116 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 1162 of 26 September 2007, the suitable area of land which the Office of Public Works were trying to acquire.
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242 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children when payment from the nursing home repayment fund will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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107 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when Ireland proposes to ratify the United Nations Convention against Corruption.
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84 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the honorary consuls appointed to represent Ireland; and the way and when they can be contacted by persons seeking information.
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122 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of posts on 1 January 2007 and the number on 1 November 2007 in the context of the requirement for permission from her Department for the creation of senior and middle management posts in the Health Service Executive for the past year; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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104 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children her plans and the timescale for the rationalisation of the health services in the north east in the context of the Teamwork Report; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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31 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the potential of the deep geothermal heat source on the Newcastle Blackrock geological fault line and that deep geothermal resources could provide sustainable energy to thousands of homes; if he will put in place legislation that is needed for this type of exploration; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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25 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding arrangements agreed with RTÉ for the provision of RTÉ broadcasting in Great Britain in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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51 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans for putting in place a national recycling infrastructure to process recyclable waste here as opposed to exporting it, in order to ensure accountability in respect of the action taken regarding that waste that cannot be ensured when that waste is exported to another country, and to reduce the emissions that would be the product of shipping or otherwise transporting that waste abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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96 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to a recent report (details supplied) which suggested the replacement of the CAO points system with a lottery system coupled with an aptitude test; her views on whether the CAO points system is unfair and that the Government should consider adopting the model used in the Netherlands which has a weighted lottery system for medical, dentistry and veterinary science students; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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75 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the average cost of rented accommodation for students in Dublin city centre is €600 per month and that the grant system forces many students to seek part-time work to support themselves, thus not giving adequate attention to their studies; if she will include a speedy, efficient, centralised grant system in the forthcoming Student Support Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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52 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Defence the number of foreign nationals that have been recruited into the Defence Forces in each of the past five years.
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35 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Defence the progress that has been made in the matter of increasing the membership of Civil Defence by 2010.
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492 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 617 of 23 October 2007 and No. 559 of 16 October 2007 if he will answer that part of the question that referred to future provision of water for human consumption for County Kildare and whether plans are being prepared to provide such supply from the River Shannon; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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438 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the position whereby towns in north Kildare are in different Garda divisions, with Leixlip being in DMA west, Maynooth in the Carlow/Kildare Division and Kilcock in the Louth/Meath Division; his views on transferring those towns into a Kildare Garda Division to streamline resources and responses by Gardaí in view of the fact that the towns are only 10 kilometres apart; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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524 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in granting a stamp four to a person (details supplied) in County Meath.
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77 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he will extend the age allowance to qualified adults over 80 years of age.
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104 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his intentions on the awarding of credits to home-makers and other carers for years spent on caring duties in circumstances that are not covered by legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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135 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if there has been a successful conclusion to the discussions on the purchase of a site for a permanent school (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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127 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the correspondence or contacts that have been entered into between the EU Commission and his Department in relation to the transposition of the EU Posting of Workers Directive into Irish law; when it is proposed to transpose the Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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617 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Osberstown sewage treatment plant in County Kildare is at full capacity and that the water supply in the county is at near maximum capacity; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that there are 2000 acres of land zoned for development in the county and that the River Liffey is at capacity in its ability to assimilate further phosphates from sewerage treatment plants or to have further water abstracted for human consumption; the plans in place to pipe water for human consumption in County Kildare from the River Shannon and to pump the sewerage to a marine outfall for treatment; if he will declare a moratorium on further zoning of land for development in County Kildare until such time as there is an adequate water supply and capacity to treat waste water; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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607 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the fact that the sewage treatment plant at Osberstown in County Kildare is at full capacity, he will intervene to prevent the proposed further zoning of land for residential use at Prosperous, County Kildare as the waste water from any development there would have to be pumped to and treated at the Osberstown plant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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125 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position of the Government in relation to the reported crackdown in Egypt on journalists and dissidents in the exercise of freedom of expression and the recent dissolution of a human rights organisation.
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76 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Transport the stage the proposed consolidation of the 32 Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 2005 is at; when he will bring the consolidated Act before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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58 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Transport if he has reviewed the comments made by the Courts Service to find an alternative method for the collection of fines for motoring offences; if he has made a submission to the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform or had discussions with the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform in this regard; his views on further comments by the Courts Service that urgent changes to road traffic legislation are necessary after Garda figures show that up to 50% of all motorists are failing to pay fines for offences such as speeding and the non-wearing of seat-belts; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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121 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the waiting lists for children between the ages of five to 12 and 12 to 16 for orthodontic treatment in each of the Health Service Executive regions; the average waiting time in each region for each age group; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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103 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the number and location of consultants in microbiology and infection control in the health service; if there are plans to extend that number to assist in controlling infections such as MRSA; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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139 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the latest information available from the central applications facility in respect of applications from civil servants and other public servants located in Dublin who wish to transfer to new locations outside of Dublin under the Government’s decentralisation programme; the way this compares with the Government target of 10,300; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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117 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when the social finance fund announced in budget 2006 will start to issue loans to voluntary projects; the person who will be in charge of the fund; the number of staff members it will have; the responsibilities of same; the salaries of same; the criteria they will use for assessing loan applications; the penalties that will be imposed on projects that are unable to meet their repayments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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60 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures he will introduce to improve the sustainability profile of the fuel transport sector here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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20 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if arrangements have been agreed with RTÉ for the provision of RTÉ broadcasting in Great Britain in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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183 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the mobility allowance ends when the recipient reaches 66 years and that many over that age, particularly in rural areas, have no transport service they are capable of using; if she will consider ways in which this anomaly can be removed; 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 if she will review the criteria for qualification for the mobility allowance to take account of disabilities other than the very narrow criteria that now apply.
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300 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the new disabled persons grant maximum limits will be increased.
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132 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the fact that the activities of commercial shoot operators are frequently unregulated and the need to regulate the shooting of wild animals and birds in the interest of conservation and sustainability, he will give a commencement date for section 36 of the Wildlife (Amendment) Act, 2000 which deals with the licensing and regulation of shoot operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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156 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a group of senior prisoner officers are under threat from criminal gangs as reported; the steps being taken to ensure the safety and security of prisoner officers under such threat; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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146 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the investigation that has been held into the release in error of a prisoner serving a six year sentence in mistake for another prisoner of the same name; the outcome of such investigation; if changes have been introduced to procedures to ensure that a similar error is not made in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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43 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Defence his plans for the further expansion and development of the Army Equitation School; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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136 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her views on the 26% decline in farm incomes for 2006, compared to 2005, as reported recently by Teagasc; her plans to ensure an increase in farm incomes, particularly in view of the Teagasc finding that average farm income in 2006 was just €16,680 overall and €34,486 for a full time family farm; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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121 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the information available to her Department on the expected impact on farm incomes of the exceptionally wet weather during the summer 2007 period; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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154 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science her views on the exceptionally high cost of sites acquired by the State for primary and secondary schools; her plans to ensure better value for money in regard to the acquisition of such sites; if the Government has considered the introduction of compulsory purchase powers to acquire sites urgently needed for educational purposes; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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114 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science her plans to accelerate programmes to deal with adult illiteracy in view of the fact that the Government’s current target would leave up to half a million adults illiterate by 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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24 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans, in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government for the further use of the Young People’s Facilities and Services Fund to assist in the development of youth facilities and services in disadvantaged areas where a significant drug problem exists or has the potential to develop; when it is intended to extend the fund to towns in Leinster; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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13 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his proposals, in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to develop and strengthen the range of projects being undertaken through the local and regional drugs task forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1162 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he has taken with a view to acquiring additional land near to Maynooth Castle with a view to providing further facilities at this historic site.
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1161 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects the Green Paper on Local Government Reform to be published; and the reason he will not in the interim issue the regulations enabling the creation of additional town councils here as provided for in the Local Government Act 2001.
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1138 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if representations have been received by him or his Department which oppose the commencement of Section 36 of the Wildlife (Amendment) Act, 2000; if so, if he will provide details of the representations received and the person by whom they were made; if no such representations were made, the reason the Section 36 measures have not been implemented in view of the resources available to the Government since the Act was passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1159 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Department of Finance accept his Department’s views on the need for additional staffing in local authorities which have experienced high population growth in view of the increased servicing requirements of these areas; and if the embargo on recruitment will end for such areas.
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1160 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the new disabled persons grant scheme will be announced.
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