68 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 24 April 2008, if the consulting engineer has been hired; and if so, when he expects their report to be available.
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47 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the accuracy of the broadband coverage map and therefore the area to be addressed by the national broadband scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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22 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on calls from an organisation (details supplied) for an investigation into the increase in the price of diesel over petrol prices; the measures he will take to address the rising cost of diesel; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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277 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the statistical growth of children with special needs at both primary and secondary level, within both inclusive class environments and special class or unit settings, the Health Service Executive has kept pace with the provision of service to students of special needs and autism units in primary and secondary schools.
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278 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the timeframe for the completion of negotiations between his Department and the Department of Health and Children with the Health Service Executive for the implementation of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004.
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276 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm that the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 will be implemented in full across all ages in order to avoid children being without services or education.
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153 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in confirming funding for a day-placement programme to be set up at a centre (details supplied) in County Kildare; if she will ensure that the funding is confirmed forthwith; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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142 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children when the provision of the Disability Act 2005 will be available to all persons with a disability.
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141 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the provisions in place, in view of her stated policy and her Health Service Executive agents to implement the Disability Act 2005 in stages starting with the nought to five years age group, to maintain services for these children as they move out of this age group; the provisions in place for those children within the service at the other end of the age group; and if she will confirm that adequate provision is being made for these children.
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140 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children if she carried out a study of the effect of only implementing the Disability Act 2005 for the nought to five years age group; and the effect of excluding the vast majority of persons with disabilities from the Act.
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139 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the timeframe for the completion of negotiations between the Department of Education and Science and her Department with the Health Service Executive for the implementation of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004.
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138 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will reassure the Dáil that she will not oppose the full implementation of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 across all ages.
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897 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 588 and 589 of 1 July 2008, in relation to the Castlewarden to Ballygoran water supply scheme, his views on whether the tender documents were supplied to his Department by Kildare County Council in good time; and if he will reconsider his decision not to allow this project to proceed using the old contracts.
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819 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason information sought in Parliamentary Question No. 210 of 3 April 2008 has not been provided to date.
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663 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason funding is being cut to assist Kildare primary schools in providing computer training to primary school pupils, as in the case of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will re-examine his decision in this matter.
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128 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases of murder in which firearms were used in respect of each year from 1998 to date in 2008; the number of such cases in which prosecutions for murder were initiated; the number of such cases where convictions were secured; if he is satisfied with the level of detection and conviction in such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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98 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when it is expected that the Government’s promised legislation on civil unions will be published; if he will confirm that the heads of the bill recently published do not make provision for the equal treatment of same sex couples in regard to tax and social welfare issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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589 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that his Departmental Circular L5/08 of 6 May 2008 has serious implications for the delivery of an augmentation of domestic waste supply by delaying a project (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he will reconsider his decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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588 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that his Departmental Circular L5/08 of 6 May 2008 has implications for significant pollution risks by delaying a project (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he will reconsider his decision in view of the increasing risk to public health created by his decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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587 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount allocated to Kildare County Council in respect of the social housing investment programme in each of the years 2002 to 2008; and the breakdown of the allocation between various schemes and the amount actually spent in each year to 31 December 2007.
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226 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children when the second special chair will be provided by the Health Service Executive for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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182 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children when the promised school support team to provide a six week block of speech therapy and occupational therapy for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be put in place in a school; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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116 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide a progress report on the establishment of a bio-security unit to provide security against threats from animal diseases; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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35 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress made to date in regard to the walks scheme introduced on a pilot basis in four areas of the country; if agreement has been reached with landowners in the areas; if there are plans to extend it to other parts of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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19 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the response he has received to his call for new rural development groups to hold elections before submitting business plans for funding from his recently announced rural development package; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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138 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action she has taken on foot of the commitments in the programme for Government to urgently examine the introduction of free travel for returning Irish citizens of pension age who live abroad.
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121 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her strategy for dealing with the significant extra demand on social welfare offices as highlighted by the rising numbers on the live register; the way staff are being deployed to areas that have experienced high rises in the number of people signing on; if other services or planned services have been curtailed because of this.
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88 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the plans there are to include a 200 meter indoor athletics track in phase one of the national stadium facilities at Abbotstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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26 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps being taken to implement the commitment in the Programme for Government that steps would be taken to ensure that consumer codes of conduct are published by businesses; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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23 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the legislation in force to give effect to International Labour Organisation Conventions No. 87 — the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention 1948, and No. 98 — the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention 1949; if she is satisfied that rights under both conventions and in particular the right to collective bargaining are adequately protected by Irish law; if she has proposals to amend the law in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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94 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the impact Irish owned vessels of an unacceptable size and insufficiently accountable practices are having on the coastal communities of African countries including those to whom Irish Aid has a relationship.
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86 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement in relation to the peace talks between different parties regarding the independence of the Sahara Arab Democratic Republic.
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341 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason the day care centre in Celbridge Health Centre, Celbridge, County Kildare will reduce its opening days from four days per week in April 2008 to three days per week in May 2008, to two days per week in June 2008 and to one day per week in July 2008; and if same relates to health cutbacks imposed on elderly people.
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148 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Transport if Dublin Bus services are currently prohibited from using the Dublin Port Tunnel; if so, the reason for the prohibition; the number of routes and services currently licensed to use the Port Tunnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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125 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Transport the number of buses currently operational in the Bus Éireann network; the number of new buses he will sanction for Bus Éireann in 2008/2009 and each year to 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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63 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of people with an intellectual disability who are accommodated in a psychiatric hospital; the number who have been moved from psychiatric hospitals into community residences or other suitable accommodation in each of the past five years; when all those who remain in such accommodation will be moved; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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34 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the portion of the €110 million that was allocated to implement the Fair Deal legislation in 2008 that has been spent on the needs of older people; if all of the money is secured for such purposes and for the implementation of the proposed legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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319 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will urgently review the start-up grant for a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the inadequate funding provided and the urgent necessity for the school to open.
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122 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Finance if he will bring forward revised spending estimates for 2008 in view of the steeper than expected decline in Exchequer returns, the steeper than expected increase in the live register and higher than expected inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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44 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress in relation to the relocation of the Central Fisheries Board to Carrick-on-Shannon; the amount paid in rent for the CFB in Swords offices, including additional accommodation such as the warehouse and laboratory premises; when is it intended that the relocation will take place; the plans for the CFB premises in Glasnevin; the reason for its being vacated; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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49 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on calls from an organisation (details supplied) for an investigation as to the unprecedented increase in the price of diesel over petrol prices; the measures he will take to address the rising cost of diesel; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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187 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he has taken to ensure the more effective enforcement of the law in regard to the sale of alcohol and particularly the sale of alcohol to persons under age; 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 number of members of the Garda reserve recruited to date; the stations to which they have been allocated; the number of applicants for the reserve in training; if he is satisfied with the rate of recruitment; when he expects that the full complement of 1,500 will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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201 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason in the past eight months the Health Service Executive have not assessed a child (details supplied) in County Kildare for domiciliary care allowance.
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107 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps, following a report by the Environmental Protection Agency in 2008 that found that the volume of waste going to landfill is increasing and that Ireland is in significant danger of missing its European Union targets for diverting recyclable waste from landfill, he is taking to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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104 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps being taken to reduce the amount of waste going to landfills in view of the recent ESRI report that found that 80% of household waste is going to landfills, that there is a discrepancy between the stated policy of the Government and the policies in place regarding landfill and that European Union targets on reducing waste going to landfills will be missed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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275 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received the preliminary report in relation to sourcing additional water for the greater Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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274 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress he has made in the past four months on the issue raised with him in Parliamentary Question No. 1409 of 30 January 2008.
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273 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 985 of 2 April 2008, if there has been further progress.
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