66 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the training and support initiatives which have been afforded to the 70 new dairy farmers allocated milk quotas in October 2009.
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25 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the alternative cost cutting proposals put forward by an organisation (details supplied) in view of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programme report.
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153 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money estimated, allocated, owing or spent, by him, on the purchase of carbon credits in respect of Kyoto Protocol commitments for 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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145 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money set aside or spent on the purchase of carbon offsets for flights by Ministers or other persons on official business; the amount per flight which is intended to be used to purchase carbon offsets; the persons from whom carbon offsets are to be purchased; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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236 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 76 of 24 September 2009, if he will raise with the Garda Commissioner the wide disparity in Garda levels in the various Garda divisional areas that is based on historical manning levels and not on the population or crime figures; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Kildare division has the highest population to garda figure at 580 to one, that Kildare has had the highest increase in headline crime and the lowest detection rate of such crime, and if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the national average of population to garda is 343 to one, and if it is his policy to reassign manning levels to ensure gardaí are stationed where they are most needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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235 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the new Garda district headquarters at Leixlip, County Kildare, is manned by 31 gardaí and a superintendent but that no inspector has been appointed to date; if he will raise this matter with the Garda Commissioner with a view to having this flow in the command structure rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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191 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the crisis in undermanning of the supplementary welfare service in county Kildare, she will direct the Health Service Executive to make further staff and resources available to deal with the backlog and daily work load of community welfare officers; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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153 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in providing a residential placement for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20 who is eight years on the waiting list.
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98 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the arson attack on the new Garda station at Derrinturn, County Kildare; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that this newly constructed unit has no exit except the front door with no fire exit at the rear; if he will instruct the Office of Public Works to carry out the necessary works in the interest of the health and safety of the gardaí working there and the public using the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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41 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) in relation to his announcement of the introduction of postcodes; his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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18 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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130 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide the headline crime statistics for the new Kildare garda division for 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 and for the first six months in 2009.
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129 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide the crime detection rate for the new Kildare garda division for the years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.
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344 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that non-Irish citizens living in County Kildare received polling cards for the Lisbon referendum on 2 October, although they had no entitlement to vote in a referendum; if he has established the person who was responsible for this error; when the error was first drawn to his attention; the reason no action was taken to alert those who had received cards in error in advance of polling day; the steps which are being taken to ensure that such an error does not occur in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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172 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on the recommendations in the report of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes in relation to the merging of the Office of the Pensions Ombudsman with the Financial Service Ombudsman.
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135 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on the recommendations in the report of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes in relation to the merging of the Pensions Board with the Financial Regulator.
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508 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 454 of 16 September 2009, if the implementation of new charges on long-term stay patients in public nursing homes has been introduced at this stage under the fair deal scheme.
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438 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the crisis in undermanning of the special needs assistants service in County Kildare, she will direct the Health Service Executive to make further staff and resources available to deal with the backlog and daily work load of community welfare officers; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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146 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if all groups operating under the LEADER funding programme are functioning and available for grant applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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156 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has had meetings with the Department of Finance or Enterprise, Trade and Employment to discuss initiatives to either protect or promote small and medium enterprises within the areas of his Ministry where there have been redundancies or job losses; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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76 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí in each garda division here on 1 September 2009; and the population covered by each garda division per Census 2006.
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16 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the percentage decrease in tourism for 2009; the measures he has taken to tackle this issue from a policy level; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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67 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether progress on achieving the millennium development goals by the target year of 2015 is being made at the requisite speed.
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53 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether the millennium development goals will be met by 2015; and his further views on the issues that will be the most pressing, beyond that date, in terms of the eradication of poverty.
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165 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason a five day placement with language support is not available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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54 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the recommendation in the Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes to transfer disability functions to the Department of Health and Children; if his attention has been drawn to the opposition to such a transfer expressed by a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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52 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the hardship being imposed on migrants who are granted long-term residency here arising from the recent imposition, with little notice, of a €500 fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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103 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 144 of 9 April 2009, when it is expected that the forward planning section will complete its examination and determine the locations where additional accommodation will be required.
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102 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science when a design team will be sanctioned for the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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101 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will sanction the appointment of a design team for the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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100 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare will proceed to tender and construction in 2009.
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99 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare will proceed to tender and construction in 2009.
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98 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare will still proceed to tender and construction in 2009.
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97 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if the site for the new permanent school for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare has been acquired; and if he will require details of same.
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96 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1214 of 9 July 2009, if there has been progress in sanctioning the recruitment of the replacement caretaker for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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84 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will allocate additional funding to Kildare County Council to enable it to deal with the large backlog in housing adaption grants for the disabled, mobility grants, and housing assistance for the elderly.
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83 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received contract documents for the Castlewarden to Ballygoran water supply scheme in County Kildare.
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82 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will publish the White Paper on local government reform.
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42 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the Garda strength on 1 September 2009, in each of the Garda stations in the Leixlip Garda district and the Naas Garda district in County Kildare.
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37 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Transport, further to Parliamentary Question No. 455 of 9 July 2009, the estimated commencement date of the works planned for the Maynooth suburban rail line.
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23 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 9 June 2009, the plans to bring the number of adult and child psychologists up to the required level to meet existing demands.
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22 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of people currently availing of home help services in Kildare and west Wicklow; and the number assessed as requiring home help but have no service at present.
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21 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the waiting time for eye tests in respect of children in Maynooth and Naas health centres in County Kildare.
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20 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the ideal number of speech and language therapists who should be in the Kildare and west Wicklow service based on population levels; and the number employed.
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19 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of children awaiting assessment for orthodontic treatment and the number awaiting orthodontic treatment in County Kildare.
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18 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the ideal number of occupational therapists who should be in the Kildare and west Wicklow service based on population levels; and the number employed.
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17 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of children and adults awaiting assessment for occupational therapy in Kildare and west Wicklow.
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16 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons in County Kildare awaiting admission to a long-term bed in public nursing homes in County Kildare and their circumstances, be it in acute hospital beds, living at home, or in private nursing homes.
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15 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who have succeeded in being awarded home care packages in County Kildare in 2009.
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14 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the waiting times for hearing tests for children in County Kildare at Newbridge and at Tallaght health centres.
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