404 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if an upper age limit applies regarding membership of State boards under his aegis; if so, the reason for the age limit; his plans to remove same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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393 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an upper age limit applies regarding membership of State boards under his aegis; if so, the reason for the age limit; his plans to remove same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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382 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if an upper age limit applies regarding membership of State boards under his aegis; if so, the reason for the age limit; his plans to remove same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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376 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if an upper age limit applies regarding membership of State boards under his aegis; if so, the reason for the age limit; his plans to remove same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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370 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if an upper age limit applies regarding membership of State boards under his aegis; if so, the reason for the age limit; his plans to remove same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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337 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children if an upper age limit applies regarding membership of State boards under her aegis; if so, the reason for the age limit; her plans to remove same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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300 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money she has made available for the rest of 2006 for enhanced nursing home subventions; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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299 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children if she has received a request from the Health Service Executive for a new day care centre and medical centre in Youghal, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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298 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children the locations where the teen support programme is in operation; the number of participants in the programme; her plans to extend same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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239 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children if community welfare officers are supplied with mobile phones to help them carry out their work; if not, her plans, to supply same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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235 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Finance if an upper age limit applies regarding membership of State boards under his aegis; if so, the reason for the age limit; his plans to remove same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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218 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Finance the estimated amount charged for the collection, management and investment, and other services including the provision of advice services connected therewith, of contributions including AVCs and PRSAs and existing invested funds by insurance fund providers and intermediaries and other agents in each of the most recent three years for which data is available or can be estimated; if estimated, the basis of such estimates; if there are other significant fees on pension contributions earned by the financial services sector not explicitly comprehended in the amounts in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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206 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an upper age limit applies regarding membership of State boards under his aegis; if so, the reason for the age limit; his plans to remove same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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201 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 216 of 28 November 2006, the reason recorded incidents of domestic violence in the past two years were not published in the Garda Síochána annual reports in 2004 and 2005, as they were in previous years; if his attention has been drawn to this and if he gave his consent to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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159 Mr. Stanton asked the Taoiseach if an upper age limit applies regarding membership of State boards; if so, the reason for the age limit; his plans to remove same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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149 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress she has made in developing a national strategy on rehabilitation for stroke victims and people with severe injuries; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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64 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on publishing all pre-school and crèche inspection reports on-line; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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146 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 384 of 22 November 2006, the situation in respect of the person (details supplied) in County Cork; the number of entitlements under the 2005 single payment scheme national reserve; 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 his plans to require directors and trustees of pension schemes not to belong to a scheme operated or administered by the firms and agencies responsible for the schemes operated on behalf of their employees or scheme members.
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132 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the Pensions Board has plans to review whether pension schemes offered to directors and to trustees of pension schemes are offered on terms that are materially preferential to the arrangements available to the employees and members of schemes generally in view of a growing perception that some firms and trustees may be open to undue influence in certain circumstances; 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 if an upper age limit exists regarding eligibility for the back to education allowance scheme; his plans to remove same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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128 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on extending the deadline for applications for the back to school clothing and footwear allowance from the end of September to end of November each year; the financial and other implications of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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88 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children if it is true that in a Health Service Executive area there is no aggressive oncology treatment for older people with cancer as stated in a document (details supplied); if so, the details of where this age limit applies; the action he will take to change this situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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87 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children if an upper age limit has been set in a Health Service Executive area for access to cardiac services as stated in a document (details supplied); if so, the HSE areas where this limit applies; if she is satisfied in relation to this situation continuing situation continuing; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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86 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children the details of the stroke rehabilitation services on offer in each Health Service Executive area; if an upper age limit exists in any or every area for the receipt of such services; the details of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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71 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Finance the estimated amounts charged by insurance fund providers and intermediaries and other agents in each of the most recent three years for which data is available in setting up and in paying annuities and other benefits under personal, private and occupational pension arrangements.
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51 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an upper age limit applies regarding eligibility for jury service; if so, the reason for the age limit; his plans to remove same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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257 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding made available to respective local authorities to enable plastic recovery services to be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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235 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science the criteria for establishing free school transport in the CLÁR areas; her plans to reduce the number of pupils required as part of the criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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234 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science when the general allowance threshold for appointing learning support teachers was last reviewed; her plans to carry out a further review in the near future; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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35 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the average somatic cell count in the Irish national milk supply and the impact it is having on the industry; her plans to improve the situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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25 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her input into the national bioenergy action plan; if the plan is on target to be completed by the end of 2006; the efforts she is making to encourage both farmer and industry to increase biofuel production; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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443 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science if, with reference to the scheme for commissioning psychological assessments, her Department provides funding to pay for the travelling expenses of the private psychologists approved by the National Educational Psychological Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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442 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of children who have had an educational assessment carried out under the National Educational Psychological Service scheme each year since the establishment of NEPS; the number of children currently awaiting an assessment; the number of assessments carried out under the scheme for commissioning psychological assessments in the same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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306 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his position regarding a proposed new power station to be constructed in Aghada in East Cork by the Electricity Supply Board; if and when he will give approval for the building of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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305 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if projections have been carried out into the demand for electricity over the next number of years; if so, the details of same; if he has satisfied himself that supply will be adequate to meet demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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245 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children the contract cleaning companies employed to clean the respective hospitals under the auspices of the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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221 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Finance the changes that have been agreed with the social partners regarding public service pensions; when these changes will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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216 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reasons the Garda Síochána did not record domestic violence incidents in the past two years; if his attention was drawn or he gave his consent to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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196 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the consultants that have been engaged by his Department to undertake an evaluation of the pilot project on domestic violence intervention in the Bray and Dún Laoghaire areas over a three year period from 2003 to 2005; if this evaluation has been completed; the action he has taken or intends to take as a result of the evaluation; the funding his Department has provided to the National Domestic Violence Intervention Agency to date; the way this funding was used; his further plans in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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94 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science if she is satisfied that all second level students at junior cycle level have the opportunity to carry out experiments as part of the junior certificate science curriculum; if she is further satisfied that practical science experiments are being carried out in science rooms and laboratories; if she is satisfied that all schools have the necessary resources to enable such experiments to be carried out in a safe and effective manner; her views on the importance or otherwise of science experiments being carried out by students; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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57 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science if an evaluation or review of the National Educational Psychological Service has been undertaken or is planned; if so the details of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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105 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the timescale for the possible accession of Croatia to the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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75 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the sourcing of a property to house the decentralised Irish Aid operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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384 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a payment will be made under the national reserve category A to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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348 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the campaign to restore universal child benefit (details supplied); his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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239 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Finance the estimated amount including AVCs and PRSAs paid by Irish taxpayers into pension plans and schemes approved by the Revenue Commissioners Office in each of the last most recent three years for which data is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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238 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Finance the estimated average value of tax and PRSI concessions on contributions to approved pension schemes including occupational schemes, AVCs, PRSAs and self-employed and director arrangements to PAYE payers who contributed to such schemes and similarly for non-PAYE taxpayers who contributed to such schemes in the most recent year for which data is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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125 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Finance the proceeds received to date by the Exchequer from the sale of shares in Aer Lingus; and if these funds are to be placed under management by the NTMA.
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458 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, in circumstances of extreme illness, he will allow people to receive the fuel allowance even if they do not qualify due to the application of the means test; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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