6 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action being taken to prevent the trafficking of foreign women for sexual purposes; the estimated number of women trafficked in this way in 2007 and to date in 2008; the number of trafficked women who have availed of the 60 day recovery and reflection period; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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422 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Defence if final agreement has been reached with Kildare County Council in regard to the taking over of an estate (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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413 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of payments made to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare from the community welfare officer for the period 2000 to 2002; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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376 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the reason a club (details supplied) in County Kildare has not been able to draw down capital lottery funding to allow their club carry out necessary works; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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375 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the funding not drawn down from the sports capital grants scheme over each of the past five years; the funding not drawn down in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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373 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of applications for funding under the sports capital grant over the past five years; the number of applications from County Kildare; the number of successful applications from County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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374 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the date the sports capital programme will be announced; if there are indications as to the amount of capital that will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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341 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the information obtained from the recent Operation Cellar campaign by the Garda that can assist local drug task forces in identifying areas, communities or families that need help and assistance under the remit of the LDTF; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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248 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of home care packages issued in the Kildare west Wicklow areas of the Health Service Executive in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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247 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of home care packages funded in the Kildare West Wicklow areas of the HSE for each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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244 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children if the assessment of travel allowance payments for home helps in the Kildare/ west Wicklow has been completed; if so, the payments that have been made to each person; the cost of the payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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243 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons in receipt of home help allowances in Kildare/ west Wicklow in each of the past five years; the number of new applications in each of the past five years; the total hours allocated to the home help system in each of the past five years; the number of home helps employed in the same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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165 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if progress has been made or if meetings have taken place between the Industrial Development Authority and Kildare County Council in relation to the sale or leasing of the vacant IDA lands in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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164 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are itineraries planned by any of the State agencies under her remit to visit Kildare south in the next six months; if the contacts made by her or her Department created or met on any of the trade missions that she led or was part of since she came into her Ministry, are part of any of the itineraries; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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163 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans or investigative mechanisms that she is planning to address the major increase in unemployment figures in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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162 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of redundancies reported to her Department for County Kildare in each of the past five years; the areas of the county in which the redundancies occurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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127 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Transport when he will publish the results of the investigation led by his Department into the presence of Irish and foreign registered car write-offs on Irish roads; the measures he will introduce to address the problem of car write-offs on Irish roads; if that includes a system for the compulsory reporting of car write-offs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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109 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Transport the number of times he is briefed by the Medical Bureau of Road Safety; his views on recent submissions by the MBRS to increase the funding of programmes to monitor and detect drug drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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502 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science his views on the way the contents of correspondence (details supplied) can be addressed to the satisfaction of those who supplied the submission in relation to class sizes, transition year, leaving certificate applied, book schemes and educational travel and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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476 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 491 of 1 July 2007, the position regarding the provision of 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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414 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 351 of 9 December 2008, the location of the regional pilots for the home energy saving scheme launched in April 2008; the success to date of the pilot scheme; the date the scheme will be launched nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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381 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has been refused supplementary welfare allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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265 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Transport his views on a submission (details supplied); the plans he has or is proposing to address the concerns expressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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217 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the position of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare for orthodontic treatment; and when they will receive an appointment from the regional orthodontic unit, St. James Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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189 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not been in receipt of tax credits for home carers tax credit for the past four years; if they are due a tax rebate in respect of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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150 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason an application for redundancy payments has not been concluded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the mechanism available to the applicant to obtain the payments due; if her Department can pay such redundancies at this stage; if the person will receive interest on the amount due in view of the period of time that has elapsed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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148 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position of an application for statutory redundancy by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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210 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children her views in relation to correspondence (details supplied) in regard to bilateral adoption agreements between Ireland and Vietnam; the reason that such an agreement may not be renewed when it expires in 2009; the efforts she is making to overcome the problems; if she has had meetings with the Department of Foreign Affairs in relation to the matter; if so, the results of such meetings; if she has had meetings with the WHO in relation to the matter; if so, the results of such meetings; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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275 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application for funding to carry out works to ensure the safety of the pupils and also to ensure the protection of the school building at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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274 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science when the applications for qualification in respect of the summer works scheme 2009 be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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144 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the position of a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied)in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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143 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of ambulances attached to the Kildare-west Wicklow area of the Health Service Executive; the location at which they are stationed; the number of ambulance personnel within the same area and base to which they are attached; the position of the control base for all of the ambulances and the mechanism of control; the linkage with other HSE areas; if there is a link with such areas for emergency cover or ordinary everyday operations; if so, the cover that is maintained within the Kildare-west Wicklow area on such occasions; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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47 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Finance the implications for public private partnership projects of the current economic difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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34 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Finance the forecast for Irish economic growth for 2009 in view of further deterioration in the economy since he forecast a 1% contraction in GNP on budget day 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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219 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science his views on correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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106 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the further rise in unemployment reflected in the live register over recent months; the steps being taken to stem the loss of jobs; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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76 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will report on her recent meeting with the Small Firms Association to discuss the difficulties facing that sector, particularly in regard to the credit crunch; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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363 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason that a section of his Department will not meet with or discuss an important item with a group (details supplied) that is necessary for the group to complete its submission; if there is a mechanism available to the group to obtain such a meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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351 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce grants for the insulation of houses for older persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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143 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to provide funding to local authorities to assist with funding for the provision of grants to the elderly in relation to mobility, housing adaption and housing aid applications and as such to assist the building industry overcome the present employment problems within the industry by creating employment opportunities in each local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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130 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a rent subsidy has been stopped for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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90 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for long-stay residency by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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88 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of a residency claim for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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76 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children her views in relation to a submission (details supplied); the action she will take to overcome the problems stated; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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68 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children her views in relation to a submission (details supplied); the action she will take to address the issues raised in regard to medical card entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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55 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses and the number of new employment opportunities created as a result of each trade mission undertaken by her since the commencement of her Ministry; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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54 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses from Kildare south that accompanied her on each of the trade missions undertaken by her since the commencement of her Ministry; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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53 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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18 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason he is reluctant to use the full rigours of the law to close down bogus educational institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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13 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of the €8 billion committed to the strategy for science, technology and innovation that is being spent on achieving the aim of doubling the number of PhD students; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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