349 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Defence the number of Reserve Defence Force personnel who have undergone potential NCO courses in each defence region in each of the past three years; the number of persons who have successfully completed the course in each region; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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266 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether the land register should be reformed to record all interests in property and that all property should be mapped using the best available technology; his further views on whether this information should be fully transparent and publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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152 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether all the requirements of the Aarhus Convention and the Public Participation Directive are applicable to the development of an incinerator at Ringaskiddy, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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148 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, with reference to Parliamentary Question No. 140 of 27 November 2008 and his reply that any rental properties being let for the first time after 1 February 2009 will have to comply with all the requirements of the new regulations, he will explain the way compliance will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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60 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Finance the taxation that is paid by a family of two adults and two children, with one earner on average industrial wages in regard to health service provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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59 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Finance if employers who charge employees market value for car parking space will be exempt from the €200 levy; if such an employer who charges a token amount will be exempted; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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35 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Education and Science his views on the future development of school campuses in view of the expected 100,000 increase in pupil numbers in the next ten years; his further views on the continued feasibility of one and two teacher schools in view of same and on the continued feasibility of having separate schools cater for each and every religious denomination; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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32 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Education and Science the procedures followed in the Advisory Council for English Language Schools’ accreditation process; the qualifications required by teachers to be employed in these schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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161 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children if it is her intention to renew the bilateral agreement for the purpose of adoption between Ireland and Vietnam which is due to expire at the end of April 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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152 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount in investment aid that was paid to mushroom growers under the scheme of investment aid for the development of commercial horticulture in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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83 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action that is being taken to tackle rising inflation in food; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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369 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the regulations in place in regard to employment in the private sector of senior local authority staff whether on leave of absence or on a career break, former or retired, working part-time or full-time; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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120 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on calls for a functional separation of Eircom’s business rather that a full structural split of its networks and its retail arms; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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104 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he will take to ease the effects of the close down of analogue television in Wales on Counties Wexford, Waterford, Wicklow and Dublin; the timescale of this impact; his views on the consequences of this signal shutdown; the way he will ensure that vulnerable groups are not adversely affected by this shutdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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158 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when responsibility for the storage of electronic voting machines was assigned to returning officers; the guidelines that were provided to returning officers in regard to the suitability of accommodation and the preferred type and length of storage contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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80 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the full value of the contract (details supplied) awarded by her Department.
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140 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it his intention that every new first-time letting from February 2009 onwards will be inspected to ensure compliance with every aspect of the new standards in rental accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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51 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that in the case of three county councils and three city councils the number of dwellings inspected has decreased as compared with 2006 despite an increase in the number of registered dwellings and an increase in the funds allocated for inspections.
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30 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that despite an increase of 55,309 to 188,152 in the number of dwellings registered with the Private Residential Tenancies Board in 2007, the number of dwellings inspected in that year rose by only 3,683 to 12,047 or 6.4% of the total number of registered dwellings.
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238 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Education and Science when the increase of 2.5% payable under Towards 2016 and due on 1 September 2008 will be granted to teaching staff in institutes of technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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219 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if all planning conditions will be enforced by law; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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107 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Defence the boards or agencies for which his Department has responsibility, which it is intended to abolish or merge; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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70 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Defence the cost of the recent refurbishment of the Gulfstream Government jet; the nature of the work undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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463 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his Department will make a decision on the draft rate scheme 2008 proposed by Cobh Town Council under section 2 of the Local Government (Rates) Act, 1970; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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462 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 502 of 30 September 2008 and his subsequent letter of 23 October 2008 providing the balances in regard to development contributions for 2006, if the equivalent figures for 2007 are now available; if they are not yet available, the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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454 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount collected by the Private Residential Tenancies Board in 2007 from the registration of tenancies; the amount allocated to local authorities to support their functions in relation to housing regulations; the amount allocated to each local authority under the second tranche of funding in respect of 2007 inspection activity; the funding allocated to each local authority for inspection activity to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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446 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount collected by the Private Residential Tenancies Board in 2006 from the registration of tenancies; the amount allocated to each local authority to support their functions in relation to housing regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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133 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children her intentions with regard to reducing the cost of drugs to medical card patients to save some of the €100 million targeted under this heading in budget 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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100 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce legislation to regulate stem cell research; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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152 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 220 of 13 November 2008, the tendering process and the storage standards specified in respect of electronic voting machines; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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115 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 280 of 29 October 2008 the progress that has been made in his engagement with the parties concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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48 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action being taken to implement the commitment in the Programme for Government that steps would be taken to ensure that prices of goods are labelled and transparent in order that the consumer is well informed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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36 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average industrial wage earned by a male worker and female worker respectively; the average male earnings and average female earnings generally; if she plans additional measures to help bridge the male/female earnings gap; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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140 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that a disability database for children is maintained by the Health Service Executive in order to plan for future services and that children wishing to be entered on this database are required to undergo an assessment; if she will further confirm that the HSE no longer provides staff to make that assessment and that consequently its ability to plan for the future is jeopardised; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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110 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the fact that the only area under his Department which has secured an increase in 2009 is the administration section; the way this equates with the stated target of a 3% cost reduction in his Department; if this money could have been better spent in other areas, such as front line arts and sports provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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97 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has plans to advise the Department of Finance to reform the gambling legislation in order to ensure the Horse and Greyhound Fund is supported from betting duty and not central Exchequer funding; if the increase in the betting levy to 2% will cover the cost of the Horse and Greyhound Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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518 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm that the stage 2A submission for a school (details supplied) in County Cork has been returned to the design team architect by his Department; the reasons for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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252 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Transport if regulations exist to control the use of residential estates by driving schools to instruct drivers especially drivers of HGVs; the limitations that apply to noise levels and times in regard to such activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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96 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views in relation to the continued finds of large amounts of drugs, be it on sea or land; the number of meetings he has or proposes to have with the Departments of Justice Equality and Law Reform, Education and Science and Environment, Heritage and Local Government to discuss such concerns; his plans as a result of such meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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220 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the period of contracts in regard to e-voting machines not centrally stored; the tendering process involved; the standard of storage specified in each case; the overall cost per contract; the cost per machine stored; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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213 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress he has made in order to provide a legislative framework in the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008 to enable tenants of local authority flats or apartments to purchase their homes under the tenant purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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212 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will complete the consultation process in regard to election posters; when he expects to introduce new regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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211 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will introduce legislation in regard to spending limits for local elections in view of his recent comments on the matter; the amount of the limit and the applicable period; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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133 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Transport if a person buying a vehicle, for example 18 months after its last National Car Test test period has expired, is required to pay the full test charge even when the vehicle has been validly off the road for the previous year and a half; his views on having the NCT validity period run from the date of the test rather than from the date of first registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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54 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to figures (details supplied) suggesting that at least 50 foreign nationals have been trafficked here in the past six years for forced labour; if he is satisfied that sufficient procedures are in place to deal with such trafficking; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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75 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the basis for the decision to abolish the National Consultative Committee on Racism and Inter-Culturalism; the anticipated financial savings arising from this move; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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166 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Transport if he is considering proposals from the National Roads Authority to bring forward a new tranche of PPPs for road construction and road maintenance and upgrade projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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499 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the names of the persons appointed to An Comhairle Leabharlanna in 2008; the selection criteria that were applicable to each person; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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498 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the mechanism for identifying residences in regard to the charge on non-principal private residences; if the charge will fall due on a specified annual date or on some other date; if it is intended that moneys collected will be retained locally or remitted for central distribution; if the latter, the mechanism that will be employed and the ratio that will apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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153 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the outcome of her deliberations in respect of the proposed introduction of a new family payment to support children in low income families.
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