15 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 606 and 607 of 17 December 2008, the sums of money spent on hotel accommodation by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department for each of the years 2004 to 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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179 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made in regard to an investigation of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the fact that this person needs a decision due to employment position; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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160 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amounts and recipients of grants under the community graffiti reduction programme 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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159 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application for funding was received from Meath County Council under the community graffiti reduction programme 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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158 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of community alert schemes here; if the number has increased in recent years; the amount of support that is available from his Department to establish a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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157 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of community alert schemes in County Kildare; if the number has increased over the past number of years; the amount of support that is available from his Department to establish a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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119 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of offices the Industrial Development Authority has leased or operates from in the Kildare area; if there are none, the base from which Kildare is served; her plans to locate further or new offices in the Kildare area in view of the fact that the unemployment figures for Kildare are so high and are above the national average; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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101 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the statement made by the head of the Garda Inspectorate, Kathleen O’Toole, that the Garda could identify newly emerging crime trends earlier and respond faster if better technology was made available to it; if he has discussed with Ms O’Toole the needs of the Garda in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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94 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has plans to facilitate the transfer of, or otherwise recruit serving police officers from the London Metropolitan Police to An Garda Síochána; if he has plans to encourage members of the Garda Reserve to join the full-time force; if he will raise the upper age limit for recruitment to An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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392 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way a community group can apply to Sustainable Energy Ireland to register its interest in taking part in the warmer homes scheme; the number and location of community based organisations currently involved in the scheme; the way the scheme is administered; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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174 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the position of the adoption agreement between Ireland and Vietnam; if the discussions in relation to a new agreement have been completed; if not, the proposed date for such a completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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173 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children if the adoption agreement between Ireland and Vietnam is not completed before 1 May 2009, the arrangements or guidelines which will be put in place to ensure that families who have an application with the agencies will have their adoption agreed to in the interim between 1 May 2009 and when the new agreement is signed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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156 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Finance the value of the prize bond scheme to the Exchequer for each year for the past three years; the value of the scheme at present; the breakdown of the funds generated by the scheme used in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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151 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Finance if an income tax assessment form will be forwarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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143 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, further to a previous parliamentary question (details supplied), progress has been made to ensure an applicant receives their entitlement under the Redundancy Act in view of the fact that the person attended an employment tribunal on 20 February 2008, the decision of which was that the applicant was entitled to their redundancy payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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88 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to warnings from the Construction Industry Federation that some 55,000 construction jobs could be lost by the end of 2010; her views on the accuracy of this forecast; the steps she will take to try to prevent such job losses; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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189 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views in relation to correspondence (details supplied); the position regarding the meetings and so on that he has had in regard to the matters raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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151 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of an application for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare regarding their application for residency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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141 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Transport if he has had or is proposing to have meetings with fellow Ministers at EU level to discuss the problems in the airline industry and in particular the maintenance section of the industry in view of the impending closure of a company (details supplied) at Dublin Airport; the results of such meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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83 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has had or is proposing to have meetings with the EU or with fellow EU ministerial colleagues or Departments in respect of problems in the airline industry, particularly in the maintenance section in view of the employment losses at a company (details supplied) in Dublin; the results of such meetings; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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82 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the meetings or proposed meetings she has had with the management of a company (details supplied) in respect of the proposed loss of employment at the company; the results of such meetings; if she has had meetings with the Department of Transport on the matter; if she has had discussions with Aer Lingus or another airline regarding the relocation of their maintenance of aeroplanes from overseas to Dublin; her plans to provide incentives to airlines to have their maintenance carried out at Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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220 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the grants available under the greener homes scheme; if there has been change in the qualifying conditions of this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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219 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the date applications will be accepted under the national insulation programme; the qualifying conditions for these grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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129 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a P21 balancing statement for the year end 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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96 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Finance if he will estimate the number of people he expects to be on the live register by the end of 2009 and by the end of 2010; the percentage of the workforce he expects to be on the live register by the end of 2009 and by the end of 2010; the average cost to the Exchequer in social welfare costs and tax revenue foregone of each additional person on the live register on a full year basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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59 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Finance if he will introduce new taxation or revenue raising measures before Budget 2010; if it is his intention to propose Budget 2010 in early December 2009 or at an earlier date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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514 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science if a request for a change in school transport will be considered by his Department in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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412 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the mechanism available to applicants to access application forms for the proposed new insulation grant programme; if there are impediments or guidelines that prohibit recipients of other grants from local authorities previously from receiving the new grants; if there is an age limit on persons who can receive such a grant; when the scheme will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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342 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she has a directive or guideline in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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303 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of an application for long-term residence by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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302 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of an application for long-term residence by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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221 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of home care package grants issued to applicants in the Kildare west Wicklow area by the Health Service Executive since November 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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218 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of home care assistants employed within the Kildare west Wicklow areas of the Health Service Executive for each of the past three years; the number of patients attended by the attendants in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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217 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children if there is a waiting list for the home care package scheme; if so, the number on the list for the Kildare west Wicklow area of the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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216 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the funding provided by her Department to the Health Service Executive to fund the home care programme for each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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215 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff within the Health Service Executive dealing with the home care package programme; if there has been a reduction in this number since November 2007, either as field officers or office staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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194 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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141 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can receive a P21 balancing statement for the year 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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125 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if funding will be made available to county enterprise boards for the provision of re-training in each board area in respect of persons who have lost their business or enterprise or for those who are seeking to commence new business and small to medium sized enterprise opportunities; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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65 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Transport when he will introduce legislation necessary for the proposed graduated driver licence system; the type of GDLS he favours; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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99 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Transport the actions under the Road Safety Strategy 2007 to 2012 which have missed their deadlines; the reason these key deadlines have been missed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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100 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the structure that applies in relation to a person seeking medical attention after normal general practitioner hours as in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if circumstances change in relation to some cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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55 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on reports that North Korea has cancelled a nonaggression pact with South Korea and is preparing to test a long-range missile capable of reaching the state of Alaska, USA, in March 2009; and his further views on the potential impact of such an event on ongoing talks with North Korea.
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14 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the geopolitical situation in Central Asia in view of the decision by the authorities in Kyrgyzstan to no longer host a US military base on its territory reportedly as a result of pressure from the Government of the Russian Federation.
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276 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the position of a request for school transport in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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238 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applicants currently on the social housing waiting list for a local authority (details supplied) in County Kildare; the number of applicants on the housing list for each of the past three years; the amount allocated to the local authority in respect of its social housing allocation for each of the past three years to include the 2009 allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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237 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applicants currently on the social housing waiting list for a local authority (details supplied) in County Kildare; the number of applicants on the housing list for each of the past three years; the amount allocated to the local authority for its social housing allocation for each of the past three years to include the 2009 allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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236 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applicants currently on social housing waiting list for a local authority (details supplied) in County Kildare; the number of applicants on the housing list for each of the past three years; the amount allocated to the local authority in respect of its social housing allocation for each of the past three years to include the 2009 allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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233 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Defence his plans to reduce the number of civilian posts in the Defence Forces; his further plans to change the specification of a particular post (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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616 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 1569 of 27 January 2009 if a psychological assessment will be placed in support of the application for a special needs assistant for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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