185 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare have agreed on the long term projected enrolment for the school; and the next step in the process.
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184 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are approximately 400 children being taught in prefabs in national schools in Naas, County Kildare; if she will request the boards of management of each of the schools involved to advise her of the number of children being taught in each school in prefabs; the school year they are in; if any of the teachers teaching these children are temporary; and if she will request the boards of management to contact each of the parents of the children being taught in prefabs to establish if they would prefer their children to continue in their existing school or to be taught in a new permanent building such as a school (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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183 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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153 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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136 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport if he has received the inspector's report in relation to the public inquiry into the Kildare route project; and when he is likely to either confirm or reject the Railway Order.
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135 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport if he has concluded his review 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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108 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 tenders are to be sought from consultants.
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107 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance if the contract documents for the purchase of a site for Ardclough National School, Ardclough, County Kildare are near resolution.
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98 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 278 of 25 April 2006, the number of additional home help hours which will be allocated to County Kildare in 2006.
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97 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will approve the Health Service Executive capital plan for 2006 and specifically phase 3C of Naas Hospital.
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91 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the review of the optical service in Kildare and west Wicklow in relation to the assessment of staffing requirements is looking at internal procedures carried out by clerical administrative staff on a daily basis rather than the provision of additional opticians.
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90 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the waiting times for eye tests for children at each of the health centres in County Kildare.
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81 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Defence the criteria for recruitment to the Defence Forces; when the next recruitment drive is planned; if a criminal offence committed by a minor is an impediment to recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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121 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Defence the number of former members of the Defence Forces who applied for disablement pensions since 2000 in respect of injury and disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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231 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that despite the recent revelations on RTE’s Primetime programme concerning the quality of water in group water schemes in County Mayo, the situation has not improved and that families in the area are still at risk from contaminated water; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that one group water scheme (details supplied) is in breach of EU Directive 2000/60/EC on the provision of clean drinking water; and if he will use the powers vested in him to ensure that an emergency supply of clean water is provided to the area concerned and the local primary school in particular; if professional personnel will be provided to monitor the quality of drinking water in the area until Mayo County Council is in a position to provide a treatment plant and palatable water; if he, who has provided substantial funding has satisfied himself with the response of Mayo County Council to the water quality situation in the county generally and in this area in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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90 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view the failure to raise the concerns of the Members of Dáil Éireann at the planned privatisation of British nuclear fuels with the British Prime Minister as expressed during a debate on 5 April 2006, the plan of action the Government intends to implement to encourage the British Government to change their minds on this dangerous proposal; and his plans to mount a diplomatic campaign on this issue.
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13 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the national emergency plan for an accident at the nuclear plant at Sellafield was last tested; his views on whether it should be reviewed in view of the recent dramatic presentation of such an accident and its consequences; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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145 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport the action he is taking to encourage the greater take-up of annual commuter tickets; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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149 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport the legislative changes he envisages making to facilitate the optimum use of the Dublin Port Tunnel, in particular in relation to the use of the right hand lane by heavy goods vehicles in both tunnels.
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146 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the headline crime statistics, by category, in the Leixlip area of County Kildare in the Dublin metropolitan area west for 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004; the quarterly figures for 2005; and the figures for the first quarter in 2006.
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110 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport the amount of funding provided to Irish Rail to establish the projects design office for the city centre resignalling project.
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47 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the operation to date by the Garda of the expanded penalty points system to cover an additional 31 offences; if the national driver file and Garda PULSE system have been linked up; the information which will be available to gardaí stopping drivers on the number of penalty points they may have acquired.
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21 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of seizures of cocaine, the volume of cocaine seized and the estimated value of the cocaine seized in respect of each of the past five years; if additional measures are planned to combat the spread of cocaine sale and usage; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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152 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the national immunisation advisory committee will not recommend vaccination for all children against the most common cause of meningitis; if her attention has been further drawn to calls from the Irish branch of Meningitis Trust to have the vaccination campaign extended to all children; her views on a universal campaign for children and the elderly which has recently commenced in the UK and which identifies children aged under two as a particular risk group; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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86 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to reports that staff at the Mater Hospital, Dublin have been given suggested answers to questions they may be asked in the second national hygiene audit; the steps she intends to take to ensure that this second national hygiene audit is fully transparent and accountable; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1009 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether local authorities, where there is substantial population growth, are suffering from the public service embargo; and if he intends to request the lifting of the embargo for such local authorities.
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1008 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has met interest groups to date in 2006 in relation to the issuing of regulations under the Local Government Act 2001 to allow, by order, the establishment of new town councils; and the details of same if applicable.
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1007 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will supply the information requested in Question No. 247 of 2 March 2006.
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1006 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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1005 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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926 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if she intends to look again at the unacceptable position whereby 23 schoolgoing children will be unable to attend a national school (details supplied) in September 2006; and if she will seek a solution with the board of management on this issue.
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925 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 national school (details supplied); 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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924 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science when it is likely that the stage two submission regarding the required phase 2 extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare will be examined with a view to progressing the project.
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923 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if it was her visit to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare which led to the project finally getting clearance of the stage three submission, or if it was cleared in the normal fashion within her Department.
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922 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if the contractor for a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare has accepted the letter of intent for the contract; if a formal letter of offer has issued; if contracts have been signed for the project; the details of same including cost and building timeframe.
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921 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the way in which the project for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare will be progressed, in view of the fact that the school has sought capital funding and the project has not appeared to progress.
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920 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if the boards of management of the six national schools in Naas agree a common enrolment policy which will see the use of the new national school (details supplied) other than incrementally; and her views on such an enrolment policy in the interests of the children of Naas.
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919 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if design teams have been appointed for the new school projects for schools (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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895 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to plans by University College Dublin to sell lands at Lyons Estate, Ardclough, County Kildare; if the sale has been approved; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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747 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the quarterly breakdown of headline crime incidents in the Carlow-Kildare division for each quarter in 2005 and the first quarter in 2006.
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531 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport if he has received proposals for park and ride facilities in County Kildare under Transport 21.
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530 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport if he has received the inspector’s report on the public inquiry into the Kildare route project; and when he is likely to either confirm or reject the railway order.
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529 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport if he has concluded his review of the reform of the bus market; and when he will make a decision on the Dublin Bus application for funding.
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328 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance if the board of the Office of Public Works has made a final decision on the new Leixlip Garda station; the decision reached; and when construction will commence.
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327 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance if, in view of the fact that planning permission was granted on 27 March 2006, tenders have been received for the roof repairs to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if it is still the intention to carry out the works in the summer of 2006.
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325 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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329 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 6 April 2006, when the catchment flood risk assessment for the Rye River will commence; the likely time for completion of the report; and the studies which it has been agreed that Kildare County Council will carry out in the interim.
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317 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance the amount of redundancy payment which was exempt from taxation in 1997 and in each year up to 2006.
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278 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the Adjournment debate in Dáil Éireann on 27 April 2005 on home help cutbacks in County Kildare; her further views on the fact that it was stated that she was concerned at the reduction in the service and had requested the Health Service Executive to reconsider the situation in the context of the needs of the area; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the number of home help service hours in Kildare has fallen from 440,883 in 2003 to 322,957 in 2005 per the Health Service Executive despite an increase in the number of clients by 33% in the period; and if she will explain to the Houses of the Oireachtas the action she intends to take regarding the destruction of the service in County Kildare.
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