39 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Transport when pre-clearance facilities will be fully operational in Dublin and Shannon Airports; which airline carriers are using the pre-clearance facilities and if any new business has been generated at Irish airports due to pre-clearance facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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37 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Transport if he has met with representatives of the travel and tourism industry in view of the further recent job losses in the industry and the plummeting volumes of passengers in the aviation sector; his plans for transport facilities for visitors to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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292 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his plans to invest in the Europeana project, in order to ensure the continued access to Irish works for all Irish and European citizens thereby adding momentum to Europeana’s efforts to secure the rights of millions of important European works in a public forum.
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231 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in issuing a response as promised in Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 13 October 2009.
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81 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will implement the recommendations of the report of the Health Service Executive’s Diabetes Expert Advisory Group by providing 20 new podiatrist posts in view of information that 50% of lower limb amputations could be prevented by early intervention; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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48 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the number of lives that could be saved and the improvement in the quality of life for large numbers of persons that would be achieved by the further development of stroke services including clot buster thrombolysis, acute rehabilitation and stroke units in acute hospitals; the plans in place for such developments; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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73 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the price differentials between goods on sale in the United Kingdom and this country, despite the strengthening euro; if he has taken steps to address this ongoing problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that about two thirds of lost competitiveness here in recent years has arisen from adverse currency movements; the extent he attributes the loss of competitiveness to increased labour costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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44 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of workplace accidents and workplace deaths recorded in each year from 2002 to 2008 and to date in 2009; her proposals to ensure a reduction in the number of such accidents and deaths; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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42 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when it is intended to publish the legislation to amend the Competition Acts to uphold rights of certain freelance workers such as actors and musicians to collective bargaining, which was promised as part of the review of Towards 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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45 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress made regarding the renegotiation of the indemnity agreement of 2001 signed between the State and the 18 religious teaching orders to cover the expenses covered by the Residential Institutions Redress Board; if he will publish the findings of the audit into the assets of the 18 religious teaching orders; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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60 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the proposed disbandment of the digital hub; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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84 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the criticisms from a union (details supplied) to his announcement of the introduction of postcodes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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539 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 12 November 2009 if the receiver has withdrawn from the contract; and if so, the arrangement for retendering for the project.
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210 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in opening the new ambulance centre at Maynooth business park, Maynooth, County Kildare.
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78 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cases being taken by the European Union against Ireland in relation to Ireland’s failure to transpose or implement European Union directives in environmental law in tabular form; the stages these cases are at; if fines are pending in relation to judgments against Ireland for breaches of environmental law; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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89 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the works which are in the process of being carried under capital water services investment out to conserve water; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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26 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Defence if the cause of the tragic air accident in Cornamona, County Galway in which the two Air Corps pilots lost their lives has been established; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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35 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Defence the numbers serving in the Defence Forces at present and the anticipated number on 1 January 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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119 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the recently announced increased investment by China in terms of overseas aid and investment in Africa; the implications this development may hold; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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203 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 17 June 2009 and subsequent reply from the Health Service Executive, if there has been further progress on this matter.
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108 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the efforts by his Department to resolve the Corrib gas dispute; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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229 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if the existing contractor for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare has withdrawn their application in relation to the completion of the new school; if he will invite tenders only from the other six valid tenderers for the original project in an effort to expedite the re-tendering of the completion of the new school.
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153 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 13 of 17 September 2009, if the Health Service Executive review is completed; if phase 3c of Naas General Hospital, County Kildare, is included in the Revised Capital Programme 2007 to 2013; and the details of same.
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97 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the report of the sales law review group on the proposed consumer rights directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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11 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made with regard to the implementation of the Temporary Agency Workers Directive agreed at the Council of Ministers meeting on 23 May 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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254 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if, in the view of the fact that outline planning permission has been granted for the building at a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare, he will appoint a design team for this project; and if he will confirm that the site has been purchased for the new school.
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113 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she has completed her deliberations on the Commission on Taxation report; and if she will outline her conclusions.
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192 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason there is no wheelchair accessible ambulance available in north Kildare to transport patients for outpatient appointments in hospitals which results in the widespread use and cost of hiring wheelchair accessible taxis.
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97 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the review of the Equality Authority’s budget and on the pause on its decentralisation programme announced on 22 April 2009; his views on the recommendation in the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programme that the non-pay budget of the authority should be cut by 10%; the plans he has for the Equality Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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88 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the commencement and completion date of the value for money audit of the Equality Authority carried out by Deloitte and Touche; the cost of the audit; when he will publish the results of the audit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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178 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will publish the report on a national carer’s strategy; if she will make a statement outlining the reason for the delay in publishing this report.
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96 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of home care packages allocated to new applicants in each year since the scheme was put in place and in particular the number for County Kildare; and the number which have applied for the scheme and are awaiting a decision on assessment.
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95 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in opening a community welfare public office in Naas, County Kildare.
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94 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 13 October 2009, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the community welfare officers covering north Kildare are operating with workloads for 21 staff, but only have 12 community welfare officers; and if, in view of same, she will reinvestigate the possibility of both recruiting and transferring additional staff to the community welfare service in north Kildare.
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93 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that persons with arthritis living in County Kildare must wait for up to three years to see a consultant rheumatologist in Tallaght Hospital; her views on same; her plans to rectify the problem.
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92 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether it is acceptable that children with arthritis have to wait 13 months to see the paediatric rheumatologist here; if she will instruct the Health Service Executive to appoint two further paediatric rheumatologists to assist in relieving pain for these children.
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38 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Transport the reason he has not signed up for the new EU-wide in-car emergency communication system, eCall that could save up to 2,500 lives a year on the roads across the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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21 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Transport his views on the implications for road safety of proposals by motor insurers to increase motor insurance costs by 10% even though motor insurance prices increased by 15% over the past year according to the Central Statistics Office and the number of road collisions and fatalities continues to fall; if he is liaising with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment regarding same in view of the recent road safety gains and allegations that motor insurers are loading motor premiums with premiums from flooding and other non-motoring insurance claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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141 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children if the National Cancer Screening Service has asked a company (details supplied) to subcontract a proportion of the cervical smears for which it is responsible to laboratories here; her views on this development in the context of the contracting of all smear analysis to that company based in the US; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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134 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children her plans to reduce the number of people occupying acute hospital beds that are ready for discharge but have no appropriate step down bed or support in the community; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1163 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will sanction capital funding in respect of the new national school for Ardclough, County Kildare, in view of the fact that planning permission has been granted.
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687 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which the Courts Service is obliged to report to him or the Secretary General of his Department on their expenditure and policy initiatives; and if approval for same is required from him or the Secretary General.
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655 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Transport, in view of the revised Programme for Government, if he will confirm that the existing providers of the Rural Transport Programme will continue to receive grant assistance to provide services to the public; and if he plans to dismantle the existing service and replace it with one provided by Bus Éireann.
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533 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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165 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Finance the progress made regarding reforms of the Central Bank and the Financial Regulator, including appointments to key positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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171 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in responding to correspondence (details supplied).
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118 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if, within the reduced budget to the Arts Council, he will secure a significant portion of the funding to the Arts Council to be multi-annual funding in order to allow the Arts Council to provide a security of funding to organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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616 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the backlog in the processing of third level grants in Kildare County Council; and if he will ensure enough staff are assigned to enable processing of same.
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271 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will accept the proposals put forward by the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare for the development of the school to a two stream school on a phased basis; and if he will sanction the provision of capital funding to enable the commencement of construction of additional classrooms.
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