580 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of public appointments currently vacant and yet to made by his Department.
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579 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of public appointments made by his Department since 1997.
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516 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance if his Department’s attention has been drawn to the practice by certain financial institutions of frontloading interest payments on mortgage loans; the extent to which this practice existed; and the measures which exist for consumers to retrieve overpayments that may have resulted; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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442 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the level of screening and the technology in use in hospitals to pre-identify the MRSA virus.
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365 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the Government policy regarding agencies which receive State funding through the Health Service Executive that do not accept decisions of the rights commissioners, the Labour Relations Commission or the Labour Court.
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364 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the current Government policy regarding indefinite duration contracts for persons working within the Health Service; and the measures which can be put in place to offer greater job security to persons who are employed under such contracts.
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321 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of public appointments currently vacant and yet to be made by her Department.
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254 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if statistics are maintained for the number of animals used here for live experimentation purposes; and if so, the number of animals so used in the last available year for statistics; and the categories of animals involved.
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581 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of mobile masts constructed here; and the number of these which are shared facilities between two or more telecommunications companies.
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133 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of mobile telephone masts in the country; the percentage that have shared services from different operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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120 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of group broadband schemes currently in operation; the number of customers availing of the services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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286 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a visa application has been refused to a person (details supplied).
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201 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance if female clergy and spouses of other taxpayers are not open to have their tax assessed individually.
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150 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has received correspondence and a request for a meeting from a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if she has responded to this correspondence and this meeting request; and if not, if she intends to in the immediate future.
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90 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding plans for the early development of a new school site at Adamstown.
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96 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science her views on the disparity in terms of students attending third level from schools in north and south-west Clondalkin compared with those in the Clondalkin village and Lucan areas.
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111 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his recent meeting in Washington with the US Secretary of State, Dr. Condoleezza Rice; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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76 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department will be engaged in the operation of the proposed new volunteer corps unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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472 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the findings of the latest edition of the permanent TSB-ESRI house price index which shows that the rate of house price growth has risen faster in the four months July-October 2005, 4.2%, than in the first half of 2005,2.6%.
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225 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance if two additional board members have been appointed to strengthen the National Development Finance Agency’s new role in managing the procurement of PPP projects and bringing them through to completion; and if so the appointees names.
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84 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance the tax expenditures for which he cannot provide all information in each case regarding their purpose, their cost to the Exchequer in terms of tax foregone and the number and average income levels of people taking advantage of the relief; if he intends to remedy the fact that he cannot obtain or provide this information in respect of tax expenditures; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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213 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures that exist for citizens who do not qualify for free legal aid to be properly represented in court actions as per constitutional entitlement, where solicitors refuse to represent them.
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171 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Transport if he will issue guidelines ensuring that all existing and new public transport, in particular trains, are adaptable for use by cyclists transferring from transport modes.
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104 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she intends to set up a fund to compensate farmers for the expected economic loss if genetically modified crops are cultivated here; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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34 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the report she received from the committee she set up in 2004 to look into co-existence issues relating to genetically modified crops growing alongside non-genetically modified crops; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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113 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Defence if the completion of the EU’s military requirements catalogue will result in increased armaments expenditure by Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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57 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on his attendance at the EU’s General Affairs and External Relations Council meeting in November 2005; his views on the agreement reached between all 25 EU Defence Ministers at the GAERC on the completion of the EU’s military requirements catalogue; the 18 battle groups involving 26 nations which have been formed and were discussed at the meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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313 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason free bus passes are made available to individuals at the age of 66 when normal retirement age is at 65.
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201 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the level of funding for step-down geriatric care in the southern region of the Health Service Executive; and if it is intended to increase this funding in 2006.
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200 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if positions have been approved and are being filled in relation to the treatment of childhood diabetes in the southern region of the Health Service Executive.
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158 Mr. Boyle asked the Taoiseach the net value of exports and imports in the most recently available statistical year between this country and the 49 least developed countries in the world.
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80 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, in view of the low rate of acceptance of grants by employers to support the entry of disabled persons into the workplace, the measures he has taken to raise awareness of such a scheme among employers.
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71 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason for the decrease in the employment rate of disabled persons in 2005 when €70 million is being spent on training and support to achieve the opposite effect.
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202 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) has not been granted leave to remain here, in view of the fact that they are not seeking status here.
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180 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the average duration to death recorded by Government veterinary inspectors when they have witnessed animals being slaughtered on fur farms.
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178 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the total number and average cost of inspections carried out by departmental inspectors of fur farms in 2004 and to date in 2005.
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112 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason behind serious delays in delivering services at Cork University Hospital; and if she has satisfied herself with such a service.
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17 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if under the proposed new family friendly payment, lone parents will be required to seek employment to benefit from the entitlement.
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15 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will report on work that has been undertaken between his Department, the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources and the management of An Post to ensure that the necessary technology is made available in every post office in the country to allow for the automated processing of social welfare payments.
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