494 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of applications received by her Department for funding for the provision of PE facilities at primary, secondary and third level schools or institutes; the number of schools with such facilities; the number of schools with PE qualified staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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493 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools that have made contact with her Department stating that due to lack of facilities they now have to use PE facilities to overcome the lack of classrooms; her views as to alternatives for providing PE for the students in such circumstances; if she will provide funding if necessary to board of management where funding is necessary to provide such alternative facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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444 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans he has to provide closed circuit televisions in towns in County Kildare; the meetings he has had with the local authority to discuss such proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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442 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason an application for a visa for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to visit their child and family here, in view of the fact that their grandchild is very sick, was refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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350 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Transport if he will continue funding for the south Kildare transport initiative; the plans to expand the initiative to alternative routes; the success of the present routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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306 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position of the creation of the education committee of the Arts Council; when it will be put in place; the members that will be selected; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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305 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the action he has taken or proposes to take to address the proposals in the new horizons for Irish tourism executive survey in relation to strategic success driver eight (details supplied) of the survey; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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304 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of personnel appointed by his Department in regard to the proposal of the executive survey of the new horizons for Irish tourism to deal with the wider range analytical skills and competencies needed to advance the way executive Government activities are determined or proposed by the survey; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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240 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance his views on the urban renewal programme; the success of the programme; the value of the programme to the Exchequer; the proposals to renew the programme or a variation of the programme; 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 the position regarding discretionary grants for local group water scheme committees when they are having difficulties meeting maintenance, refurbishment and upgrading costs; if his Department has a system of discretionary grants; if such grants are available from the local authority of the area in which a scheme is located; the mechanisms for such groups to carry out such alterations for the improvement of supplies for their members; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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131 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not received a telephone connection; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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45 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the content of the recent package of capital funding she announced for the third level sector; when these projects are likely to commence and be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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16 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of graduates from each of the teacher training colleges for each year from 1997 to 2004; if there is a system within her Department to allocate these teachers to schools with high pupil-teacher ratios and to schools in disadvantaged areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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156 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his proposals to meet with Screen Producers Ireland before he visits the US to meet with the film industry there to establish the group’s overview of the film industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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117 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not received funding from her Department or the health board for their medical condition given that such funding has been available to persons with a similar condition; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Mr. Wall asked the Taoiseach the number of tourists who visited Ireland to date in 2004; the way in which this compares with the same periods in 2003 and 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1 Mr. Wall asked the Taoiseach the amount spent by tourists here in 2003 and to date in 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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399 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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354 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the payments due to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; further to previous parliamentary questions, the position regarding decoupling and the problems that they have now in regard to leasing and milk quotas; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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272 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of meetings he has had with Screen Producers Ireland about film production, television production and television advertising of an international or national nature; the results of such meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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257 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason a person (details supplied) in County Laois cannot be connected to broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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108 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance his views on the recent suggestion made by Dublin City Council for the introduction of a sales tax and hotel bed tax to fund local councils; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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74 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance if he has plans to offer guidance and advice to investors in the SSIAs when the accounts mature in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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100 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the application by a person (details supplied) for a work permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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60 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will respond positively to the concerns of farmers in the south and west who have been protesting at cuts in milk prices; if her attention has been drawn to the financial hardship which is being experienced by farmers concerned; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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43 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will elaborate on her recent call on the Irish food industry to respond speedily and imaginatively to increased concentration and internationalisation of supermarket chains; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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665 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to introduce house repair grants in view of the number of houses that need such repairs and the financial impossibility of their owners to carry them out; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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606 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Defence when he will address problems contained in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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466 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the steps she intends to take to address the concerns contained in correspondence (details supplied) in regard to the new weighted system for determining resource hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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424 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of convictions for non-compliance with insurance cover in Kildare for each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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423 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of convictions for non-compliance with vehicular insurance cover that resulted from vehicular accidents in Kildare for each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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422 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of fatal accidents in Kildare for each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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421 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drivers convicted of drink driving offences in Kildare for each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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420 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drivers convicted of drink driving charges as a result of vehicular accidents in Kildare for each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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336 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Transport if he has satisfied himself that road signage here is sufficiently informative that it benefits visitors and does not cause them problems in determining road rules, especially in relation to laneways (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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334 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Transport the number of driving tests completed in Naas, Carlow and Portlaoise for each of the past three years; the number of passed tests and test failures for each of the years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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333 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Transport the number of applications for provisional driving licences in Kildare for each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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332 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Transport the number of motor or vehicular accidents reported in Kildare for each of the past three years; the number of fatalities as a result of the accidents for each of the years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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331 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Transport the number of fatal accidents that has occurred in Ireland for each of the past three years that involved vehicles not registered here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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330 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Transport the number of drivers who have received penalty points in Kildare since the penalty points system commenced; the breakdown of penalty points issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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335 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Transport if the programme for updating of speed limits and road signage will be completed by the set date in regard to all local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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288 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views in respect of a submission (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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272 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of meetings he has had with the FAI in regard to the implementation of the Genesis report; the results of such meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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219 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position regarding the provision of broadband to the Ballymore Eustace area of Kildare; the timescale in regard to the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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206 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance if he will address the concerns of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in budget 2005; the mechanism available to them to address their concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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205 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance if he will address the concerns of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in budget 2005; the mechanism available to them to address their concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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164 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the SWAHB has met all of its obligations in regard to outstanding or other payments to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in relation to the change of job description, subsequent rates of pay and pension rights; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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80 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding the tendering process for the acquisition of six new helicopters for the Air Corps; when he expects the process to be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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81 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will give the figures for the level of industrial employment at the latest date for which figures are available; the way in which this compares with the equivalent date in each of the previous five years; the steps that are being taken to counter the decline in industrial employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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126 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the costs incurred by the State at the latest date for which figures are available, arising from the various inquiries instigated by or on behalf of him; the element of these costs that have been recovered from any of the other parties involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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