126 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Finance the agency that has responsibility for the upkeep and maintenance of a historical monument (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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90 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of local sports partnerships that are currently active; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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635 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on correspondence (details supplied); the meetings he or his Department has had with his ministerial European colleagues or Commissioners on the matter; if actions or proposals have been made or completed or are contemplated as a result of such meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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533 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the request of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be considered in relation to the educational needs of their son; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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519 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of an application for Garda clearance for a person (details supplied) seeking to enter the security business; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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486 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Defence the reason residents of an estate (details supplied) in County Kildare are finding it difficult to have matters addressed by the board of works in view of the fact that the board of works still has responsibility for the estate and not the county council; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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485 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Defence the reason the board of works has changed the timescale of proposals in relation to an estate (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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315 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an application for an exceptional needs payment for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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224 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children if a decision has been reached by the medical academy on the registration of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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154 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children when an application for a full medical card will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; 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 her views on correspondence (details supplied); her plans to address the concerns expressed; 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 if the home care attendants employed by the Health Service Executive in Kildare and west Wicklow are paid travel allowances using the eastern community works computer system; if so, the reason there is a delay in calculating the paying of travel expenses and arrears to the home help employees in Kildare and west Wicklow; if the system is programmed to pay existing employees within the HSE through the same system in view of the fact that both sets of employees are entitled to the same expenses; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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131 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 17 April 2008, when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a date for their operation; if the reply received from the Health Service Executive can be determined as a directive to the National Treatment Purchase Fund from Tallaght General Hospital that files and so on in relation to the applicant will be made available to the NTPF for their processing of the case and that there will be no hold up in relation to the provision of the date for the operation other than finding a suitable hospital to carry out such an operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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129 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason no orthopaedic operations are carried out in Tallaght General Hospital each Friday; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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123 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the position of an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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52 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Transport if his Department is examining plans to complete the original Dublin C-ring or M50/Dublin beltway, namely, the southern extension of the Port Tunnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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47 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Transport the contacts he has had with the National Roads Authority, Dublin City Council and Nishimatsu-Mowlem-Irishenco in relation to the total projected estimate for the construction of the Dublin Port Tunnel; when the total tunnel construction cost will be finalised; and if he envisages further payments being made to the NMI consortium; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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75 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will receive an appointment date for surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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74 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a dental appointment date; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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40 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the fact that the operation of an Irish exploration company in the occupied territory of the Sahara Arab Democratic Republic is widely perceived by the Saharaoui as a contradiction of official Irish policy which does not recognise occupation.
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39 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of new staff, both within the public service and outside the public service, which have been recruited to his Department in each of the past five years; the number which have been indicated as necessary by the independent studies that have been commissioned; and the expected level and next date for the recruitment.
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414 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person resident in a foreign country (details supplied) can make an application for a holiday visa to come to here in Ireland or if the application has to be made in their home country; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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331 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the grants or mechanisms available to a person to pay their second year college fees (details supplied) in view of the fact that they were in a position to pay their first year fees but circumstances does not allow them to pay their second year fees; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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262 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the funding available to the next of kin of a person (details supplied) who was an Irish citizen but had emigrated to England 40 years ago and has died, to assist with their burial here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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198 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the amount of education carried out by her Department on the dangers of cigarettes among the youth here; her views on whether she is taking sufficient action in this regard, in view of the report from the Office of Tobacco Control; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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176 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a date for surgery for a knee replacement operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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99 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has received all of their tax repayments and tax allowances; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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57 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children if her Department funds a 24 hour telephone helpline for persons affected by drug use; the amount of finance allocated to such a project; the number of calls to this helpline; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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197 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children her plans to combat the report from the Office of Tobacco Control which reported that 64% of youths were not prevented from buying cigarettes from vending machines; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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47 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on the report from the Office of Tobacco Control that 48% of national retailers were willing to sell cigarettes to underage youths; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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124 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare qualifies under the National Treatment Purchase Fund for their medical expenses; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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123 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a claim in relation to insurance for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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122 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the time-scale involved and the waiting list for a first assessment in relation to an inter-country adoption (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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68 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has received notification of the inclusion of Irish residents on the list of 1,400 individuals who held money in anonymous trusts in a bank (details supplied); if he will publish such names if and when they become available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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21 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the changes to the vehicle registration tax regime due to come into force are expected to be revenue neutral for 2008 and for subsequent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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173 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason rent supplement has been stopped for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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169 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of applications to his Department for capital sports grants in County Kildare for each of the past three years including 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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87 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to the recent meeting of the International Advisory Forum on Broadband, the timeframe for publication of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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84 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his preference for the functional or structural separation of Eircom; the advice he has received on this matter; if regulatory changes have been considered or agreed to facilitate such separation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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428 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of units rented through each local authority using the rental accommodation scheme system of leasing; if this has seen a decrease in the overall rental costs to his Department since the inception of the scheme; the cost of renting such properties to his Department under the rent subsidy scheme and the rental accommodation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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412 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if Kildare County Council and Athy Town Council have been notified of their housing capital fund allocation for 2008; the allocation to each council for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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411 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to issue a directive to local authorities indicating that such authorities should not assess the fuel allowance and the living alone allowance, given that such payments are issued to recipients for personal specific uses, when they are calculating rent payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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377 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of the division of the Carlow-Kildare division of the Garda into two separate divisions; if the separation will see a greater number of gardaí deployed to the stations in the new Kildare division in view of the increase in the population of the county over the past number of years; the number of gardaí of all ranks deployed in all of the stations in the Kildare section of the present division; if recent census figures will be used to determine the number of gardaí per head of population that is acceptable to such a population; the present ratio of gardaí to population; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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376 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the proposed changes in the separation of the Kildare-Carlow division of the Garda will see an increase in the number of personnel in a station (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the predicted increase of population of the town in recent town development plans; the number of all ranks of gardaí serving in the station; if any are seconded to other duties or stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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366 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of an application for naturalisation for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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272 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of times per year that the rent subsidy payment is assessed as to its value in meeting the overall cost to the recipient of their rent payments; if this assessment varies from area to area; the way it is determined in the Kildare west and Wicklow areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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259 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when the next tranche of capital sports lottery grants will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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258 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position of an application for capital sports lottery funding by a club (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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205 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made in relation to the provision of a centre of excellence in County Sligo; the number of meetings she has had with the Health Service Executive in relation to the matter; the number of deputations she or her Ministers of State has met in relation to the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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175 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the meetings she has had or is proposing to have with the Health Service Executive in relation to the protection of cystic fibrosis sufferers from cross infection and specifically from pseudomonas aeruginosa particularly when they visit hospitals for treatment; if the HSE has or is proposing to have individual cubicles or isolation units to prevent such cross infection; the number of cases reported to the HSE for each of the past three years; the hospitals that such cases were reported in; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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