265 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction funding for the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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264 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction temporary accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare in 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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263 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the expected growth which Kilcock town, County Kildare will experience in the short term and to the urgent accommodation requirements of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if she will sanction architectural planning for the school’s accommodation requirements forthwith; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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262 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the sanctioning of architectural planning for the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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261 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if phase 2 of the extension project to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare will be sanctioned in 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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260 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if the architectural planning of the new school for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare has been completed; if she will sanction the necessary capital to enable the project to commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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259 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if there are funds available to allocate to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare to enable the provision of temporary accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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258 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if there are funds available to allocate to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare to enable the provision of temporary classrooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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270 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if permanent recognition of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare has been sanctioned; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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257 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction an additional grant to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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184 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport if he is in a position to approve the business case for the Kildare arrow route project; if funding will be available to proceed with the project at a cost of €400 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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162 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position in relation to the approval of contract documents for the replacement of a swimming pool (details supplied) in County Kildare; the amount of grant funding available in 2005 for such projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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144 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance if the revised schedule of works for Lucan Demesne has been submitted to his Department and agreed; if he will provide details of same; the amount of grant aid being applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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130 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the full complement of beds is now in use at the Maynooth community care unit; if not, the number of beds in use; the reason for the delay in bringing the unit to full capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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57 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the high level steering committee for the language planning initiative has been established; if he has received reports from local steering committees on the operation of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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93 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the continuing death toll attributed to radon gas, he intends to provide funding 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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51 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the recent annual report of the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland for 2003 which states that between 150 and 200 people are dying every year from lung cancer arising from exposure to radon gas; the steps he intends to take to deal with the death toll being caused by radon gas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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62 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects to receive the report of the task force on juvenile justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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41 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of juvenile liaison officers in the Garda at the latest date for which figures are available; if he has plans to extend the scheme in view of its proven success in dealing with juvenile offenders, particularly in the context of his commitment to increase Garda numbers to 14,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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428 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if An Bord Pleanála and each county council have updated their manuals on freedom of information as required by the relevant legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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330 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if the appointment of two educational welfare officers will be sanctioned for Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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329 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science when she received an application for the reroofing of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; when a decision will be made to provide the funding for the necessary works; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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191 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if free travel will be granted for Irish senior citizens who are based in Britain, when they return here on visits; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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103 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the recent concerns expressed by the Children’s Ombudsman that the practice of admitting children into adult psychiatric hospitals may be in breach of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; the steps she intends to take to provide appropriate separate treatment for such children; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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62 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she intends to honour the commitment previously given to extend eligibility in order to provide an additional 200,000 full medical cards; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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441 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether it is a satisfactory position that the town of Kilcock, County Kildare, only has a local Garda station from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. six days per week, and outside of these hours the nearest contact is Ashbourne, County Meath, 20 miles from Kilcock; if Garda deployment will be increased in Kilcock and transfer the Kilcock area form the Louth-Meath division to the Carlow-Kildare division where there would be a better outside response time; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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146 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has had discussions with RTÉ regarding the station’s slowness with regard to the development of a digital platform in view of the fast changing nature of television broadcasting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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118 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance if the revised sketch scheme for the new Garda station at Leixlip, County Kildare has been submitted to the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform for approval; if said approval has issued from that Department; if so, when construction will start on the new Garda station following the public consultation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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69 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of awards made to date by the Residential Institutions Redress Board; the estimated likely cost of such awards in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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47 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science her views on the fact that, due to pressure to obtain a place in primary schools, pregnant mothers are enrolling their unborn babies in primary schools; her further views on whether planning for educational services is inadequate; if the census and population trends are taken into account when planning for schools infrastructure projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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81 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Garda investigation into complaints that luxury cars used to transport VIPs during the Irish Presidency of the European Union may not have been licensed as commercial vehicles, is complete; if action has been taken following this investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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37 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had further meetings with the Irish branch of the Shot at Dawn Campaign; if he has made representations to the British Prime Minister to persuade him and the British Government to grant pardons to the 26 Irish born soldiers in the British Army who were executed during World War I for various military offences which ceased in 1929 to be punishable by death; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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470 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science when a computer will be provided to a person (details supplied) on foot of the application made by the principal of this person’s school; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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132 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance the annual cost to the Exchequer of tax foregone in respect of pension relief from 1997 to date; the number of persons receiving tax relief in respect of retirement annuity premiums of up to 30 years, from 30 to 40 years, from 40 to 50 years and 50 years and over, respectively; and the number who have invested the maximum earning capacity in each category; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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76 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance if an estimate is available of the amount of capital gains taxes to be paid by shareholders in a company (details supplied); the number of shareholders subject to tax; the number of shareholders likely to be able to avail of relief as a result of capital losses incurred on investments in Eircom; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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46 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the discussions she has held recently with farm organisations regarding the nitrates directive; her views, from an agricultural perspective, on the recent report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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672 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to reapprove the community warden service in Naas town, County Kildare following the pilot scheme, in view of the fact that the service has been reduced by half; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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508 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the position on the provision of an extension to a college (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[29309/04]
507 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if she has sanctioned the proposals by the County Kildare VEC to relocate a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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506 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of sites examined by the OPW since 1999 regarding its work in identifying a site for the new national school for Kill, County Kildare; the number of sites which were recommended as suitable by the OPW; the number of offers to purchase which were made on foot of recommendations from the OPW; if any of these sites remains available for purchase; if there is a prospective site under discussion for purchase; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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505 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if there are funds available to allocate to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare to enable the provision of temporary accommodation at the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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504 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if there are funds available to allocate to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare to enable the provision of temporary classrooms at the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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502 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if she has received an application to fund the required covered walkway at a college (details supplied) in County Kildare under the 2005 summer works scheme; and when a decision will be made in this matter.
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501 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction funding for the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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499 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if the architectural planning for the extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare has been completed; if not, when it is likely to be completed; if she will sanction funding for the project; if she will sanction the provision of a general purpose room based on the number of classrooms in the new school rather than restricting same to 200 square metres; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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498 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction temporary accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare in 2004, in view of its urgent requirement to facilitate resource teaching and the delays which the project will experience by its inclusion in the commission on school accommodation study; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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495 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if phase two of the extension project to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare will be sanctioned in 2005 in view of the acceptance by the school authorities of the proposal for the overall extension of 27 classrooms in two phases; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[29281/04]
494 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if the architectural planning of the new school (details supplied) in County Kildare has been completed; if she will sanction the necessary capital to enable the project to commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[29280/04]
492 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if funding has been sanctioned for replacement of the roof at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; the amount sanctioned; when it is estimated the repairs will take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[29230/04]
503 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction the award of an additional grant to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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