281 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the staffing issues referred to in Question 665 of 15 November 2005 have been resolved.
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280 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the crisis facing county councils caused by the public sector staffing embargo, specifically where there is a large growth in population in the local authority area, will be discussed with the Department of Finance with a view to getting it lifted in these local authorities.
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279 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to the disabled persons and essential repairs grant scheme in 2005 to each local authority; the amount spent by each; and the position regarding funds which remained unspent at 31 December 2005.
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267 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will accept the appeal lodged as indicated in Question No. 333 of 8 February 2006.
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266 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if the provision of a covered walkway between the old Confey College building and the new school in Leixlip, County Kildare, will be funded under the summer works scheme; and if any of the other schools are unable to take up their allocation.
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265 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the capital funding for national schools building projects in 2006; the amount committed at present to ongoing projects under construction or approved for tender; and the estimated cost of the building projects currently in advanced architectural planning.
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264 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if she has received the tender report for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if a tender has been awarded; and the cost approved and the construction timetable.
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263 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if the contract documents for the purchase of a site for a new national school in Ardclough, County Kildare, have been signed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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262 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if she has approved the stage three submission for the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; the remaining stages to be completed in this project; and when the project will go to tender.
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261 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if she has received the stage two submission in connection with the required phase two extension to a school (details supplied); and if she will sanction further progress on this project.
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168 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport if shadow tolls will be introduced on the M50 West Link toll bridge until open road tolling is introduced in view of the recent announcements by him and the National Roads Authority with regard to the buy out of the National Toll Roads contract.
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167 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport if he has received the Dublin Bus review of its network; and if he will sanction the purchase of additional buses as promised under Transport 21.
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166 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport if, further to Question No. 897 of 25 January 2006, he will make a request to Iarnród Éireann to bring forward the city centre resignalling project; and if the design work was outsourced in view of the workload in Iarnród Éireann at present.
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165 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport when he expects the report of the inspector appointed to carry out the public inquiry into the draft railway order for the Kildare route project.
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134 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works has met with Kildare County Council officials with a view to identifying possible ways of advancing a flood relief scheme in Leixlip.
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133 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance if an independent assessor has been appointed by the Office of Public Works to consider the 98 public submissions on the new Leixlip Garda station; the timeframe for the completion of the assessment; and when the board of the Office of Public Works will meet to make a decision on the matter.
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127 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance the progress to date in 2006 in acquiring a site for a new national school for Kill, County Kildare; if a site has been identified in conjunction with officials from Kildare County Council following the meeting between the Office of Public Works and Kildare County Council officials; if negotiations are underway to purchase same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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118 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason phase three C of Naas General Hospital redevelopment has not been sanctioned to seek tenders.
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117 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in issuing a response to Question No. 480 of 25 January 2006.
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115 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the mobile hospital service for Carbury, County Kildare, has effectively collapsed; and her plans regarding same.
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114 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when an answer will issue in response to Question No. 477 of 25 January 2006.
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113 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the review of the optical service staffing requirements in Kildare and west Wicklow will be completed.
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150 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science what she intends to do to ensure that young people who have dropped out of school before taking the leaving certificate have the opportunity for further education and training; if she will implement the proposal of the education disadvantage committee that such young people should be monitored and assisted in securing further education and training by the National Education Welfare Board; if she will resource the board to do this work; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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85 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will develop a national strategy to address low literacy levels, as recommended in the final report of the educational disadvantage committee of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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321 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when benchmarking will be awarded to home helps operating in County Kildare.
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151 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Question No. 16 of 29 November 2005, the EU member states that operate a radon grant scheme; and the details of same.
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117 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his resistance to the introduction of a radon remediation grant scheme for householders is based on his acceptance that for those exposed to similar concentrations of radon, the risk of contracting lung cancer is 25 times greater for those who smoke, and that the vast majority of the radon induced lung cancer cases occur among smokers and ex-smokers.
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333 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science further to Question No. 1397 of 25 January 2006, the reason the Church of Ireland national school in Edenderry was not included in the summer works scheme; and if her decision will be reconsidered.
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190 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the range of home care packages available for elderly people; the amounts available in the Health Service Executive south western area; if there is a differentiation in the grants available; if so, the reason therefor; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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156 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to data from the Revenue Commissioners’ customs service suggesting that the approximate value of illegal drug seizures here in 2005 was €37 million; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that there were 1,223 such seizures; his views on these figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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282 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance when an investigation in relation to non-return of earnings and tax deductions for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in the tax year to 31 December 2004 will be completed; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the non issuing of a P21 to the person involved means that they cannot finalise the third level grant applications in respect of their children; and if this matter will be expedited.
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281 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance the final number of submissions received under the public consultation process for the new Leixlip Garda station; the length of time it will take to consider same; when a final decision will issue in respect of the project; when tenders will be sought for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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187 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the draft services directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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129 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he has taken to protect the terms and working conditions of workers in the area of domestic service; if he is satisfied that there is adequate monitoring of this sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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34 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in processing the residency application for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of offences committed by those on bail and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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190 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport the discussions he has had with the Railway Procurement Agency regarding the large number of faults found in the foundation of the Luas line; the anticipated disruption to services as a result of the repair of these foundations; the contingency plans he is preparing to offset the anticipated disruption; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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127 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport the discussions he has had with the National Roads Authority regarding the serious flooding in the port tunnel; if he can give an assurance that the tunnel will be safe from flooding when opened; the projected cost of the tunnel; and when the project will be completed and operational.
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462 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that gardaí are not allowed to use the new Garda station at Derrinturn, Carbury, County Kildare for health and safety reasons, namely, due to the fact that there is no back door on the premises; if he will arrange to have the matter examined with a view to having remedial action taken that will allow the early use of the new premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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415 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport his views on whether it is preferred that housing areas for helicopters awaiting landing clearance should be over agricultural areas rather than over towns with large populations; and if the Irish Aviation Authority will be instructed to reverse its decision to house helicopters bringing spectators to the Ryder Cup over Maynooth town and instead house them over agricultural lands to the north and south of the town.
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329 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the once off ex gratia payment of €2,000 in respect of nursing home fees has not been awarded to a person (details supplied).
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216 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that general practitioners have been stopped from using patients’ PPS numbers as a means to identify same; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that general practitioners have called for a change in legislation to allow PPS numbers be used as unique patient identifiers; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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208 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the timescale for the opening of the Ballymun primary care project; the initial proposed budget for the project; the budget spent so far and the remaining costs that the project faces; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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180 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Irish soldiers serving with the UN in Liberia are allowed three weeks holiday during their seven month stint; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that they are required to return here at the beginning of that three week period and are required to pay €500 from their own resources to cover the cost of the return ticket; if, in view of same, his Department will cover the cost of the return flights to Liberia and seek funding from the UN for the cost involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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179 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Defence the reason no arrangements were made to forward Christmas parcels or presents to the Irish soldiers serving with the UN in Liberia before the Christmas festival; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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137 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the provisional headline crime statistics for the Carlow-Kildare division for 2005.
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93 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport if he will introduce shadow tolling on the M50 West Link toll bridge until open road tolling is introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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37 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of home care packages allocated to elderly people in County Mayo; the way in which the home care packages were distributed throughout each county here; and the criteria used to identify the needs in each county.
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36 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of elderly people in County Mayo awaiting admission to long-term care nursing homes in that county; the number of long-term places available in a nursing home (details supplied) in County Mayo; the number of beds in Mayo General Hospital which are presently set aside for elderly patients who cannot be discharged from hospital as they cannot be cared for at home; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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