283 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in regard to the archaeological investigation at Ardriagh, Athy, County Kildare; the cost of the investigation to date; the estimated total cost; the possible completion date of the works; when it will be feasible to complete the very necessary road improvements in the general area of the site.
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269 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science if she has satisfied herself with the new method of allocation of special education needs teachers; her views on whether the proposals will cause gender imbalance; the action she will take to overcome the problems; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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268 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the acquisition of a site for a school at Castledermot, County Kildare, for primary education; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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266 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science when stage 3 of architectural planning for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare will be completed; the timescale for the overall completion of the school; when she will provide the necessary funding to permit the school to be commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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220 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of applications for the alarms for the elderly scheme received in his Department by Kildare residents for each of the past three years; if he has satisfied himself with the system of notification of the scheme for applicants; the period of time spent in processing applications; if he will report on the availability of suitable personnel to install the schemes; the funding that has been allocated to the scheme for each of the past three years; the funding that has been allocated for the advertising of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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213 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the grants available to provide landing jetties, piers or similar facilities in order to permit the development of river and canal boating facilities from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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193 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding a person (details supplied) employed by an Irish subsidiary of a company in regard to employment legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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192 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he, the IDA and the local authority will investigate the possible purchase of a section of land for a sports club (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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190 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the meetings he has had or proposes to have with the FAI in regard to its difficulties; the results of such meetings; 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 meetings he has had with the Olympic Council of Ireland since the Athens Olympics; the results of such meetings; 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 the discussions he has had in the past six months with his EU counterparts regarding the development of the film industry in the EU; the proposals resulting from such meetings; 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 the funding allocated for the development of home based film productions in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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186 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his plans to visit the US to meet with officials of the major film companies; when the visit is planned; the companies he will meet; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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185 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of theatres and art centres opened by local authorities and funded by the capital grants section of his Department in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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184 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of meetings he has had with the Minister for Transport about the call by the national tourism strategy group in regard to the fast turnaround facilities at Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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183 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the meetings he has had with Tourism Ireland and the national sporting bodies in regard to the selection of Ireland as a venue for international events; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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174 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if a survey has been carried out in regard to fishing stocks on the Barrow River; the results of such a survey; the results in regard to the salmon stock; the funding available to angling clubs to restock the river; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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283 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding a farmer who has lands and milk quotas leased prior to the de-coupling agreement and whose lease expires within the next three months in respect of payments for milk quotas; the position regarding the remuneration to the landowner in regard to such quotas; the effect this will have in regard to the new agreements reached for the farmer; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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282 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding milk quotas for a farmer who had milk quota leased for the period April 1998 to April 2005; the effect which the new agreement will have in regard to such a farmer regarding payments, remuneration and the quota; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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226 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the meetings he has had with Horse Racing Ireland regarding the provision of all weather horseracing track; the funding that is necessary for such a proposal; 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 number of applications for funding for disabled persons grants and essential repairs grants received by Kildare County Council in each of the past three years; the funding granted by his Department to the council for each of these years; the percentage of the total cost that this amounted to; if the local authority made applications for further funding to offset the number of applications refused in 2004 by the local authority; if funding is available from his Department to local authorities at this stage to overcome the funding problems related to the grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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283 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the total funding provided by his Department in regard to the provision of central heating in local authority schemes; the number of applications received for such grants in each local authority area for each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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282 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applications for funding received in his Department by local authorities seeking to provide halting or transient sites in their areas; the number of local authorities that have halting sites; if the number of sites are compatible with the needs of the local authority; the funding available from his Department in regard to the provision of such sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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281 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of halting sites completed by each local authority for each year in the past three years; the number of transient sites provided for the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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186 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on correspondence (details supplied) for an application for further funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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178 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance his position in regard to correspondence (details supplied); the representations or contacts made by his Department to ensure the success of the proposal; the meetings he has had with the IMF or the World Bank in relation to the matter; the results of such meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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123 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the independent research, Work Safety, Health and Welfare in the Garda Síochána conducted by a person (details supplied); if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that the Garda Representative Association has described the findings as an indictment of serious neglect and under-resourcing of the Garda Síochána; the steps he proposes to take to address the neglect and to provide a healthy and safe working environment for gardaí; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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511 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on rising house prices that are placing tenants in local authority estates in a position in which they cannot purchase their homes; his further views on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the plans his Department has to overcome such huge increases for tenants in such a position; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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510 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are schemes or grants available to persons seeking connection to new sewerage schemes installed by local authorities; if such connections should be financed by the local authorities which install the schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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509 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a new sewerage scheme for a village (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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495 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Defence the present strength of the Defence Forces; the number of new recruits for each of the past two years; the number of men and the number of women recruited; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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494 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Defence the number of craft personnel within the Defence Forces; the number of apprentices accepted into the Defence Forces over each of the past three years; the way in which this compares with the years during which the Army apprenticeship school was in existence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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493 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Defence the number of craft personnel trained by FÁS specifically for the Defence Forces over each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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492 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Defence if, further to previous parliamentary questions in regard to overholders, progress has been made in relation to having the matter resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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491 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Defence the amount of pension money withheld by his Department and due to overholders; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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490 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Defence the proposals to upgrade the residential quarters on the Curragh Camp for full-time members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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489 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding the handing over of Orchard Park, The Curragh, to Kildare County Council; the position in regard to the urgent repairs needed to paths and roads within the estate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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488 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Defence the number of schools using the Curragh swimming pool; if he has satisfied himself that the pool is being used to its maximum capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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487 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Defence the number of swimming clubs using the Curragh swimming pool; if he has satisfied himself that the pool is being used to its capacity; if not, his plans to exploit the use of the pool and the hours it is opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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459 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason there is no special language class in Kildare with speech therapists and where most parents with children with speech difficulties bring their children; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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458 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not been granted resource hours in view of the fact that the person was originally granted 2.5 hours and the fact that the person has been changed from a class of six to a class of 36; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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430 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí residing in barracks in Kildare; the proposals his Department has to refurbish the living and other quarters of such barracks; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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361 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the changes by Bus Éireann in regard to collection points that are causing towns and villages (details supplied) in County Kildare to be isolated with respect to bus services; the plans his Department has to address such problems; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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349 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the validity of the status of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare within the DTSA; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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341 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Transport the plans his Department has to address the concerns expressed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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323 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans he has to re-examine FÁS and community employment schemes with respect to the position of applicants over 50 years of age seeking further placement after their period of three years in view of the difficulties that such persons have in obtaining employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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313 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the major discrepancies in regard to diesel and petrol prices here; the plans his Department has to address the problem; the effect this is having in regard to potential employment losses due to the huge increase in travel costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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289 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of licences in respect of mineral exploration with his Department in regard to the exploration of such minerals in the Leinster area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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275 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance his plans to reduce new motor taxation in budget 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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248 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position in regard to the provision of the necessary funding to ensure the re-opening of the X-ray unit at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Athy, County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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