113 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funds will be released under the regeneration programme to complete the refurbishment project in a housing estate (details supplied) in County Tipperary and in which 14 houses have been refurbished to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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105 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if local authorities and public bodies here have invested funds in Icelandic financial products; the status of such investments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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104 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Defence if public bodies here have invested funds in Icelandic financial products; the status of such investments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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103 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if public bodies here have invested funds in Icelandic financial products; the status of such investments; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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93 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if public bodies here have invested funds in Icelandic financial products; the status of such investments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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90 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will confirm that persons appointed to positions under the Dormant Accounts Acts were appointed in accordance with the regulations set out in these Acts; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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89 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if public bodies here have invested funds in Icelandic financial products; the status of such investments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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88 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will confirm that persons appointed to positions under the National Sports Campus Development Authority Act 2006 were appointed in accordance with the regulations set out in the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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86 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if public bodies here have invested funds in Icelandic financial products; the status of such investments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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82 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if public bodies here have invested funds in Icelandic financial products; the status of such investments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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44 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Transport if public bodies here have invested funds in Icelandic financial products; the status of such investments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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43 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Transport if he will confirm that persons appointed to positions under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006, the Railway Safety Act 2005 and the Taxi Regulation Act 2003 were appointed in accordance with the regulations set out in those Acts; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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42 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children if public bodies here have invested funds in Icelandic financial products; the status of such investments; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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18 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the status of a claim for repayment under the long-term care scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if a date has been set for an oral hearing; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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13 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that persons appointed to positions under the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 and the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2004 were appointed in accordance with the regulations set out in these Acts; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Finance if public bodies here have invested funds in Icelandic financial products; the status of such investments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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9 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if public bodies here have invested funds in Icelandic financial products; the status of such investments; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will confirm that persons appointed to positions under the Consumer Protection Act 2007, the Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003, the Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Act 2003 and the Communications Regulation Act 2002 were appointed in accordance with the regulations set out in those Acts; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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74 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm that the functions of the Private Residential Tenancies Board is outside the scope of the Freedom of Information Act 1997 and the scope of the Office of the Ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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71 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the agreement between his Department and the Construction Industry Federation which would eliminate the practice of stage payments in house purchase contracts in regard to housing estates and which was addressed in Delivering Homes, Sustaining Communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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70 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the residential density guidelines will be updated; the strategies which will be implemented to increase the quality of new developments as discussed in Delivering Homes, Sustaining Communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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34 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members which will comprise the Property Services Regulatory Authority as discussed in Delivering Homes, Sustaining Communities; the way they will be selected; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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293 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the procedures and costs involved in enabling a supplier to connect to the national electricity grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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271 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of children with families who are homeless in each local authority area; and if he 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 his plans 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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88 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of children who are alone and homeless in each Health Service Executive region; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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214 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are 31 places available to children to commence their schooling at a school (details supplied) in 2009 and that there are 19 other children from the locality who have been denied a place at the school; his plans to ensure that these children can attend the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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210 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary school building projects which have been banded 1.1 by his Department for priority in the new school building programme announced on a multi-annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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187 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the meetings he has held or the events he has attended with groups or agencies working for the homeless since coming to office; the number of invitations to such events received by his office in that period; the number of occasions on which he has been represented by a Junior Minister from his Department at such events; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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117 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Transport his intentions in regard to rail freight following the refusal by An Bord Pleanála to allow the transfer of the Port of Cork in the absence of rail freight facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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65 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the recent expulsion from Bolivia of the US Ambassador; the reason in his view for which this has occurred; and the status of Bolivian-Irish diplomatic relations.
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47 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the general position in Iraq; his views on reports regarding the danger to 4,000 Iranians living in Ashraf city upon that city being handed over from American to Iraqi forces in view of their threatened deportation to Iran resulting in their lives being in danger.
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322 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views, in the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008, on the provision of an extension to 15 or more years of the 3% discount allowed as an incentive to local authority tenants to purchase their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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321 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the councils which have failed to comply with the requirement to prepare and adopt annual reports not later than 30 June 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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298 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide funds under the gateway innovation fund to enable the construction of the eastern gateway bridge as part of the Cork docklands development; when such funds will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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245 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Transport when he will appoint a chairman to the Cork Airport Authority; when he will grant Cork Airport Authority the autonomy it requires in order to develop its own business strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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244 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Transport the reason he intends to repeal the provision whereby local authorities nominate three of the directors on each harbour board; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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218 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide funding and appropriate tax reliefs for the Cork Docklands development following the recent publication of the Wrixon report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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201 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the changes made in FÁS operations as a result of the publication of the Spollen report; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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200 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the external audits of FÁS operations which have been carried out in each year since 2000 to date in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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199 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount paid for materials purchased as scrap and used for training in each FÁS centre in each year since 2000 to date in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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197 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the budget provided for sponsored and unsponsored training nationally and in each FÁS centre in each year since 2000 to date in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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196 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funds spent on training materials nationally and in each FÁS centre in each year since 2000 to date in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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195 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount spent on payments to sponsored and unsponsored trainees nationally and in each FÁS training centre in each year since 2000 to date in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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194 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount spent on the maintenance of each FÁS training centre and the amount paid to authorised and approved contractors in each year since 2000 to date in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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193 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if all FÁS suppliers have been required to undergo a tender process at all times; the normal period for which supply contracts are granted; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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192 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the FÁS funds administered locally by training centres; the monitoring procedures in place for the control of such funds; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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451 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Education and Science the avenues open to persons (details supplied) in County Cork; the action he proposes to take to ensure that the child is provided with appropriate full-time education; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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386 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the 2007 annual planning statistics will be published; 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 number of local authorities that have written to his Department requesting further funds for the delivery of the housing adaption grant for people with a disability scheme, the mobility aids housing grant scheme and the housing aid for older people scheme; the local authorities which have applied; the responses his Department has made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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