1275 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been brought to the fact that due to limited fleet availability Iarnród Éireann is not in a position to provide additional services from Maynooth train station, County Kildare to the new Docklands station and that the only service to operate on the western rail corridor to this new station will be from Clonsilla on 12 March 2007; his views on the fact that this new station was included in Transport 21 and that commitments were given in relation to train services from Maynooth at 15 minute intervals during peak hours; the reason carriages are not available; the action he will take in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1209 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport the proposal he has received for park and ride facilities under Transport 21; and the details of same.
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940 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of children awaiting orthodontic treatment in County Kildare as of 31 December 2006.
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939 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the waiting time for children for eye tests in Naas and Maynooth Health Centres in County Kildare.
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938 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children if she is incapable of both extending BreastCheck to the southern and western regions and at the same time extending it to women age 65 to 70 in the other regions in view of the fact that the cost is only €7 million and in 2006 the Government ended up with a surplus of €2.9 billion rather than a deficit of €2.2 billion.
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937 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children if the two additional speech and language therapists approved for County Kildare have been recruited; and the health centres in the county they will work from.
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936 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons covered on medical cards and doctors visit cards in County Kildare on 31 December 2006.
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935 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of people in receipt of home help in Kildare and the west Wicklow area in 2006; and the number of hours of home help allocated to these people in 2006.
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934 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children further to the recent publication of the National Development Plan, the amount of funding being set aside for State community care units; the criteria for the building of same in distinct areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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656 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of places for long stay geriatric patients both public and private in County Mayo; the number of such patients who receive a subsidy towards their cost; the number who receive no subsidy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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856 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the waiting times for assessment by a service (details supplied); if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that same prevents early intervention in relation to the provision of a special needs assistant for the pupil involved; and the action she will take to reduce such waiting lists.
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616 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by pupils in having assessments carried out by a service (details supplied).
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598 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance the number of visitors to Castletown House, Celbridge, County Kildare in 2006; and the further works planned for the house in 2007.
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597 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance if his officials have concluded their consideration of options to relieve flooding in the Mill Lane area of Leixlip, County Kildare; and the outcome of the review if concluded.
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596 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance if his officials have been in contact with Kildare County Council in relation to the delay in the part 8 for flood protection measures at an estate (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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484 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of on-the-spot fines issued by An Garda Síochána for breaches of the control of consumption and possession of alcohol by-laws in Maynooth, Leixlip, Celbridge and Clane, County Kildare in 2006.
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483 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 134 of 23 February, 2006 if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the closure orders sought under section 4 of the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 2003 were unsuccessful in court; and the options open to the Garda in dealing with the disruption to public order in Leixlip village every weekend.
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482 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the figures on manning levels in Garda divisions here outlined to him in Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 8 November 2006.
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481 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the provisional headline crime statistics for 2006 for the Carlow and Kildare division; and the detection rate for 2006.
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362 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of citizens of the former USSR who applied for asylum at Shannon Airport or elsewhere here in the period 1970 to 1985; the number who were granted asylum; the number who were refused; the number who were deported; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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184 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the fast track working visa work authorisation programme’s work in 2006; the number of visas or work permits issued through this system in each year from 2002 to 2006 inclusive; the number of valid visas or permits currently in circulation from this programme; the expected date by which all of these visas or permits will have expired; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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151 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 134 of 15 November 2006, if a decision has been reached in relation to the request from the Director of Corporate Enforcement for additional staff; the main points of the decision and the reasoning behind it; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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386 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has concluded his review of the disabled persons grant scheme; and his view on funding 100% of the grant rather than requiring local authorities to fund 33%.
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385 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of Budget 2007 he will insist on the public service recruitment embargo for local authorities in the greater Dublin area including Counties Kildare, Meath and Wicklow.
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384 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has approved the contract documents for the Lower Liffey Valley sewerage scheme.
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383 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will issue regulations under the Local Government Act 2001 to allow by order the establishment of new town councils.
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354 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if the implementation report in relation to commencing the relevant sections of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 which covers the provision of mandatory educational plans for pupils with special educational needs has been received; and the action she will take to implement the sections of the Act.
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353 Mr. 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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352 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of national school teachers in County Kildare; the number of national school resource teachers in County Kildare; and the number of pupils in national schools in County Kildare.
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351 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if a design team has been appointed for the new national school for Ardclough, County Kildare.
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350 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if a design team has been appointed for the new national school for Kill, County Kildare.
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349 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if the outline sketch scheme of the new gaelscoil (details supplied) in County Kildare has been received; and when this project will go to tender.
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347 Mr. 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; and the status of the architectural planning phase at this point in time.
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339 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in moving forward projects identified in the M4 and N4 School Accommodation Report; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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205 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will direct the Health Service Executive to sanction a further three speech therapists in County Kildare to bring the number up to the complement which was approved prior to the implementation of the employment ceiling.
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204 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the cost of extending BreastCheck to women aged 65 to 70 nationwide is €7 million; if she will provide additional resources to BreastCheck to enable them to implement this extension in tandem with the roll out of BreastCheck to the western and southern regions; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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202 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in issuing a response to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 8 November 2006.
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201 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 6 July 2006, if there has been further progress in relation to the acquisition of the site.
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171 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance if there has been progress in concluding the contract for the purchase of a site for the new school (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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132 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí in each Garda Division on 31 December 1997 and 30 November 2006.
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60 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he has taken or plans to take arising from criticism by the Pensions Ombudsman of what he called the theft by employers of pension contributions deducted from employees but not remitted to pension schemes, particularly in the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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63 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he plans to publish the promised new two year social inclusion action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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248 Mr. 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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64 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the recent statement from the Drug Policy Action Group that the Government and Garda authorities need to completely rethink and liberalise their approach to the illicit drug trade due to the fact that current practices are doing more harm than good; if his attention has been drawn to the group’s analysis that the war on drugs is in large part being lost because senior Government officials, judges and the Gardaí at the coalface of the problem do not understand the issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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361 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason for the delay in signing the ADR European Agreement in view of the fact that the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Roads Act was passed in 1998.
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360 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to errors in the drafting of S.I. 405 of 2006 which means that offences are not prosecutable.
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