711 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Defence the number and rank of Reserve Defence Force members who were discharged, resigned or retired in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009 respectively; the number attested in each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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710 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Defence the reductions in the Permanent Defence Force staff attached to the Reserve Defence Force which are planned in 2009; when they will be implemented; the expected savings arising from same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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709 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Defence the number and rank of members of the Permanent Defence Force attached full time and part time to the Reserve Defence Force in each of the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; the cost each year respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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636 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the level of consistent and at risk of poverty levels respectively for children under 18 years; if research has been conducted by her Department on the effects of the reduction and subsequent removal of the early childcare supplement and the possible taxation of child benefit on poverty levels of children; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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638 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the groups in society that have the highest levels of consistent poverty; the steps she will take to reduce the poverty risk and poverty levels of these groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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637 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding reducing the number of those experiencing consistent poverty, including children, to between 2% and 4% by 2012 in line with the National Action Plan for Social Inclusion; her views on whether the goal of elimination of consistent poverty by 2016 will still be achievable; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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635 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the level of consistent poverty; those at risk of poverty respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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59 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Transport the number of staff working in his Department at various grade levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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46 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Transport his plans for the future status and development of Cork Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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97 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Finance the way he proposes to make savings and reduce expenditure associated with the Office of Public Works; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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79 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Finance his plans to upgrade the National Archives; the cost to the Office of Public Works for off-site storage of records since October 2008 to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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567 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science if teachers will be eligible to participate in the cycle to work scheme which was recently announced by the Government; if so, the procedures involved in applying for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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555 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science his policy regarding students studying at third level under graduate through distance learning; the maintenance grants schemes for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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523 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the statutory three year review of the Disability Act 2005 sectoral plan pertaining to his Department and required under the Disability Act 2005 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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472 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the statutory three year review of the Disability Act 2005 sectoral plan pertaining to his Department and required under the Disability Act 2005 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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449 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 178 of 25 June 2009, his views on handing over a hall (details supplied) in County Cork to the local community for use as a youth centre for the town; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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447 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Defence if Defence Force personnel will be able to participate in the recently announced cycle to work scheme; if so, the measurers taken by his Department to enable personnel to avail of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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328 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if prison officers are eligible to participate in the recently announced cycle to work scheme; if so, the procedures involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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327 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if members of the Garda Síochána will be eligible to participate in the recently announced cycle to work scheme; if so, the procedures involved for the members of the force availing of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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310 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Transport when the statutory three-year review of the Disability Act 2005 sectorial plan pertaining to his Department and required under the Disability Act 2005 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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250 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children when the statutory three year review of the Disability Act 2005 sectoral plan pertaining to her Department and required under the Disability Act 2005 will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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243 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of radiation therapists employed directly by the Health Service Executive in the respective HSE regions; the amount spent on securing the services of radiation therapists on an agency basis in 2008 and to date in 2009 in each of these regions respectively; if these radiation therapists have to travel here from abroad; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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213 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children if personnel employed by the Health Service Executive are eligible to participate in the recently announced cycle to work scheme; if so, the procedures involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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119 Deputy David Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the statutory three year review of the Disability Act 2005 sectoral plan pertaining to her Department and required under the Disability Act 2005 will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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87 Deputy David Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the employment rate of people with disabilities; the progress being made in meeting the goal nine target of the National Action Plan Against Social Inclusion for employment of people with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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56 Deputy David Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the other options, in addition to a State supported credit insurance scheme, she is considering to support Irish exporters who are finding it difficult to acquire credit insurance for their products; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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188 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of tutors who have been deemed not to be eligible to deliver home based tuition from September 2009 due to the fact that under the terms of the July provision scheme a qualified teacher must be sourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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174 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No 188 of 24 June 2009, if he will explain what he means by deficit of mainstream accommodation; the way the deficit constitutes a substantial and significant proportion of the school’s overall accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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139 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 29 of 24 June 2009, when the littering monitoring body in his Department was established; the local authorities whose performance have been assessed in respect of their duties under the Litter Pollution Act 1997 and the objectives of their own litter management plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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138 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to create a national waste register to log which waste services, households and businesses use; the person who would be responsible for such a register; the estimated cost for setting up such a register; if local authorities would have to finance the creation and maintenance of such a register; the steps he is taking to avoid the problems experienced in the electoral register; the way he will log details of houses for rent which might change occupier at regular intervals; the communication he has had with the private waste industry regarding the creation of this register; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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52 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children the action taken (details supplied) following the deliberations of Dáil Na nÓg 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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42 Deputy David Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 66 of 9 June 2009, when she expects the due diligence report on the credit insurance market here to be completed; when she expects to make a final decision on a State supported export credit insurance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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39 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 24 June 2009, his policy regarding band rating criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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4 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science the recent changes in acceptable qualifications for home tuition providers as listed in appendix A of the home tuition application form; the reason for his Department’s preference for a fully qualified teacher as opposed to psychology graduates, registered mental health nurses and persons holding autism-related qualifications given that the majority of children who require home tuition have autism or other forms of intellectual disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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89 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children further to an adjournment debate response of 26 May 2009, regarding foetal alcohol syndrome, the contact she has had with the Health Service Executive in relation to the development of proposals for a new research project in a large maternity hospital which aims to evaluate the prevalence of alcohol exposure in pregnancy; the other research she will conduct or commission in relation to the prevalence of foetal alcohol syndrome; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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76 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children further to an adjournment debate response of 26 May 2009, regarding foetal alcohol syndrome, the location at which the new research project to evaluate alcohol exposure in pregnancy will take place; her Departmental or Health Service Executive policy regarding contact with general practitioners and specialists regarding the diagnosis and management of foetal alcohol syndrome; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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516 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science when the statutory three-year review of the sectoral plan on disability pertaining to his Department and required under the Disability Act 2005 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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434 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will decide on a foreshore licence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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433 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will decide on a foreshore licence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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432 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will decide on a foreshore licence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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431 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will decide on a foreshore licence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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430 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will decide on a foreshore licence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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429 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will decide on a foreshore licence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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428 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will decide on a foreshore licence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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427 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will decide on a foreshore licence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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412 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government , further to Parliamentary Question No. 29 of 24 June 2009, the local authority areas here in which schemes similar to the adopt a highway scheme, mentioned in his response, are in operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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411 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 29 of 24 June 2009, when he will establish a regulator in the area of waste management; when he will introduce legislation which will require people to register with a local authority or a private operator in order to ensure that rubbish or waste is disposed of in an environmentally friendly manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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409 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he plans to introduce legislation to identify households that are not registered with either private operators or local authorities in order to have their household refuse collected as per his response to Parliamentary Question No. 29 of 24 June 2009; when he expects such legislation to be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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408 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount made available each year for the past five years to date in 2009 by his Department under the anti-litter awareness grant scheme; the amount received by each local authority respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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369 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 67 and 87 of 23 June 2009 and with reference to the pilot scheme for the development of the integrated reserve which was conducted in 2007 and continued into 2008, the cost of the pilot scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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