333 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if there were indicative total grant allocations imposed per county in regard to the sport capital grant allocation 2006; the way he can justify the fact that Kildare only received €8.58 per head of population whilst the national average was €13.72 per head of population.
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238 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance if the contract documents for the purchase of a site for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare have been signed.
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237 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance if the contract has been awarded for the roof repairs to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; the cost of the project; and the timeframe for construction.
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236 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance if additional staff have being hired in the Office of Public Works; and when the catchment flood risk assessment and study report for the Rye River will commence.
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92 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there has been progress in identifying a site for the new ambulance base in Maynooth, County Kildare, funding for which is provided in the 2006 Health Service Executive capital programme.
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91 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children awaiting orthodontic treatment in County Kildare as of 30 June 2006.
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90 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the primary, community and continuing care directorate of the Health Service Executive have concluded their assessment of long term care needs of older people; and if their recommendations will include the provision of additional public nursing homes.
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89 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of times a general practitioner, a nurse, a physiotherapist and a chiropodist have been in attendance at the weekly clinic in Carbury in the 26 weeks since 1 January 2006.
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88 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that due to imposition of staff ceilings in 2003 the community speech and language therapy service in Kildare and West Wicklow were advised that all vacant posts were frozen and that no recruitment could take place, despite her assurance that recruitment in the public health service is not affected by the public sector recruitment embargo, and as a result of this the service is short 14 additional therapists and the waiting time for assessment for speech and language therapy is now 20 months; and the action she intends to take regarding this service which is now at collapsing point.
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87 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason additional opticians are not being hired to reduce the waiting times for eye tests for children in Maynooth Health Centre, which stands at 12 months and Naas Health Centre, which stands at 11 months, in view of the fact that the public service recruitment embargo does not affect the health service and that the waiting time in Newbridge Health Centre is only three months and the recent exercise in improving administrative efficiency in the optical service has increased waiting times.
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86 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in issuing a response to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 11 May 2006.
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85 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in providing the information sought under Parliamentary Question No. 241 of 8 November 2005.
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84 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the Health Service Executive do everything possible to bring forward the date for the invitation of tenders for phase 3C of Naas General Hospital from its present target date of the last quarter of 2006 in view of the continuing problems with patients on trolleys in Naas General Hospital accident and emergency.
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332 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the value of capital grants sought under the Sports Capital Programme 2006 in each county; and the value of grants awarded in each county.
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16 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to the submission from the Irish Tourist Industry Confederation to the National Development Plan that the Government needs to invest nearly €1 billion into the tourism sector; his views on this estimate; his further views on the need to spend significantly on international marketing and to develop particular tourist spots; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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27 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position with regard to mediation efforts of the Corrib gas issue; the effect of recent planning rulings on Shell’s pipeline and proposed refinery and if and when he expects an announcement on an agreed approach to bringing the gas deposit ashore; the way this will benefit County Mayo, Connaught and Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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807 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the situation in a school (details supplied) in County Kildare arising from the loss of a teacher; the action she intends to take to correct this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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127 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that her Department has provided figures to the effect that 40 pupils cannot be accommodated in the national schools in Naas while in a reply she informed the House that there were sufficient places for all applying students there; and if, in view of this situation she will agree to the new primary school (details supplied) in Naas being fully opened in September 2006 thereby allowing this school to develop and operate its own enrolment policy in accordance with the Education Act 1998 and to give parents the opportunity to send their children to the school of their choice in accordance with the Act.
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61 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the appeals committee operating under section 29 of the Education Act 1998, has recently granted an appeal by the parents of two pupils who had earlier been refused enrolment to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that more than 200 parents have lodged section 29 appeals against refusal of enrolment in the school; her views on fully opening all classes in this school to the pupils seeking enrolment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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40 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland has arrived at a conclusion as to the position it will be adopting as a member of the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group and the expected request for an exception in order to facilitate the US-India Agreement in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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35 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether Somalia has been neglected by the international community in the years following its famine; and his further views on recent developments and their human rights implications in that country.
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63 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance when he expects to meet targets set in the Programme for Government and Sustaining Progress that 80 percent of all taxpayers would pay at the standard rate of tax; the percentage of taxpayers currently paying only at the standard rate of tax; the percentage of taxpayers currently paying at the higher rate of tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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37 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance the ethical investment guidelines which are being adopted in respect of investments and investment vehicles such as the National Pensions Reserve Fund under the remit of his Department; if such investments are made in accordance with United Nations Guidelines on Ethical Investments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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335 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the back to school clothing and footwear allowance has not been awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will re-examine the matter.
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83 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the World Trade Organisation Consultancy Group last met; the agenda at its last two meetings; when it will meet again; the persons who are the members of the group; their qualifications; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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49 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the agriculture strand of the social partnership talks; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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71 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Defence if he intends to make provision for the deployment of members of the Reserve Defence Forces abroad; if so, in what capacity; if he intends to introduce legislation to facilitate such deployment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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49 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Defence if it is proposed to send Irish troops to train in other countries for the purpose of forming battle groups; if it is proposed to allow foreign troops to train here for the purpose of forming battle groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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146 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works made an offer to purchase a lodge and the surrounding lands (details supplied) in County Kildare; if so, the amount offered; and if the OPW are still intended in buying the property.
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53 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the Government’s strategic implementation plan for investment in scientific research; the budget and the distribution of this budget for each year; the way in which funding will be allocated; if funding will be prioritised for aiding research in the institutes of technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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47 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has agreed a work programme with the Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority; the number of staff for which the IAASA has approval between 2006 to 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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109 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the estimated increase in the cost of welfare claims in 2007 arising from the entitlement of EU migrant workers to the childcare supplement and child benefit; the level of increase in applications for such benefits that has been evident since the beginning of 2006; his views on these increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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132 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will award free travel to Irish pensioners living abroad when they return home on holidays; and if he has examined the wider issues of Irish people living abroad who do not hold State pensions but who are over 66, and their entitlement to free travel when they return home on holiday.
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73 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the comprehensive drugs prevalence survey; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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407 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if she has satisfied herself regarding the take up and implementation of the individual learning programme for slow learners and for dyslexic pupils in particular at national school level; the percentage of national schools that have implemented this programme; her views on making the programme obligatory rather than optional; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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405 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the workshops organised by an association (details supplied) in many areas; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that the need for such workshops arises from the widespread non implementation of her Department’s policy and guidelines for slow learners; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that the staff and other resources required by the workshops are fully funded by the parents of the pupils concerned; her views on grant aid to workshops to defray these costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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236 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance the reason for the delay in issuing a statement of tax credits to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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212 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of public health nurses employed in the health service in County Mayo in each of the years from 1997 to 2005 and to date in 2006.
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120 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to circulate to all households here, the updated information leaflet on national planning for nuclear emergencies.
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80 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to meet with the Northern Secretary, Mr. Hain, with a view to receiving a solemn commitment that no nuclear power plant will be built on the island of Ireland under the UK energy review.
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56 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the effect of the recent European Court of Justice decision that it had jurisdiction in the matter concerning the commissioning and operation of the MOX plant at Sellafield which Ireland had originally referred to an international tribunal; and the action he proposes to take arising from this new and enhanced position of the European Court of Justice.
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16 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the recent warning from the Chief Justice over the introduction of hastily prepared legislation; his views on the warning from the Chief Justice; if he intends to take the advice of the Chief Justice in regard to legislation emanating from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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6 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the recent report from the Human Rights Commission on the rights of de facto couples, which warned that Ireland could be in breach of international human rights conventions in not making provision for de facto couples; the steps he intends to take to provide full rights for such couples; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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373 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if there is anything in law to prevent a child going from fifth class in a national school to first year in a secondary school, thereby missing sixth class, in view of the fact that the secondary school has special facilities for educating children with Asperger’s syndrome.
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372 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if there is a policy within vocational educational committee schools whereby pupils will not be admitted to second level where they were previously at second level in England without the production of a report from the previous school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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228 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has concluded his consultations with local government interests regarding the creation of new town councils; if not, when he will conclude same; and when he will make a decision on the matter of new town councils under the Local Government Act 2001.
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227 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if local authorities require Departmental permission before consultants are hired by local authorities.
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226 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if under the review of the disabled persons grant scheme, he will consider funding 100 per cent of the cost to the maximum grant available, rather than requiring local authorities to contribute 33 per cent.
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