59 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the World Trade organisation situation; the possibility of an agreement in view of the fact that it would now appear that an agreement has been reached between India and the USA on the matter that stalled the WTO talks in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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42 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action she has taken to ensure that her Department is notified when a person in receipt of a payment from her Department enters full-time permanent nursing home care.
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184 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 252 of 16 June 2009 if the additional accommodation is a permanent building or prefabricated.
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111 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in issuing a medical card to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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91 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Finance when the issue of a tax rebate in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be resolved.
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52 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm that failure to obtain a building energy rating certificate and failure to produce a BER certificate to prospective purchasers or renters are each breaches of BER regulations; the number of prosecutions which have been initiated by building control authorities in respect of property owners who were in contravention of BER regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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33 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the national building energy rating examinations have commenced as expected from June 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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507 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if the contract has been signed for a new national school at a location (details supplied) in County Kildare; the value of the contract; the contractor chosen; and the date the construction will commence on site.
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506 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if he has received correspondence from the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he will provide the information requested; and if he will sanction the progression of the school to the next stage.
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77 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Defence the expected breakdown of the €4.372 million in professional, consultant and specialist fees in the medical treatment of military personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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52 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Defence the breakdown of the denominations of the chaplains and officiating clergy paid for by the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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57 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of the proposed budget of €7 million which has been spent to date on ocean energy projects; if he will provide an overview of these projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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113 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children when a replacement speech and language therapist will be provided at Kill Health Centre, County Kildare; if the recruitment embargo is preventing the hiring of a replacement therapist (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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252 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 453 of 26 May 2009 if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a crisis exists in relation to places for September 2009; the action he will take to resolve this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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114 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 26 May 2009, if there has been progress on the interim agreement requested by the Department of Foreign Affairs on 22 May 2009.
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676 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 450 of 26 May 2009, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a crisis exists in relation to places for September 2009; the action he will take to resolve this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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516 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Kildare County Council cannot process further housing adaptation grants for disabled persons in housing and the older persons grants due to the fact that prior commitments have exhausted its 2009 allocation; and his views on its request for further funding.
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233 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of adult psychologists and child psychologists currently employed by the Health Service Executive in Kildare and west Wicklow; the number of positions required to meet existing demands; the number of vacant posts currently left unfilled; and the posts that will be filled.
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77 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a substantive response will issue in relation to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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101 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason a child (details supplied) in County Kildare with ADHD and mild autism, who has been referred to Kill Health Centre for assessment, cannot be seen in view of the fact that there is no waiting list and only emergency cases are being dealt with.
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27 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the imprisonment of Aung San Suu Kyi; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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190 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the proposed biomass district heating scheme under the Dundalk 2020 project; when final tender documents will issue to the remaining tendering consortia; when a preferred bidder will be selected; the amount of the concerto funding which has already been spent; and if this money will have to be refunded to the European Commission if the project does not proceed within a realistic timeframe.
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189 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a 92% non-compliance in relation to the requirement of building energy rating certificates for house sales or lettings; if he has received correspondence in relation to this adherence to the building regulations; and the steps he will take to ensure compliance with building energy rating.
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121 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is subject to the pension levy despite the fact that they will derive no benefit from a pension.
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84 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects that the legislation promised in the crime package announced on 13 May 2009 will be published and enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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453 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the shortage of places for pupils intending to commence secondary education in a school (details supplied) in County Offaly, in particular, pupils from north west Kildare; the action he will take to rectify this problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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442 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the caretaker of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare is retiring at the end of the 2008-09 school year; the arrangements in place to enable the appointment of a new caretaker in view of the recruitment ban; and if he will ensure that the school can re-open in September 2009.
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154 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 6 May 2009, if there has been further progress in resolving the issue of inter-country adoption with Vietnam; if she remains committed to her Minister of State for Children travelling to Vietnam to resolve and conclude a further bilateral agreement; and when this will occur.
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96 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Transport when he will appoint a new chairman for the Dublin Port Company; if he is considering internal and external candidates for the role; the criteria which has been laid down to select a suitable candidate for the job in view of the challenges facing Dublin and all of the national ports at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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63 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Transport if he will include the statutory provision of a passengers champion within the structure of the new Dublin Transport Authority/National Transport Regulator to make sure that commuters’ concerns in all modes of public transport including bus, rail, LUAS and taxis are at the heart of the system of transport regulation; the way passengers and commuters will be fully represented in the new transport regulatory system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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231 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 441 of 12 May 2009, if the outstanding document has been received; and if the letter of acceptance has issued.
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97 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children when she expects the nursing home Bill to be operational; if funding is ring-fenced for the later part of 2009 to implement the legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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70 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had regarding the provision of detox facilities for drug addicts who wish to detox their bodies in order to participate in a drugs rehabilitation programme; if her attention has been drawn to the shortage of such facilities in the country and the difficulties that arise for those who want to give up addictive drugs; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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47 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the value for money assessments that have been carried out on the National Treatment Purchase Fund; if comparisons have been made with the cost-effectiveness of making more use of public hospital facilities and equipment as against referring patients through the NTPF; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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119 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will seek flexibility on the 15 May 2009 deadline to allow hundreds of 2008 REP scheme four plans to be corrected by planners and resubmitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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49 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason the Féile Bia campaign has been replaced by a new campaign called Just Ask; the advantages this change will bring; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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440 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason he is prepared to stand over the situation whereby students in County Kildare are not paid a third level grant for an Erasmus year whilst others in the same course and from different counties in the State such as Fingal, Mayo and Tipperary are paid the grant; and his views on whether the Central Applications Office booklets were deficient in respect of this course and that the Erasmus year is an integral part of the degree course.
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204 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a five year waiting list for adult dermatology appointments at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, and that the hospital is not accepting further adult dermatology referrals; and the action she will take to provide an alternative service particularly for medical card holders who cannot afford private practice service as in the case of a person (details supplied).
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99 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of workplace inspections carried out by the Labour Inspectorate to date in 2009; the way this compares with the same period in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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80 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of labour inspectors currently employed by the National Employment Rights Authority; the number of labour inspectors currently available for assignment on normal duties; the number of labour inspectors currently in training following recruitment; the status of the recruitment campaign to increase the labour inspectorate to 90 inspectors; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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116 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the delay in awarding jobseeker’s allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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119 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether resolving the pricing problem is the key variable in determining the final cost to the taxpayer of the bank rescue plan; his further views on the establishment of an independent valuation board to oversee the pricing of assets transferred to the national asset management agency, similar to the Swedish model in the early 1990s; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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114 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Finance if it is envisaged that the National Asset Management Agency will become, in effect, a development company, raising or providing capital for the purposes of completing development projects for the purposes of maximising return; if, in these cases, defaulting developers will be allowed to retain an equity stake in the projects; if NAMA has a planning and development role in view of comments (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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441 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 732 of 22 April 2009, if the requested documentation has been received from the main contractor; if the documents meet with his Departments requirements; if a formal letter of acceptance has issued to the contractor; when the contract will be signed; and when construction work will commence.
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135 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 13 of 7 April 2009, the reason the redundancy rebate has not issued.
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61 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 30 April 2009, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the person’s employer will not provide documentation to enable the returns to be submitted; and if a revenue audit has commenced in relation to the person’s employer.
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57 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Finance if, in view of the circumstances regarding a document, he will at a minimum ensure that a temporary C2 tax clearance certificate will issue to a person (details supplied).
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203 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the actions she will take to resolve the issue of inter-country adoption with Vietnam; her views on visiting the country herself to resolve issues which remain outstanding.
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81 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Defence the position in regard to the refurbishment programme for the Creidne ; if he will confirm that the vessel will be available in May 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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