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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2004
242 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the proposed bridge to be built to Spike Island; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23972/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2004
170 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science, further to Questions Nos. 256 of 6 July and 566 of 29 September 2004, the criteria that are not met for the provision of resource teaching hours for this person; the reason for the requirement, as indicated in a letter to the principal of the primary school in question dated 23 September 2004, of evidence that the person be receiving treatment; and if she will, as a matter of urgency, re-examine the application for this person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23976/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2004
169 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of independent mature students as defined under the higher education grants scheme who received grants under the scheme in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23975/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2004
168 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will consider changing the provision in the higher education grants scheme which require an independent mature student who is not ordinarily resident at home with his or her parents from the October preceding their entry to an approved course to the date of taking up the course; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23974/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2004
76 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to recent job losses and projected job losses in Mitchelstown; his plans to encourage job creation in Mitchelstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23755/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2004
263 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if with reference to the national treatment purchase fund, there is a limit to the number of patients that can receive treatment under the fund from individual hospital waiting lists; the number of persons who have received treatment to date under the fund; the number currently awaiting treatment under the fund; the total cost of the fund to date and the projected cost for the next year; if she has plans to expand the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23761/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2004
129 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has received reports or observations from the community welfare service concerning the operation of SI 728 of 2003 regarding rent supplement. [23393/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 October 2004
200 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when he expects the new charities legislation to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22689/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 October 2004
147 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress to date in advancing corporate social responsibility particularly in regard to areas affected by drugs and social and rural disadvantage. [22739/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
1347 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if mechanisms exist to ensure that interview boards established under the auspices of her Department and which comprise two or more persons are gender balanced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22370/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
1281 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if mechanisms exist to ensure that interview boards established under the auspices of his Department and which comprise of two or more persons are gender balanced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22369/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
1246 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if mechanisms exist to ensure that interview boards established under the auspices of his Department and which comprise of two or more persons are gender balanced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22368/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
1120 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if mechanisms exist to ensure that interview boards established under the auspices of his Department and which comprise of two or more persons are gender balanced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22367/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
1005 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Transport if mechanisms exist to ensure that interview boards established under the auspices of his Department and which comprise of two or more persons are gender balanced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22366/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
925 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children if mechanisms exist to ensure that interview boards established under the auspices of his Department and which comprise of two or more persons are gender balanced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22365/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
892 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of children in each of the health boards and authorities currently awaiting orthodontic assessment and treatment respectively; the average waiting times for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22186/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
891 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made with regard to the proposal to improve the training facilities at the Cork Dental School for orthodontics; the further progress that has been made in the construction of a large orthodontic unit and support facilities; the funding needed to construct such a unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22185/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
890 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 109 of 26 May 2004 the amount provided to each health board of the addition funding of €5 million from the treatment purchase fund provided to health boards and authorities specifically for the purchase of orthodontic treatment in June 2002; the number of extra patients that are being treated in each health board/authority as a result of the provision of the additional funding; if all of this additional funding has now been expended by the health boards; if not, the amounts remaining; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22184/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
724 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if mechanisms exist to ensure that interview boards established under the auspices of his Department and which comprise of two or more persons are gender balanced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22364/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
704 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if mechanisms exist to ensure that interview boards established under the auspices of his Department and which comprise of two or more persons are gender balanced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22363/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
700 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department has commissioned a report on inland fisheries in the State; if the report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22182/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
556 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 256 of 6 July 2004, the action he has taken to ensure that the person has received special needs or resource teacher provision as recommended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22448/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
539 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science if mechanisms exist to ensure that interview boards established under the auspices of his Department and which comprise of two or more persons are gender balanced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22362/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
538 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science the sections of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 that are in operation; the timescale for bringing into force other sections of the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22354/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
506 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science if, in the case of mature students who wish to avail of third level maintenance grant assistance and who were not living independently in October of the year prior to enrolment in a third level course, as required in order to qualify for grant assistance and who have to move away from home in order to pursue such a third level course, he will allow them to be recognised for grant assistance for the duration of the course or for at least the second and subsequent years of the course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22183/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
441 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science the amount allocated by his Department towards the third level grant scheme for each year since 1997; the number of grant schemes being funded by his Department and the manner in which they operate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21889/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
346 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if mechanisms exist to ensure that interview boards established under the auspices of his Department which comprise two or more persons are gender balanced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22361/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
313 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Finance if mechanisms exist to ensure that interview boards established under the auspices of his Department and which comprise two or more persons are gender balanced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22360/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
263 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if mechanisms exist to ensure that interview boards established under the auspices of his Department and which comprise of two or more persons are gender balanced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22359/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
225 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Defence if mechanisms exist to ensure that interview boards established under the auspices of his Department and which comprise two or more persons are gender balanced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22358/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
212 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if mechanisms exist to ensure that interview boards established under the auspices of her Department and which comprise of two or more persons are gender balanced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22357/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
188 Mr. Stanton asked the Taoiseach if mechanisms exist to ensure that interview boards established under the auspices of his Department and which comprise of two or more persons are gender balanced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22356/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 July 2004
258 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications received in each of the years 2000-2004 inclusive in respect of the housing aid for the elderly scheme administered by the health boards; the amount expended by each health board in each of the respective years; the number of applications approved in each year; the length of waiting lists and waiting times in respect of assessment in each health board area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21197/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 July 2004
213 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will consider expanding the remit of the National Treatment Purchase Fund to enable persons who are waiting to enter onto in-patient lists to apply to be seen by consultants in a shorter time, especially in cases in which waiting lists are very long; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20893/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 July 2004
43 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures in place or planned to divert young persons away from crime; and the effectiveness of these measures. [20823/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 July 2004
59 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reasons the publication of the Disability Bill is being delayed for so long; when he expects to be able to publish the Disability Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20824/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2004
251 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children the amounts granted by way of enhanced subvention by the respective health boards in 2002, 2003 and to date in 2004 to nursing homes and other such agencies; the number currently receiving enhanced subvention in each health board area; the number of claims for enhanced subvention being processed in each health board area; the length of time it takes for such claims to be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20826/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2004
223 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children if the drafting of national standards in disability services is almost complete; if no more piloting of the standards or the monitoring tool are necessary; when he expects that the national standards in disability services project will be concluded; when the national standards will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20611/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2004
207 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science the supports and financial assistance available to the Irish Centre for Talented Youth by his Department; if he will consider increasing the support to the centre in view of the excellent work it is carrying out; if he has visited or is planning to visit the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20825/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2004
435 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action the Government intends to take to ensure that land that is zoned for development is developed within a certain time in view of the situation that the non-development of such land is preventing the zoning of other land in the vicinity thereby preventing development from taking place; his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20032/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2004
307 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason he did not supply the specific information requested in Parliamentary Question No. 162 of 30 June 2004, that is the number of prosecutions relating to school attendance in 2003 up to the establishment of the National Educational Welfare Board; the number of such prosecutions in 2002, 2001 and 2000; if he will now make this information available; and the number of these prosecutions in each of the respective years mentioned which resulted in convictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20523/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2004
274 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science, further to Question No. 236 of 29 June 2004, the number of appeals against expulsion in the post-primary sector and in the primary sector, which were successful in 2003 and in 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20358/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2004
256 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science if he has received a request for special needs or resource teacher assistance for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if so, the action he will take to assist this person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20106/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2004
97 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the staff transfers that are part of the decentralisation programme; the new location of offices and services that will result and after transfers and relocation’s planned; and the numbers and costs involved in each case. [20245/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2004
136 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her Department’s views on payments made to town councillors as a result of their being elected; and the way in which such payments impact on disability allowance or other such allowances which may be granted by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19931/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2004
42 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Defence the further decisions and actions that have to be undertaken to complete the planned reorganisation of the Reserve Defence Forces; the current strength of the various Reserve Forces; his further plans and the timescale for further development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19927/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2004
183 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Finance the use to which moneys remitted to his Department in the past ten years pursuant to section 307 of the Companies Acts have been put; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19757/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2004
182 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Finance the moneys remitted to his Department by year and by company in the period 1 January 1994 to 31 December 2003 pursuant to section 307 of the Companies Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19756/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2004
162 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of prosecutions relating to school attendance since the establishment of the National Educational Welfare Board on 1 December 2003; the number of such prosecutions in 2003 up to the establishment of the board; the number of such prosecutions in 2002, 2001 and 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19559/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2004
92 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been made in his plans to establish a teaching council; the timescale for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19558/04]