103 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the need to ensure that elderly patients in private nursing homes are not left without any money of their own in cases in which their entire pension has to be used to pay for their nursing home costs, due to inadequate subventions; if she has proposals to ensure that they can retain a portion of their pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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54 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of administrative posts created in preparation for and in the implementation of the establishment of the HSE; the number of front line therapy and allied medical vacancies currently in the health service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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277 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a proposed new sewerage scheme (details supplied); if funding has been provided; the timescale for the commencement of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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242 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding correspondence about the application by a person (details attached) for staffing grants; when a decision will be made; if there are problems in regard to the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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233 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the legal position regarding the golden share as determined by her Department in regard to shares of Irish Sugar Limited; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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196 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be provided with a P21 balancing statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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195 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be provided with a P21 balancing statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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157 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the main features of the recent agreement concluded with the British authorities regarding the sharing of information relating to nuclear issues, particularly to the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant; the rights of access which will be provided to the Irish authorities; if he has satisfied himself that these are adequate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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92 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the recent report of the working group of the BNFL stakeholder dialogue that found that hundreds of thousands of Irish people may be at risk if suicide bombers succeeded in attacking the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant; the action he intends to take arising from the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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252 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) is due a tax rebate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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219 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position in regard to an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare for a cataract operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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192 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details attached) in County Kildare will receive medical treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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184 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the application by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare for a hearing aid; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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94 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on protests by anglers in Donegal, Kerry and other areas that their sport is being gravely hindered by serious restrictions and the failure to renew traditional leases; if he will address the causes of the serious decline in salmon stocks; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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84 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the major difficulties being faced by local fishermen on the River Suir following recent drainage installations by South Tipperary County Council and the resulting loss to the fisheries of significant stretches of the River Suir; if he will propose and support a remedy for this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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136 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the mechanism available to a local community severely inconvenienced due to the condition of a damaged bridge in its area, as stated in correspondence (details supplied), and the lack of progress on reports from Waterways Ireland in relation to the matter to overcome its problems; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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77 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science if she has satisfied herself that all fully qualified primary school teachers are able to secure a job speedily; the number of fully qualified teachers currently not in a full time post; her proposals to ensure that such teachers are employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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6 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which the PPP model will be used in the schools building programme for 2005; if she will address the concerns outlined by many commentators regarding the usefulness and cost effectiveness of this model; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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289 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she intends to take in regard to overcome the problems that farmers will encounter in relation to the closure of the sugar factory in Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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288 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has any control over the quota contracts as determined by Irish Sugar (details supplied) in regard to such quota contracts as agreed with the farming community in Ireland; if the company can sell or exchange such quotas with a company other than an Irish company; if the company can sell or exchange such quotas with another EU country; if the company can sell or exchange such quotas with a country other than an EU country; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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281 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason funding for the Community Workers Co-operative has been cut; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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274 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on correspondence (details supplied); his plans to rectify the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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267 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Transport the negotiations which have taken place with Iarnród Éireann and Greencore in regard to infrastructural changes in the Carlow and Bagnelstown area to facilitate a terminal or depot for the transporting of beet to the Mallow factory; the timescale of such infrastructural changes; the cost of such changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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266 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on the contracts entered into by Iarnród Éireann to provide additional wagons and carriages to cater for proposed changes in the sugar beet industry that will necessitate sugar beet being transported from the Carlow area to Mallow; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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265 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Transport the number of wagons or carriages in the ownership of Iarnród Éireann capable of transporting beet crop; the number of such carriages or wagons used in the last sugar beet campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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253 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the meetings he has had with Irish Sugar (details supplied) on the stated closure of the Carlow sugar plant; if he has investigated the total loss of employment due to this stated closure; the steps he intends to take to overcome such job losses; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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226 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance his views in relation to a submission (details supplied); the steps he intends to take in relation to it; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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225 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance the position with regard to the sale of sugar beet quotas by farmers and the tax refunds on the sale of such quotas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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136 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the application by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare for the domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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99 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive speech therapy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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80 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance his views on reports that an EU investigation is being sought by British MEPs and the British bloodstock industry into whether tax exemptions on stud fees constitute illegal state aid; his response to this suggestion; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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208 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, under the urban renewal scheme, provisional approval has been given for a project (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if a major fire occurred at the development, if the development would still be eligible for urban renewal.
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185 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the reasons a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not been awarded a grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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184 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application by the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare for an extension; the timescales for the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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123 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person’s involvement on a community employment scheme prevent the person from obtaining a rent subsidy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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122 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason there is a different system in relation to community welfare officers in different health board areas in regard to payment to applicants who are having their applications for unemployment assistance processed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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116 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of meetings his Department has arranged in regard to his visit to the USA with the film industry there; the size of the delegation that is travelling with him; the details of the agenda for such meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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115 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of applications received in regard to capital grants under the national lottery funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, in view of the serious implications for employment and farming due to the decision to close a plant (details supplied) in Carlow, she will enter into discussions with the company with a view to the retention of the plant, especially in view of the fact that no decisions have yet been taken at EU level regarding the future of the sugar regime; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
1384 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the considerations he has given in regard to correspondence (details supplied); his plans to address the concerns contained in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1383 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); the impact that the proposed changes will have on the industry; the research carried out by his Department before the decision was made; the number of submissions received by him regarding the changes; the number of delegations he met in respect of the matter; the number of submissions received from overseas companies expressing an interest in making applications similar to the stated proposal; the position regarding said applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1279 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Defence the reasons the practice of notification of residents adjacent to the Curragh has being discontinued by the Army; if he will investigate the matter and seek to have the courtesy notification re-introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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806 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science her views on the concerns of the parents of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; the options which are available to the family to assist them to overcome these problems; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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673 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding her Department’s investigation of the proposed closure of the Carlow sugar factory; the position regarding agreements between her Department and the relevant company in relation to the golden shore aspect of such agreement; her plans to meet the relevant concerned bodies; the result of meetings she has had in regard to this closure; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[1959/05]
609 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views in regard to a submission (details supplied); the position of his Department on assisting with the objectives of the submission; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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497 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position in regard to a submission (details supplied); if his Department can assist in any way to help the group reach its objectives; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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345 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance the number of public buildings sold or in the process of being sold by the OPW in Kildare; the value of such properties; if he will report on the guidelines regarding the sale of such properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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210 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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209 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a site for a new school building for a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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208 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the problems being created at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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