88. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Taoiseach the number of agencies, authorities, boards, committees, working groups, tribunals, council services, task force agencies and other quangos set up by his predecessor in the previous three administrations; the number that he has abolished since then and the savings that he made on these quangos in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40697/12]
24. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Defence the functions and area that are covered by the new Air Ambulance Service that is operating from Roger Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel, Dublin; his plans to extend this service; if this service is also available for emergency situations that may arise in Dublin city centre and particularly in Dublin west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39487/12]
19. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Defence his views and if he has plans to consider developing a second airport which would be located in Baldonnel at Roger Casement Aerodrome, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39486/12]
30. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether there is adequate legislation in place to ensure that the Gardaí will not tolerate any illegal use of weapons which was demonstrated recently at an IRA funeral in Donaghmede, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39246/12]
28. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the action needed by the Garda Síochána and the security forces of this State to ensure that the type of funeral that took place in Donaghmede, Dublin, last week which showed a public demonstration by the IRA of the illegal use of weapons does not occur again; the number of gardaí that were involved in policing this event; the pre-planned surveillance; the person who made the decision not to intervene the reasons for same; the cost to the State of such an illegal act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39245/12]
1433. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine in view of the fact that it is reported that he grant aids animal welfare to the amount of €1.1 million every year, if he is satisfied that there is value for money and that the various organisations are providing a service that is in keeping with funding from public moneys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39259/12]
809 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a football club (details supplied) in County Dublin has qualified for the UEFA Champions League and are expected to travel in early August to their away games in Sarajevo and the cost to undertake these Championship matches and thereby represent Ireland is in the region of €20,000; if he will consider a once-off grant to support this very committed and successful team; and if he will advise on the other funding available to assist this club.
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213 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he expects the geothermal legislation to be passed and when his Department will be open for applications for licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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429 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the roles and functions of a designated officer under the new Children First legislation whereby an organisation will be required to have a designated officer who will have responsibility for staff and volunteers and to ensure that they are vetted, recruited properly and are trained in safe practices; if the designated officer themselves have to be trained and vetted before they can take up such an appointment; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that, as reported at the recent Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children, designated officers in schools such as principals may not have not been vetted or trained; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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428 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if in view of the fact that it is reported that every year more than 30,000 child protection and welfare concerns were reported to the Health Service Executive Services and 16,000 of these are child welfare concerns, 13,000 of these are child protection concerns and 1,500 of these are confirmed as cases of sexual, physical and emotional abuse, if she is satisfied that she has enough social workers in place to deal with the reporting of such cases, the waiting time to see a social worker; the waiting time to have a risk assessment conducted and the waiting time to have a case completed to ensure that a child is safe; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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427 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in relation to child care and early childhood education facilities, the minimum qualifications required for service being provided by individuals or teachers to children; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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426 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide in tabular form the number of private and public local organisations which are receiving funding to provide the early childhood care and education scheme otherwise known as the free pre-school year scheme in Dublin Mid West constituency; the amount of funding provided in 2009, 2010 and 2011 for the early childhood care and education scheme service in Dublin Mid West constituency; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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423 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if, under the current practice whereby schools are required to notify education welfare officers of individual cases where there are problems or non-attendance in excess of 20 days or if the school suspends a student, if there has been an increase in the past four years with problematic students, non-attendance students or suspensions in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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421 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the attendance rate of disadvantaged schools, which comprises approximately 22% of all schools, compared to non-disadvantaged schools; her views on this problem; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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420 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs regarding non-attendance at school, if she is satisfied that there is enough staff in the National Educational Welfare Board; if she envisages a transfer of staff from other sections of the public service to meet the needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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419 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases the National Educational Welfare Board is currently managing, that is, the number of new cases received in 2011; the number of cases in total that are being dealt with by the 85 welfare officers; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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363 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that under the vetting system supervised by his Department, a question on the application form for Garda clearance asks a person applying if they have ever been convicted of a crime; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of persons have completed the form stating that they have not been convicted but the Garda record any person who has been brought to court by the Garda and this is deemed to be a conviction and is recorded on the computer system and thereby used to refuse Garda clearance when such a person is applying for a position that may not be related in any way to a child protection issue; if he will re-examine this; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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167 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 220 of 3 July 2012. if he will reply to the question in relation to the details supplied.
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162 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Education and Skills the latest research that has been conducted by his Department and its conclusions regarding the number of children leaving primary school who have difficulty in reading and writing or cannot read and write; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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161 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers retired or otherwise engaged who were employed by his Department to act as supervisors during the exam period for the leaving certificate this year; the status of a person who acts as a supervisor; if it required that they be be registered, approved by the Teaching Council and cleared by the Garda; the employment status of engaging them for this work, that is, if a person is out sick or if a person was employed as a teacher in another school; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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31 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Finance if he will prioritise the problem of fuel costs and if he will give consideration for road hauliers to be rebated on their fuel costs as practiced in other states; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the haulage industry is now purchasing its fuel products in other European countries and this results in a loss to our Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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23 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider establishing an independent person similar to the Taxing Master to value land assets under the controlof the National Asset Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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220 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the situation in which a person (details supplied) in County Dublin, is being deprived of their educational entitlements and are being charged such large fees because of a bureaucratic mistake; if he will advise on how this can be corrected; if his Department will ensure that this situation does not arise again; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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162 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Taoiseach the number of associations, organisations and regulatory bodies in receipt of grants, benefit in kind and sums of money from the State in tabular form for the past three years; if he is satisfied that the State should be financing such organisations; if he will undertake to examine the savings that can be made in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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243 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of associations, organisations and regulatory bodies in receipt of grants, benefit in kind and sums of money from the State in tabular form for the past three years; if he is satisfied that the State should be financing such organisations; if he will undertake to examine the savings that can be made in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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238 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Health the number of associations, organisations and regulatory bodies in receipt of grants, benefit in kind and sums of money from the State in tabular form for the past three years; if he is satisfied that the State should be financing such organisations; if he will undertake to examine the savings that can be made in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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201 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of associations, organisations and regulatory bodies in receipt of grants, benefit in kind and sums of money from the State in tabular form for the past three years; if he is satisfied that the State should be financing such organisations; if he will undertake to examine the savings that can be made in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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190 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of associations, organisations and regulatory bodies in receipt of grants, benefit in kind and sums of money from the State in tabular form for the past three years; if he is satisfied that the State should be financing such organisations; if he will undertake to examine the savings that can be made in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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182 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Defence the number of associations, organisations and regulatory bodies in receipt of grants, benefit in kind and sums of money from the State in tabular form for the past three years; if he is satisfied that the State should be financing such organisations; if he will undertake to examine the savings that can be made in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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165 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of associations, organisations and regulatory bodies in receipt of grants, benefit in kind and sums of money from the State in tabular form for the past three years; if he is satisfied that the State should be financing such organisations; if he will undertake to examine the savings that can be made in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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140 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of associations, organisations and regulatory bodies in receipt of grants, benefit in kind and sums of money from the State in tabular form for the past three years; if he is satisfied that the State should be financing such organisations; if he will undertake to examine the savings that can be made in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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129 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of associations, organisations and regulatory bodies in receipt of grants, benefit in kind and sums of money from the State in tabular form for the past three years; if he is satisfied that the State should be financing such organisations; if he will undertake to examine the savings that can be made in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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124 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of associations, organisations and regulatory bodies in receipt of grants, benefit in kind and sums of money from the State in tabular form for the past three years; if she is satisfied that the State should be financing such organisations; if she will undertake to examine the savings that can be made in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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96 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of associations, organisations and regulatory bodies in receipt of grants, benefit in kind and sums of money from the State in tabular form for the past three years; if he is satisfied that the State should be financing such organisations; if he will undertake to examine the savings that can be made in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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75 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of associations, organisations and regulatory bodies in receipt of grants, benefit in kind and sums of money from the State in tabular form for the past three years; if he is satisfied that the State should be financing such organisations; if he will undertake to examine the savings that can be made in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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69 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Finance the number of associations, organisations and regulatory bodies in receipt of grants, benefit in kind and sums of money from the State in tabular form for the past three years; if he is satisfied that the State should be financing such organisations; if he will undertake to examine the savings that can be made in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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56 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of associations, organisations and regulatory bodies in receipt of grants, benefit in kind and sums of money from the State in tabular form for the past three years; if he is satisfied that the State should be financing such organisations; if he will undertake to examine the savings that can be made in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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28 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of associations, organisations and regulatory bodies in receipt of grants, benefit in kind and sums of money from the State in tabular form for the past three years; if he is satisfied that the State should be financing such organisations; if he will undertake to examine the savings that can be made in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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23 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take to ensure that local trades persons, general operatives and builders get an opportunity to seek employment in the area in which construction is taking place in view of the the capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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138 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of community employment schemes in Palmerstown, County Dublin, Lucan, County Dublin, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, Saggart, County Dublin, Rathcoole, County Dublin, and Newcastle, County Dublin; the contribution that these jobs make in training and in benefit to the various communities they are serving; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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21 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the number of new jobs that were announced in the past 12 months; the dates on which they were announced; the cost to the State of funding or grant aiding these companies in green field set ups; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1008 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he has taken to establish a steering group to implement his decision in relation to the State airports; the proposed composition of this group and its terms of reference; when he expects to be in a position to implement proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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519 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the number of local authority managers in the State and their salaries in tabular form; the number of chief fire officers in the State and their salaries in tabular form; the number of local authority senior engineers working in the State and their salaries in tabular form; his plans to merge civil and public servant management teams, fire chiefs, county managers and senior engineers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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249 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the number of civil servants employed in the State who are earning less than €30,000 per annum; the number of civil servants in the State who are earning less than €20,000 per annum; the number of public servants in the State and of these the number of these who are earning less than €60,000, €40,000 and less than €30,000 per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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25 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if, as part of the centenary celebrations to commemorate 1916, he will ensure that commemoration services and ceremonies will include the Four Courts, the Custom House and Kilmainham Gaol in view of the fact that these and others are centres of significance when remembering those who sought our independence in 1916; if he will outline any initial plans and his view of such planned ceremonies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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133 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the possible abuse of diplomatic immunity by some countries who have large delegations assigned to their embassy services here, if his attention has been drawn to abuses by such countries particularly related to traffic violations and parking offences; the status of such embassy staff and their families; the way disputes and complaints are addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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107 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the terms and conditions that allow members of An Garda Síochána to formulate an association; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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304 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views that it is necessary to amend the Charities Act to have all charities publish detailed accounts when they are in receipt of money from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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81 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the grants of moneys, in tabular form, that have been made to the Garda Representative Association and the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors; the support other than funding that has been made by the State to these two organisations by way of secondment of staff and benefit in kind; the salaries that are paid to the individual officials and the person who determines these salaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views that it is necessary to amend the Charities Act to have all charities publish detailed accounts when they are in receipt of money from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16207/12]