1163 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare for naturalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1162 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1049 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the criteria laid down in relation to the school transport system; if there is special circumstances in relation to families who have special needs cases where the family have children in separate schools and thus there is a greater demand on the parents to provide such transport due to their circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1048 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the position of the provision of laboratory technicians in each second level institution; if the provision of the technicians has been resolved; if not, when it is envisaged that it will happen; the number of schools that have such technicians; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1005 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the provision of a new primary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; the position in relation to discussions with primary schools regarding a possible rationalisation or re-configuration of primary educational facilities in the area where the schools are located; the stage the discussions are at; the agreements that have been reached; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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757 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the social welfare payment of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has been stopped; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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755 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position of an application for supplementary rent allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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739 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason rent supplement has been reduced for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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456 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children if the problems associated with the payments of travel allowances to home help employees of the Health Service Executive in the Kildare West Wicklow areas have been corrected; if payments will be paid weekly or monthly on submission of expense sheets; the method of payment; if the PARS system is used or some other method or system; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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455 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the position of the payment of arrears due to home helps for travel payments in the Kildare West Wicklow areas of the Health Service Executive; if any of the payments have been made to date; if so, the cost to date; the number of home helps in receipt to date of the arrears due; the number of home helps awaiting such payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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444 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No 125 of 12 December 2007, the position in relation to the application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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329 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the position of an application for a home care grant package by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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328 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the position of a claim under the health repayment scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she 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 a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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311 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the appeal of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare against the decision to refuse their application for a medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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220 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare for mortgage interest relief at source; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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213 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive their P60 for 2007 as they need the certificate to allow them purchase their new home; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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148 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the recent increase in the number of house repossessions that have been executed by, or on behalf of, banks and financial institutions; the number of such repossessions for each year from 2002 to 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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105 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the cost to date of the review in respect of the Review Body on Higher Remuneration in the Public Sector Higher Civil Service including fees and expenses paid to members of the review group; the consultancy costs incurred by the group; the persons to whom these consultancy costs were paid; the details of other costs incurred by the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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395 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the quality of domestic water here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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394 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of testing carried out on the Irish domestic water supply; if this testing differs from one local authority to another; if there is a central laboratory for testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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367 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drug finds in Kildare involving cocaine in the past five years; the estimated street value of these finds; if the finds resulted in a prosecution; 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 his views on the growth of reported crimes at ATM banking machines; if the various financial institutions have a bigger part to play in the protection of account holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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365 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of reported incidents of ATM skimming in Kildare over the past three years; if this type of crime is on the increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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359 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of arrests of persons for the use or sale of illicit substances in Kildare for each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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355 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of community alert schemes in Kildare; if the number has increased over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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349 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Defence the proposals he or his Department has to protect or upgrade the historic site known as Donnelly’s Hollow, Curragh, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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348 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Defence the number of schools using the Curragh swimming pool; the number of instructors of the Defence Forces attached to the pool; the opening hours of the pool; the position of the use of the pool by the families of the Defence Forces members residing within the camp; the position of the use of the pool by members of the Defence Forces and their families resident outside the camp; the number of swimming clubs using the facility; if there is a waiting list for swimming clubs seeking to use the pool; if so, when a decision will be made in relation to such applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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347 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Defence the number of meetings he or his Department has had with Kildare County Council in relation to the detail of Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 12 December 2007 in each of the past three years; the results of such meetings; the funding that has been provided or has been spent on the upgrading of the roads paths and lighting in the estate in each of the past three years by his Department; if the remaining seven houses in the estate that are not purchased, are occupied; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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319 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare qualifies for school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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318 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the average primary school class size in County Kildare for the past five years; the way this compares to the average size in the rest of the country for that period of time; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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271 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the grants and assistance available to a community for them to establish a community alert scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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267 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of applications for funding that his Department has received from Mayo County Council for improvements to facilities within the local authority remit for islands within its control for each of the past three years; the number that have been successful; the amount of funding involved; the number refused or still being investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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266 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of applications for funding received from Donegal County Council for refurbishment or new works on islands within the remit of the council for each of the past three years; the position of the applications; the amount of funding allocated; the number of applications still under consideration or refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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269 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has given directives to agencies within his remit seeking the highlighting of the effects of the use of illicit substances and their dangers during the holiday period; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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268 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he or his Department has had meetings with the Minister for Justice Equality and Law Reform or his Department as a result of recent events due to the use of illicit substances as to the way the dangers of the misuse of the substances can be highlighted; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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265 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the actions proposed or the changes already agreed, to proposals in relation to highlighting the problems attached to the misuse of illicit substances as a result of recent events involving such use of such substances over the holiday period; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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255 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the plans his Department have to introduce a grant to enable a person in receipt of the State pension to install a land line phone in view of the substantial cost of such an installation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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233 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA itineraries that have visited Kildare south constituency in each of the past five years; the results of such visits; the areas of the constituency visited; if the areas that the IDA has sites were visited; if there are outstanding issues in relation to such visits; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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183 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the position of an application for mobility aids by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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182 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the procedures involved for a town (details supplied) in County Kildare to secure an after hours doctor service considering the expanding population of the town; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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181 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on a submission (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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166 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the position of the renewal of a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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165 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of speech and language teams available within the Health Service Executive; the areas that such teams cover; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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164 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children if she is planning to reassess the early assessment for speech and language in relation to increasing the numbers of such teams in view of the positive overview of school principals to such schemes with the only difficulty being the observation that there is not enough speech and language teams available; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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117 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the UK’s new offshore wind power policy to power up to 25 million homes in the next 12 years; the lessons to be learned for Ireland; his further views on calls to put in place a framework to allow for a substantial roll out of offshore wind projects; his plans to address the complaints of NOW, the representative body of offshore wind sector here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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116 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding plans to transfer ownership of the electricity transmission system from ESB to Eirgrid; the timetable for the implementation of the transfer by end 2008 as stated in the programme for Government; if he has had recently or will hold in the near future meetings with ESB unions or the ESB ESOP to discuss issues arising from the transfer; if his attention has been drawn to the reservations that surround this plan; the arrangements made to compensate the ESOP as a result of this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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539 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the changes that have taken place within the past few months in relation to the way a local authority can secure funding for the regeneration of an estate under their control; when these changes were implemented; the way such changes impact on the amount of funding that can be obtained; the criteria involved in the selection of an estate as qualifying for a regeneration scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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538 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 328 of 21 November 2007 the position of an application for the refurbishment of a housing estate (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the local authority has sought funding for the project; if funding will be made available by his Department for the regeneration of the estate; the expected time frame involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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537 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of regeneration schemes carried out by a local authority (details supplied) on estates under their control; the amount of funding provided by his Department for such schemes; the location of each project and the amount of funding provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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