574 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of staff in his Department, including their grades and responsibilities, charged with promoting science and technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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573 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for Education and Science the action he is taking to encourage greater awareness of science and technology among the public and students; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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572 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for Education and Science the amount his Department has contributed to the discover science and engineering programme for each year since its establishment; the way budgetary cutbacks have been implemented in 2009; the effects of these cutbacks; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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496 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the level of funding he has provided to support the disabled persons grant scheme in 2007, 2008 and 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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495 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when, following the publication of the Revised Estimates for the Public Service, funding will be available to Cork City and County Councils to support the housing adaptation grant for older people and people with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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300 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline, in tabular form, the budget for regional road signage in each local authority area for the years 2008 and 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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132 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff in her Department, including their grades and responsibilities, charged with promoting science and technology; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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131 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action she is taking to encourage greater awareness of science and technology among the public and students; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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130 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount her Department has contributed to the Discover Science and Engineering programme for each year since its establishment; the way budgetary cutbacks have been implemented in 2009; the effects of these cutbacks; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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129 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the strategies she has in place to promote science and technology in both education and business; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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128 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the potential of future growth in the science and technology sectors; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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127 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the latest estimate of the value of science and technology focused companies to the economy here; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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122 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of funding she has provided to Skillnets for the years 2007, 2008 and 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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74 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of humanitarian aid allocated to the Palestinian people each year in 2007 and 2008; the planned allocation of such funding in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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577 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown by local authority of the number of affordable housing units which are completed but remain vacant and the value of this property in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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507 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his involvement in an inter-departmental committee to examine the future of Spike Island; when this committee was established; the dates on which the committee has met since its establishment; the location at which these meetings were held; the reports which have emerged from this committee; when a final decision is expected from this committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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396 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans for Spike Island; the steps taken since the closure of Spike Island prison in 2004 to date in 2009 to decide the future of that island; if steps have been taken to sell or transfer ownership of the island; when a final decision will be made on the island’s future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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359 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for Transport his views on appointing a deputy taxi regulator; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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282 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for Health and Children the anticipated annual running cost of Cork University Hospital’s new breast clinic; if the necessary funding has been put in place to ensure that the increased staffing and other running costs can be met; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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281 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for Health and Children the breakdown of the capital cost of transferring the specialist breast centre from Cork’s South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital to Cork University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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267 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the waiting time for child and adolescent mental health services in the south Lee area, Cork, is three years; the steps she will take to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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95 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the drug rehabilitation programmes available in each of the State’s prisons; the number of prisoners who have engaged in such programmes in each prison each year for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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28 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on recent comments (details supplied) regarding skill shortages in engineering and technology areas; the steps she has taken to address this situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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42 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for Health and Children if the VHI has acquired its reserve fund, as obliged under EU competition; if it is regulated by the Financial Regulator in time for the revised deadline of 31 March 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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158 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason recipients of payments from her Department still receive payments on a manual basis; her views on phasing out such payments in favour of an electronic system; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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886 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his Department will make funding available to Cork County Council to support the disabled persons grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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885 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his Department will make funding available to Cork City Council to support the disabled persons grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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163 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of funding she has provided for a company (details supplied) in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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98 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether the increase in betting duty from 1% to 2% will encourage the placing of bets on Internet and tele sites whose operations may be based in other tax jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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97 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for Finance the estimated returns to the Exchequer from the 2% betting duty in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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96 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for Finance the returns to the Exchequer from betting duty in 2006, 2007 and 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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547 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for Education and Science when he will be in a position to begin construction in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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219 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for Health and Children if she is a position to provide dental services under general anaesthetic for adults with special needs at the Cork University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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70 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has, as part of the Famine commemoration or otherwise, plans to introduce a programme of supports to restore and maintain famine graveyards, improve access to Famine graveyards or develop Famine graveyards as commemorative sites open to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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48 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will review the boundary areas under the CLÁR programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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449 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of prefabs and other temporary accommodation units that have been purchased by his Department in the years since 2000 to date in 2009; the average cost of these units; the number of these units in use; the schools availing of these units in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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448 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for Education and Science the schools and the number of classroom units within each school nationwide that are availing of accommodation under the temporary accommodation scheme; the average rental cost of each unit per annum in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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356 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to ensure that An Bord Pleanála can reduce the length of time it can take to reach decisions on planning appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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87 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the number of tourists who visited Ireland from abroad in each year since 2000; the average spend per tourist for each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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79 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the steps that have been taken to establish, through Fáilte Ireland, an innovation fund to promote and support the development of tourism products that are new to the Irish market and to promote best practice particularly in terms of environmental sustainability and accessibility for tourists with disabilities as outlined in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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48 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for Education and Science his views on the report of the expert group on future skills needs regarding the level of achievement in mathematics amongst Irish students; if he will implement the recommendations of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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42 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for Education and Science the steps he has taken to fulfil the commitment in the programme for Government to provide second level students the opportunity to acquire an ECDL qualification in computers by the time they leave second level; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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71 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he co-operates with the Department of Social and Family Affairs when the latter is processing social welfare applications for State benefits by persons who are known to be engaged in criminal activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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342 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for Defence if he will make a statement on land owned by his Department in Templebreedy, Crosshaven, County Cork in view of the fact that under the Cork County Development Plan 2009, Templebreedy Fort and lands are classified as a protected structure; his views on providing this land to Cork County Council to be used as a public amenity; and if he will reopen negotiations with Cork County Council regarding the transfer of these lands.
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48 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she has taken be satisfied that employment in the pharmaceutical industry is secure; if she has met with representatives in the industry in the past six months; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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6 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made in implementing the European working time directive for non-consultant hospital doctors which limits the working week to 48 hours; the manpower implications this will have; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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482 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for Education and Science the schools and the number of classroom units within each school in the Cork South Central constituency area that are availing of accommodation under the temporary accommodation scheme; the average rental cost of each unit per annum in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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29 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has received the needs assessment of priority humanitarian aid in Gaza carried out by the United Nations inter-agency mission; if he plans to respond to the needs assessment by providing additional humanitarian aid to Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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189 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for Health and Children the funding she has made available to relocate breast cancer services from the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital to the Cork University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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