332 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a permanent school building for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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331 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of additional accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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330 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the position on the progressing of the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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329 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if she has received the tender report on a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if a tender has been awarded; the cost approved; and the construction timetable.
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328 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if the negotiations on the acquisition of a new site for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare have been successful; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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327 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 and the remaining stages to be completed in relation to this project.
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326 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of educational psychologists working in Kildare national schools; and the number of schools in the county that have no direct service.
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325 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date 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; if negotiations are under way to purchase same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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324 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) in County Kildare; and if she will sanction further progress on this project.
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283 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that with 2.6% of the population of the State, County Clare has 2.6% of the Garda force; County Tipperary with 3.6% of the population of the State has 3% of the Garda force; County Mayo with 3% of the population of the State has 2.5% of the Garda force; and that Counties Carlow and Kildare with 4.9% of the population of the State have only 3.2% of the Garda force; his views on the fact that, proportionately, the allocation for Counties Carlow and Kildare of gardaí is disproportionately low; and when he intends to correct same.
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282 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in forwarding the information requested in Question No. 499 of 8 November 2005.
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234 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport the locations of the proposed park and ride facilities currently being considered for development in County Kildare.
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233 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport if, in view of the granting of a licence to Dublin Bus to provide a new 7.50 a.m. service from Glen Easton in Leixlip, County Kildare to the city centre and Dublin Bus’s application for an evening licence, funding will be sanctioned for the purchase of an additional bus to operate this route, details supplied; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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232 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport when tenders will be invited for the resignalling project for the city centre to increase train paths per direction per hour from 12 to 16 into Connolly Station.
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231 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport when the public inquiry into the Kildare route project will be held; and the number of submissions he received following the publication of the railway order.
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209 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the provision of a replacement swimming pool in Naas, County Kildare.
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189 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 535 of 28 September 2005, if there has been a successful conclusion to the acquisition of the lands.
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188 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works has completed its examination of the Leixlip flood relief study; and if he will provide funding for the required alleviation works.
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187 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance if he has received the full report in respect of the replacement of the asbestos roof in a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and when work will commence.
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186 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance if the public consultation process on the new Leixlip Garda station is ready to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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182 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance when proposals on the restoration of the entrance to Castletown House, Celbridge, from Main Street, Celbridge will be put on display for public consultation.
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147 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in issuing a response to Question No. 296 of 8 November 2005.
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146 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in issuing a response to Question No. 247 of 8 November 2005.
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145 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the review of the mobile hospital service for Carbury, County Kildare, has resulted in the loss of the doctor to the service in view of the understanding that there would only be minor adjustments to the service.
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144 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the capital cost of providing the Maynooth community care unit; and the annual running cost of same.
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143 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether it is acceptable that children under four years of age must wait eight months for a hearing test at the Newbridge clinic in County Kildare; the reason for such a delay; and her plans regarding same.
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142 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in issuing a response to Question No. 243 of 8 November 2005.
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141 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of County Kildare children who are included in the orthodontic waiting list of 559 as indicated in a reply of 18 November 2005 from the manager of the orthodontic services of the Health Service Executive south-western area.
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140 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there has been further progress in arriving at the costing requested under Question No. 241 of 8 November 2005.
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343 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons who are homeless and without shelter in Dublin city and who are obliged to sleep in the open each night; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of such persons have died of the cold as a result since the onset of winter; and his plans to provide emergency shelter to prevent further deaths in 2005.
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198 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if lack of funding and the imposition of public sector staff cuts are the reason for the inadequate provision of services for the early services programme (details supplied) in County Kildare; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that cuts here led to a number of clinical posts being left vacant including that of an occupational therapist; if these restraints on recruitment will be removed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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16 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will liaise with the appropriate local authorities to encourage urban dwellers to use some of their garden space to grow produce; if the supports to ensure that the growers have access to seeds and polytunnels will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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205 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the 18-month waiting list for assessment of children for speech and language therapy in County Kildare; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the number of therapists in County Kildare has not increased since 1998 and that the increase in population since then with no provision of additional therapists has led to the creation of the waiting list; her views on whether the early assessment is crucial for these children; and if she will increase staffing to reduce the waiting list.
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127 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons who have resigned as members of the Competition Authority within the past 15 months; the number of vacancies on the authority; the steps he is taking to have these vacancies filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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125 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he intends to take to reduce the high and rising incidence of workplace fatalities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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46 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if free travel will be granted to Irish citizens of pensionable age living in Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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100 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the improvements which have been brought into effect in regard to the local development social inclusion programme in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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69 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he intends to bring forward legislation on charities regulation before the summer recess in 2006; if the general scheme of the Bill will go before the Government in January 2006; the reason for the delay in this legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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523 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if guidelines will be introduced for local authorities that requires them to include returning emigrants in the local authority schemes of letting of council social housing similar to that which pertains in the capital assistance scheme operated by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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398 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if non-EU nationals, who have been given leave to remain here on the basis of being the parent of an Irish born child, are entitled to funding for undergraduate full-time third level courses at recognised third level colleges in respect of fees and maintenance grants.
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218 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance if discussions between the Office of Public Works and the Garda authorities concerning changes requested by the Garda authority to the revised sketch scheme for the new Leixlip Garda station have concluded; if agreement has been reached and the proposals signed off; if the public consultation process can now commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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16 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he sought the reintroduction of a radon remediation grant scheme for householders during discussions on the Estimates 2006; and if he will report on same.
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107 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to the assurances he received at his meeting with UK Secretary of State, Mr. Alan Johnson MP, on 19 October 2005, his views on whether the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland should be given the fullest information on the assessment of the threat of a terrorist attack at Sellafield and other UK nuclear installations; and the way in which he intends to progress same.
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210 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of house burglaries and car thefts in the Kill area of County Kildare in the past five years; the detection rate for each; the number of gardaí allocated to duties in the Kill area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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13 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport the cost benefit analysis he has completed in respect of individual projects mentioned in Transport 21.
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15 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport if he proposes to reverse his policy in respect of the subsidisation of rail freight business in Ireland.
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79 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he and the Garda Commissioner have implemented the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women’s Rights which reported on the first and second Barron reports and which are pertinent to their area of responsibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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78 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners in each of the State’s prisons for each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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582 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has sanctioned a request by Kildare County Council for funding for the necessary works to prevent the ongoing stench of sewage in Leixlip village; if so, if the council have drawn down this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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527 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the condition of a school yard (details supplied) in County Kildare is such that the staff and management have to prevent children running during play and break periods for health and safety reasons; if she has received an application from the school management to have the resurfacing of the school yard included in the 2006 summer works programme; if a decision has been made on this application to date in 2005 or when a decision can be expected.
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