508 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the substance of a submission (details supplied) will be investigated and resolved in view of the serious concerns expressed in the submission; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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492 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it would make more sense, from both a financial and numerical point of view, to hire more gardaí in view of the fact that the overtime bill for the Garda is currently running at €170 million.
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218 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position of an application for eye and ear treatment for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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11 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on reports that African refugees and immigrants were driven into the Sahara desert to their deaths by Moroccan authorities in mid-October 2005, especially in the wake of attempts by thousands of African refugees and immigrants to cross barrier fences into Spanish held EU territory (details supplied).
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265 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of staff employed by his Department in each of the social welfare local and district offices in County Kildare; if this number is compatible with Department specifications for each office; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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228 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance if the tax affairs of a person, details supplied, are up-to-date; if a tax rebate is owed to this person; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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216 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance the reason vehicle registration tax offices demand payment by bank draft which leads to many problems for applicants (details supplied); the reason a certified cheque is not acceptable; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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766 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to a reply of 26 October 2005, if local authorities (details supplied) made an application; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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627 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science when a person can be allocated special needs assistance of 12.5 hours; if the allocation is for the full term or can the hours be changed at any time during the period of the term; if there can be a re-assessment; if a person’s parents are notified before such an assessment takes place; the mitigating circumstances that will cause such an assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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419 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reasons a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not been awarded rent subsidy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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299 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the timescale predicted to erode the waiting list for orthodontic treatment with the Kildare and west Wicklow section of the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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298 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of orthodontic specialists employed in the Kildare and west Wicklow areas of the Health Service Executive; if this number is compatible with the allocated number of specialists for this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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297 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of occupational therapists employed by the Health Service Executive in the Kildare and west Wicklow area; if the stated occupational therapists are available to children attending mainstream education that need such treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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177 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science when the Bus Éireann report on the school bus crash in County Meath will be published; if she will support the giving of as much information to the families of those who died or were injured as would be considered not prejudicial to a possible court action, following consultation with the Director of Public Prosecutions; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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140 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science if the improved support for pupils with low attainment levels of literacy and numeracy planned for the DEIS action plan will be provided in 2006; if they will be linked to standardised testing; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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128 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if funding is available for a soccer club (details supplied) in County Galway; the other routes the club can take in terms of receiving funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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453 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if funding is available for an organisation (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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407 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Transport when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a driving test date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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348 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if a grant will be made available for a business (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if the business is not eligible, if it is in breach of competition laws in view of the fact that another company, a direct competitor, was financed from Europe and the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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298 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance if the tax affairs of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is up to date; if tax arrears are owed to this person; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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216 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in receipt of a medical card has to pay for a doctor to complete an application form for a driver’s licence; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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19 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will increase the earnings disregard of the one parent family payment to a lower limit of €190 per week, with an upper cut-off point of €325; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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285 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding is available to local authorities to upgrade children’s playground facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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284 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the type of grant of funding available to community groups or local authorities for the provision of a skateboard arena; the number of applications from local authorities for such grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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262 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Kildare will be included for funding in the next funding list for primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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261 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Kildare in relation to its inclusion in the building programme of her Department; if the building is at an advanced stage of architectural planning as stated in a letter from her Department or as stated in a parliamentary question at stage one or two of architectural planning; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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190 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if grants are available for the provision of skateboard parks to private groups, community groups or local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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189 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of applications for funding for swimming pools received in each of the past three years; the number of applications in each of the counties of Leinster; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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188 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when the application forms for capital funding grants for 2006 will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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187 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if there are grants available for AstroTurf training or playing pitches for county or local authority facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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617 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to Government plans to purchase the Great Blasket Island; the exact cultural importance of the island; his plans to develop the island as a cultural centre or to maximise its cultural significance; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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133 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the volumes of highly active liquid waste being held in Sellafield awaiting vitrification; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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105 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on plans to privatise a number of nuclear installations in the United Kingdom; his further views on whether, as bad as safety at nuclear installations in the United Kingdom is under a state company, they will only worsen if privatised; his views on the privatisation plans of his United Kingdom counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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197 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to provide grant assistance in rural areas seeking to refurbish or replace old septic tanks that are not functioning properly; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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196 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to provide grant assistance to house owners in group developments in rural areas to upgrade or replace septic tanks that are not functioning properly; his further plans to increase the group waste grants that will apply in such situations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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72 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a list of the precautions that have been taken in view of the threat posed by avian flu; the timeframe in which she expects to see these precautionary measures in place; if contingency plans have been drawn up should the disease mutate into a worst case scenario; the risk she sees it posing at the present time; 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 way in which a member of the Garda Síochána was able to obtain and sell Garda uniforms to film and theatre companies for years, and when the Garda became aware of the theft; if any of the uniforms had been obtained by criminals or paramilitaries; the steps in place to prevent such thefts in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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36 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí attached to the traffic corps; if he will increase the number of gardaí; the reason so many road traffic prosecutions fail through faulty legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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130 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Transport the option he is pursuing as policy of the four which were presented for rail freight in the strategic rail review.
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140 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Transport the action he will take on foot of the report into the school bus crash tragedy in Meath in May 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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809 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if any local authority in County Kildare has applied for the proposed skateboard park grant as promised by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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791 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to provide grants for individual sewerage systems, upgrading of existing septic tanks to modern systems and group sewerage systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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741 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a new school at Nurney, County Kildare in view of the efforts of the local committee and parents council to provide the funding to purchase the school site; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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713 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a new school at Nurney, County Kildare, in view of the efforts of the local committee and parents council to provide the funding to purchase the school site; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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673 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of child care places made available from funding from his Department in County Kildare for each of the past three years; the number of applications for funding; the number of applicants in receipt of funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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672 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications for capital funding made to his Department for projects in Kildare for each of the past three years; the number which have been successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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671 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applicants on the waiting list for free legal aid at the Newbridge and Carlow centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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670 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to alter or change the guidelines for applicants seeking free legal aid from the Legal Aid Board centres to ensure that persons with low income can make a successful application for such aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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669 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to introduce legislation to deal with fireworks on barges; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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668 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans for legislation to deal with banning the use of fireworks, legal and illegal in specific areas such as senior citizens estates, hospitals and places in which persons are in fear due to the noise, flare and so on of such items; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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