211 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will sanction capital funding in 2008 to enable construction to commence on the new national school for Kill, County Kildare.
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210 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 182 of 3 April 2008, if there has been a successful conclusion regarding the acquisition of the site.
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209 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the schools in County Kildare which do not have direct access to the National Educational Psychological Service.
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207 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the provision of a permanent school for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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208 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science when he will sanction the appointment of a design team for the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the fact that his Department has already agreed the expansion of the school to a 24 classroom school.
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206 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if a design team has been appointed for the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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205 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if he has received the stage 2a submission in relation to the new school for Ardclough in County Kildare.
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204 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if he has received the stage three submission in relation to the required extension of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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203 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if proposals for the implementation of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 have been completed.
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202 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will sanction the acceptance of a tender for the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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201 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science when information sought under Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 28 November 2007 will be available.
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200 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of secondary schools in north Kildare which provide secondary education through Irish for pupils; if he will expand this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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103 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Transport if agreement has been reached on the closure of level crossings on the Maynooth suburban line between Iarnród Éireann and local authorities as referred to in Parliamentary Question No. 90 of 3 April 2008.
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85 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that 445 people are awaiting assessment for occupational therapy in County Kildare and that seven and a half posts remain vacant in the service; the reason these posts have not been filled; and the action she will take to reduce the waiting list for occupational therapy.
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84 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that phase 3C of Naas General Hospital, Naas, County Kildare is included in the final Health Service Executive capital plan for 2008.
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83 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the waiting list for orthodontic treatment for children in Kildare has increased from 171 children in June 2006 to 331 children in April 2008; and the action she will take to reduce these waiting times.
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82 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the waiting times for children for assessment for intellectual disability and physical and sensory disability in each Health Service Executive region broken down between intellectual disability services, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech and language therapy.
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81 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 490 of 30 January 2008, the reason a review of the delivery of the audiology service has resulted in the decision not to appoint a replacement audiologist as the position remaining vacant is not going to help the waiting list for hearing tests for children in County Kildare.
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80 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 82 of 3 April 2008, the reason five months have passed and a further basic grade speech and language therapist post has not been filled in Kildare-west Wicklow and one senior replacement post remains vacant.
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79 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of people in receipt of home care packages in County Kildare; and the number who have applied and are not yet in receipt of the home care package.
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78 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children, further to the response received from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 28 November 2007, the reason it is taking six months to review service provision arrangements to reduce child optical waiting lists and the current waiting times for children for eye tests in Maynooth and Naas health centres.
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54 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Finance if there has been progress in relation to the reopening of negotiations for the purchase of a site from a college (details supplied) in County Kildare by the Office of Public Works to provide further facilities at Maynooth Castle, Maynooth, County Kildare.
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47 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Defence the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to conduct regular reviews of the operation of the equality and anti-bullying measures in the military.
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15 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Defence the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to promote greater cooperation and knowledge sharing between the Coast Guard, the Naval Service and the Air Corps.
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152 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of children at risk or at high risk of abuse currently being assisted by social workers in County Mayo; and the number of social workers involved.
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151 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the waiting time for assessment by a social worker of children at risk or at high risk of abuse in County Mayo.
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150 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of children in County Mayo, classified as being at risk or at high risk of abuse, who to date have not had a social worker assigned to them.
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113 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of parents who have availed of the appeal mechanism set out in section 29 of the Education Act 1998 with regard to having their child or children accepted into a school of their choice in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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101 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will lobby the European Commission to rescind the decision to pay REP scheme four retrospectively to participating farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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48 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the employment initiative programmes established by his Department in rural Ireland and in urban Ireland in agreement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment in each of the past five years; the cost of implementation; the number of jobs created; the areas where they were created; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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24 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding provided by his Department to groups or associations in RAPID areas to provide recreational or sporting facilities in such areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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152 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding allocated in 2008 for the hospital in the home programme to each hospital involved in the scheme; the number of patients in the programme; the number of patients whose treatment in the home is about to cease; and if hospital beds are available for these people in view of the fact that the programme is ceasing.
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133 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the rationale for the proposed transfer of the community welfare service to her Department; the research which exists to support such a move; the expected impact of such transfer on the users of the service; and if she will he make a statement on the Government’s objectives in the context of this proposal.
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99 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the actions she has taken on foot of the commitments in the programme for Government to examine urgently the introduction of free travel for returning Irish citizens of pension age who live abroad.
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114 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when he expects the independent evaluation of the local authority swimming pool programme to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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450 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are not enough school places available for children to attend a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and the action he will take to rectify this problem.
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186 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in appointing a replacement public health nurse (details supplied); and if she will ensure that there is no further delay.
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184 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children when a response will issue to this Deputy in relation to correspondence (details supplied).
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71 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Transport if the Government’s study of Dublin Port has been completed; when it will be published; if he will bring forward a Green Paper on Dublin Port; if he has reviewed Dublin City Council’s recent study on the future of Dublin Bay; his views on plans to move Dublin Port and develop a new residential and commercial development on port lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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15 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Transport if, in the context of the development of proactive cycling policies, he has had consultations with the Minister for the Environment Heritage and Local Government on facilitating the appointment of cycle lane engineers by local authorities; if he will be making a recommendation on the appointment of local authority cycle officials in the upcoming 2020 Vision — Sustainable Travel and Transport Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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38 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the inclusion of genetically modified grain in the food aid being sent by donor countries to a number of African countries; and if his attention has been drawn to the implications of same for the planting season, the structure of rural economy, and the devastation created when it is combined with the privatisation of the banking sector as a condition of aid.
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11 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will facilitate the presence of election observers at any future elections in Zimbabwe.
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164 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí in each individual garda station in the Carlow-Kildare division who are assigned to normal policing duties and those assigned to the traffic corps duties.
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76 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of on-the-spot fines for breaches of consumer law imposed to date under the terms of the Consumer Protection (Fixed Payment Notice) Regulations 2007; the type of breaches in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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50 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the 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 he will make a statement on the matter.
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133 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has had to wait 14 months for an outpatient examination in the urology department in Tallaght hospital.
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67 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will extend the remit of the Health Information and Quality Authority to include private health care facilities and hospitals; her plans to review the structures of the Health Service Executive in the context of growing concern among the public and health workers that it is not delivering improved care to patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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148 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason additional funding has not been allocated in 2008 to the National Office for Suicide Prevention to enable the setting up of new suicide prevention services in counties such as County Kildare.
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23 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will instigate an external inquiry into the circumstances in which a healthy kidney was removed from a child in a hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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192 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if the stage 2(A) documentation was received in connection with the new school for Kill in County Kildare; and if she has authorised further progression in architectural planning for this project.
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