358 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the provision of permanent accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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357 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will sanction capital funding to enable construction of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare to commence.
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356 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will sanction capital funding for the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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355 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science when a design team will be appointed for the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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354 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will purchase a site for a permanent school building for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if so, when.
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353 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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352 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the closing date for receipt of tenders for the construction of the new national school for Kill, County Kildare; and if he will confirm that capital funding is available in 2009 for construction to commence.
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287 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will seek the lifting of the embargo on recruitment for local authorities in the greater Dublin area.
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255 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when he will announce a new round of grants under the local authority swimming pool programme.
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201 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the headline crime statistics for the Carlow-Kildare division for the third quarter for 2008.
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183 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 254 of 10 July 2008, if there has been further progress.
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126 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the waiting times for hearing tests for children in County Kildare in Newbridge and Tallaght Health Centres.
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125 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of children awaiting orthodontic treatment in County Kildare; and the number of orthodontists working in the service.
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124 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of permanent speech and language therapists in Kildare/west Wicklow; the number of temporary speech and language therapists; and the number of vacancies for posts in the Kildare/west Wicklow service.
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123 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of people 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 and so on.
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122 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons receiving home care packages in County Kildare; the number on the waiting list for home care packages in County Kildare; and the number of people awaiting assessment for home care packages in County Kildare.
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120 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of vacant posts in community occupational therapy in County Kildare.
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119 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of children and adults awaiting assessment for occupational therapy in County Kildare.
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118 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will include phase 3C of Naas General Hospital in the final 2009 Health Service Executive Capital Plan.
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95 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Finance if the consulting engineers have completed the detailed designs for flood relief works in Johnstown village, Naas, County Kildare; and if funding will be allocated for the work in 2009.
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45 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in regard to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 71 of 13 November 2008, he will outline the nature of the issue with personnel resources that arose at the communications centre for the Dublin Metropolitan Region on 31 October 2008; the appropriate measures being put in place for the longer term; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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27 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount paid out in compensation or legal costs arising from claims against members of the Gardaí in respect of assault, illegal arrest and other reasons for each year from 2002 to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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316 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of legally held guns and pistols that have been licensed by the Garda authorities since the ban on such guns was lifted in 2004; the number of legally licensed hand guns or pistols that have been reported as stolen since the ban on such guns was lifted; the reason behind his recently announced proposal to again ban the holding of such licensed guns; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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227 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will give an assurance that she will fully support the renewal of the bilateral agreement with Vietnam for the adoption of Vietnamese children by Irish couples; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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129 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Transport when he will publish the National Pedestrian Safety Strategy; the reason the deadline for the publication of this strategy by the third quarter of 2008 has been missed; the measures that will be contained in the pedestrian safety strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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75 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Transport when he will publish the National Cycling Strategy; the reason the deadline for the publication of this strategy by the second quarter of 2008 has been missed; the measures that will be contained in the cycling strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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499 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason his Department has decided to cease the practice of allowing parents with autistic children from availing of the services of one of the five Joinx pre-schools which were funded through the home tuition grants scheme; if his attention has been drawn to the improvements associated with the children’s time in Jonix; if he will reverse the decision forthwith.
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154 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the legislative provisions and rules covering the use of closed circuit television cameras in the workplace.
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130 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children if consideration is being given to changing the way the Health Service Executive data on waiting times in hospital accident and emergency departments is compiled; if it is intended in the future to count time waiting before, as well as after, a decision to admit the patient; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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117 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made in addressing the shortage of midwives as a result of the increasing birth rate; when the report on maternity services will be published; the proposals that have been put forward from the Health Service Executive’s Maternity Services Expert Advisory Group; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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269 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason home tuition payments for October and November 2008 due to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in respect of their child have not been paid.
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155 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on a family reunification application for persons (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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50 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Finance his views on allowing tax relief at the marginal rate, or other appropriate financial supports, on charges for IVF treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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23 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Finance the amount the Exchequer will borrow in 2009; the amount he intends to raise through the National Treasury Management Agency on capital markets in 2009; if a schedule has been established for this debt raising; the recent changes in the cost of Exchequer borrowing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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108 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on changes to the board of FÁS; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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107 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action she will take arising from recent disclosures regarding expenditure by FÁS on foreign travel and entertainment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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436 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if he has sanctioned the invitation of the tenders for the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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30 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the school building projects that are planned under the public private partnership model with the location of each school, a brief description of the project and the estimated cost of each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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11 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science his views on ending the practice of exempting students sitting their State exams from grammar and spelling mistakes in view of the need to tackle illiteracy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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488 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will sanction the invitation of tenders for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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129 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the potential of the deep geothermal heat source on the Newcastle Blackrock geological fault line; when he expects the geothermal working group to report on its findings; if he will bring forward legislation in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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91 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding arrangements agreed with RTE for the provision of RTE broadcasting in Great Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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36 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way he will advance his aspiration that inspections should specifically target property that is likelier to be non-compliant as he has no function in relation to staffing arrangements for inspection purposes.
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55 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on a statement of 18 November 2008 that the number of dwellings inspected has increased since 2005 when in fact the percentage of dwellings inspected has decreased from 8.14% in 2005 to 6.4% in 2007.
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77 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on proposals by a group (details supplied) to treat this illness more effectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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30 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on recent EU figures which suggested that consumers are being charged up to 20% more for diesel and petrol; the steps she will take to ensure that consumers receive fair treatment in regard to petrol and diesel prices; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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12 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has received a request for a meeting from the Construction Industry Federation regarding the possibility of its members deferring the pay increases agreed in the recent national agreement; her views of such a proposal; her further views on the potential consequences of such a move for the draft national agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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103 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when he will announce the appointments to the board of the Arts Council; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the delay may be having a damaging affect on the promotion of arts here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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215 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason contracts of employment have not been given, as promised, to home help workers working in County Kildare; and if she will ensure that this matter is dealt with as a matter of priority.
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