204 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the areas and functions where responsibility has been devolved from him to a State or statutory agency; the agencies involved; the arrangements in each agency to respond on a priority basis to enquiries from Members of Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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187 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Defence the areas and functions where responsibility has been devolved from him to a State or statutory agency; the agencies involved; the arrangements in each agency to respond on a priority basis to enquiries from Members of Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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182 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Education and Science the areas and functions where responsibility has been devolved from her to a State or statutory agency; the agencies involved; the arrangements in each agency to respond on a priority basis to enquiries from Members of Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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150 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the areas and functions where responsibility has been devolved from her to a State or statutory agency; the agencies involved; the arrangements in each agency to respond on a priority basis to enquiries from Members of Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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143 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the areas and functions where responsibility has been devolved from him to a State or statutory agency; the agencies involved; the arrangements in each agency to respond on a priority basis to enquiries from Members of Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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141 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the areas and functions where responsibility has been devolved from him to a State or statutory agency; the agencies involved; the arrangements in each agency to respond on a priority basis to enquiries from Members of Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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135 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the areas and functions where responsibility has been devolved from him to a State or statutory agency; the agencies involved; the arrangements in each agency to respond on a priority basis to enquiries from Members of Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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132 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the areas and functions where responsibility has been devolved from him to a State or statutory agency; the agencies involved; the arrangements in each agency to respond on a priority basis to enquiries from Members of Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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128 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the areas and functions where responsibility has been devolved from him to a State or statutory agency; the agencies involved; the arrangements in each agency to respond on a priority basis to enquiries from Members of Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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112 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Transport the areas and functions where responsibility has been devolved from him to a State or statutory agency; the agencies involved; the arrangements in each agency to respond on a priority basis to enquiries from Members of Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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100 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the areas and functions where responsibility has been devolved from her to a State or statutory agency; the agencies involved; the arrangements in each agency to respond on a priority basis to enquiries from Members of Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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76 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the areas and functions where responsibility has been devolved from him to a State or statutory agency; the agencies involved; the arrangements in each agency to respond on a priority basis to enquiries from Members of Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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56 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Transport the reason he has not liaised with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment to request the National Consumer Agency, the Competition Authority and the Commission on Aviation Regulation to initiate an urgent investigation into the series of new extra charges on airline passengers; if he will bring forward legislation specifically to protect consumers of airline services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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24 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Transport his views on whether a safety critical sector such as the air traffic control system can be run on an ongoing basis of heavy overtime levels; the level of overtime for air traffic control officers his Department finds acceptable; if he will provide additional funding to the Irish Aviation Authority for the training of more air traffic control officers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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125 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children if deficiencies identified in a report (detail supplied) on services for children with diabetes will be addressed, particularly the shortage of diabetes nurse specialists and the difficulties arising when patients are transferring from the paediatric to the adult service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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141 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the information she has on the number of donors whose data was sent to the US and subsequently stolen; the part of Ireland these donors were from; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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580 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will set proper standards in order that in all cases fully qualified building inspectors will be employed for private rented dwellings inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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578 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce a standardised complaints procedure in each local authority to facilitate and support private rented dwellings tenants in making complaints about substandard dwellings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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548 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the number on the rental allowance scheme by town; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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547 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will pursue agreement with the voluntary housing sector to facilitate tenants of voluntary housing schemes in the purchase of their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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546 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the delay in approval of the regeneration scheme for an estate (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if he will expedite the approval process; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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582 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that while the number of inspections of private rented dwellings increased in the period 2004 to 2006 the percentage of private rented dwellings inspected dropped from 32% to 7.4%; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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581 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in 2004 15 county councils and one city council recorded a figure of zero as the number of inspections carried out; the number of councils recording zero in 2005 and 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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579 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of private rented dwellings inspections initiated by each local authority rather than as a result of a complaint by a tenant in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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577 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the sanctions applied in the event of a breach of the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 1993 should act as a deterrent; if penalties are reviewed regularly to maintain the deterrent effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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576 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that the standards set by the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 1993 are appropriate today; his views on whether greater sanctions should be set for breaches that give rise to immediate health and safety risks; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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575 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that council rented dwellings are inspected by the local authority which owns the property and that the supplier of the service and the enforcer of the standards is one and the same body; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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574 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of legal actions initiated by each local authority against the owners of private rented dwellings in each year since 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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472 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when it is intended to replace the two Gardaí recently transferred from Carrick-on-Suir in order to bring the force up to normal strength; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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152 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on amending the Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act, 1990, and Offensive Weapons Order, 1991 to provide for the banning of samurai sword type weapons; 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 when he expects to publish the promised Property Services Regulatory Authority Bill; if the Bill will include provisions to regulate the operation of management companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Bill entitled an Act to repeal the Local Elections (Disclosure of Donations and Expenditure) Act 1999, to amend the Electoral Act 1997 and to provide for related matters.
80 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children if her Department will investigate the case of refusal by the Health Service Executive to grant a medical card to a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has a long term illness and is in receipt of a social welfare payment; her views on the present income qualifying thresholds for the granting of medical cards; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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58 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is his intention to amend the legislation governing the Private Residential Tenancies Board such that all owners of rental properties are required to register with the PRTB; if he will close the loophole whereby some landlords evade registration by being declared as licensees; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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16 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the housing standards that apply to accommodation in the private rented sector and the local authority rented sector; the body that sets the standards; the body that enforces them; the applicable legislation; when it was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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418 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people held in isolation in each prison here in 2007; and the length of each such period of isolation.
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417 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made to date on upgrading security at Wheatfield, Mountjoy and Cloverhill jails; the amount spent to date on each upgrade project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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416 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made to date on the installation of technology in prisons to block the use by prisoners, of mobile phones; the companies that have been engaged in this regard; the specifications of the technology in question; the cost thereof; the projected completion date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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415 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the annual cost for each year since 2002 to date in 2008 of policing League of Ireland football matches.
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370 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Education and Science if, in relation to non-Department of Education and Science organisations, associations, agencies, and so on that receive funding from her Department for staffing costs, there is a requirement necessary for such organisations to have proper mechanisms and procedures in place with regard to industrial relations, grievances, bullying and so on in order for them to qualify for this funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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84 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the possible introduction of tax relief on fees paid to property management companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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191 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the petrol companies the Garda Síochána have an account with; if the Garda Síochána receive a discount under this contract; the terms of this contract, that is, duration, value and so on; the top ten stations by volume used by gardaí; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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76 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children if is there is a situation in place which means that no changes will be made to current subvention and enhanced subvention payments by the Health Service Executive until the fair deal scheme is introduced (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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48 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps she is taking to offset food price inflation; if she has consulted with various shareholders including farming organisations on the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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143 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Education and Science when the review of insurance arrangements for voluntary secondary schools which is part of the value for money and policy review initiative will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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124 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Education and Science her plans, to reduce the eligibility threshold age from 23 years or above on 1 January of the year commencing their course for independent assessment having regard to the fact that students are eligible to vote at 18 years and many can be married by the age of 21 and have dependent children; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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379 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funds made available by the Government and his Department to fund land banks, or receipts returned to his Department, and the policy issues that arise due to the changes, additions or reductions to the land banks available to State agencies charged with industrial and employment growth, in the major cities and by regions for the past five years; the date for such changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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153 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Defence if he has received the report of the study group to examine the possible introduction of the use of roll-over protection systems in Irish troop carrying vehicles, which he was due to receive in early December 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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135 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Defence the proposals for official commemorations in 2008 for the anniversary of the Easter Rising; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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231 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the expenditure on services for homeless people, excluding capital support funding, by local authorities in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Waterford and Dundalk in each of the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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