802 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of an application for a long term residency application for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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658 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of teaching staff in many of the primary schools within County Kildare; his plans to address these concerns in the 2008/2009 school year in relation to the reduction of class sizes, an increase in capitation grants, increased starts in the school building programme and the provision of extra teaching staff as highlighted in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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657 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science his views in relation to correspondence (details supplied); if any of the aspects of the submission will be dealt with in 2008, that is, reduction in class sizes, increased capitation grants, progress in relation to new school buildings and provision of extra teaching staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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539 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if it is the average yearly payment of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare that is taken into account when assessing the back to school clothing and footwear allowance 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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527 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has had their rent subsidy reduced; if it is because the applicant is in receipt of a payment from their employment with FÁS; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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460 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on correspondence from an organisation (details supplied); the action he has taken or is proposing to take to deal with the issue; the meetings he has had with his fellow Ministers within the EU; the meetings he has had with his ambassadors or consuls within the region on the matters of concern raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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318 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the position of an application for physiotherapy services for a child (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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317 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the waiting times for physiotherapy services in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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119 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects to introduce the Garda charter, promised in the programme for Government, setting out targeted Garda response times and levels of service which the public can expect; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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103 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when it is intended to increase the Garda search powers, promised in the programme for Government, in relation to drug crime along the lines of the new random breath-testing model for drink driving to allow random searches at particular places, times and events where senior Gardaí believe there is a risk of drugs being present; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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11 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Taoiseach the number of meetings the Cabinet committee on social inclusion has had in the past three years; and the findings and recommendations of that committee
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46 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science if the three acre site assigned for the new school (details supplied) in County Tipperary which the Office of Public Works was negotiating to purchase from the Health Service Executive has been purchased by the local authority; the alternative plans he has to provide for a new building for this 200 pupil school which has been renting an 1830 sub-standard premises since 1994 at an enormous cost to the taxpayer; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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21 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science when he will publish the Education Ireland Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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267 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the mechanism available to a church body (details supplied) in County Kildare to obtain an Sustainable Energy Ireland grant for their new community hall; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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247 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there is a check here, similar to the Criminal Records Bureau check in the UK, for a person who wishes to obtain employment in the UK and who needs such a check completed or a similar one before they can obtain employment in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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212 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the factors schools in County Kildare will have to use to ensure proper computer services for each school to overcome recent changes due to the fact that the information technology adviser for primary and secondary schools in the county has not been reappointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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132 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Defence if a decision has been made in regard to the replacement of the Air Corp’s Cessna fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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109 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding the implementation by his Department of the Government decision on decentralisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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70 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Defence the role played to date by the Defence Forces contingent serving with EUFOR in Chad; the main difficulties being encountered to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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491 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science when a special needs assistant will be sanctioned for a student (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 Health and Children if smear tests are covered under the medical card scheme; if so, the reason some general practitioners do not provide such a service to medical card holders; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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170 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be furnished with a P60 for the year 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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133 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the plans he has to address the pupil-teacher ratio in primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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127 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary teachers who graduated in each of the past five years; the number of vacancies at primary school level known to his Department for each of the past five years; the number of unqualified persons teaching within the primary school system for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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126 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the plans he has to provide funding to primary schools to assist or overcome the loss of funding due to the withdrawal of the summer work scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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125 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the plans he has to increase the capitation grants to address the major problems that boards of management and parents associations are having seeking to provide extra funding for the normal everyday running of primary schools towards the cost of heating, electricity and so on in view of the rise in costs of such items in the past number of weeks and the fact that the agencies involved with such supplies are seeking further major increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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41 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the grants available to interested groups to develop waterways and associated amenities here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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20 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on reports of a 400% increase in the number of deaths recorded outside of Dublin from drug abuse; his further views on whether this reflects the wider availability of heroin, cocaine and other lethal drugs; the steps he is taking to reduce demand for such drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on a recent programme (details supplied) which highlighted the ease of availability of drugs on the streets here and the widespread demand for drugs; the steps he is taking to reduce the demand for drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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218 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason persons having completed a two year VTOS course and having been recommended for a third year have had their income reduced by €30 from the completion of the second year course to the commencement of the third year course in the next term of the courses in the one continuous year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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173 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the efforts he has made or is proposing to make to address the concerns expressed; the number of Irish non-governmental organisations in Somalia; the number of Irish volunteers currently working in Somalia; the addresses of the NGO’s involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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156 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of appeals received each year since its inception by her Department or its acting agency in relation to payments of the health repayment scheme for persons who were in long-term care; if there is a waiting list; if so, the number awaiting a decision; the number of personnel actually dealing with such appeals; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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82 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to amend the household benefits package to allow greater flexibility in the scheme to those households whose principal source of heating is from oil.
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315 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science his views on a submission (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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177 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the position of a claim under the health repayment scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Clare; 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 when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment date for an operation at Tallaght Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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117 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be furnished with a P21 for 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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93 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the way he proposes to make sporting facilities and sports more accessible, particularly for children and those from economically disadvantaged areas, in view of the latest report from the ESRI entitled Sporting Lives; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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68 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she is satisfied that all appropriate retraining opportunities are available for workers who lose their jobs, particularly in the construction sector; if she has plans to provide additional training opportunities; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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18 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the report prepared by FÁS, which forecasts that a quarter of all building workers will lose their jobs by the end of 2008; if she shares this analysis; if she is satisfied that adequate opportunities are in place to provide re-training opportunities for those who may lose their jobs in the construction sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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181 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the procedure available to a person to report what in their opinion is an unacceptable situation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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153 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is entitled to treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund in view of the fact that they had their operation cancelled four times to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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152 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of home care packages issued to applicants in the Kildare-west Wicklow areas of the Health Service Executive for each year since the inception of the scheme; the number of home care packages that have been withdrawn from successful applicants in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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151 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff employed by the Health Service Executive in calculating the travel expenses and the travel expenses arrears due to the home helps in the Kildare-west Wicklow areas of the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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150 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason that the P-PARS computer system was and is not being used to calculate the travel expenses and the arrears due to the home help employees of the Health Service Executive in the Kildare-west Wicklow areas of the HSE in view of the fact that it has taken over a year to date without the matter being resolved; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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149 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of home helps employed in the Kildare west Wicklow areas of the Health Service Executive in each of the past five years; the rate of pay per hour that is applicable for each home help; the number of home help hours allocated by the HSE for the Kildare west Wicklow areas for each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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83 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the killers of a French aid worker (details supplied) who was killed in Chad earlier in May 2008 have been apprehended; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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67 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether the cutting off of diplomatic relations with Chad by Sudan is a matter of concern for the UN mission to Chad; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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782 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if grants are available within his Department to facilitate the provision of assistance for integration media material as in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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779 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if through his Department or its agencies there are grants available to an applicant seeking to provide integration material, that is magazines, newspapers and so on for the non Irish national community; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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