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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 January 2006
1289 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of students currently enrolled on courses at the National Maritime College; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1495/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 January 2006
1288 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science the student capacity of the new National Maritime College; the number of personnel from the Naval Service which can be accommodated at the college as students at any one time; the number of students from CIT which can be accommodated at the college at any one time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1494/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 January 2006
1205 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to the commencement of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 2004 on 1 January 2005 when an updated leaflet will be posted on his Department’s website containing up-to-date information on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2458/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 January 2006
1051 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the single payment due on 1 December 2005 will be awarded to persons (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2452/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 January 2006
1050 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the single payment due on 1 December 2005 will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2451/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 January 2006
1049 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the single payment due on 1 December 2005 will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2450/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 January 2006
900 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Transport the measures in place to ensure that people with disabilities are not prevented from travelling as passengers on commercial airlines to and from the State; the restriction that he is aware of in this regard; if he has had discussions with airlines and other interested bodies on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2454/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 January 2006
836 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Transport, further to Question No. 30 of 15 June 2005, if the feasibility study on site suitability for the construction of a station house at Ballycotton coastal unit has been completed by the Office of Public Works; if so, the outcome of the study; if not, when same will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2457/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 January 2006
835 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Transport, further to Question No. 30 of 15 June 2005, if the construction of a station house at Ballycotton coastal unit is to be included under the Irish Coast Guard’s station house building programme in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2456/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 January 2006
834 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Transport, further to Question No. 30 of 15 June 2005, if the review of the coast guard volunteer service has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2455/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 January 2006
826 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether the pensions system is unattractive to young people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2469/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 January 2006
825 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the fact that only 40% of occupational pension schemes that reported to the Pensions Board in 2005 failed to meet the funding standard required under legislation; the action he will take to rectify this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2468/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 January 2006
824 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the staff vacancies that exist in his Department; the areas where these vacancies occur; his plans to fill such vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2467/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 January 2006
823 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on making the back to education allowance available to all lone parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2466/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 January 2006
484 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of people receiving home help assistance in each of the Health Service Executive areas in each of the years 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005; the budget provision for home help assistance in each of these years in each of the Health Service Executive areas; her plans to increase home help assistance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2462/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 January 2006
483 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if older persons with medical cards are automatically entitled to home help assistance if a medical need exists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2461/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 January 2006
482 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the financial thresholds pertaining to the provision of home help to elderly persons in the various Health Service Executive areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2460/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 January 2006
244 Mr. Stanton asked the Taoiseach the Fair Trade products imported here each year since 2000; the volume and value of same; the percentage of such products in relation to total imports in each year since 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2526/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 January 2006
197 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if funding will be made available through the fishery harbour development programme in 2006 for the development of Ballycotton harbour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2172/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 January 2006
144 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 173 of 12 October 2005 if the digital terrestrial pilot programme has been implemented by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2171/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2005
338 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science if a person, who is employed as a full-time national teacher and who also teaches part-time with a vocational educational committee, is entitled to the basic rate of pay for additional hours worked; the circular or directive which outlines this position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40015/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2005
197 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Finance the Department responsible for the administration and payment of the early child care supplement which was introduced in budget 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39921/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2005
172 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an application for a full-time diabetes nurse specialist is being considered by her Department in order to serve the growing number of children with diabetes in the Cork area; when she will make a decision on this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39997/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2005
155 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Cork is receiving all the support and help from the Health Service Executive that is needed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39980/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2005
154 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange for a person (details supplied) in County Cork to be seen by a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in order to get on to the waiting list for a hip replacement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39979/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2005
149 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether a dedicated paediatric endocrinologist, one full-time diabetes nurse specialist, one part-time nurse specialist, a dedicated dietician, a psychologist and a dedicated multidisciplinary unit are needed in order to serve the growing numbers of children with diabetes in the Cork area; the action she has taken or intends to take on the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39916/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2005
31 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science her progress to date in 2005 in the implementation of the national youth work development plan; if the plan has been implemented in its entirety; if not, what remains to be implemented; the timescale of same; if she intends to progress the national youth work development plan in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39595/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2005
27 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science, further to the Youth Work Act 2001, her progress to date in 2005 in implementing the Act; the sections that have been implemented to date in 2005; the sections which remain unimplemented; her plans to bring the remaining unimplemented sections into force; the timescale of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39594/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2005
92 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the ongoing tensions in Ethiopia which have arisen following concerns that parliamentary elections were not held in accordance with international standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39172/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2005
41 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the Government’s views on whether the use of white phosphorus is the use of a chemical weapon; if the Government will campaign to have white phosphorus listed as such; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39178/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2005
414 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to the Disability Act 2005, the progress to date in implementing the Act; the sections which have been implemented to date; the sections remaining to be implemented; his plans to bring the remaining non-implemented sections into force; the timescale of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39231/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2005
254 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Finance further to the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme operated by the Revenue Commissioners which allows persons with disabilities to claim remission or repayment of VRT and VAT and also repayment of excise duty and fuel, when the limits and thresholds in relation to the amount repayable were last raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39232/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2005
173 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who are waiting for an initial consultation with orthopaedic consultants to be placed on the public waiting list for hip replacement surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38983/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2005
150 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if a feasibility study has been carried out on the need to construct a new interconnector between Ireland and Britain to enable the further development of wind energy here; the situation regarding wind energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38649/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2005
94 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she intends to increase funding and supports to promote and develop the biofuels sector in view of its importance as an alternative for the beet industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38444/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2005
17 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on whether the compensation package from the EU will be sufficient to meet the needs of growers and workers in the beet industry here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38443/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2005
263 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of long-term rent supplement recipient households which have been housed to date in 2005 under the rent supplement initiative; the type of housing they received under this initiative; the breakdown of the number of households housed under each housing option; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38483/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2005
262 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department received €19 million from the Vote of the Department of Social and Family Affairs for a long-term accommodation initiative for rent supplement tenants; the amount of this transferred money that has been spent since his Department received it; the way in which the money was spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38482/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2005
261 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Question No. 96 of 28 June 2005, his progress in meeting the target of housing 5,000 households which are long-term recipients of the rent supplement by the end of 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38481/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2005
86 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Defence if his Department has ever sought or received valuations for its property at Cathal Brugha Barracks and McKee Barracks in Dublin; his plans to dispose of these properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38123/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2005
434 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science if, in regard to foreign national students who have been residing here for more than five years and who have completed second level education here, are eligible to pay fees for attendance at third level institutions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37806/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2005
302 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports and services available to employers and employees who are seeking to upgrade their qualifications and skills with regard to the upskilling of the Irish workforce; when these supports and services were launched; the success of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38230/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2005
301 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the initiatives his Department has in place to facilitate ex-prisoners in returning to the workforce; the supports and services available to them to enter employment; the success of these initiatives in enabling ex-prisoners to secure employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38229/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2005
162 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the age restrictions placed on couples who wish to adopt children from outside the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37662/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2005
161 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the countries with which the State has an adoption agreement; her plans to make further agreements with other countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37661/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2005
160 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the average time it takes for a person who wishes to adopt a child from an outside country to be assessed; the procedures involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37660/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2005
159 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of foreign adoptions in the past five years; the countries of origin of the children concerned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37659/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2005
108 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the efforts his Department is making to encourage older persons to re-enter the workforce; the barriers older persons face when attempting to rejoin the workforce; the supports and services available to these persons to assist with labour force re-entry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37920/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2005
85 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that youth unemployment has been consistently over twice the overall national rate of unemployment in the past four years (details supplied); the efforts his Department is making to tackle youth unemployment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37919/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2005
4 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his Department’s priorities for 2006; if he has set targets, if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37457/05]