123 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of applications his Department received under the 2004 sports capital programme; when a decision will be made on the exact amount to be available for allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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111 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to recent comments from the chairman and chief executive of Fáilte Ireland that despite the optimistic outlook for tourist figures for 2004, consumer prices, especially for food and drink, represent the biggest area of complaint for tourists coming to the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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99 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the reason he recommended Lansdowne Road as the location for the new national stadium as opposed to the site at Abbotstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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96 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if, when assessing applications made to the sports capital programme, his attention has been drawn to the need to support, in particular, the disadvantaged areas targeted under the RAPID programme to foster local development; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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497 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position of the application of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare for the first-time buyer’s grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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496 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans his Department have to address the problem in view of the discrepancy that now exists in all local authority areas between the maximum loan available under the shared ownership scheme and the cost of housing in these areas; the directives given to local authorities in regard to the provision of affordable sites, houses and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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495 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans his Department has to increase the capping of the shared ownership housing scheme from its present level of €130,000 to a reckonable figure that will match the price of housing within the local authority area where the applicant is seeking such an agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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490 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has an application from Kildare County Council for the provision of a new sewerage scheme or the upgrading of the existing scheme at a location (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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489 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to extend and increase the grant for group sewerage schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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480 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the application by Kildare County Council in regard to funding for the refurbishment of a housing scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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401 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be admitted to hospital given that the person is in very poor health and is in need of urgent medical attention.
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366 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding optical treatment for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the cost of such treatment will be refunded by his Department; and if he 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 be fitted with a hearing aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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351 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his Department has plans to provide funding for coaching, development officers and staff for such facilities to ensure the maximum benefit to the community that they serve in view of an end of year statement on maximising of facilities funded under the sports capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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350 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his plans to fund art centres supported by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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290 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application by a board of management for the provision of a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and the status of the application
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289 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application by a board of management in relation to facilities at their school (details supplied) in County Kildare
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287 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science if school transport can be provided on a route to serve pupils who reside in Kilkea, Ballyroe and Levitstown, County Kildare who travel to Castledermot post-primary school, Castledermot, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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172 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the percentage of the territory of the country which is now covered by fixed wireless access local area licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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165 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will make a statement on the formal request to Ireland by the EU requiring the Government to prepare anti-pollution programmes for waters designated for shellfish in accordance with the shellfish water directive and on the possibility that the EU Commission may refer Ireland to the Court of Justice on this matter.
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76 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will increase resources to parents’ representative organisations to ensure that they can participate as an equal partner in the educational process; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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20 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the recent statement of the Tanáiste speaking in Paris that Ireland needed to double the number of researchers working in the science and technology fields; the action he intends to take to support such programmes in third level institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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279 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 425 of 10 February 2004, he will outline the exact information requested by his Department in connection with this application for naturalisation and the way in which the response was submitted to his Department incomplete; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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165 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding an application for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare for a work permit; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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513 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the period of time a person must be on the housing list to qualify for rent subsidy; if a person has to be assessed by the environmental officer of the health board or the housing officer of the local authority to which the person has applied; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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464 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 425 of 10 February 2004, if he can explain the exact information requested by his Department in connection with this application for naturalisation; the way in which the response submitted to his Department was incomplete; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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457 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will investigate the transfer of a person (details supplied) to an education and training unit in the Prison Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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411 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications received by the SWAHB in relation to the advisory service for children in their homes by their families; the number of staff dealing with the service; the status of the staff; the funding spent in relation to the service for each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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410 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be given an appointment in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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409 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason the SWAHB are at odds with Government policy in regard to decentralisation by the altering of their previous decision to relocate the medical card sector from Athy Health Centre to Poplar House, Naas, County Kildare, the location at which it was originally situated; the reason this decision was made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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412 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the funding spent for each of the past three years on disability within the SWAHB; the number of staff and their status that are working within this section; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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408 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the mechanism a family must use to obtain assistance for their children who suffer from chronic disability, whether financial to improve facilities or personal to assist with the daily activities of the child; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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407 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications for assistance from families with young chronic disabled children, whether financial or personal; the number of staff deciding on this within the health board; the status of such staff; the cost for each of the past three years for this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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406 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the structure within the SWAHB that deals with disability services; the number of staff in this section; the total funding involved in running this section; the number of applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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352 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of applications received by his Department for the sports capital funding for 2004; the breakdown of the applicants on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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341 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if persons (details supplied) in County Kildare are unable to receive the terrestrial channels, if they are exempt from having to hold current television licences.
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332 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding primary school teachers in the Laois-Kildare area seeking to complete their diplomas in 2004 because they cannot obtain the information from his Department with regard to the name and address of the inspector that they have to contact to deal with their applications; the name and address of the relevant official within his Department to whom such applications can be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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331 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science if his Department has set guidelines for primary schools for realignment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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330 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science if two primary schools agree to realign, if the same facilities that exist in one (details supplied) will remain with no reduction or change; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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329 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science if two schools agree to realign, if persons who are in receipt of special needs hours and resource teaching hours will still be in receipt of the same number of such hours if realignment takes place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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328 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science if two primary schools agree to realign and one is included in the Giving Children an Even Break scheme, if the realigned school will be included in this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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327 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science if two primary schools agree to realignment and one is included in the teacher support pilot scheme project, if the realigned school will be included in this project if realignment takes place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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289 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the position on the acquisition of a site for a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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148 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the number on the waiting list for beds in Naas General Hospital; the actions his Department is taking to alleviate the overcrowding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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147 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications for the enhanced nursing subvention submitted in County Kildare for each of the past three years; the number of successful applications; his plans to increase the subvention payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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146 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications for the nursing home subvention submitted in County Kildare in each of the past three years; the number accepted for payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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137 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science when a visit from the school inspectorate in regard to class sizes will take place as stated by him in regard to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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136 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science if an early solution will be introduced for the major problems affecting a school (details supplied) in County Kildare in regard to safety and hygiene; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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19 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the plans he has for the introduction of procedures to allow people to apply for passports over the Internet; when the proposed system is likely to be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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24 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the representations which have been made to the authorities in Burundi regarding the murder of Archbishop Michael Courtney; the assurances which have been received that efforts will be made to bring those responsible to justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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