140 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason no provision has been made for a child psychology service for pre-school children in view of the importance at identifying learning difficulties at the earliest opportunity; when it is intended to provide the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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103 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in view of the fact that he accepts that the support centre for elderly Irish emigrants in Coventry, England, known as Teach na hÉireann, provides an excellent service and improves the quality of life of those it tends to, and in view of the fact that the funding for this new service allows it to open on only two days per week, he will now provide the necessary funding to allow the service to allow it to open on five days per week thereby more than doubling the service it provides; if, in this regard, he can indicate if the Dion committee at its recent meeting allocated extra funding to the centre as requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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57 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the matters discussed and conclusions reached at his meeting with the Chinese Prime Minister, Mr. Wen Jiabao; if the issue of human rights abuses were raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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414 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason supplementary welfare allowance has been suspended for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare while the one parent claim is being processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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212 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that pupils in senior infant class in Scoil San Carlo, Leixlip, County Kildare will be taught in classes of 35 pupils from September 2004; his views on whether this is an unacceptable pupil/teacher ratio; if he will allocate additional resources to the school to ensure that this situation does not occur in September 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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179 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will sanction the provision of a special needs assistant and resource hours for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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95 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the recent NCCA survey indicating that 44% of schools suffer from creaming off of students; the action he will take to achieve more balance in ability and social background of students; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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67 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science when he will introduce regulations governing admission to schools under the Education Act 1998; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when she expects to receive phase two of the report from economic consultants (details supplied) Export Licensing for Military and Dual-Use Goods; if it is intended to publish the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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6 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the costs incurred by the State, at the latest date for which figures are available, arising from the various inquiries instigated by or on behalf of her Department; the element of these costs that have been recovered from any of the other parties involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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93 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position with regard to the roll-out of broadband nationally, with specific regard to his Department’s schools broadband action plan, and the plan to deliver broadband to homes here; if he will back up his claims that Ireland can be at the top of the OECD table for broadband connectivity by 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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66 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the BCI consultation document on children’s advertising; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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52 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance the number of requests under the Freedom of Information Act received by his Department in the first quarter of 2004; the way in which this compares with the number of FOI requests received in a similar period in previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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41 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance the percentage of requests under the Freedom of Information Act which proceed to internal appeal in his Department; the way in which that percentage compares with the percentage in previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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45 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an investigation has been held into the circumstances in which Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform papers were found in an illegal dump in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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36 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the results of the first drug prevalence survey which showed that almost one in five young adults had taken an illegal drug, with cocaine becoming widely used; the steps he intends to take to reduce the drug supply in view of these figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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52 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport if he will make a statement on the future of the regional airports with specific reference to State subvention.
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73 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport the number of drivers who have been disqualified from driving under the penalty points system up to the latest date for which figures are available; when he expects to expand the number of offences for which penalty points can be awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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135 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an application for a new house grant in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare continues to be valid; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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68 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the latest position in regard to his request to the British authorities to allow Irish experts to inspect the Sellafield nuclear plant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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18 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the latest position regarding this country’s international legal case in connection with the Sellafield nuclear plant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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773 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has made any changes to the private site scheme whereby applicants are provided by the local authority with a site on which to build a home at a subsidised price; the price now payable by applicants for a site; if he will provide an updated or current copy of the scheme and of any guidelines on this scheme that issued to local authorities in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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629 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason speech, physical and occupational therapy cannot be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he will ensure that the resources required are made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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616 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the fact that expenditure on the Kildare-west Wicklow mental health service is €31 per head of population compared to the national average of €114 and that within the ERHA the Kildare-west Wicklow mental health service has the lowest level of funding for its services; the reason this is so; if the ERHA will allocate funds to the various mental health authorities on an equitablebasis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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615 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Kildare-west Wicklow mental health service has only one third of the average number of beds that other mental health areas have; if the ERHA will allocate its funds, capital and current, in order to ensure that there is an equitable level of service throughout the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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614 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the ERHA has spent sizeable funds on the adoption of Clonee House which is located near Newbridge, County Kildare, for use as a high support hostel for Kildare-Meath-Wicklow mental health service and that the hostel would accommodate 14 patients who presently are accommodated in acute psychiatric beds at a cost of €100,000 per bed per year; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that the provision of the required nursing staff of 11 nurses would not alone allow the hostel to open but would provide savings of nearly €1 million per year; if he will make inquiries with the Board with a view to providing appropriate accommodation for the patients with an attendant saving of €1 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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560 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in the provision of an artificial leg to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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292 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance the reason for the delay in issuing a refund of tax paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he will arrange for same to issue without further delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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146 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a recent EU study by the equal at work project which found that low pay and limited career prospects are making it difficult for community and voluntary groups to attract and retain staff; if he intends bringing forward proposals to address pay and working conditions in the community and voluntary sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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71 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress which has been made by the working group on the development of a no-fault compensation system for birth-damaged children; when he expects the group to report; if he will seek to expedite the introduction of proposals in this area, having regard to the recent awards in the High Court and the increasing difficulties facing practitioners and especially obstetricians in finding insurance cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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62 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress made to date by the Commission on Assisted Human Reproduction that was established in March 2000; when he expects to receive its report; and if it was delayed by a dispute between hospital consultants and his Department.
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388 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he received a request from Kildare County Council for additional special funding to carry out repairs to local roads in the environs of Straffan, County Kildare, in preparation for the Ryder Cup in 2006; and if he will give his attention to the special request.
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386 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he received proposals from Kildare County Council for the provision of a new fire station; if so, the proposed location; and if it will be a three bay, four bay or five bay station.
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358 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reconsider his refusal to provide a 24 hour Garda station in north Kildare to serve the towns of Maynooth, Leixlip and Celbridge, in view of opportunities now presenting in terms of a site and shared service centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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319 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children, further to Question No. 408 of 24 February 2004, the full complement of beds now in use in the Maynooth community care unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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263 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will approve the contract documents for the refurbishment of a swimming pool (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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254 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if a costing has been estimated on the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if so, the amount involved; if the project can be included for consideration for funding from the secondary contingency fund if funds are available and unspent and from sums which might not be expended from the secondary sites fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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253 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of educational psychologists needed to be employed by the NEPS to ensure that all primary school children receive a service which they require; the net number of additional educational psychologists which will be employed in 2004; 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 agreement has been reached in regard to the provision of additional accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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251 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the action being taken by the OPW in regard to actively seeking the acquisition of a site for the new school to replace a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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250 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the applications on hand from a school (details supplied) in County Kildare, in respect of grant aid for furniture and equipment; the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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249 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 317 of 24 February 2004, if he will answer the questions originally posed; if he will visit the school, if he will direct an inspector from his Department to investigate the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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221 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in providing a leaving certificate curriculum in technology; when the matter will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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209 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance if the revised schedule of works for Lucan Demesne has been agreed and submitted to his Department; if same has been approved; the cost of the works; the funding being made available in each year for the works; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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208 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance the position in relation to reports required to progress the flood alleviation measures in the Ardclough and Leixlip areas of County Kildare; if funding is available in 2004 to assist in the preparation of the required reports and in respect of the actual flood alleviation works required; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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186 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, further to Question No. 204 of 24 February 2004, if there has been further progress in relation to the site in question; if agreement has been reached in relation to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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156 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the redevelopment of the Abbey Theatre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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138 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the accommodation requirements of the Garda for the new station in Leixlip, County Kildare have been finalised; if so, the details of same; if the OPW has been requested to provide a revised design sketch scheme for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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79 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the primary schools whose building projects are advancing through architectural planning in 2004, which have been given firm commitments that their project will be allowed to proceed to tender in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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78 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will sanction the request from St Joseph’s School, Kilcock, County Kildare for the provision of temporary accommodation for two full time resource teachers and three part time resource teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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