194 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the mechanism used by his Department in dealing with the problems attached to the National Aquatic Centre; his proposals in regard to the centre going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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178 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans or reports envisaged in regard to determining the value of marine life on the Rivers Liffey and Barrow and their tributaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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174 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance the number of applications by sports personnel for special tax reliefs since the scheme was commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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161 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who have availed of the BreastCheck diagnosis in Kildare for each of the past three years; if the percentage attending the service is increasing; if there is a proposal to reduce the age of person entitled to the check; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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160 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a directive as Department policy will be given to the Health Service Executive exempting a persons home from inclusion as part of the income assessment for the means test associated with nursing home subvention payments as is the case in all other various means tested payments for all other relative Departments; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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130 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the areas of research that have been identified by her Department into bio-fuels; the action which has been taken to ensure research in these areas is or will be carried out; when research into these areas will be carried out; the amount which has been allocated by her Department for each of these areas of research; the assistance she will offer the one power plant and the one cement company here which are investigating the feasibility of utilising MBM to generate fuel; the ways in which her Department are facilitating the use of tallow in thermal boilers in rendering plants as bio-fuel; when her Department will introduce procedures for the conversion of tallow into biodiesel; the way in which her Department will promote the use of anaerobic digestion and fluidised bed combustion; and when it is planned to begin such promotion.
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508 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding an application for a transfer for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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381 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to reopen the Curragh Prison, Curragh, County Kildare; his proposals in regard to the facility; the number of personnel employed in the prison for maintenance purposes, etc.; the cost to his Department for this aspect of maintenance; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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331 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the structure and timescale of the proposed distribution of funding on the closures of the two sugar factories at Carlow and Mallow; the percentage breakdown between the farming community and Greencore; the appeal mechanism available to farmers in their share of the available funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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298 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Transport the waiting times in relation to obtaining a driving test at the Naas, Carlow and Portlaoise centres; his plans to address the problems of waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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260 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position of IDA lands (details supplied) in County Kildare; if there has been an expression of interest or if interested bodies have visited the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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254 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position of an application for funding for educational purposes for a group (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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246 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding correspondence (details supplied) for capital lottery funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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214 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance the effects the Budget 2006 changes have had on home heating oil prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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174 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the proposed upgrading and refurbishment of the Alzheimer’s unit at a hospital (details supplied) in County Kildare; her proposals to extend the bed spaces at the unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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173 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans in conjunction with the Health Service Executive to extend the bed capacity at a hospital (details supplied) in County Kildare to meet the demands on the director of nursing and staff due to the extent of the applications for respite and long-term care from the people of Kildare and west Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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206 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses allocated to local authorities (details supplied) under the 2000 and 2002 Acts; the number of sites allocated; the number of instances of financial transactions as well as the amount of these transactions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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121 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the mechanism he has put in place to provide training for the employees recently made redundant in a business (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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241 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the grants available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in regard to the person’s career; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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153 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance if an application for tax relief for refuse charges can be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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839 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of affordable sites and affordable houses that each local authority has supplied to applicants for each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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838 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is an application with his Department in regard to refurbishment of houses (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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488 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the major discrepancies in train fares for journeys of equal distance from Dublin on different rail lines; the reason for such discrepancies in view of the serious effect such discrepancies have on commuters; the action he will take in rectifying the problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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487 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Transport if Iarnród Éireann has to adhere to the EU guidelines on train service timetables; if it is the prerogative of each member state’s train companies for economic reasons or social reasons to change timetables at any period of the year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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476 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Laois is not in receipt of rent subsidy; the further reason arrears of €4,000 was allowed to accrue in regard to the subsidy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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454 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an application for interest mortgage relief for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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369 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason for Athy’s unique status in Kildare that warrants the town’s omission from the broadband action plans and regional broadband programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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368 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the basis on which his Department decided that Athy, County Kildare, has sufficient broadband infrastructure to warrant omission from the broadband action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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367 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason his Department did not include Athy and Kilcullen on the listing and maps as having an Eircom DSL site; and if same is due to the fact that Athy has RAPID status and needs assistance to permit the town to compete for investment in support of employment creation.
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362 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason the Athy Town Council area has not been included on his Department’s regional broadband map; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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358 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the mechanism used by his Department in regard to the constitution of the regional maps for the determination of areas for broadband; the reason that towns such as Newbridge and Naas in Kildare were included on the map and Athy was not; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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357 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the contact his Department has had with Kildare County Council and Athy Town Council in regard to the position of broadband in the south Kildare area and Athy Town Council area; the results of such contacts; the reasons that, as of yet, broadband has not been supplied to the areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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356 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the mechanism used by his Department in determining areas, towns and villages to be serviced by broadband; the number of applications with his Department seeking such a service; the number in Kildare seeking such a service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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355 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of towns in Kildare serviced with broadband; the cost to the Exchequer in regard to each serviced area; his plans with the service companies to accept further applications in Kildare; the position regarding such applications to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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343 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance if the tax affairs of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare are up to date; if a tax rebate is owed to the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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233 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment date for a clinic at Tallaght Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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171 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be allocated an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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165 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the x-ray unit at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Athy, County Kildare, is not in operation; when the problems will be resolved; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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85 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the consultations his Department has had with the Garda Commissioner and the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform regarding the requirement for Irish language training for recruits to the Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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74 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can receive an earlier date for an MRI scan; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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41 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the policies involved in making decisions regarding designated-type hostels, such as Bridgewater House, Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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504 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Kildare is being invited to participate in the new school support programme under the DEIS action plan.
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264 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance if an application for tax relief by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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173 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be given an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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127 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Transport the definitive date for the opening of the Dublin Port tunnel; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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73 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Transport his views on the Government’s support for the sell-off of the Great Southern Hotels group by the Dublin Airport Authority; his views on whether the sale of the hotels will damage the tourism industry in the areas in which the hotels are located; the efforts he made to oppose the sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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237 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the mechanism available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare relating to her application for a college course; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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37 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding his recent announcement that three new super-regions are to be created from existing rural tourism authorities to promote rural tourism; the efforts he is making to encourage more tourism to the regions; the amount of money to be allocated to fund new tourism initiatives in each of the new super-regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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35 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the provisions made in the recently published Finance Bill 2006 regarding relief available for investment in film; his plans to extend the qualifying investment period for this relief beyond 2008; if the changes proposed require the approval of the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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32 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the terms of reference of the inquiry being undertaken by Mr. Tim Dalton into matters involving Bord na gCon; the progress made to date; when he expects to receive the report; if he intends to make changes to the structure or organisation of the board of Bord na gCon; if he is satisfied that sufficient procedures are in place to prevent doping or irregular practices in the greyhound industry to protect the integrity of the sport and ensure the continued confidence of patrons; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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