466 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Defence the mechanism or guidelines available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to permit and allow them to remove material from his Department’s property; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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442 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science her views on a document (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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395 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science her plans to reassess the early assessment in relation to increasing the number of such teams within her Department in view of the positive overview of school principals to such schemes with the only difficulty being the observation that there is not enough such teams available; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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229 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is the holder of a medical card is entitled to dentures; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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204 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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83 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if consideration has been given to extending and providing funding for the skate-board parks in communities in view of the benefit such parks play; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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116 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way he proposes to introduce minimum energy efficiency standards for lighting or a ban of incandescent lightbulbs from January 2009, including the steps he will take and a timetable for these steps; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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162 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number and location of sites in County Kildare included under the welcome initiative as administered by Coillte; if there are plans to create new trails within the county; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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156 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the way the pilot night-time rural transport scheme has performed; the number of communities that were selected for the pilot; the location of these communities; the initial benefits to these communities from the pilot; if it will be extended to other communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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112 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the position of an application for a home care package for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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51 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the substantial sums of money being paid to members of the public in respect of court awards or out of court settlements for claims taken against members of the Garda in respect of assault, unlawful arrest or other breaches of a citizen’s rights, which amounted to over €16 million in awards and legal fees since 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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28 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons given anti-social behaviour warnings since the new system came into operation on 1 January 2007; the number of anti-social behaviour orders sought in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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196 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of estates taken in charge by a local authority (details supplied) over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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195 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of estates taken in charge by a local authority (details supplied ) within the past five years; the location of these estates; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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164 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Defence the position of the transfer of a residential estate (details supplied) in County Kildare to a local authority; the position of repairs to the roads, footpaths and street lighting within the estate; the position of the sale of houses to the tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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125 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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116 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of home helps affected by the non-payment of travel expenses in the Kildare and west Wicklow area; the period of time that the payments have not been paid for; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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648 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of disputes that are on the records of her Department that involve staff members of her Department or agencies as set up by her Department; the number of disputes that have being transferred from her Department to an agency set up by her Department; when such an agency was set up; if such transfer of responsibility in relation to disputes has been sanctioned by the Attorney General; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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604 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will provide a breakdown of the funding provided by his Department to the islands within the remit of the local authority of Galway County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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603 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will provide a breakdown of the funding provided by his Department to the islands within the remit of the local authority of Mayo County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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602 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the breakdown of the funding provided by his Department to the islands within the remit of the local authority of Donegal County Council of a capital funding of €35,167.25 and a current expenditure of €287,947.05 for the year 2007; and ifhe will make a statement on the matter.
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550 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has only been sanctioned for a reduced supplementary welfare allowance payment in view of the circumstances of the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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386 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Transport when the taxi regulator will provide funding for the provision of taxi ranks throughout the country; if his Department will provide extra funding through a grant scheme to underpin such funding; the amount of funding available to the regulator; if this funding is to be determined on a pro rata basis in relation to the areas and the number of taxis in each area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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328 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason home helps in the Kildare west Wicklow area have to wait until 2008 for the payment of their travel allowance payments and arrears; if the matter will be addressed by the use of the Health Service Executive computer system analysing and processing the claims to ensure payment before Christmas 2007; the reason there is a different mechanism of payroll process for the eastern community works area than other areas of the HSE and that all payments within the Health Service are not determined by the HSE computer payment system; when the process will be changed to ensure that the travel allowances are paid on time; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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303 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a date for their operation or if they are entitled to seek such an operation under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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302 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 452 of 26 September, 2007 was confined to Longford-Westmeath when the question was in relation to the training of home helps within the HSE; if the stated area is the only area where home helps are receiving training; if so, the reason for same; if not, the record within the rest of the HSE in relation to the training of home helps; if the type of training as stated in the original reply is available in such areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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301 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the comparison and difference in cost values of the National Treatment Purchase Fund in relation to costs, time scale of hospital visits, waiting times for consultations, surgery and so on as compared to normal HSE procedures in relation to such costs, time scales and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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300 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding allocated to the HSE to provide home care packages for the Kildare/west Wicklow areas for the year 2007; if this funding has been totally allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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299 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason the HSE does not collate complaints of bullying and harassment of HSE staff but does so in relation to service users; the way the matter of harassment and bullying of staff is dealt with in the HSE if there is no collation of information and as such no register of such complaints, actions taken, results of actions; and the need for human resources to have a paper trail that would have a historical and useful value to address such very important issues as bullying and harassment of staff within the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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235 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of positions that remain to be filled by the Health Service Executive in each of its 32 local areas (details supplied); 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 when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment for further investigation of their health problem in view of the fact that their last appointment was 21 May 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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116 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Taoiseach the approximate population of the islands within the remit of the local authority of Galway County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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115 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Taoiseach the approximate population of the islands within the remit of the local authority of Mayo County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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113 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Taoiseach the approximate population of the islands within the remit of the local authority of Donegal County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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80 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science if she is satisfied with the educational facilities available to the island communities on the islands; the advancement of education on the islands; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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69 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of children who have to travel from the islands to the mainland for a primary education and a secondary education; the means of transport available to the children; if she is satisfied that this is the best method of providing for the education of island communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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101 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on correspondence (details supplied); the funding allocated by her Department or the Health Service Executive to the group over each of the past five years; the plans she or the HSE has to increase the funding and to provide a staffing grant to the society; the mechanisms available to the society to obtain such grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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100 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the discrepancy between the statement issued in Dáil Éireann on 29 November 2007 and the letter received from the Health Service Executive on 21 November 2007 (details supplied); if she will clarify the position of the provision of occupational therapists in the Kildare/west Wicklow areas of the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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97 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the premiums paid to home help personnel in the Kildare-west Wicklow areas for weekend periods; if this payment is in line with the guidelines as laid down by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment in relation to working hours and the appropriate rates; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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70 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Transport when he will make a decision on the proposal by the Office of the Taxi Commissioner for the introduction of a subsidy scheme to assist with the purchase of wheelchair accessible taxis and hackneys; his views on the recent request by the National Taxi Drivers Union for a 50 cent extra surcharge on taxi fares to compensate drivers for spiralling fuel prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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23 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Transport if he has received and reviewed a book (details supplied); his view on the finding of the report that the failure of the Government to re-establish a dedicated Department of the Marine is in opposition to stated EU maritime policy and that the failure to reconvene a dedicated Marine Department will adversely effect marine development; if the transport and marine Department as presently constituted is unwieldy and difficult to manage; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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74 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, in view of the recent incident in Waterford which left two people in serious condition in hospital, apparently as a result of drugs overdose, he has plans for additional promotional or information campaigns to alert people as to the dangers of drugs, particularly cocaine; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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50 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the details available to him in relation to recent events involving drug misuse; the proposals he has to highlight the problems encountered; if there are proposals or plans for an advertising campaign as the Christmas 2007 period approaches to warn against the misuse of drugs or illicit substances; if such a campaign will be a national or a locally based one through local radio stations and local media means; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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439 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science her views on correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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398 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of grants allocated to groups in County Kildare under the programme of grants for locally based community and voluntary organisations in the past five years; the names and locations of these groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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397 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding allocated to his Department under the CLÁR programme for 2007; the amount of funding spent to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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268 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Carlow can receive an earlier appointment date for an MRI scan and appointment at a clinic in St. James's Hospital, in view of the serious medical problems of the person and that this person is also one of the cancer patients being recalled to Portlaoise Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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147 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he proposes to raise the rate of the living alone allowance; if it is Government policy to retain the payment at the current level indefinitely; his policy in relation to the future development of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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68 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his policy in relation to relaxing or abolishing the means test for qualified adults on contributory pensions.
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179 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the assessment method used by the local authority in relation to the rental accommodation scheme; if there is a means within the guidelines to facilitate a person who is in receipt of disability allowance and for therapeutic reasons takes a course choices programme; if the €30 that the applicant receives in relation to the course is taken into account in the assessing of the rent; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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