147 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Health and Children if she has received advice in the past regarding other means of introducing risk equalisation which would involve every company having the same proportion of high risk patients; and if in her view this would be a fairer system and easier to administer.
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190 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the guidelines that exist for local authorities installing or retrofitting heating systems in their housing stock; and if such guidelines give precedence to non-fossil fuel based heating systems.
[5953/07]
61 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance the tax expenditure currently being foregone through the tax relief of private pension plans; the average tax relief given per individual; and the highest individual relief.
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103 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he expects the review of Government licensing to be completed; when he will make a decision on the number of offshore exploration licences to provide oil companies with more blocks in the Porcupine basin; the geographic area covered; and the strategic environmental assessment he will carry out for the affected habitats.
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92 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of subscribers under the group broadband scheme; the potential number of subscribers; the targeted take-up under the scheme; the cost to the Exchequer of the scheme; and when the scheme’s successor is due to be launched.
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112 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement following his 29 December 2006 interview (detail supplied) regarding what he has termed a third phase of Irish foreign policy based on active neutrality; the way this active neutrality will be implemented
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92 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the recent diplomatic initiatives the Government has made in terms of the ongoing conflict in Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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207 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a decision is forthcoming regarding the family reunification application made by a person (details supplied).
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203 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance if he will elaborate on the nature and need for four PPP projects worth €100 to €250 million being pursued by the Office of Public Works under the Government’s decentralisation programme.
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150 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance if he is confident in mechanisms used to make Exchequer return projections which form an important basis of spending allocations in view of the inaccuracy by millions of the end of year Exchequer projections made at the time of the budget compared to the eventual returns.
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108 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance the existing available tax reliefs and the estimated tax foregone in the most recent annual period from which information is available.
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445 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the provision of a comprehensive, integrated, environmental monitoring programme as recommended under the Strategic Environmental Assessment of the draft Rural Development Programme 2007 to 2013 will be included in the final version of the document.
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358 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason a television channel (details supplied) is still not available as a free channel on some aerial based systems throughout the country including parts of County Cork.
[4099/07]
146 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will withhold restructuring funds from Greencore, in view of the fact that they are in breach of their terms of the social aspect of the restructuring plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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134 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her recent contacts with Greencore and former Greencore workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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293 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Cork City Council introduced a nominal charge of €2 for the use of the Kinsale Road civic amenity; and his views on whether this is a perversion of the polluter pays principle and that local authorities should continue to give every encouragement possible to householders to recycle materials without charging them for the service.
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292 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that certain popular laundry tablets for sale in supermarkets here have 30% phosphate content; and if he will legislate against the use of high phosphate contents in such products in view of the fact that algal blooms and eutrophication of water are huge issues here and that a number of European countries have legislation requiring phosphate free versions of these products.
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187 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether it is misleading advertising when dishwasher detergents advertise a salt function or built in salt when in reality manufactures have only added a huge amount of phosphates to their formula to replace the function of a built-in component in every dishwasher such as an environmentally friendly ion-exchange water softener which removes calcium and limescale from the water as it enters the machine.
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164 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has made retrospective grant payments under the greener homes scheme available for the cost of solar heating systems installed prior to the commencement of the scheme.
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136 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of people committed under the Mental Health Act 2001 who have signed voluntary admission papers before the 21 day appeal period is up.
[3196/07]
135 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients who have been subjected to ECT treatments in the past five years; the breakdown of the figures by the number of sessions per patient; the number that were voluntary and the number that were forced.
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102 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance the reason VAT registered individuals purchasing high fuel emission commercial vehicles (details supplied) receive a full VAT refund and therefore only pay the nominal VRT fee despite the increased pollution caused by such vehicles; and if he will address this issue in the context of planned changes in environmental taxation as announced in Budget 2007.
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22 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Defence the number of medical personnel, including dentists, serving overseas with Irish soldiers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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15 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Defence the reason the memorandum of understanding between Ireland and the other Nordic countries involved in the Nordic battlegroups has not been placed in the Dáil Éireann Library as promised by him in November 2006; and the progress in Ireland joining the Nordic EU battlegroup.
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186 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether the new 25 year Enterprise Ireland lease on two buildings in Dublin is in line with the Government’s decentralisation programme; and if his Department has issued particular guidelines to other Government Departments and public bodies regarding the entering into of property arrangements in the greater Dublin area.
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131 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the recent price war on alcohol over recent months; if there was consideration given to excluding alcohol products from the ban on below cost selling of grocery goods; and his views on whether the widespread availability of cheap alcohol will encourage further alcohol abuse.
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104 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has satisfied himself with the State pension increase to €200 as recently announced in Budget 2007, in view of the fact that the poverty line is currently at €203.55 and some 37% of pensioners are relying on the State pension.
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39 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will report on progress regarding the development of a National Carers Strategy as committed to under the partnership agreement Towards 2016.
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267 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the provision of a comprehensive, integrated, environmental monitoring programme as recommended under the Strategic Environmental Assessment of the draft Rural Development Programme 2007 to 2013 will be included in the final version of the document.
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73 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the end of year allocation of funding from the dormant accounts fund for 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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40 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the state of negotiations with the Irish Farmers Association regarding access to land for walkers; if he has committed to paying farmers for access; and if so, if this represents a U-turn in his position on the issue.
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170 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of research, correspondence or advice that his Department has received relating to the possibility that different measurements resulting from the use of the overall heat loss method and the elemental method of measuring compliance with Part L may be leading to different outcomes depending on the method used.
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81 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of waste shipment verifications carried out by each local authority, in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No. 259/93 of 1 February 1993, on the supervision and control of waste within, into and out of the European Community; and the number of irregularities uncovered for each of the years since 2000 to date in 2006.
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63 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his programme of action on foot of the publication of the 62 recommendations of the Joint Committee on Child Protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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18 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the consideration he has given to the recent call from the Director of Public Prosecutions for the Judiciary to adopt a new system that would see judges explaining the reasons behind their sentencing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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127 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Transport the public transport projects which are to receive capital funding within the Estimates 2007; the relevant funds allocated to each project; and the nature of the works that will be undertaken.
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67 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Transport the way he will absorb the Dublin Transportation Office within the new Dublin Transport Authority; the arrangements that will be made for existing staff within the Dublin Transportation Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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84 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Health and Children the intentions she has of expanding the teen parent support programme throughout the country.
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56 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in implementing the 33 recommendations from the fluoridation forum; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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161 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science the policy on the use of mobile phones by teachers and pupils in primary schools.
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160 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science the policy on recreational space per pupil in new and existing schools; if sanction from her Department is required to reduce such space for parking; and the policy on parking for teachers working in pay parking areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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125 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the statutory procedures involved in the appointment of chairs and board members to bodies (details supplied); and the legislative origin of these procedures.
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70 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance the statutory processes involved in the appointment of chairs and board members to bodies (details supplied); and the legislative origin of these procedures.
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12 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the volume of genetically modified produce and seeds imported here; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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119 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his recent meeting in Dublin with the Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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107 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance if the vehicle registration tax relief for flexible fuel vehicles and the excise relief for biofuels measures announced in Budget 2006 have been introduced; the number who have applied for each of the measures; the number of approvals granted in each instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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75 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance the 117 individuals given permission to seek tax relief on pensions with a lifetime cost of over five million euro, prior to the passage of the most recent Finance Bill; the highest amount of tax relief given to any one individual of this group; and the average amount of tax relief given to this group of individuals.
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186 Mr. Boyle asked the Taoiseach the statutory processes involved in the appointment of chairs and board members of executive bodies, advisory bodies, task forces, accountability agencies and working groups under the remit of his Department and their legislative origin.
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