225 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will approve the Upper Liffey Valley sewerage scheme.
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224 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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212 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if additional educational psychologists will be appointed to Kildare national schools in 2006; and the number of schools in County Kildare which have no direct service.
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211 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has concluded the assessment of the long term accommodation needs of a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare; the details of same; and if there has been further progress in relation to the acquisition of a site for the new school.
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210 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if a formal letter of offer has issued in relation to a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the letter of offer was accepted; and if contracts have been signed for the project, the details of same including cost and building timeframe.
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209 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of pupils in a school (details supplied) in County Kildare who are accommodated in permanent buildings and temporary accommodation; the agreed long term enrolment for the school; and the numbers anticipated at the school for intake in September 2006.
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208 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of new national schools which have opened here, not including gaelscoileanna, in the past 20 years, which have been subject to growth on an incremental basis as two stream or one stream; and the list of the new national schools opened in the past 20 years.
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207 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if a design team has been appointed for a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the fact that the closing date for advertisements seeking design teams was 5 May 2006.
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206 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if a design team has been appointed for the extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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178 Mr. Stagg asked the 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 and Celbridge, County Kildare in 2005.
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177 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of successful prosecutions brought under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 2003 in 2006 in County Kildare; and the details of same.
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173 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the new Garda station in Derrinturn, County Kildare is fully operational.
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147 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport when he will consider the granting of the Railway Order for the Kildare route project in view of the fact that he has the inspector’s report into the public inquiry and the submissions he received during the display of the application for the Railway Order.
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146 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport if he has concluded his reviews of the reform of the bus market; and when he will make a decision in relation to the Dublin Bus application for funding.
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142 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport the reason for the delay in issuing information sought under Parliamentary Question No. 264 of 6 April 2006.
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132 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the towns in Kildare which have access to broadband at present; the towns without broadband; the amount of funding being provided by the State to provide broadband in Kildare towns under MANs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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127 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance if the tender has been awarded for the roof repairs to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if so, the details of same.
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126 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 329 of 25 April 2006, when the catchment flood risk assessment for the Rye River will commence; and if he will employ additional staff in the Office of Public Works, if as he stated, they have limited staff resources.
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125 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 are near resolution.
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102 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in issuing a response to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 11 May 2006.
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101 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in issuing a response to Parliamentary Question No. 288 of 21 March 2006.
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100 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the waiting time for hearing tests for children at the Newbridge, County Kildare and Tallaght, Dublin 24 clinics.
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99 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when tenders will be sought for the construction of phase 3C of Naas Hospital.
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82 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the timeframe for a new Medical Practitioners Act; her views on the concerns raised by the Medical Council that there are no national audit figures; her further views on the fact that a doctor struck off for misconduct abroad could not also be struck off the medical register here without the council holding its own fitness to practise inquiry; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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74 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the use the iodine tablets which were distributed to each household here would be if there was an explosion at the Sellafield plant involving the highly active liquid waste which are stored in tanks awaiting vitrification.
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78 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance the reason for the delay in issuing a P21 for the year to 31 December 2005 to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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23 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the decision not to make the Ryder Cup a free-to-air television event; his further views on whether this will dilute the impact of the event nationally and internationally; if he has had discussions with the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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16 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position in regard to the Dalton report; if he has received comments from those to whom he sent copies or extracts of the report earlier in May 2006; the reason he chose to send this information to these persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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551 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will reinstate home tuition for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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181 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the post offices which have closed in 2006; his views on a separate new regulator for An Post and other postal operators, in view of the unique features of the postal market; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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143 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will give an assurance to the Houses of the Oireachtas that the advice put forward in the Forfás Report, A Baseline Assessment of Ireland’s Oil Dependence that Ireland should consider building a nuclear power plant, has been dismissed by the Government, that no Department officials within his remit are looking at this option; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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103 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science her views on denominational schools which are oversubscribed putting children of other denominations or none at the end of the queue, where the ethos of the school is not under threat; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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98 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers who qualified in EU States other than Ireland who took up appointments in primary schools for the current academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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210 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of licences issued for the capture of salmon in Dublin Bay in 2005; the number of recorded salmon killed in 2005 by these methods in the stated area; the number of salmon recorded as caught and tagged by anglers on the River Liffey in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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114 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position with regard to the regularisation of undocumented immigrants in the United States, with reference to President Bush’s unprecedented step of addressing the US people on national television; the discussions which his Department has held with officials of the US administration; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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540 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 551 of 16 May 2006 if grants are available at present to carry out environmental improvements, similar to those grants that applied where remedial works were carried out to the houses ten years ago.
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194 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that arthritis patients in County Mayo have to wait four years to access a rheumatologist and to information provided at the Joint Committee on Health and Children on 11 May 2006 that the waiting times for such service is longest in the west and midlands; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that while there is one rheumatologist per 400,000 population here, the comparable figure in the UK and the rest of Europe is 14 rheumatologists to 400,000 population where the waiting list there is six to 12 weeks compared to four years here; if in view of the report referred to, she will provide the specialist unit for arthritis sufferers in Mayo with the required consultant and other staff to give a service and waiting time comparable with the rest of Europe; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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105 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to ensure that public service contracts are awarded only to those companies that meet minimum standards in terms of pay, working conditions and pension entitlements, in view of the disclosures of underpayments to foreign workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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70 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance the tax and VAT issues surrounding the new private sector venture for elderly people in their homes, known as comfort keepers, for the users and providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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122 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made to date in appointing a new chief science adviser to the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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119 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his view on the decision of the Competition Authority to interpret the Competition Act 2002 as prohibiting self-employed persons from having a trade union negotiate employment terms and conditions for them.
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551 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the grants which are available to local authorities to upgrade the environmental fabric of local authority estates here.
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197 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will supply the information requested in Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 2 March 2006.
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196 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is in a position to approve the Upper Liffey Valley sewerage scheme.
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195 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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189 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has concluded the assessment of the long term accommodation needs of the new Kill National School; the details of same; and if there has been further progress in relation to the acquisition of a site of the new school.
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188 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science when it is likely that the stage two submission in relation to the required phase two extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare, will be cleared with a view to progressing the project, in view of the proposed on site meeting with the school authorities and their design team early in May 2006.
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187 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to stage four and five submissions on the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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186 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if a formal letter of offer has issued in relation to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the letter of offer was accepted; if contracts have been signed for the project; the details of same including cost and building timeframe.
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