92 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Irish Permanent Mission to the United Nations will support the request of Bhutanese refugees sheltered in seven camps in south-eastern Nepal to return in safety to their home country; if the mission supports the request that the King of Bhutan accept the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees as an independent monitor of verified repatriation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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49 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on such progress as has been made on the implementation of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty; his views on whether provisions in the treaty require existing nations with nuclear capacity to reduce transparently their arms; his further views on whether the treaty envisaged a complete block on nuclear capacity for energy purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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128 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the mobile health clinic serving Carbury, County Kildare, is to be discontinued in view of the medical service it provides to elderly persons on a weekly basis; if she will review this decision with a view to continuing the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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92 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance if he has received a reply to his letter to the financial regulator seeking advice on the adequacy of existing legislative and regulatory arrangements for the supervision of companies based in this country offering re-insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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49 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance the number of EU directives for which his Department has responsibility that are yet to be implemented; the number in respect of which the deadline has passed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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415 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in County Kildare has had to put second class pupils into class sizes of 35 pupils from September 2005; if this is acceptable and the best way of giving pupils the best chance of an education; if she will consider appointing an additional teacher to the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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414 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of special needs assistants assigned to each national school in County Kildare in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005; her plans for the expansion of the service in County Kildare national schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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151 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Questions Nos. 162 of 20 April 2005 and 317 of 12 April 2005, when a response will issue as promised.
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423 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the proposed sale of the Batty Langley Lodge and 14 acres of land; if, in view of the importance of reassembling as much as possible of the original Castletown Estate and in further view of the fact that it is unlikely to ever come on the market again, he will consider various options for purchasing the lands in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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214 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the review of the operation of the fishery boards and related matters has been completed and received by him; when the report will be published; and the procedures he proposes for consultation on the report and its implementation.
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76 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if refunds made to pensioners under the nursing home repayments scheme will impact on current pension entitlements; if pensioners who have already had illegal charges levied on them will not be further penalised by having pensions reduced in this manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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62 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in arranging an assessment by an occupational therapist for the provision of a special chair for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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153 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that the arrangements between Ireland and the UK on nuclear matters, announced by him in December 2004, are working adequately; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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125 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the information which was supplied to his Department regarding the reported leak at the THORP reprocessing plant on 19 April 2005; if he is satisfied that the information supplied adequately reflected the seriousness of the leak; the steps he took to verify the information supplied to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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158 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance if the revised sketch scheme for the transfer of a small portion of land at the front of the site for the new Leixlip Garda station in Leixlip, County Kildare to the Office of Public Works has been submitted to the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform for approval given that Kildare County Council has now approved it; when construction is likely to commence on the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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49 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the recent report submitted to his Department suggesting that sex offenders should be given special privileges in jail, including early release, temporary release and transfer to open prisons if they agree to participate in treatment programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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12 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will honour a commitment to meet persons (details supplied) on 6 May 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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31 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport the details of the proposed new outer ring road for Dublin; the efforts which will be made to ensure that such a ring road does not contribute to further urban sprawl; the timetable for the research, planning, and construction of this road; the estimated cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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162 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the outcome of the review by the HSE in relation to the number of hours allocated to the home help service in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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152 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the investigation which has been held into the circumstances in which huge numbers of counterfeit condoms (details supplied) were distributed and offered for sale here; if the estimate is available as to the number of such condoms that were sold; if she has satisfied herself that all counterfeit products have been withdrawn; if she has further satisfied herself that all appropriate and speedy action was taken when the problem was uncovered; the steps being put in place to prevent a recurrence of such a problem; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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98 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to research showing that rates of tuberculosis infection may be increasing in pockets of north Dublin; the steps she intends to take to counter the renewed threat from tuberculosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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247 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the length of time presiding officers had to work in polling stations during the by-elections of March 2005 which saw them working for 16 hours without a break; if this contravenes the Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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60 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will make a statement on developments in the Irish Register of Shipping during 2004 and to date in 2005, outlining the monthly additions and deletions to the register during the period; if he will report on the overall work of the Irish maritime development office; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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58 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the proportion of electricity needs here being generated by wind; the proportion he expects will be generated in ten years’ time; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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511 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will approve the selected tender for the Straffan sewerage scheme in County Kildare to enable work to commence on same (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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474 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science, further to Question No. 835 of 12 April 2005, if there has been further progress with the case.
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308 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport the reason for the delay in supplying additional buses to Dublin Bus under the national development plan; if he is aware that the non-provision of same is preventing Dublin Bus from providing 15 additional buses to serve the Maynooth, Leixlip, Celbridge and Lucan areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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105 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps being taken to address the problem of death and injury to children in farm accidents; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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70 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps being taken to address the serious problems of death and injuries through farm accidents; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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209 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 321 of 20 April 2005, the number of firearm certificates or licences that were endorsed in the terms specified in section 2(d) of the Wildlife Acts 1976 and 2000 in each of the years between 2000 and 2004; the number of forearm certificates, and the gun categories involved, that were issued in each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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158 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his examination of the proposal of this Deputy to provide free travel to Irish pensioners who live abroad while they are visiting Ireland has been completed; and when he expects to make a decision on the matter.
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135 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the Luton Irish Forum which provides services to the Irish community in the Luton area; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that the premises from which it operates and which is owned by the local council is in the process of being removed from it and that it is not in a position to provide an alternative premises from its own resources; if he will examine the matter with a view to financially assisting this group with the cost of acquiring an alternative premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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187 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance the position with a claim for a refund of tax for medical expenses in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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422 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if the new national school for Naas, County Kildare, will open in September 2005; if parents of pupils in existing primary schools in Naas will be advised in good time of the option to transfer to the new school; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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151 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the serious concern expressed by teachers at a number of incidents in which gardaí are reported to have entered school premises in search of pupils who were the subject of deportation orders; if she has had a response to representations she made to the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform on this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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142 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the call made by the Irish Language Commissioner, Mr. Seán Ó Cuireán, for a review of Irish language education in primary and secondary schools; her views on this call; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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94 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance when a tax rebate will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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322 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to the fact that under section 29 of the Wildlife Acts 1976 and 2000, he issued licences to hunt game-birds to resident sportsmen and sportswomen in an open season, such licences being endorsed on firearms licences or certificates, the number of such game-bird in open season licences he issued in each of the years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 and the number of prosecutions instigated and successfully brought by him against persons found to be hunting game-birds in an open season when they did not have a hunting licence endorsed on their firearms certificate for each of the years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004.
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321 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Questions Nos. 1321 and 1322 of 26 January 2005, the number of persons who had prosecutions instigated against them and the number of persons who had prosecutions succeed against them, thereby demonstrating the number of persons who had multiple prosecutions instigated and succeed against them in each of the years listed.
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162 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of beds occupied and the number of beds not in use at the Maynooth community care unit; the number of staff and the categories of staff now employed at the unit; the number of staff and categories of staff that remain to be appointed to provide the full range of planned services for the patients at the unit; and when the unit will be fully commissioned and staffed.
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161 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to a group (details supplied) comprising of multiple sclerosis sufferers in the Celbridge area of County Kildare; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that this group acquired, on a temporary basis, a lifting chair which enables the members to rise from their wheelchairs and stand upright safely and that the health board is now demanding either the lifting chair be returned or that the group pay €6,000 to purchase the apparatus; and if the multiple sclerosis group will be allowed to keep the lifting chair and the health board will cover the cost involved.
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91 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he intends to take to ensure that EU Directive 92/100/EEC, relating to the protection of the rights of authors, is fully implemented in this country; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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23 Mr. Stagg asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to London during which he opened the new RTE office and studio; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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477 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received a submission in regard to works in lieu of rehousing in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he is in a position to sanction funding for same.
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476 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in the context of his speech to Dáil Éireann on 15 February 2005 (details supplied), he will specify the detail of the limited exceptions he referred to and details of the existing provisions that were used in this case and could be used in other cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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92 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the announcement by the British Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his recent statement, of the decision to grant free local travel to pensioners; if he will enter into negotiations with the British authorities on a possible reciprocal arrangement to allow pensioners in each jurisdiction to benefit from free travel, particularly in view of the recommendations of the task force on policy regarding emigrants; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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53 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the discussions he has had with the Department of Education and Science in regard to locating volunteering centres on the campuses of third level institutions to ensure the comprehensive exposure of young persons to the voluntary sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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252 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if a special needs assistant and resource teaching hours presently allocated to a person will remain available to the person on transfer from one national school to another (details supplied); if she will ensure that such resources continue to be allowed to the person in question; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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86 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the discussions he has had with the British authorities in regard to the recent disclosure that 30 kg of plutonium are unaccounted for at the Sellafield nuclear plant; if he has sought an explanation from the British authorities as to the way in which this material could be mislaid; if steps are being taken to locate and secure the material; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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60 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the call of the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland that all homes being placed for sale on the market should be tested for radon gas and, when necessary, remediation should be included in the mortgage approval process; if his attention has been drawn to the results of recent research commissioned by the RPPI which showed that while more than three quarters of the population were aware of deadly radon gas and its dangers, the public was far too slow to take action to address the issue; the steps he intends to take to encourage people to take remedial action, in view of the fact that radon gas is believed to cause up to 200 deaths each year; if he intends to provide for a scheme to assist those living in pre-1997 houses to take remedial action to provide adequate protection for their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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