277 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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103 Mr. Stagg asked the Taoiseach if the Government has decided to extend the presidential payment for Irish citizens reaching the age of 100 years to those living abroad; the date of the change; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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90 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will expand on recent criticisms he made of the ongoing attempts by GAA clubs in the Tallaght area to prevent the stadium earmarked as the new home for Shamrock Rovers from being completed as a soccer-only facility; if he will expand on his main objections; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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431 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Question No. 834 of 21 March 2006, his views on whether, due to the lack of land, there will be no further development of Maynooth Castle.
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430 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Question No. 910 of 21 March 2006, if he will provide an answer.
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429 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the information requested in Question No. 247 of 2 March 2006 is available.
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428 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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427 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, further to Question No. 907 of 21 March 2006, he has requested the lifting of the embargo on the recruitment of additional local authority staff in areas where there is substantial population growth or is he making staffing returns to his colleague.
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426 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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385 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the investment of State money to the tune of €6.3 million in the provision of the new national school at Naas, she has no powers with regard to directing the enrolment policy in relation to the six national schools in the town; and if there were discussions with the other boards of management regarding enrolment policy in Naas prior to sanctioning of the project.
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384 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if design teams have been appointed in relation to new schools (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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383 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the fact that 23 children will not be taken into a school (details supplied) in September 2006, she has alternative arrangements which might be put in place to ensure that these children receive their education from September 2006.
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382 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if she has received the stage two submission in relation to the required phase two extension to a school (details supplied); and when it will be considered.
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318 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Question No. 134 of 23 February 2006, if cases have reached court in respect of the fast food outlets; and if there was a prosecution.
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264 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport the amount of State expenditure on the M50 prior to the establishment of the National Roads Authority.
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263 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport when he expects to make a decision on funding additional buses for Dublin Bus following the submission of its network review; and the constraints which are on him due to the Government partner’s views on privatisation of bus routes.
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262 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport if he received the inspector’s report on the public inquiry into the Kildare route project; and the estimated timeframe before he will either confirm or reject the railway order.
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261 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport, further to Question No. 518 of 21 March 2006, when tenders will be invited for the construction of the new station.
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236 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has made a decision to designate the Ryder Cup as a free-to-air sports event.
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161 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance the outcome of the meeting between officials from the Office of Public Works and Kildare County Council on 31 March 2006, to discuss the Leixlip flood relief study; and the necessary steps which Kildare County Council will have to take to provide a suitable flood alleviation scheme for consideration of funding.
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160 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; what that decision is; and when construction will commence in view of the decision.
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159 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance if the issues raised in connection with the contract documents for the purchase of a site for the new national school (details supplied) have been resolved satisfactorily; and if the purchase has been agreed.
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158 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance if the negotiations on the purchase of a site for a school (details supplied) have reached a satisfactory conclusion.
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137 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason it is taking three months to compile the information sought under Question No. 477 of 25 January 2006.
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136 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 16 February 2006, the reason there has been no progress on this issue or if the Health Service Executive intends to allow the waiting list in Maynooth Health Centre to grow beyond seven months before taking corrective action.
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135 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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121 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her policy for caring for the aged in their own homes and in short and long-term care; the resources she provided in 2004 and 2005 for this purpose; if the amount will be increased in 2006; the number of persons supported in each of the above categories during 2004 and 2005 and anticipated in 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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111 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the recent initiatives in the development of wave renewable technologies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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105 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will bring forward measures to encourage the development of marinas at fishery and other harbours here; if the present measures in place at his Department to process marina applications are adequate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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265 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on allocating further funding under the home improvement scheme for the elderly and central heating grants to the Health Service Executive in County Kildare, in view of the fact that its budget for 2006 is exhausted.
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171 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of home helps employed in County Mayo at present; the hourly rate of pay they receive; and if they have received their benchmarking increase.
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170 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if people availing of the services of a company (details supplied) are able to avail of the home care grant for same.
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134 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if the transfer of properties and money from the religious congregations has been completed in the context of the indemnity agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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99 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the arrangements that have been put in place to address the needs of the 100 children with autism who had their home tuition grants withdrawn in 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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302 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the review of community employment schemes will be complete; if he intends to sanction new schemes in particular for youth and community centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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240 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance if he will request the Office of Public Works to consider the provision of screening along the northern boundary of the lands at Maynooth Castle, Maynooth, County Kildare, through the provision of mature trees to reduce the visual impact of the Manor Mills development as the castle is viewed from Parsons Street, College Green area of Maynooth; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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218 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the cancellation of a hip operation for a person, details supplied, in County Kildare; and when the operation will be scheduled.
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207 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on including smoking patches in the drugs covered under the drugs payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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73 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance the number of court prosecution initiated as a result of tax evasion in respect of each year since 1997; the number of cases in which convictions were secured; the number of cases in which prison sentences were imposed; the sentence in each case; if he has satisfied himself with the level of court cases taken having regard to the high level of evasion; if he will report on the work of the investigations and prosecutions division of the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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22 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons, companies and trusts being investigated by the Revenue Commissioners arising from the Clerical Medical Insurance and NIB inquiry at the latest date for which figures are available; the number of cases where settlements have been agreed; the amount paid to date; the number of cases outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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92 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on proposals to change EU law to enable the European Food Safety Authority to conduct its own scientific assessments of the risks associated with allowing a particular application for approval of a particular genetically modified organism; her further views on proposals to empower, subsequent to a change in EU law, the European Food Safety Authority to consider, as part of an application for approval of a particular genetically modified organism, the possibility of long-term risks to the ecosystem should approval of that particular genetically modified organism be granted.
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502 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the decision by Kildare County Council at its meeting on 27 March 2006 to sanction the transfer of lands at Bawnogues, Kilcock, County Kildare, to her Department for a new school (details supplied), she will approve the appointment of the successful contractor that arose from the tender report; the cost of the contract and the timeframe for completion of the new school; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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318 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport if a date has been fixed for the start of construction for the Kildare route project; if this project could be extended to Straffan Station thereby servicing the communities of Ardclough and Straffan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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94 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Defence the number of apprentice mechanics working on the Irish overseas mission to Liberia; if all the fitter mechanics currently operating on this mission are apprentices; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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910 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends in 2006 to issue regulations under the Local Government Act 2001, to allow, by order, the establishment of new town councils.
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909 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the information requested in Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 2 March 2006 is available.
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908 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 revised preliminary report and water services pricing policy report.
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907 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 280 of 16 February 2006, the means of maintaining appropriate contact with the Department of Finance.
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906 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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834 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the decision not to proceed with phase two of the restoration works to Maynooth Castle.
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