261 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Finance if, in cases where VRT has been paid on commercial vehicles and where subsequently the owner wants to use the vehicle for ordinary passenger use, the original VRT paid is taken into account and deducted from the extra VRT that has to be paid in order to upgrade the vehicle to passenger use; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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260 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Finance the estimated annual cost in terms of revenue foregone on tax and PRSI concessions relating to contributions to approved pension schemes, including occupational schemes, AVCs, PRSAs, and self-employed and director arrangements in each of the most recent three years for which data is available, showing separately figures for PAYE, PRSI and other tax headings, for example, self-employed persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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82 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which an evaluation has been carried out of the use of bio-diesel for domestic heating purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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239 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a minimum time limit exists by which housing estates have to be taken in charge by local authorities; his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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228 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reduction in claim processing times for one parent family payment applications in weeks as a result of decentralisation to local offices; the average time for OFP claims to be processed in 2003, 2004, 2005 and to date in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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227 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his progress to date in recruiting personal counsellors to give one-to-one interviews to lone parents and assist them in accessing training, education and employment as announced in 2005 (details supplied); the number of such counsellors employed by his Department and locations of same; the number of lone parents who have had access to these services since April 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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226 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of counsellors employed by his Department; the number who have been recruited since April 2005 and where they have been recruited from; the type of qualification these counsellors must hold; the locations of these counsellors; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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224 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way FÁS supports people with an acquired brain injury to participate in their vocational training programmes; and the additional supports they intend to put in place to allow participation by people with acquired brain injury.
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223 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way FÁS intends to support people with an acquired brain injury to participate in their vocational training programmes.
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222 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the vocational training opportunities available for people with an acquired brain injury where existing FÁS or specialist training providers cannot support the unique needs of people with an acquired brain injury.
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221 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the specific vocational training programmes run by FÁS or through specialist training providers for people with an acquired brain injury; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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418 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of households experiencing fuel poverty here; the number of people in receipt of the fuel allowance who do not receive a means tested social welfare payment in particular with regard to people of pension age; his plans to ease qualification criteria for the fuel allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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417 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of contributory state pensioners in receipt of the fuel allowance; the percentage of the number of contributory state pensioners this figure represents and the percentage of fuel allowance recipients; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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419 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he will publish the review of the habitual residence condition completed by his Department; the impact the HRC has had on migrant works in terms of poverty; the number of claims referred to the HRC unit of his Department for decision for which the two year residency rule has been satisfied but have been refused on other HRC grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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376 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he will publish the review of the habitual residence condition completed by his Department; the impact the HRC has had on migrant workers in terms of poverty; the number of claims referred to the HRC unit of his Department for decision for which the two year residency rule has been satisfied but have been refused on other HRC grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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292 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of public speech therapy hours available to pre-school age children and school-going children per annum in the Health Service Executive south; the way these hours are allocated; if all children in the HSE area receive an equal amount of public speech therapy hours; if these hours are in group or one to one sessions; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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291 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children if one to one sessions are available for pre-school children from public speech therapists; if not, if her Department funds or has considered funding private one to one speech therapy sessions; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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290 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children the normal waiting time for pre-school children seeking public speech therapy services in the Health Service Executive south; if public speech therapy services are not available for a pre-school child, will her Department reimburse parents of pre-school children for private speech therapy sessions; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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289 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children the amount of public speech therapy hours available to pre-school children; the financial supports available to parents seeking to secure public speech therapy for their pre-school children should public speech therapy services not be available; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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288 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of public speech therapists providing treatment to pre-school children throughout the country; the locations where each therapist operates; 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 position with regard to the implementation of anti social behaviour orders; the resources being allocated to facilitate same; the training that is being undertaken by An Garda Síochána, and in particular senior Garda, in order to prepare them to carry out their functions in relation to ASBOs; the further training or guidance that is being promised to the Judiciary on the making of a behaviour order, on attaching conditions to an order and on the sanctions appropriate to be imposed on a breach; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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127 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on paying all child dependent allowances at the same maximum rate; the cost of 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 the percentage of eligible families who are availing of the family income supplement; the reasons for the low take-up rate of FIS; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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88 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the 50% increase in clients accessing the money advice and budgeting service over the past four years; if this increase is indicative of the failure of poverty strategies to address the social and financial exclusion suffered by low income groups in Irish society; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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85 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of appeals processed by way of oral hearing by the social welfare appeals office in 2004 and 2005 respectively; the number of same which were decided in favour of the appellant; the number of appeals processed by the social welfare appeals office in these years and average timescale for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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72 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of households transferred or allocated local authority housing to date under the rental accommodation scheme; if he is satisfied that the targets originally set for the scheme in 2004 are being met; the cost incurred in operation of the scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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18 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money transferred to his Department’s Vote from the Department of Social and Family Affairs for the operation of the rental accommodation scheme each year; the amount his Department expects to receive in future years; the amount of this allocation which has been spent to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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183 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the disability equality section of his Department has carried out a review of the 3% employment quota in the public service; if this target is being met in all areas of the public service; the details and breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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141 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress to date on the construction of a new prison on Spike Island; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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190 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the implications of the European Court of Justice judgment on Case C-17/05 for people in employment here; 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 his views on the European Court of Justice judgment delivered on 3 October 2006 on Case C-17/05; the possible implications of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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120 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reviews the equality division of his Department has carried out regarding equal access to employment opportunities for older people; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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251 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding requested by Cork County Council to construct the northern relief road in Midleton, County Cork; the amount which has been made available to date; the estimated cost of the relief road; when he expects it to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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195 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied that there is sufficient funding in place to enable the Cork to Midleton rail line to be constructed and completed; the estimated cost of the project; the amount of funding his Department has and will be contributing towards the cost of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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181 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to a previous parliamentary question, the details of the additional income threshold for the fuel allowance for each year respectively from 1995 to date in 2006 inclusive; the amount of any increases in any of those years and subsequent new additional income threshold as a result of the increase; the date when an additional increase was granted; when these increases came into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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28 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Transport further to Question No. 67 of 7 June 2006, the status of the public inquiry under section 42(1) of the Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001 in respect of the Iarnród Éireann application for a railway order for the Cork to Midleton railway line which he received on 15 May 2006; if and when railway order will be granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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25 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Transport the assistance given by his Department to assist with the promotion of Mitchelstown as an attractive relocation destination to Bus Éireann employees; the efforts his Department has made to assist in securing a suitable location for the proposed headquarters; if one has been secured; if anyone has indicated a wish to decentralise to the town to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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637 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of changes of ownership recorded in respect of motor cars in each year from 2000 to 2005 respectively and to date in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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267 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedures in place for An Garda Síochána to receive notification from vehicle registration in Shannon Town Centre, County Clare that a change of vehicle ownership has occurred; the way in which this information is transferred to the computer systems used by An Garda Síochána when checking on vehicle ownership; the typical length of time it takes for An Garda Síochána computer records to be updated following receipt of change of ownership notification; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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261 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the breakdown of the budget allocation to the Working Group on Domestic Partnerships; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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260 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí stationed in each of the Garda stations in Mitchelstown, Kildorrery and Kilworth in each year from 1997 to 2001 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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259 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí stationed in the Fermoy District Cork North Division each year from 1997 to 2001 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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248 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 276 of 24 October 2006, the number of people convicted as a result of domestic violence incidents in each Garda district and region for the years 2004 and 2005 respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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219 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on building a prison on Spike Island which requires a bridge and road network to be put in place before substantial building work can commence which may delay the provision of a replacement prison for the overcrowded and outdated Cork Prison compared to a possible alternative site that would have the necessary infrastructure directly adjacent to it; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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218 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he or the prison service considered in detail any other site other than Spike Island for the new prison to replace Cork Prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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206 Mr. Stanton asked the Taoiseach the annual budget allocation to the Law Reform Commission for each year respectively from 1997 to date in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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136 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children the targets her Department has set to reduce the disproportionate burden of ill health that lower income groups suffer as detailed in Quality and Fairness, A Health System for You; the initiatives in place to reduce these health inequalities; the success of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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91 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children the criteria for eligibility for public health sector pension schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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156 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science when she expects to announce decisions made in respect of applications made under the summer works scheme for 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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241 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 254 of 18 October 2006, the overall targets set for claim processing, for each of the payments administered by his Department; the factors included in these targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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