204 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there will be elections to new town councils in June 2009.
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187 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1280 of 30 January 2008, if he will answer the question fully; and if he will provide the breakdown of 2006 figures for each town.
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165 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if the stage three submission has been received in regard to the required extension to a school (detail supplied) in County Kildare.
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164 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if a design team has been appointed for the required extension to a school (detail supplied) in County Kildare.
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163 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if the information sought in Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 28 November 2007 is available; and if not when it will be.
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162 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction the proposed extension to a school (detail supplied) in County Kildare.
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161 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if she has received the stage one documentation in respect of a new school for a school (detail supplied) in County Kildare.
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160 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if a design team has been appointed for the permanent school for a school (detail supplied) in County Kildare.
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159 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if she has received the developed sketch scheme in relation to the new school for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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158 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1062 of 30 January 2008, the schools to which the two additional educational psychologists have been assigned in County Kildare.
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157 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 235 of 28 November 2007, the county breakdown of the 71 pupils enrolled in the school for first year in September 2007; and the number of sixth class pupils who completed their education in the eight gaelscoileanna feeding into the school in July 2007 by county.
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156 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1057 of 30 January 2008 and in view of the overcrowding in a school (details supplied) in County Kildare, she will sanction the appointment of a design team for the project.
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155 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if a site has been identified for a permanent school for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if negotiations on the purchase of same are ongoing or have concluded; and if agreement has been reached on the purchase of the site.
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98 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Transport, further to Parliamentary Question No. 567 of 30 January 2008, if there has been a successful conclusion to the discussions between Iarnród Éireann and the local authorities regarding the removal of level crossings.
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82 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children when a response will issue in relation to Parliamentary Question No. 490 of 30 January 2008.
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81 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; and the number of vacant posts filled since the announcement that they were 8.5 posts vacant in the service.
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80 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the provision of additional public nursing homes in County Kildare is included in the Health Service Executive draft capital plan for 2008 which is presently with her for approval.
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79 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children, further to the response received from the Health Service Executive in relation to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 28 November 2007, if solutions to reduce the waiting times have been found following the review of service provision.
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74 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the amount of moneys allocated in the Health Service Executive budget for Kildare-west Wicklow for 2008; the number of applications received for home care packages for this area to date in 2008; if she is confident that a shortfall between the amount of money allocated and the number of applications received will be made available from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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51 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 30 January 2008, if there has been progress on the issue.
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27 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his Department will consider any request to fund a large scale high quality quantitative research in the area of arts behaviour; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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224 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason a pupil (details supplied) in County Kildare attending a school in Dublin 7 is not picked up and dropped off at their home in line with other pupils attending this school.
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150 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that phase 3C of Naas General Hospital is added to the Health Service Executive draft capital plan for 2008 which is with her Department for approval, in view of the shortage of beds at the hospital, the large number of patients regularly left on trolleys at the hospital and the fact that the tender process was completed in 2007 and a preferred contractor was recommended.
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136 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress that has occurred in preparation for the transposition of the forthcoming third postal directive into Irish law by 31 December 2010; if he will undertake a comprehensive review and consolidation of all legislation affecting the postal sector as part of this process; if so, the time scale involved; the impediments he envisages as affecting the prospects of achieving end-to-end competition in the postal market here; and the action he will take to address them.
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94 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the grants available to businesses and domestic users who provide renewable energy through private wind turbines; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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473 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will issue in relation to a long-term residency application by a person (detail supplied) in County Kildare in view of the fact that the application is with his Department a year.
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426 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if she has been informed that 17 male pupils from a school (details supplied) in County Kildare have failed to get first year second level places in September 2008 in any of the schools in Naas, Clane or Newbridge; the action she will take to ensure that places are provided for them; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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319 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the delay in awarding child benefit to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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220 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive’s national transfer policy for management and administrative staff continues to apply to community welfare officers and superintendent community welfare officers, CWOs; and if not, the reason these staff members have been excluded.
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218 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of community welfare officers, CWOs, and superintendent CWOs that have applied to the national transfer unit for a transfer; the number of applications finalised; if applicants have been advised of their place on a panel; and if applicants will be offered positions as they arise.
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143 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the transitional period about to be undergone in Northern Ireland with the resignation of the First Minister; his further views on a succession in this position; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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100 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of the most recent cross-Border dialogue between officials from his Department and those representing the power sharing executive in Northern Ireland; and the presence or assistance Ireland proposes with regard to the upcoming investment conference in Northern Ireland to be held in May 2008.
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27 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Transport his views on the inclusion of a recommendation for mandatory eco cars for the ministerial and State vehicle fleet in the proposed sustainable travel and transport action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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22 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Transport his views on a review of speed limits on the national motorway network in view of the role that lower speed limits can play in reducing transport carbon emissions and in cutting road deaths and serious injuries; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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283 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will re-examine the decision to refuse a special needs assistant for a pupil (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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139 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress being made in filling the 183 occupational therapy posts which were unfilled at the end of 2007; if the recruitment embargo has been lifted to allow people on the panel to take up some of these posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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137 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will introduce measures to address the needs of people with myasthenia gravis including the appointment of a specialist neurologist and a specialist nurse, accompanied by an awareness campaign on the condition; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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508 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the application for a certificate of naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a three year waiting list for such decisions; his proposals to reduce or eliminate the waiting list; the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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129 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the fact that proceedings have been initiated in just 96 cases since 2003 to date in 2008 for offences in regard to the sale of alcohol to minors; if he is satisfied that the law is being adequately enforced; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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160 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 currently in training; 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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44 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons granted green cards under the scheme for recruiting highly skilled workers from outside the EU; the reasons for the relatively low take of the green card system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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58 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the significant increase in the number of deaths recorded in workplace accidents in the construction sector during 2007; the proposals he has to ensure a reduction in the number of construction accidents and deaths; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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78 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of home care packages that were funded in each month of 2007 in County Kildare; and the number of such allocated and funded since 1 January 2008; the number on the waiting list for such services; and when it is expected that the backlog will be cleared.
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82 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the Financial Services Regulator has sufficient powers to deal with banks and credit institutions operating here and that such institutions are sufficiently vetting mortgages and other loans to minimise financial risk to borrowers, particularly those with a weak financial history; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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52 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of people over the age of 65 who have registered for DIRT free accounts arising from incomes below the relevant threshold; if he has an estimate of amount of such tax outstanding due in refunds to such people; the number and the amount of DIRT refunds issued for each year from 2004 to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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72 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children her plans to adequately fund the early services team in St. Raphael’s, Celbridge, County Kildare, where at present 70 children are on a waiting list for assistance, with the average waiting time being 10 months.
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44 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps she has taken to protect the industry against the threat of adventitious presence in feed imports from non EU approved events; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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230 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the high cost to purchase personal alarms for senior citizens for emergency response and the annual fee for same; and if he will introduce a grant scheme to cover the initial set-up costs and annual fee charge.
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214 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Transport if the licence granted to a company (details supplied) has been renewed by his Department.
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126 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the value of the full maintenance grant for third level students at €4,320 a year is unrealistic for any student studying and living in the Greater Dublin Area where independent estimates suggest that the real cost should be closer to €9,500 per year; and if she will make a statement on her proposals to increase the standard and top up grants to match social welfare levels.
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