247 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the plans she has to review nursing subvention and enhanced subvention payments in regard to nursing home placements for persons in need of such care; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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246 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of successful applications for nursing home subvention and enhanced subvention in the South Western Area Health Board area; the number of applications pending a decision; the number of applications refused in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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245 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of beds not in use in hospitals in the South Western Area Health Board area; the plans she has in addressing such bed closures; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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244 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding persons seeking respite care in areas in which no facilities exist for such care; the position regarding the applications by such persons for private nursing home placement; if her Department will provide the funding necessary to qualified persons in order that applicants may avail of such private nursing home placements; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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354 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will examine the attached submission and favourably consider the person’s application for a special needs assistant for their child (details supplied).
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292 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can purchase the ownership of the lands outright rather than by instalments; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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64 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of nursing posts unfilled at the latest date for which figures are available; if her attention has been drawn to warnings from the INO that the number of vacancies will rise to 2,000 over the next 18 months; the number of vacancies of ICU nurses and the hospitals in which they exist; the number of nursing vacancies in accident and emergency departments and the hospitals in which they exist; the steps being taken to deal with the shortage of nurses; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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31 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she expects to receive the report of the independent review into the circumstances of the death of a person (details supplied); the reason for the long delay in finalising this report; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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170 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the arrangements that have been made for the eight children in Limerick who have not secured a second level school place by the end of September 2004, and for whom an alternative structured education provision is to be arranged; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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165 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of applications for special needs assistants outstanding in her Department; the number of applications for resource teaching outstanding in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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202 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be reached in regard to the tendering of work for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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91 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will bring forward proposals in relation to the escalation of energy costs in the fishing industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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54 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will rescind the decision to close the Dublin and east coast marine rescue co-ordination centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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299 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans to investigate the interest rates of the shared ownership loans as operated by local authorities in view of present bank interest rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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298 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applications for the shared ownership loan submitted to Kildare County Council in each of the past three years; the number accepted and drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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264 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans his Department has for the vacated Curragh Prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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237 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position in regard to the ongoing dispute between community welfare officers and social welfare area offices regarding the officer from whom an award should issue to a person when an application is in dispute; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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156 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has proposals to address the funding difficulties at the Abbey Theatre; his views on the possibility of staff redundancies at the theatre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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145 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has had discussions with the IRFU and the FAI regarding potential venues for home international rugby and soccer matches while Lansdowne Road is being redeveloped; when work on this project will commence; when it is likely to conclude; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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523 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Kildare seeking an educational position in view of the fact they have been unable to obtain such a position; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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286 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position of persons with intellectual disabilities in residential care who need dental or orthodontic treatment; the position of dental training for such persons if there are dental hygienists involved or engaged by the board in regard to such situations, in view of the concerns of the submissions (details attached); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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285 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position of dental and orthodontic care for persons with intellectual disabilities in residential care, in view of the serious concerns expressed in the submission (details supplied) by a family of a person with intellectual disabilities.
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135 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of special resource teachers appointed for the proposed 350 placements; if all of the positions are not filled, the timetable for the completion of the appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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136 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the way in which a school (details supplied) in County Kildare can provide special resources for a number of children under the new system of qualification for special resources when it has not been allocated a teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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134 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science when an appointment of a teacher and special needs assistant will be made at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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45 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has plans to establish a beef strategy board to plan and develop the beef industry into the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to promote research into further adding value to food commodities; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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63 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of redundancies notified to his Department during 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and to date in 2004; the projected total numbers for 2004; the steps being taken to deal with the sharp increase in redundancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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14 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in regard to each of the inquiries being carried out by or on behalf of his Department; the projected date for the conclusion of each such investigation; the inquiries in respect of which reports have been referred to the DPP; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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278 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made in regard to an habitual residency form application for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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255 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Question No. 938 of 29 September 2004 (details supplied), if the position is that the ERHA will come in line with other health boards; if his Department will ensure that all health boards, inclusive of the ERHA will be the medical cards of psychiatric treatment as is the case within the ERHA area; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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254 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person who changes from the ERHA to another health board does not carry their entitlements to give medical psychiatric treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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253 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the options being considered by the ERHA regarding psychiatric treatment costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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232 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will reassess the application of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in regard to their resource teacher hours in view of the contents of correspondence; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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156 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons in possession of a personal retirement savings account; his views on the low level of interest in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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130 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department is responsible for maintaining a website (details supplied); the frequency with which it is updated; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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456 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost of the archaeological works being carried out as preparatory work for the new sewerage scheme in Castledermot, County Kildare; the timescale of the work; when the new collection system for the scheme will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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443 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his Department’s plans to investigate the provision of extra funding for the home improvement scheme for the elderly as operated by the South West Area Health Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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428 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the length of waiting lists at legal aid centres in Kilkenny and in Newbridge, County Kildare; if he has satisfied himself with such lists; the plans he has to provide additional staff to reduce such lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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411 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason persons, details supplied, were not granted permits to visit here; the action which must be taken to overcome the difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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383 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of occupational therapists within the South Western Area Health Board region; the efforts her Department has made to overcome shortfalls; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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382 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of medical cards not renewed in the past year in the Kildare area of the South West Area Health Board; the plans her Department has to reassess the application criteria for such cards, the income limits and the mechanism to provide cards on an interim basis in case in which hardship has arisen due to illness; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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381 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children if her Department will investigate the guidelines for the home improvement scheme for the elderly that is operated by the South West Area Health Board to permit same to encompass the disabled person’s grant as operated by local authorities; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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380 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the proposals her Department has to improve facilities and conditions for Alzheimer patients in Alzheimer units in hospitals within the South West Area Health Board region; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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379 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children if her Department will supply a minibus to the activities section of a hospital (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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362 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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358 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position in regard to the refurbishment of the swimming pool at Athy, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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340 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Kildare in relation to facilitating existing pupils, new pupils and staffing levels as a result of the recent changes in regard to primary schools and the provision of staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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331 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Kildare in which, under new guidelines, there is a severe staff shortage; if the school employs teaching staff on a temporary basis to overcome the very serious problem; if her Department proposes to deal with the matter if extra staff cannot be employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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