96 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, in view of the recent closure of the only petrol station on Inis Mór, he would consider the introduction of a public bus service for the inhabitants.
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66 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress which has been made to fulfil his commitment to have all post offices on the islands fully automated.
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117 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has met with the Department of Social and Family Affairs to discuss the use of PPS numbers in compiling the electoral register
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41 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Irish Heritage Trust will have the authority to declare heritage properties inalienable.
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2 Mr. Boyle asked the Taoiseach the estimated expenditure, classified by route of travel, by tourism visitors here since 2000, excluding the lower international fares; if the figures will be adjusted to take account of general inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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233 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of barristers who have applied in their own right for consideration for appointment as District, Circuit and High Court judges since January 2004.
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138 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of post office robberies that have occurred since 1 January 2004; and the measures his Department has taken to avoid future occurrences.
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25 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Transport if representations have been made to Iarnród Éireann regarding the recent cancellation of all container trains from Sligo, Cork, Limerick and Mayo to Dublin Port; and the reason unlike other countries in Europe, Ireland provides no incentives to industry to use rail or to operators to enter the market.
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9 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Transport the measures he has put in place to the operators’ licences and for the allocation of rail track access in a fair and unbiased manner following his recent announcement that his Department is in discussion with an international open access freight operator.
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77 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the main countries of origin of those refused entry here from January 2005 to end October 2005; the number of persons seeking asylum who were refused entry; the grounds on which they were refused leave to enter; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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64 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the resources that are available to gardaí through his Department, the Criminal Assets Bureau, the Revenue Commissioners and other agencies to tackle the financial, accounting and money-laundering aspects of gangland crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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199 Mr. Boyle asked the Taoiseach, further to Question No. 177 of 2 November 2005, the position regarding the costs of payments to European Union and European Court of Justice counsel; and the administrative costs to his Department in contesting the court actions.
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130 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the outsourcing of cleaning contracts should be reconsidered in view of the rising MRSA figures; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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97 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if MRSA will become a notifiable disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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149 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if town councils will be established in Ballincollig and Carrigaline in advance of the next local elections in 2009.
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106 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Transport if separate smoking facilities are provided for US army personnel who travel through Shannon Airport; and if additional cost to the State has arisen in providing such facilities.
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102 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to extend the type of work activity and time period allowed for recipients of the invalidity allowance or benefit to be engaged in some paid employment.
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49 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason certain coronary procedures are only available at Cork University Hospital on a Monday to Friday basis.
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8 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will report on his meeting with Mr. David Hanson MP, Northern Ireland’s Minister for Culture, Arts and Leisure, particularly in the context of opportunities arising from London hosting the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.
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105 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he expects to receive the independent review of the design of the proposed Corrib onshore gas pipeline; if he has the authority to refuse further consent for the development if this review raises concerns about the proximity of the pipeline to houses; the reason the pipeline has a design capacity of carrying gas at pressures at up to 345 bar when the operators of the Corrib field insist that gas pressures from the field will never be greater than 150 bar.
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190 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the traumatic effects of animal disease problems on farmers, farm families and farm animals in Askeaton, County Limerick; her views regarding the Environmental Protection Agency, Health Service Executive or others and requested action in the interests of farms in the area.
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76 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his speech to the National Forum on Europe on 20 October 2005 in Dublin Castle; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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74 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his recent meetings in New York concerning undocumented Irish immigrants; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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180 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance his plans to take measures to reduce the Irish economy’s exposure to the housing market; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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141 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance his views on the Central Bank’s recent Financial Stability Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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218 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance if progress reports for the period December 2004 to June 2005 concerning the southern and eastern regional operational programme of the national development plan have been presented to the monitoring committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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103 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance the measures he has taken since taking office to protect vulnerable borrowers and the economy more generally from excessive levels of indebtedness; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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459 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Transport if an indoor area of Shannon Airport has been set aside as a smoking area for the use of US army personnel; the reason such an exemption exists; and if Irish workers are involved in cleaning such an area.
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350 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance his views on the proposals contained in CORI’s recent policy paper on taxation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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144 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science if any reviews have been carried out of transition year; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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58 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Defence, further to his parliamentary response on 29 September 2005 in which he stated that Ireland supports the development of the European Union’s rapid reaction capability in support of missions authorised by the United Nations, if that indicates that the Government would oppose at EU level the deployment of any EU rapid reaction forces in peacemaking missions not authorised by the United Nations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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6 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Defence when the task force on emergency planning which he chairs last met; if the task force is involved in the response plans to a potential avian flu pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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303 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of introducing a refundable child care tax credit of €150 per month for parents of children up to three years and €100 per month for those aged four to 12, who are in the 20% tax band.
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177 Mr. Boyle asked the Taoiseach the costs involved to the office of the Attorney General in having to defend actions against the Government in relation to the non-compliance or non-application of European Union directives (details supplied).
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138 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if women who are claiming deserted wife’s benefit are disqualified from participating in a community employment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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117 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the failure of the employment services policy unit to address the problem of long-term unemployment over the past number of years, which is at the same level now as it was in 2000, and represents over one third of the overall unemployment rate.
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264 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of equal opportunities child care programme grant support that has been committed in the past five years under the quality sub-measure.
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263 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of grant support that has been committed in the past five years under the equal opportunities child care programme for the categories capital and staffing grants for community based child care provision.
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229 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Transport when the extra daily bus service fromKinsale to Cork city which was sanctioned on the 16 July 2005 for early September will become operational.
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195 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action he will take to address measures being proposed by Barnardos Seven Steps to End Child Poverty campaign.
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59 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to address measures being proposed by Barnardos Seven Steps to End Child Poverty campaign.
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6 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the Pensions Board report on options for introducing mandatory pensions will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action he has taken in response to the notice of infringement issued by the European Commission to the Government regarding the extent to which welfare benefits are being denied to EU migrant workers here.
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199 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a decision has been made as to whether the same ring-fencing will be put in place in the case of the estates of deceased pensioners who have been resident in welfare homes during the period and are not entitled to refunds in relation to the refund of withheld pensions to residents in welfare homes.
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198 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his proposals to ring-fence payments in a manner that will allow his officials to determine the source of the assets in future reassessments of means of the pensioners concerned especially after their deaths in relation to the refund of withheld pensions to residents in welfare homes.
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197 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, in relation to the refund of withheld pensions to residents in welfare homes, the basis of justification and legality of granting exemptions to these refunds vis-á-vis the position of similar pensioners who were not resident in welfare homes during the period and are thus subject to the normal means test and the financial consequences or penalty for accruing assets over the years from their pensions above the disregard in place from time to time.
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