89 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will provide the most recent figures on sexually transmitted infections; her views on whether further and urgent action is needed to prevent further increases; her plans for any such action; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[4154/05]
65 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons awaiting orthodontic treatment in the various Health Service Executive areas at the latest date for which figures are available; the number awaiting assessment for such treatment; if she will report on the trends in the past five years and on the waiting times for assessment and treatment in the respective Health Service Executive areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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214 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 178 of 1 December 2004, the funding which has been made available for 2005 to introduce the groundwork for the new personal advocacy service aimed specifically at persons with disabilities; when the new service will commence; 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 supports available to self-employed workers with families who are on low incomes; if the family income supplement can be availed of in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[4138/05]
129 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount being made available per kilometre of non-national road per county for 2005, with reference to funding for non-national roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[3704/05]
153 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the report by the UK Office for Civil Nuclear Safety that there are chronically inadequate resources to deal with a major emergency at Sellafield.
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504 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Force personnel who have been hospitalised in 2004, 2003 and 2002; the number of these that have been senior officers, junior officers and other ranks respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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487 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science if a blind child (details supplied) who had the assistance of a full time special needs assistant in primary school will continue to have this essential support in her current second level school; the reason it took from March 2004 to December 2005 for her Department to partially respond to the urgent needs of this student; if she will ensure that a full-time assistant is now made available as a matter of extreme urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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355 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Transport if he will clarify his comments, as reported in the local press, made during his recent visit to Cork regarding the provision of airbridges in Cork Airport; if he will report on the responsibility of the Cork Airport Authority and the Dublin Airport Authority in this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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352 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the recent EU-S12C report which indicated that nearly 15% of children under 15 were living in consistent poverty; the action he intends to take as a result; the timescale for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[3873/05]
338 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if non-nationals will receive health and safety information in their own language; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[4042/05]
130 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will commit his Department to a timeframe for the completion of negotiations with mobile phone operators on the subject of lowering costs of SMS messages for deaf and moderately deaf persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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88 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the recent report by the Worldwide Fund for Nature that 13 of 15 species of marine life are in danger of extinction; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[3671/05]
129 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number and percentage of payments made in each of the schemes administered by his Department by electronic funds transfer in 2002, 2003 and 2004; his plans to further develop this method of payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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56 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of Traveller children currently availing of the Traveller resource teacher programme and visiting teachers travelling children scheme; the number of teachers employed under this scheme; the number of students from the Traveller community who have completed the junior certificate and the leaving certificate respectively in the years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004; her further plans to improve the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[3029/05]
48 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the resources to be made available to provide proper science laboratories and further upgrading to a school (details supplied) in County Cork; her further plans in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[3028/05]
167 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress being made by all countries seeking membership of the European Union in meeting accession criteria; the timeframe for accession in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[2616/05]
147 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has raised with his European and American counterparts the low levels of aid given to Afghanistan to assist in the rebuilding and restructuring of that country; the Government’s views on these low aid levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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311 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science the assistance which is available to parents of children with special needs who have to educate their children at home and who require extra accommodation in order to do so; the details of procedures for access to any such help; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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201 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the criteria that will apply to carers who will receive the annual respite care grant and who are providing full-time care to a person who needs such care; the employment related conditions that will apply; when he will issue directions or guidelines in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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197 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons affected by each of the changes that he announced to the cutbacks of 2004 on 1 December 2004; the cost to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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196 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the date on which each of the changes that he announced to the cutbacks of 2004 on 1 December 2004 come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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195 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of changes that he announced to the cutbacks of 2004 on 1 December 2004 which require circulars to community welfare officers; if he will identify each change that requires a circular to community welfare officers; if and when he has issued these circulars; when each change comes into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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191 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to his press release of 10 November 2004 and the extension of the three year cap for the over 55s, if he will allow those who had to leave community employment immediately prior to the cap being extended to rejoin the schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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120 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the requirements under which students from the United States can travel to Ireland and work here during summer months; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[2325/05]
72 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she will take to safeguard the sugar beet industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[1945/05]
36 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the EU reform proposals regarding sugar beet; the steps she will make to minimise the effects of these proposals on the sugar beet industry here; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[1946/05]
1295 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Defence the number of short-term commissioned officers whose contracts have not been renewed by the Naval Service each year for the past five years even though the officers themselves wanted to remain on as Naval Service personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[2015/05]
1293 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Defence the number of short-term commissions, direct entry appointed in the Naval Service each year since 1997; the appointment of each officer; the number of these officers that currently remain in the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[2012/05]
1292 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Defence when the Defence Forces will proceed with the commissioning from the ranks late course as initially proposed by the Feely report on commissioning; the reason, seven years after the flag officer command officers in the Naval Service urgently requested that this course be sanctioned, no progress has been made on this scheme; his further plans in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[2011/05]
1291 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Defence the numbers that have taken part and have been commissioned through commissioning from the ranks early commissioning from the ranks electrical and commissioning from the ranks IT, and the numbers that have joined the Defence Forces through direct entry (details supplied) since 1999 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[2010/05]
791 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of offenders in respect of whom a community service order was made in 2003; the number across each probation and welfare area; the number of males and females in each area; the number and type of offences for which community service orders were imposed; the estimated average weekly cost of each community service order; his further plans in relation to community service orders; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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114 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Defence the number of nuclear, biological and chemical suits available to members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1296 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Defence if he will take allegations of bullying in the Naval Service seriously; the number of such allegations that have been made each year for the past three years; the results of such allegations and investigations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[2016/05]
1294 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Defence the mechanisms in place in the Naval Service to investigate allegations of bullying of junior officers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[2013/05]
237 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to the waste management pay by weight systems being introduced by local authorities nationwide, if he has issued or intends to issue guidelines or advice on the way in which disposable nappies are to be dealt with in view of the fact that the extra weight involved will lead to highly increased costs to, in the main, young parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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226 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Defence when the next commissioning from the ranks course will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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225 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress that has been made in the need for a refurbishment of a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[34053/04]
135 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions that are being taken to create employment in Youghal and Cobh, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[34052/04]
122 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of patents registered in the Patents Office each year from 1997 to date; the measures in place to encourage inventiveness and the registration of patents; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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70 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he has taken to implement the Enterprise Strategy Group’s recommendation that the city and county enterprise boards be integrated into the mainstream enterprise development system by establishing a central co-ordination unit in Enterprise Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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50 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he has taken to implement the Enterprise Strategy Group’s recommendation that there be an increased focus by FÁS on training for persons in the labour force; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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295 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has schemes in place for training special needs assistants in the way in which to deal with autistic children in primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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294 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science the hourly rates applicable for children above and below the age of four with regard to the home tuition grant; if changes have been made by her Department in the past few weeks or months; if changes to the rates are envisaged in the near future; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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293 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide information on the number of children attending each of the ABA specific establishments; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[33876/04]
292 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science when decisions will be made regarding the future of ABA facilities by her; when these decisions will be made known publicly; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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291 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 486 of 17 November 2004, if her interpretation of appropriate education includes full-time intensive ABA education; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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290 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science if her officials have asked the Irish Autism Alliance for proposals or a blue print for an generic model for ABA autism facility; if any other autistic organisations have been asked for similar information; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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289 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 485 of 17 November 2004, if it is her understanding that staff representatives on boards of management of these CABAS facilities should be representative of teachers within these facilities and not part of supervisory or management grades; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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