616 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 29, 71 and 90 of 1 March 2007, regarding the 47,000 people who are not receiving a pension payment in their own right or as a qualified adult on the pension of their spouse or partner, if he will provide a breakdown of the number and percentages of men and women and also a breakdown by five year age group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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570 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 4 of 1 March 2007, the FÁS training programmes open to people over 65 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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502 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of people awaiting public physiotherapy services in the Health Service Executive southern region; the number of public physiotherapists employed in the HSE southern region; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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435 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children the number on the waiting list for assessment at the development co-ordination disorder unit in St. Finbarr’s Hospital in Cork; the number attending the unit; the amount of funding made available to operate the unit each year since the unit was established; her plans in 2007 to expand and further develop the unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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210 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 255 of 21 February 2007, if he has made a decision on the railway order application; if he has not signed the railway order; the reason for not having done so; when he expects to sign the order; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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199 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 213 of 28 February 2007, the number of staff in the Office of Social Inclusion; the grade levels of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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103 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will backdate the top up payment under the ERS; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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81 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will use her golden share in Greencore; the circumstances under which she would use such powers; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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114 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Defence the way the reorganisation of the Reserve Defence Forces is progressing; the numbers enlisted in the Reserve Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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102 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Defence the vacancies in the Naval Service; the establishment of the Naval Service and the strength of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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506 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 2 of 12 October 2006, the progress that has been made in the time at sea issue; the number of personnel who typically spend more than the two years in a ship based appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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389 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of families in his estimation who are not claiming family income supplement at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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295 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 162 of 20 February 2007, the exact amount that is being made available from within the vote of the Minister of Children to support the implementation of the establishment of youth cafes; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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264 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 294 of 20 February 2007, the breakdown of the 52,962 surgical procedures arranged by the National Treatment Purchase Fund to the end of 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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189 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the opinion of the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice (details supplied); the submission which was made by the State in this matter; the implications for the State if the European Court of Justice follows the opinion of the Advocate General; the actions he will take on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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188 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the funding that his Department made available to an organisation (details supplied) each year from 2000 to date in 2007; the amount returned unspent in each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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164 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to further develop the community employment scheme, in particular to enhancing employment levels of the over 55’s; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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100 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 384 of 5 December 2006, his plans to increase the number of community employment scheme places ring-fenced for the delivery of health services; if the number of places ring-fenced has remained constant since 2002/2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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186 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if will provide details of each of the reports and reviews commissioned or conducted by his Department each year since 2003 to date in 2007; the cost of same; the publication dates of each of these reports; the progress made in implementing the recommendations of these reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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185 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 1191 of 31 January 2007, the schemes whose recipients will be allowed to qualify for the new half-rate carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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94 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the situation pertaining to children, not born in the State, whose parents have been granted permission to remain in the State on the basis of parentage of a Irish born child; the procedure involved for such children who arrived in the State at the same time as their parents to get permission to remain in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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33 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the efforts his Department is making to address concern raised by the European Commission report (details supplied) that there is an increasing prevalence of people in employment who are at risk of poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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23 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the consistent poverty target in the NAPinclusion 2007 to 2016 is less ambitious than that of the national anti-poverty strategy and agreed programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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166 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 47 of 14 December 2006, if he has brought forward proposals and an implementation strategy on the lone parent proposals for the Government’s consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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4 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the efforts his Department is making to assist older people and pensioners to remain in and return to the workforce, in view of his commitment to improving the employment prospects of older people; the reasons pensioners cannot avail of the back to education allowance, BTEA, scheme and older people are not included in FÁS training strategies; his views on extending the employer PRSI exemption scheme to include people over the age of 55 returning to work; the reasons for the poor take up among non-contributory State pensioners of the earnings disregard from insurable employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs whether he will pay all qualified adults directly; his views on reviewing State pension contributory qualification criteria to improve the eligibility chances of older women who have returned to work following many years of homecaring duties; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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213 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of staff in the office for social inclusion, OSI; the cost of running the office in 2006; the projected cost for 2007; the role of the OSI; and the interaction between his Department and the OSI; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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454 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the single farm payment will be made to persons (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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411 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people in receipt of rent supplement; the number who have been in receipt of the supplement for over 18 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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175 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money allocated to date to the rental accommodation scheme; the amount of money expended each year since the scheme began; the number and percentage of households in receipt of rent supplement for 18 months or more reviewed and allocated housing under the scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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105 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the Combat Poverty Agency publication Poverty and Social Inclusion Linking Local and National Structures 2007; the action his Department is taking to ensure that poverty and social inclusion strategies are in operation in all local authorities and State agencies under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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56 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications for refugee status from asylum seekers in 2006; the number of these applications which were initially decided in favour of the applicant; the number of same decided in favour following an appeal; the number of people currently awaiting decision on their asylum or refugee status; the average length of time it takes to process an application; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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47 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the National Women’s Strategy has been finalised; if not, when he expects it to be finalised; when he will publish the strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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255 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 28 of 2 November 2006, if the public inquiry has been completed; the outcome of same; if not, when he expects same to be completed; when he expects to be in a position to make a decision on the railway order; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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243 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the National Employment Action Plan has been extended to lone parents and people with disabilities as per Towards 2016; the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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189 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of the current adult and child payments under direct provision; when these payment rates were last increased; the amount of the increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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161 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 25 of 2 November 2006, the details of the progress in the matters raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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131 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Transport the way his Department interacts with the National Roads Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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435 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on extending the 12 day deadline for collection of one parent family payment via electronic information transfer to a longer period, such as three weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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294 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children the amount expended each year and to date in 2007 on the National Treatment Purchase Fund since the fund was established; the number of operations and procedures that have been undertaken through the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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212 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications received by his Department under the independent living support programme in 2006; the number of applications granted; the amount of funding that would have been expended if all the grant applications had been met; the amount expended; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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211 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on an application to allow two children of persons (details supplied) to join their parents here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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162 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress to date on the development of the National Recreation Policy for Young People; when she expects to publish the policy; the funding allocated by her Department in 2006 and 2007 for the development of youth cafés or other youth drop-in centres; her views on the recreation facilities available to young people; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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114 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress to date in developing the new health services for older people and people with disabilities as announced in budget 2007; the amount of money allocated to date for these services; the number of new home care packages, home help hours, respite, residential and day care places created since the announcement; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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133 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of child dependant allowances currently being paid by his Department; the number of families currently in receipt of CDA; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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132 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of families eligible for the back to school clothing and footwear allowance who did not apply for and receive the payment in 2006; the percentage take-up rate of the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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131 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of family income supplement recipients who received the back to school clothing and footwear allowance in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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130 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the estimated cost to his Department in 2007 of the family income supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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129 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 31 January 2007, the weekly cost of all family income supplement payments; the average weekly payment; the expenditure on FIS in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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