346 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the management of the Dublin-Wicklow mountains; if his attention has been drawn to damage being caused on our mountain ranges by motor bikes and quad bikes which are causing irreparable damage to the land surface; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that these vehicles are devastating our 5,000 year old cairns; if he will take the necessary steps to ban these vehicles on our mountains and that he will protect by use of sensitive boundaries the stone walling and Cairns which exist in the Dublin-Wicklow mountain range that are being damaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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294 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for social welfare in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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137 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will make contact with a person (details supplied) with a view to establishing an international transfer under the Sentenced Persons Act and afford all consular rights as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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37 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the fact that in September of this year Angola will hold its legislative elections, if he will commit to supporting the case being made for the need to have a substantial independent team of observers monitoring the election; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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35 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make contact with a person (details supplied) with a view to establishing an international transfer under the Sentenced Persons Act and afford all consular rights as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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111 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding Garda resources in Dublin South-Central (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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512 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when it is expected that Garda clearance will be forthcoming in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if this application will be expedited.
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224 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Health the position regarding respite care at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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312 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the role the international office of Dublin City Council plays in establishing international contacts on behalf of the city and Ireland incorporated; if, in view of the fact that his attention has been drawn to the fact that Dublin City Council has twinned with Beijing and Beijing and Dublin have entertained each city’s Mayor for the signing of the twinning arrangement, further in view of the fact that the communist party system as operated in China, clearly has representatives from the city of Beijing sitting on the central committee, he will explain the reason he did not deem it appropriate for the international office in Dublin City Council to be represented on the trade mission that he led recently; if he will now consider along with the Department of Foreign Affairs, liaising and engaging the participation of the city in all future exchanges; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1396 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures currently being taken to repair and replace road surfaces in Ireland, especially road markings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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998 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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873 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the large scale discrimination against tenants, who, through no fault of their own, end up unemployed and who are then eligible for a rent subsidy and who find themselves victims of landlords refusing to accept them as continuing tenants as a rent subsidised tenant; if the necessary legislative changes will be made to ensure that this discrimination ceases as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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872 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will concede to a request that all landlords who have sitting tenants in excess of two to three years who lose their employment and end up being rent subsidised should be automatically entitled to a continuation of tenancy as a rent subsidised tenant.
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601 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection the provisions for dealing with anti-social behaviour in rent subsidised units (details supplied); and in this case who is the key worker.
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585 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify the status of a community welfare (details supplied) and its future; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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560 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding social protection payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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559 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an extension for three community employment workers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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160 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Finance in view of the fact that he is aware of the numbers of companies that are going into liquidation which are otherwise unregulated in the bill payment or debt management services, his plans or proposals to bring in the necessary legislation to prevent very often vulnerable elderly persons (details supplied) and persons of meagre incomes being victims of these companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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59 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will review the last Government’s decentralisation policy as it affects the offices of his Department, with a view to relocating back to the capital those sections of the office that have been transferred, for example, the Limerick office; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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240 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a special needs grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; if he will advise on how to help the person in this predicament; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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412 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will explain the rationale, between a local authority housing applicant, (details supplied) living on a rent subsidy in the private sector, being allocated a housing association unit (details supplied) under the rental accommodation scheme of residency; if he will explain the rationale as such a tenant of a housing association living in a RAS designated unit does not qualify for an internal transfer within the housing association scheme, that they must go on the city council housing transfer scheme in order to be rehoused as their family develops by the local authority and not the housing association; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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317 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection if she outline the terms applying to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 and community employment workers in general as to the duration of their entitlements to BCE; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there seems to be perpetual confusion among FÁS advisers and CE supervisors as to the eligibility for continuing CE workers on the schemes for more than two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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265 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will urgently clarify a situation (details supplied) in respect of a person; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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58 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection when is it expected that an oral hearing will take place on an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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615 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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554 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Health if he will review a decision to issue a doctor-only medical card to persons (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and if this matter will be investigated urgently.
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399 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position in relation to genetic modification, GM plant trials and biodiversity in general.
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352 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the Environmental Health Authority will investigate and follow up numerous complaints made to it by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 about a garage which is emanating pollutants; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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256 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and when it is expected that payment will be made.
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254 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will confirm when backdated moneys will be paid to a person (details supplied); and if she will expedite the matter.
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198 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his and this Government’s position in relation to GM, GM food, GM plant trials and bio-diversity in general.
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418 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Defence the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 is being stopped €190 per month of their Army pension; and if he will urgently review this issue.
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394 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the legal rights of same sex couples (details supplied) in respect of parenting rights and responsibilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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219 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Health when an application will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 and if he will expedite the matter.
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124 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount and type of payments that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 receives from her Department on a weekly and monthly basis; the manner in which the person's eligibility for rent allowance is assessed; the amount this person receives; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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688 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Health if it his intention to seek the consent of the Department of Finance as laid out in section 9 of the Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal Act 1997 to introduce a statutory instrument that would extend the class or classes of persons eligible for compensation thereby allowing those women currently testing negative despite their ill health to qualify; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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681 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Health the future of the Aisling Clinic, which is located on the grounds of Cherry Orchard Hospital, Dublin; if it is envisaged that funding will be sustained to ensure its future viability; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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672 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Health when an insulin pump will be supplied to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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563 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the exact position in relation to squatters rights; if it is envisaged that a review of this matter will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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554 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if any legislation regarding the regularisation scheme for undocumented migrants in Ireland will be introduced in Dáil Éireann this year or during the lifetime of the Thirty-first Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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534 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the planning regulations that govern the rights of retention of buildings that have been illegally erected; if a seven-year rule applies in regard to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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452 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for the future of the Digital Hub Development Agency, particularly in the context of the proposal contained in public service reform that the DHDA should be merged with Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland; the progress made with regard to this proposal; if his attention has been drawn to companies operating within the hub that are concerned about the uncertainty regarding its future; if he is concerned that the uncertainty might inhibit enterprises from locating in the hub; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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350 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection the entitlements of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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344 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if she will expedite payment.
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252 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale behind mid-term breaks and other breaks in the school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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494 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the projects that have been funded by the Office of the Promotion of Migrant Integration since he was appointed, in tabular form.
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433 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the current budget of the social inclusion unit within his Department; the projects that have been funded since he was appointed; the amount that each has received in social inclusion funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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386 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the rationale behind the decision to refuse an application for back to education allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); if this case will be reviewed; if so, can payment be forthcoming; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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364 Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that persons engaged and employed as school wardens will be automatically paid jobseeker’s allowance during the holiday periods, mid-term breaks, Easter, summer and Christmas; her view on whether the time taken to process these payments is unfair; if she will endeavour to ensure that the system of payments to school wardens will be improved; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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