109 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the practice whereby fishermen are required to dump bycatch which is not covered by a quota; his plans to review this practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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194 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the value for money and policy review of phase one of the metropolitan areas networks programme and the consultation policy paper on next generation broadband have been finalised by his Department; if not, when they will be finalised; when he will publish same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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188 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has issued a directive to local authorities putting restrictions on them from using internal capital receipts in 2008 for current year expenditure; the reasons for same; if he will reconsider such a directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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187 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to encourage and support local authorities to open civic amenity sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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64 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Finance the number of examinations that have been initiated to date in 2008 in respect of claims for relief in respect of tax relief claimed on foot of medical expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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63 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Finance the number of detailed examinations that have taken place in each of the years 2000 to 2007, inclusive, on tax relief claimed in respect of medical expenses; the number of cases for which receipts were not available; the action taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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62 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Finance his views on reducing the number of years from six years as the period of time required by the Revenue Commissioners for the holding of receipts by applicants claiming health relief for health expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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54 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 79 and 187 of 5 December 2007, if a review of the pilot evening transport service has been completed; the plans he has to make funding available for the extension of such an initiative to all rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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13 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the support his Department provides for the development of rural enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will debate the situation regarding the danger to humans and to the environment presented by up to 500,000 tonnes of toxic waste and in particular the presence of chromium 6, a very dangerous carcinogen, at Haulbowline, County Cork; the involvement of his Department in the removal and treatment of same; the volume and types of waste present at the site; the action his Department intends to arrange for the treatment or removal of this waste; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
140 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on the fact that 700,000 people here still live in poverty despite more than a decade of prosperity and economic growth (details supplied); her views on the way her Department will assist in reducing this figure; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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110 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 342 of 20 November 2007, if the Government has completed its consideration of the report of the working group on long-term care; the action she will take to improve the situation of young carers as a result; the involvement her Department has had with the Office of the Minister for Children in the study of children engaged in inappropriate care roles as per the commitment in Towards 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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363 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on recent statistics on white collar crime and the trends in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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309 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science the forward planning that has been carried out in relation to the provision of primary school places in Youghal, County Cork; the number of primary school pupils enrolled in the three primary schools in Youghal; the projected number that will be enrolled in each of the schools for each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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238 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when he will launch a new round of funding under the local authority swimming pool programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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233 Deputy David Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she is satisfied with the measures and resources in place to detect and prosecute white collar crime; her plans to further reinforce the role of the State in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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189 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress that the working group on rehabilitation services in the Health Service Executive has made in the development of a strategic plan for regional rehabilitation services; the discussions or meetings her Department has had with the HSE in relation to same; when she expects the working group and her Department to be in a position to develop and implement a policy in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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188 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children if the Office of the Minister for Children has begun a study of the extent to which children undertake inappropriate care roles in order to establish the extent and degree to which this issue arises and the level of impact it has on the lives of the children concerned as per the commitment in Towards 2016; when this study is due to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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186 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of people with intellectual disabilities who have been transferred out of psychiatric wards and other inappropriate settings in 2007 and to date in 2008; the number of people with intellectual disabilities who continue to be accommodated in inappropriate settings; when she expects the process of transferring all people with intellectual disabilities to more suitable and appropriate care locations to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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187 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 96 of 13 March 2008, if the target, as included in Towards 2016, of establishing 300 primary care teams by 2008 has been met; if not, the number of primary care teams which have been established throughout the country; if a review of these targets has commenced; if so, the outcome of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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104 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his policy priorities in relation to the arts; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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84 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his policy priorities in relation to sports; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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753 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 349 of 27 May 2008, if his attention has been drawn to cases where his Department, through the home tuition scheme provided grants to parents to facilitate the provision of education at home for children who, for a number of reasons were unable to attend school and where the teachers who had been engaged by the parents had not been paid as agreed out of moneys provided by his Department under the scheme; the action he has taken or will take in such events; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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765 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science the plans he has to allow students under 18 years who are in receipt of special education supports in post-primary schools to transfer these supports with them to Youthreach if they leave mainstream schooling; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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764 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science the plans he has for the roll out of the pilot special education needs initiative to all Youthreach centres; the timescale for same; if the evaluation of the initial SEN pilot has been completed; the findings of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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422 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Transport if a compensation scheme has been established for taxi drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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100 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Transport the meetings or contact he has had with Iarnród Éireann and CIÉ since the start of 2008; the matters discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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82 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Transport the meetings or contact he has had with the National Roads Authority since the start of 2008; the matters discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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368 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the changes that are planned in the organisation of Garda divisions in County Cork; when these changes are due to come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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367 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda bicycle units in place across the country; the number of Gardaí trained to man such units; his plans to increase the number of such units; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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267 Deputy David Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 292 of 20 May 2008, the conditions in place in CEBs to recover grant and aid allocated to businesses that then cease to operate; if all grants and aid must be refunded in such cases; if she will provide a breakdown of the amount of moneys recouped by each of the CEBs each year respectively from 2003 to 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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242 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Transport the measures his Department is taking to deal with cars with excessively noisy exhausts; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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127 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 159 of 27 May 2008 the breakdown of moneys accrued by the Exchequer for each month respectively in 2007 and to date in 2008 by way of excise duty, VAT and other such payments through the sale of respective petroleum products including home heating oil, petrol, diesels and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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116 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 8 April 2007 the further progress that has been made in decentralisation to Youghal in particular in the sourcing of suitable temporary accommodation to allow the early decentralisation of some staff of the Public Appointments Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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131 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position with regard to Irish born children of foreign nationals and their right to remain here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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99 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science the assistance he is providing to primary schools to enable them to carry out works to conserve the use of water in order to reduce the amount of water charges to be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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79 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the service the marriages abroad section of his Department makes available to Irish citizens who wish to marry foreign nationals in other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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150 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on recent developments in Government plans to construct a prison in Kilworth, County Cork; if he has had contact with groups who have concerns in relation to the new prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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137 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 4 March 2008, the reason the three reports on the National Disability Strategy have not been published; if he will publish same without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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432 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made regarding Seanad reform included in the Agreed Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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422 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of males and females respectively in prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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349 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 343 of 8 April 2008, the provisions in place to ensure that teachers who provide home tuition under the home tuition scheme are paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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159 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Finance the amount accrued to the Exchequer each month for the past 12 months by way of excise duty, VAT and other such payments through the sale of respective petroleum products to include home heating oil, petrol and diesels; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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124 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the greater devolution of decision making from county to town councils as discussed in the Green Paper, Stronger Local Democracy — Options for Change.
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113 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on implementing change at local government level through directly elected mayors as considered in the recently published Green Paper, Stronger Local Democracy — Options for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Transport his views on the rail dispute which has led to the cancellation of some trains and service disruption over the past six days, causing serious inconvenience to passengers and the public in general.
104 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 62 and 63 of 13 November 2007, when the Special Education Appeals Board will be operational; if he has concluded developing proposals for the implementation of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; when he expects the Act to be implemented in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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97 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 413 of 8 May 2008, the number of the 13 visiting teachers for the visually impaired who hold a diploma for teachers of the visually impaired or a diploma in special education or equivalent; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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449 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 62 and 63 of 13 November 2007, the progress the National Council for Special Education has made in the compilation of data in relation to the number of children with special educational needs in schools and the number of children who have been allocated resources; the details of their findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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292 Deputy David Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of funding allocated to each city and county enterprise board each year for the past five years respectively; the amount of same which was used by the boards for administration purposes; the amount used for grant aid to businesses and projects; the number of projects which received funding from each board each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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