78 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he intends to take to fast track the remaining NDP projects in his Department to ensure completion of the plan as soon as possible.
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142 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he intends to take to substantially improve local authority and voluntary sector housing output to meet NDP targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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401 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the outstanding payments which will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork.
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161 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has had discussions with bodies involved in the provision of broadband services or likely to become so involved in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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91 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on whether there is scope for a greater number of local independent radio stations; his further views on whether the licensing regime should be amended to allow for a greater number of stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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142 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a forestry grant payment will issue immediately to a person (details supplied) in County Cork.
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141 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if an application form for a forestry grant for 2005 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork.
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140 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a forestry grant will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Cork.
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123 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will make a statement on the case of a person (details supplied).
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49 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Science if she intends to introduce a system of standardised testing at primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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351 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an organisation (details supplied) in County Cork has made any application for funding.
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309 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he plans to introduce a new liquor licensing regime; if so, whether he foresees special licences for small cafe-like pubs of under 500 square feet; off-licence sales; and for night clubs to avoid the need for taking up court time each week applying for exemptions.
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170 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the political and security situation in Liberia; the level of aid given by Ireland to Liberia for 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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111 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the political and security situation in Kosovo; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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200 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Science if consideration will be given to an application for funding made by a school (details supplied) in County Cork for the summer works grant 2005 and the temporary accommodation grant 2005; the criteria which schools must satisfy to qualify for funding for these schemes; and when a decision will be made.
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821 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Science if a classroom assistant will be provided immediately for a person (details supplied) in County Cork.
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630 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of persons who joined the early farm retirement scheme and who now found themselves in a situation in which their assets are seriously devalued; it she will compensate these farmers for their losses; if they will receive a quota from the national reserve; and if she will deal with the fact that the scheme is not indexed.
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84 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action he intends to take as a result of the study commissioned under his Department’s family research programme, From Child to Adult; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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408 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has power over An Bord Pleanála; and if the board can issue decisions that directly conflict with Government policy and the national interest.
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407 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether special protection areas for the hen harrier would not interfere with the building of wind turbines.
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403 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his Department will make money available for the river crossing in Kanturk, County Cork.
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404 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funds will be made available for the realignment and widening of Miller’s Bridge, Millstreet County Cork.
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402 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when money will be made available to Cork County Council to begin work on the Millstreet relief road.
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292 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of applications under the force majeure scheme for single farm payment which have been received to date from persons in County Cork; the number which have been successful, refused, appealed successfully or otherwise, respectively; the number still awaiting a decision; and the cases that have been decided under different subject areas.
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187 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when the decentralisation of his Department to Killarney will take place; the number of staff of the various grades who have applied for positions in Killarney; and the number of staff required for the decentralisation.
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173 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he intends to fund the social elements in An Post services to ensure that these services will continue in rural areas.
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172 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to An Post’s efforts to contract out postal deliveries, particularly in rural areas; and his views on whether this will inevitably lead to a reduction in the number of daily deliveries in rural areas.
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171 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he will announce the details of the extra 140 MW recently approved by the EU under AER VI.
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132 Mr. Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if funding was made available to her Department in budget 2005 to fund the setting up of an out of hours doctors co-operative in north Cork; and if provision has been made, when funding will become available.
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180 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will report on exact entitlements for a person (details supplied) in County Cork under force majeure .
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111 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will establish a consultative rate payers forum in each local authority in recognition of the financial role of commercial rate payers in funding local services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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83 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will create new local authorities such as town councils and so on and upgrade some borough councils to city borough status where there is evidence of significantly increased population; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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49 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the length of time it takes to process an application for naturalisation.
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8 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that crèches built through funding from his Department have closed and that many more will close due to a lack of funding for day-to-day expenditure.
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433 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position with regard to the provision of a sewerage treatment plant for Newmanwel, County Cork; and when he expects the works will be completed.
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197 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the legal position for drivers stopped by gardaí who have sent their driving licence to the licensing authority either for renewal or addition of extra categories.
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72 Mr. Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she intends increasing the maximum subvention rate to local offices that will not be able to benefit from the plan to put beds in private nursing homes, as announced in the Estimates for 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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23 Mr. Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on a report (details supplied) that MRSA is present in many hospitals and in nursing homes here; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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63 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the sites that are being considered for the location of a new national theatre building; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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144 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of wind farms currently involved in energy production; the extent to which he expects them to play a role in supplies to the national grid in the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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104 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if suggestions to the effect that gas and electricity prices are being regulated in such a way as to financially penalise consumers here are correct; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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48 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Science the position with regard to the clearing of the backlog of applications for special educational resources; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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37 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Science the amount to be spent on capital projects at institutes of technology for 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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94 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the timescale for the accession of Bulgaria to the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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39 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the level of funding that will be allocated to Irish emigrant groups for 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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145 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if an application under the single payment scheme 2005 in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be reviewed.
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116 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a work permit application will be expedited for a person (details supplied). {29606/04}
669 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his Department will respond to Cork County Council’s request for townlands (details supplied) to be designated under the Derelict Sites Act 1990.
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