value of funds held in bearer bonds here; the way such bonds are assessed by the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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107 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the timeframe for receiving reports from the remaining local authorities regarding the national audit of sports facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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179 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 250 of 25 September 2008, if a person who would be ineligible on grounds of maximum remuneration may stand for election with the intention of resigning or taking leave of absence from their employment if successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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64 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the work of the hunger task force of Irish Aid; the action being undertaken by this taskforce; the impact budget cutbacks will have on the operation and running of the taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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58 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the efforts he has made towards establishing an independent international investigation into Israel’s recent incursion into Gaza and the reports that human rights abuses took place during this conflict.
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600 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the rezoning of lands (details supplied) in County Galway from agricultural to residential in contravention of sustainable residential development planning guidelines without good cause; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that permission was refused previously on grounds of safety, the environment and the fact that the existing development has reached full density and capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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552 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the recent changes to social welfare will make provision for persons who have been in the care of social services from a young age whether in foster care, residential care or in receipt of some other form of State assistance; if, on reaching the age of 18, such persons will be left to fend for themselves on the newly reduced allowances; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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244 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children if the forthcoming Adoption Bill will provide for the continuance of the bilateral agreement with Vietnam and the introduction of bilateral agreements with Russia and Ethiopia; if there will be provision for an inter-country adoption agency; the measures that will be adopted to reduce the delay in the assessment of applications by adoptive parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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233 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Finance if it is his intention to make provision to assist fixed rate mortgage holders who are required to pay a substantial penalty when changing to a variable rate mortgage; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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119 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the gardaí have received a request for additional assistance from the Police Service of Northern Ireland following the recent murders of two British soldiers and a member of the PSNI in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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80 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will introduce the legislation promised to increase jail sentences for possession of a knife; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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118 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he will take in view of the fact that in excess of 4,000 vacant houses under the affordable housing scheme may by in the possession of local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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117 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has completed its list of amendments to the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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111 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown of the way the allocated 5% increase in expenditure for homeless services as outlined in budget 2009 will be spent; the organisations which will receive this increase in funding; the portion of this increase which will go to front-line services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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94 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 578 of 24 March 2009 in respect of an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied) in County Cork and in view of the circumstances pertaining when a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Bill entitled an Act to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 so as to provide for the payment of deposits to the Private Residential Tenancies Board in respect of tenancies required to be registered under Part 7 of that Act; to require further that payments of supplementary welfare allowance under the Social Welfare Acts in respect of rental payments shall be paid only in respect of a tenancy registered with the Board; and to provide for connected matters
110 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a numerical county by county permanent residential breakdown of patients with a diagnosis of diabetes who had full or partial lower limb amputations here in each of the years 2005, 2006 and 2007; if she will further provide a numerical permanent residential breakdown of these patients by Health Service Executive area in each of the years 2005, 2006 and 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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43 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an exemption from the pension levy for research staff who are employed on fixed term non-permanent contracts dependent on external funding; his views on whether staff who are without job security and an incremental payscale and who do not accumulate sufficient years of service to adequately benefit from a public service pension should not be subject to the pension levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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40 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Transport the estimated greenhouse gas emissions for the transport sector in respect of 2012, 2015 and 2020 in view of the recently changed economic conditions; if his Department has changed its targets for reducing transport emissions in view of the changed economic environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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36 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Transport when the national pedestrian strategy will be published; the key measures that will be contained in the strategy; if they will include home zone residential estates; if the strategy will necessitate new legislation; the cost of the new pedestrian strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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141 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a local authority, including a town council, is entitled to prohibit the proper use of election posters during designated election periods; the legislation that makes such prohibition possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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56 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has had contacts with the new administration in the United States in view of reports that proposed tax changes may impact on US investment here and the possible consequences for job creation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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37 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way it is intended to effect the 8% reduction in professional fees in relation to services provided to or funded by her Department in respect of the Government announcement of 3 February 2009; the amount expected to be saved in her Department’s budget as a result of this process; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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382 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of tenancies currently registered with the Private Residential Tenancies Board; if there is a mechanism in place to keep account of the number of licence agreements in operation at present; if a mechanism is in place to ensure that licence agreements conform to the standards of residential and tenancy legislation.
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265 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 10 March 2009, when he will make a decision in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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193 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Cork can expect to receive treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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152 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Finance the number of times he and the banks met in order to negotiate the bank guarantee; the persons who attended these meetings and in what capacity; the legal advisers who attended the meetings on the banks’ behalf; the legal advisers who attended the meetings on the Government’s behalf; if the Government engaged external specialist financial or legal advice; if so, if such persons attended the meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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104 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of new physiotherapy posts expected to be created in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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47 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the latest figures for persons in receipt of medical cards and general practitioner only cards; the number of cards issued to date in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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58 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Finance his views on recent statements by the President of the European Investment Bank to the effect that giving State guarantees to the banking sector can have a significant impact on the cost of sovereign borrowing; his views on both of these models.
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56 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Finance if he proposes to bring forward legislative proposals relating to the management of consumer debt; his views on whether the legislative framework is satisfactory in this regard; if, in particular, his Department has considered the implementation of UK models such as individual voluntary agreements or debt management plans; if new legislation would be required for the implementation of such models in an Irish context; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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164 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the financial supports his Department will make available to the local authority to undertake remedial works in view of the increase in demands being placed on the recently opened sewerage scheme in Donegal Town and in view of the odours and leaks that have occurred as a result.
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1057 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will grant an additional year of education in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has made significant educational and medical progress but who has not achieved their potential and would benefit greatly from an additional year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1051 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Education and Science his views on whether Protestant voluntary secondary schools are within the framework of the free education scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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872 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his Department will allocate funding to Drogheda Borough Council to allow it commence work on the proposed local authority housing project at Mell, Drogheda and the proposed in-fill housing scheme at Moneymore, Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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578 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made in respect of an application for Irish citizenship by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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