220 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children when she expects to be in a position to finalise and publish legislation to introduce the new nursing home support scheme bill, A Fair Deal; when she hopes that this new scheme will come into operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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192 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of Health Service Executive staff currently on maternity leave or leave of absence; the arrangements in place by the HSE to provide cover for this leave through replacement staff, overtime and so on; the percentage of positions for which full cover is being provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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135 Deputy David Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 47 of 25 February 2008, the progress made by the Office Of Public Works in sourcing suitable accommodation on an interim basis in order to facilitate the decentralisation of the Public Appointments Service; when he expects the Public Appointments Service to move to Youghal County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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103 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her views on the Irish Farmers Association estimate that the EU Trade Commissioner’s offer as part of the World Trade Organisation trade deal will cost the economy €4 billion per annum and result in the loss of 50,000 jobs in manufacturing and services and will put a further 50,000 farmers out of business (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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73 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the details of the proposed World Trade Organisation import tariff cuts on the main farm sectors; if her Department has conducted research and calculation on the impact she expects these proposed cuts to have on farming here; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1009 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which families with young children are to dispose of household refuse in situations where there is neither a local authority or a private service available within a kilometre of the residence; the advice that he would give in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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992 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount made available by his Department towards the cleaner greener production programme; the future of this or any other similar type of programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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991 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an evaluation has taken place into the effectiveness or otherwise of the greening Irish hotels programme; if so, the person who carried out such a valuation; the main results of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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990 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he plans to take to encourage an increased level of engagement by hotels here in the European ecolithical programme which awards qualifying hotels with an internationally recognised environmental quality mark; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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989 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the more vigorous building regulations he has introduced which will mean that new hotels will be built to more stringent environmental and insulation standards as outlined in response to Parliamentary Question No. 525 of 11 March 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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932 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, regarding summer and winter time arrangements as agreed under EU Directive 2000/84/EC, a submission was made by his Department or other Government agency or body to the European Commission before 31 July 2007 regarding the implications of summer time arrangements for Ireland, in line with article 5 of the Directive; if consideration has been given to the extension of the summer-time period each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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809 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the need to modernise and extend a school (details supplied) in County Cork; the way in which she will provide assistance to the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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783 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science if she or officials from her Department have approached Educate Together with a view to establishing a school in the east Cork area; her position in relation to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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649 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the situation with reference to the various elements of the sugar beet compensation including that which has been incorporated into the single payment scheme, the EU restructuring aid for the sugar industry and diversification aid; the amount of each element that has been paid to date; the amount that remains to be paid; when she expects the remaining amounts to be paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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648 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount currently available per hectare, per annum, under the EU energy crop payment scheme; the number of hectares of energy crops grown in 2007; the number she expects to be produced in 2008; the breakdown of the hectares of the relative crops grown in each of the two years; the projections of the number of hectares of the various crops to be grown in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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426 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children her policy position regarding supporting voluntary groups in the provision of defibrillators; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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156 Deputy David Stanton asked the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 188 of 4 March 2008 and 135 of 27 February 2008, if the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs is the Department responsible for the coordination of the enterprise audit to receive the uses of existing and redundant agricultural buildings and manufacturing plants in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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126 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will outline the work of the Family Support Agency; the voluntary organisations that received counselling grants from the agency for each year since the agency was established; the amounts granted to each of these organisations; his plan to further strengthen and widen the work of the Family Support Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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545 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of times the national carers strategy working group has met to date; the composition of the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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101 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will outline the work of the maintenance recovery unit of his Department; the number of cases dealt with by this unit in 2006 and 2007; the total amounts recovered; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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153 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has recently received letters from schools (details supplied) in County Cork regarding the need to provide an extension to both schools in the immediate term and to provide new buildings for both schools in the not too distant future; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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131 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 27 February 2008 and No. 188 of 4 March 2008, if his Department is responsible for the co-ordination of the enterprise audit to review the uses of existing and redundant agricultural buildings and manufacturing plants in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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109 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the numbers of persons currently participating in the FÁS community employment scheme: if there is a cap on the number employed; if so, if the cap is applied in the same way in each region; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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96 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children the number, with regard to community based primary care services, of multidisciplinary teams established on a pilot basis in 2001; the locations of same; if this model of service delivery has been proven to be effective; if it has since been expanded; the targets set in relation to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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97 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children the number, with regard to the recommendations made in 2000 by the Irish Heart Foundation’s council on stroke, of these that have been adopted and implemented, in particular in relation to prevention and health promotion, acute treatment and rehabilitation, community rehabilitation and establishment of a stroke register; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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95 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children the availability of community based stroke services across the country; the services on offer and locations of same; her plans for the development of an integrated, community based, multidisciplinary stroke rehabilitation services network; the targets that have been set in relation to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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216 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children the incidence of lymphoedema here; the treatment for same; if she is satisfied that sufficient resources are in place to support and to treat sufferers of lymphoedema; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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245 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the role and responsibilities of community wardens; the budget available to local authorities from his Department to operate the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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244 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the five local authority areas where the pilot community warden scheme was established; if he will extend the scheme to all other local authorities; the action local authorities need to take to introduce the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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159 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 28 February 2008, regarding the allocation of a band two rating to a school, the subdivision or subset in which the school has been included; her views on whether the school meets the criteria of band 1.1 rating; if not the criteria of band 1.1 the school does not meet; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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134 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the details of the programmes or supports available from his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department for the development and support of small private museums; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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99 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of births under the home birth scheme each year for the past five years respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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98 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of community midwives working under the home birth scheme in County Cork; when this scheme was established; if she will ensure the continuation of this scheme and resolve any issues in relation to insurance; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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152 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 6 of 31 January 2008 and the Minister of State’s comments regarding the development of formal policy in her Department, the progress that has been made in the provision of a rehabilitation centre in the Cork or Munster region for stroke and acquired brain injury victims; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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88 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children the budget that has been made available to the Office for Disability and Mental Health in 2008; the number of staff employed in the office; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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408 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science further to her Department’s policy on the conversion of existing pilot ABA schools into special schools, the details of what this change in status from pilot scheme to special school entails; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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407 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science further to her comments in Dáil Éireann on 13 February 2008 regarding her Department’s policy on the conversion of existing pilot ABA schools into special schools, the details of what this change in status from pilot scheme to special school entails; if a school (details supplied) in County Cork has applied for this conversion; if it has been converted to a special school; if not the progress in relation to this change in status; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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399 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science the sections of the Youth Work Act 2001 that have been enacted; the timescale for the implementation of the remaining sections of the Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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378 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she is considering new legislation, primary or secondary, to update the law regarding the welfare of animals; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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352 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of times the inter-Departmental group established to consider the plans for the future of Spike Island has met; the dates of these meetings; when it is next intended to meet; when he expects to receive a report from the group; the members of the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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326 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 352 of 19 February 2008, the last occasion when he classified by order an existing public road as a national road; the road in question; if he is considering classifying further existing public roads as national roads within the next 12 months; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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267 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of beds for stroke victims in hospitals here each year for the past five years respectively; if any of these beds are for use by stroke sufferers only; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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266 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children the number and location with regard to stroke in-patient services, of dedicated stroke units here; the number of beds available for stroke victims; the location of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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188 Deputy David Stanton asked the Taoiseach the Department, with reference to the commitment in the programme for Government that an enterprise audit will be conducted to review the use of existing and redundant agricultural buildings and manufacturing plants in rural areas, that will be responsible for ensuring that this enterprise audit is carried out; the agencies that will carry out this audit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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176 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 7 of 13 December 2007, if he has received advice regarding changes which need to be made to the National Disability Strategy in order to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities from the high-level group, cross-Departmental implementation group; if not, when he expects to receive same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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138 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 120 of 7 November 2007, if the National Disability Strategy Stakeholder Monitoring Group received a further progress report on the strategy from senior officials at the end of 2007; if this report and the previous two reports will be published; if the Stakeholder Monitoring Group also have a role in monitoring the implementation of the sectoral plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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161 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 21 February 2008, the band rating of the school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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101 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children further to her Department’s Disability Act 2005 sectoral plan, if the review of the plan due to take place in mid 2007 has been completed; if it has been published; if not, when she will publish same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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92 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of permanent psychiatric nursing posts that are unfilled in Cork University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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67 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 1142 of 31 January 2007, the funding that is being provided to employers for employer grants and schemes which support the employment of people with disabilities in 2007 and 2008 respectively, in particular the FÁS wage subsidy scheme and the workplace equipment adaptation grant scheme; if he is satisfied at the progress and take-up rates of these schemes; if he will provide details of same for these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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