164 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in providing speech therapy to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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67 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the stage at which the implementation process of the new Farm Safety Action Plan 2009 — 2012 stands; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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225 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 27 May 2009, the status of the proposed biomass district heating scheme under the Dundalk 2020 project; the reason no preferred bidder was appointed; the reason no update has been sent to the final tenderers; the amount that has been spent on consultants and legal advisers by Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland on this project; the amount of a CONCERTO grant that was allocated to this project; if this grant has now been foregone or can be reallocated to another project in Ireland.
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91 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the make up of the new regional forum on integration; if all counties were represented in applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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88 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps he is taking to improve information services available to employees and employers on the benefits for unemployed persons moving from welfare to work.
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91 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Social Protection the action he is taking to reduce waiting times for processing claims across all schemes.
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332 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No 205 of 20 January 2010 if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the waiting list to see a consultant rheumatologist in a hospital (details supplied) is growing because additional weekly referrals exceed the existing capacity; the reason the staffing levels of one rheumatologist and four support staff to cover the population of Kildare is so low compared with staffing levels at other hospitals with similar population.
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314 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the plans in place to provide an early arthritis clinic at Naas General Hospital.
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313 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the urgent need for facilities to deal with problems effecting senior citizens in the Kildare and west Wicklow areas; her plans to address the issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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312 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of public long-term care beds within the Kildare and west Wicklow area especially designated for dementia and Alzheimer patients; if this number is adequate to meet the need for such beds or is there a waiting list for same; the numbers on the waiting list; her plans to address the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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311 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of Alzheimer and dementia patients in long-term care registered under the control of the Health Service Executive and resident in HSE facilities throughout the State; the location of such facilities and the numbers on the waiting list at present for each such facility.
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167 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if a successful contractor has been chosen for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare following the evaluation of the tender report
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216 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that appeals requiring an oral hearing in the social welfare appeals office are being delayed with the office dealing only with appeals lodged in August 2009 at present; if he will investigate this matter with a view to sanctioning additional staff to clear the backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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160 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children if a public health nurse will be available at Leixlip health centre to carry out developmental checkups on newborn children, in view of the circumstances outlined (details supplied).
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77 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the specific measures he has taken to ensure next generation broadband is advanced here; the timelines involved for such measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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60 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of times he has attended the Cabinet Sub-Committee on Climate Change for each year since its inception; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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185 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport when the sports capital programme and the local authority swimming pool programme will recommence.
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53 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the purchase of a site for a new school (details supplied) in Naas, County Kildare.
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20 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport her plans to develop a dedicated strategy for the gaming industry here; to use this strategy to encourage young persons to acquire third level education in gaming and ICT with a view to further developing our gaming business and wholesale ICT expertise; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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181 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in providing orthodontic treatment to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare
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130 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the progress made regarding the commitment given in the renewed programme for Government to expand the role of innovation vouchers in allowing growing local enterprises bridge the innovation gap in getting their products or services to the market; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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116 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the progress made regarding the commitment given in the renewed programme for Government to undertake an independent review of the effectiveness of State agency support for enterprise, including interaction between the Industrial Development Authority, Enterprise Ireland and county enterprise boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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467 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce legislation to cover the control and remediation of abandoned or orphaned landfill sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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468 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the moneys collected through the landfill levy scheme can be used to carry out necessary remedial works on a landfill site (details supplied) in County Kildare, that has now been closed by a court order and whose operating company is now in liquidation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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466 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the operators of the landfill at a location (details supplied) in County Kildare paid the landfill levies required; if not, the amount outstanding and the efforts being made to collect same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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465 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money collected to date from the landfill levy; the intended use of the moneys; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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464 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when Ireland signed the Aarhus Convention and when it is intended that Ireland will ratify that convention, and if in the meantime an Aarhus certificate can be applied for to cover a suitable subject for such a certificate in Ireland in view of the fact that the convention has been signed but not ratified to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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135 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government will make its pledge to reach 0.7% of GDP spending on overseas development aid real by ringfencing ODA from spending cuts, as the UK Government has done; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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88 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the recent attack on a village (details supplied) in east Congo and where the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has admitted that the incident was made worse by subsequent failings by UN peacekeeping forces.
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17 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the total strength of the Garda Síochána at the latest date for which figures are available broken down by full members, those who have attested but not yet concluded their training, those in training; the expected number that will be recruited during 2010, the total anticipated numbers at each above category at the end of 2010, the total number of members of the force who are expected to retire during 2010, the total number who were recruited in the first half of 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of occasions in 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 in which grenades, bombs or improvised explosive devices have been used; the number of occasions in each year when the Garda called on the assistance of the Army ordinance unit to deal with such devices; the number of prosecutions initiated as a result of the discovery of such devices; if he is concerned at the increased use of such devices by criminal elements; the steps he is taking to curb the use of such devices; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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124 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Transport his proposals for a motorway linking Dublin to Derry via Aughnacloy; the proposed cost of the project here; the cost to the Exchequer in each case; the time scale for delivery of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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118 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Transport his view’s on the development of a rural transport policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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207 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will change the medical card eligibility rules to allow the public service pension levy to be deducted in assessing eligible income.
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191 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of long-term stay beds and respite care beds in use at a care unit (details supplied) in County Kildare; the reason there is not full occupancy and if she will ensure that the beds currently not in use are brought into service.
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45 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress being made to reduce the waiting lists for those patients waiting to access dermatology services; the number currently waiting; the time period involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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19 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients currently receiving IVF treatment through the Health Service Executive; the average cost involved per patient; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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286 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will bring forward the White Paper on Local Government.
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285 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received the revised contract documents for the water supply scheme (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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215 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children if a site for a new health centre for Kilcock, County Kildare has been identified; and if not the actions that the Health Service Executive is doing to source same.
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214 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children when the primary care team planned for Kilcock, County Kildare will be up and running.
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213 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children further to parliamentary Question No. 156 of 8 July, 2010 when a response will issue.
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212 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children further to parliamentary Question No. 155 of 8 July, 2010 when a response will issue.
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211 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of children awaiting assessment for orthodontic treatment in Kildare and west Wicklow and the average waiting time for assessment.
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210 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of children awaiting orthodontic treatment following assessment in Kildare and west Wicklow; the average waiting time for treatment.
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209 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children if discussions between the senior management of the Health Service Executive and community welfare senior management in relation to securing accommodation for a public community welfare office in Naas, County Kildare, have concluded satisfactorily.
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208 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene with the Health Service Executive to establish the reason there is an 18-month waiting time for an eye test for children at Naas Health Centre, Naas, County Kildare.
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205 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of occupational therapists employed in the occupational therapy service in Kildare and west Wicklow and the number that would actually be required to deal with the workload in the area.
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207 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of speech and language therapists employed in the speech and language therapists service in Kildare and west Wicklow; and the number that would be required to meet the demand for the service given that on 30 June 2010 there were over 2000 children awaiting either therapy or assessment.
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