8 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are effectively sex lines, that is 1500 numbers, being advertised on TV3 in the late evening time and, following the exposure of the trafficking of young women from Europe to Ireland for the sex trade and prostitution, if he will consider banning these phone lines and introducing legislation to govern standards in advertising; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21795/12]
436 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to have legislation to govern and control advertising in the broadcast media in view of the recent commencement of advertisements late in the evening on TV3 giving out telephone numbers for escort services and what can be determined as sex lines; if he will examine this problem; if he judges it to be a serious problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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286 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the fact that areas of Dublin (details supplied) have large numbers of residents who are long-term unemployed; his strategy to address particular black spots like this; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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150 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 9 of 25 October 2011, and after extensive research by this Deputy with all the member states of the European Union, if he will consider a national civil award as discussed on 25 October 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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132 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to promote arts and heritage in the greater west Dublin area; his plans to extend some of the State’s art such as paintings and sculptures and important memorabilia to the regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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118 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to extend the State’s arts and memorabilia by way of exhibition to parishes and communities in the Lucan and Clondalkin area of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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17 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the voice message on the telephone regarding applications for disability allowance is stating that applications are taking up to 17 weeks before they will be processed; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that appeals are taking from six months for written appeals and up to 12 months for oral appeals (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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30 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients that are paid pensions, social welfare, unemployment assistance, occupational payments, disability benefit, children’s allowance and all other payments at the post office in Lucan village; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the post office ran out of money leaving entitled citizens without payments and that recipients may have to queue for up to an hour; the provision that will be made to deal with this major health and safety issue; if her further attention has been drawn to the fact that, on occasions, the Garda has to assist with the queuing system; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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723 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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439 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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395 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; when a decision will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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389 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a social welfare appeal for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if she will examine this case; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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388 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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206 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding negotiations between Allied Irish Banks and the Irish Bank Officials Association to deliver a fair and reasonable outcome for all those employed in the bank who will be made redundant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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121 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to advertise the sale of the National Lottery; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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119 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to advertise the sale of the National Lottery; the date on which he will inform Dáil Éireann of the protections he will put in place in the advertisement to ensure that the lottery’s success over the years is maintained and that the local traders in small businesses and small shops will retain the payment of 6% commissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1210 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the opening of the new primary care centre that will cover Palmerstown, Dublin 20; the stage of the plans for the primary care centres for Clondalkin, Dublin 22, and Lucan, County Dublin; if his national primary care plan will meet the target as set out in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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12 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the number of persons who pay income tax on the following incomes: €30,000 —€49,999; €50,000 —€70,000; €70,001 —€100,000; €100,001 —€150,000; €150,001 —€200,000; and all at €200,001 and above.
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26 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in keeping with a complete review of all Government Departments and perhaps adopting the practices by other democracies, if he will consider reviewing the system of appointing Ambassadors from the ranks of the civil service and examine the possibility of appointing businessmen, businesswomen, academics and civic leaders who are well skilled in the area of diplomacy and representing Ireland’s mission abroad and taking into consideration the Department of Trade to be assigned to him, his views on whether this is beneficial based on our new drive to bring inward investment and developing new markets for our exports; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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22 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to alleged abuses by certain countries having Embassy services in Ireland particularly related to traffic violations and parking offences; the status of such Embassy staff and their families; the way in which disputes and complaints are addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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84 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Ministers and Ministers of State that travelled abroad to represent Ireland for the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations; the countries to which they travelled; the benefits of continuing such a tradition; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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59 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he envisages that the private-public partnership contract for the bypassing of the Newlands Cross N7 project will be signed; the length of time in which he expects the construction phase to be completed; his plans for a similar project for the N4 Palmerstown by-pass; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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29 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, under the regulations for learner drivers, many service providers, driving instructors are restricted or hampered from gaining access to the log books which they are required to use because these books are only available on a download facility from the National Roads Authority and that a significant number of driving instructors do not have access to appropriate computers; and if he will consider, because of the legislation governing driving instructors, ensuring that an adequate supply of log books is available other than from a download facility.
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584 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Health following the Law Reform Commission report on legal aspects of professional home care, his plans to make regulations in respect of the provision of professional home care services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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59 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Health following the recommendations by the legal aspects of professional home care as reported by the Law Reform Commission (details supplied), his views that such recommendations should be implemented immediately by the Health Service Executive; the steps that need to be taken for these to be introduced including training; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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583 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Health when he envisages the opening of the new Primary Care Centre that will cover Palmerstown, Dublin 20; at what stage are the plans for a primary care centre fro Clondalkin, Dublin,; at what stage the plans for a primary care centre for the Lucan area, Dublin; if his National Primary Care Plan will meet the targets set out in the Programme for Government; if he envisages that the Primary Care Programme will be affected by the lack of financial resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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66 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Health the controls he will implement on the salaries of CEOs of certain disability charities, NGOs and voluntary hospitals, such as Our Lady’s Hospice, Harold’s Cross, St. Francis Hospice, Dublin, Marymount Hospice and other such voluntary organisations who are funded by the State and whose Chief Executives may be in receipt of bonuses as a result of their charitable status; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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34 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the fact that the Health Information and Quality Authority is tasked with ensuring that standards are adhered to, the date on which HIQA will commence its service in the private and public crèche facilities provided in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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52 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs following the Health Information and Quality Authority report on the Ballydowd special care unit in Lucan, County Dublin, and the recent findings, following their inspection, that practices there are unsuitable and unacceptable and that there is a lack of social workers attending the unit and providing services to vulnerable children, the action she has taken following her recent announcement of five new social work posts; the number of extra posts needed to reverse the practice in the Ballydowd special unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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21 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of exports in food products — meat, beef, lamb and fowl — to Iran in 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; the person who represents Ireland in Iran now that the Iranian Embassy services have been transferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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15 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to lead a delegation to China in the new year to increase exports of Irish food products and the opening of new markets; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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12 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Defence his views on developing a community-based Reserve Defence Force service; if he will consider lowering the age from 17 years to 15 years and work with local youth services and youth leaders to make available the experienced services of the Equestrian School, the Naval School, the Military Cadet School, the Air Corps School, the Engineering School and the Infantry Divisions throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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542 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Health when an operation will be scheduled in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare.
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529 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Health the contribution the food industry, food processing companies and food manufacturers can make to deal with the issue of obesity in children; his views that legislation or regulation is needed; 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, following the Supreme Court finding in favour of a person (details supplied) which was described by the Chief Justice as unique and of considerable importance, his plans to set up an investigation into the action of some gardaí; if he plans to introduce new legislation; his plans to refer this case to the Garda Ombudsman for investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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156 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the request by the Garda to the protesters at the Central Bank of Ireland, his view that we may need legislation to deal with these protesters who now have gone beyond what is reasonable in a democratic society; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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37 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are different criteria and standards for fire certificates for new and existing buildings depending on the local authority in which the application is made and in some local authorities this is facilitating the use of revoked standards and guidelines; and if he is satisfied that this is the current situation and should new legislation be considered in view of this.
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26 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will give details of the cost incurred by local authorities to address the dumping of diesel sludge on motorways; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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20 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an estimate for job creation impact of onshore wind farms; and if he will provide an estimate of the number of jobs created by each megawatt of wind brought into the network.
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129 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Finance the reason Permanent TSB is allowed to charge 5.19% variable rate when all other banks have changed theirs to 3.2%.
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184 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the application for two special needs assistants in respect of a school (details supplied).
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156 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons who pay income tax on incomes of €30,000 to €49,999, €50,000 to €70,000, €70,001 to €100,000, €100,001 to €150,000, €150,001 to €200,000 and all at €200,001 and above in tabular form.
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58 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the urgency of a special needs assistant application made to him on behalf of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; in view of the needs of this school and the large attendance, if he will examine this application and give it priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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119 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider a complete review of the teaching of Irish as our national language and examine the reason that, after 12 years of primary school and secondary school, the vast majority of students leave school with a negative opinion about the language; the steps he will take to have a fresh look at the teaching of our national language; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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33 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views that organisations and voluntary groups involved in sport have a huge part to play in addressing the massive increase in self-harm and death by suicide; if there is any attention being given to this issue by him; is there any promotional material or training for sports organisations and sports leaders to give due attention to this issue and, along with the ethos of the various sports they are involved in, are they trained in dealing with disclosure, suspicion of or crisis intervention when it comes to their attention that self-harm and suicide is an issue with the members of their clubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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47 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Health if the new primary care headquarters under construction in area 5 covering Lucan, Clondalkin, Rathcoole, Saggart, Palmerstown and Newcastle, Dublin, is on target to be opened; if there is adequate staff to meet the primary care programme such as public health nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, community based social workers, care of the elderly social workers, care assistants, dieticians and others; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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25 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the cystic fibrosis unit in St. Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin; his plans to extend the cystic fibrosis services; if he will take into consideration that Peamount Hospital, Dublin, is suitably situated to provide such a service; if he will consider it becoming a satellite clinic of St. Vincent’s Hospital to cover the west Dublin area; his further plans to develop cystic fibrosis services throughout 2012 and beyond; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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80 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs following her visit to Vietnam, if she will outline to Dáil Éireann if she entered into any protocols or agreements that will resolve the difficulties of foreign adoptions for Irish parents from that country; if there has been any resolution of these difficulties; the likelihood of a restoration of foreign adoption agreement with the Vietnamese authorities; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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31 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding the personnel support services in the Defence Forces; the number of social workers employed; the outstanding posts that need to be filled; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that for more than 12 months the social work service is awaiting the appointment of a new head social worker; if he is satisfied that this post will be appointed this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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374 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation to repeal the current bankruptcy legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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