169 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way rent is determined under the rental accommodation scheme; if a person in receipt of a disability allowance payment, who for therapeutic reasons takes up a training course with the choices programme is assessed on all of their income including the €30 they receive for the course; if such a payment is an actual payment or expense; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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58 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications received to date in 2007 under the national purchase scheme; the way this number compares to other years; the cost to date in 2007 of the accepted applications; if a cap has been placed on the number of applications in 2007; if so, the number of applications on the waiting list for the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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43 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position of the decentralisation programme of his Department to Athy, County Kildare; the number assigned to the advance section of his Department; when this advance section will be placed in Athy; the number of applications received in relation to this group or personnel to receive training; the period of training envisaged; if same has commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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36 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress he has made regarding the dispute between the GAA and GPA over funding; if he has facilitated meetings between the groups; if he will report on same; the solution he has proposed with regard to distributing the funding; his views on using the Sports Council as a vehicle for distributing these funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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278 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of moneys allocated by his Department for a remedial works scheme (details supplied) in County Kildare; when the funding was sanctioned; if the funding was drawn down by the local authority; if so, when; if his Department is aware of delays in the remedial scheme; if so, the reason the delays have occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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223 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has been refused school transport in view of the fact that there are vacant places on the bus and in this case the person’s brother is in receipt of school transport to the same school; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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228 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will have investigated the problems as stated in correspondence (details attached) and provide the assistance needed to overcome such problems; if this initiative that has been created has got her full support; if there are similar initiatives elsewhere where her Department is involved; if so, the way the problems as stated in the correspondence are overcome; if she or her officials had meetings with the Minister for Health and Children, her Department officials or the Health Service Executive in relation to co-funding the initiative or the provision of a funding mechanism that will meet the demands as stated; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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217 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science her views on correspondence (details supplied); the meetings she or her officials have had with the Health Service Executive in relation to the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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122 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views in relation to the attached submission; the actions he will take as a result of the review to assist with overcoming the stated problems that will affect employment and school transport in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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577 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be issued with the appropriate licence or the mechanism available to them to seek such a licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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558 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has an occupational therapist section that children with difficulties such as dyspraxia can be referred to; the criteria her Department has to deal with such requests or if she can offer a direction to parents seeking such assistance; the plans she has to address the issue in the case of a person details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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555 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science if grants are available through her Department for the provision of special needs equipment to assist a person (details supplied) in County Kildare with dyspraxia, if so the mechanism that a parent must adhere to obtain the equipment; if such a facility is not available the plans she has to initiate such a scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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554 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the criteria a school board of management must adhere to for their school to obtain a language class; if funding is available from her Department for such classes; the number of such classes that receive funding to date; the geographical spread of the classes; the cost to her Department of such classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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459 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the position of an application for a bus pass for a student (details supplied) in County Kildare; if there is vacancies on the bus route; the criteria that determines the students application for such a vacancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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274 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the facilities available to children to access an occupational therapist service in the Kildare-west Wicklow areas of the Health Service Executive; the number of OTs available in this region of the service; if there are vacancies for OTs; if so, when the positions will be filled; if there is a waiting list for such services; and if so, the period a child (details supplied) in County Kildare will have to wait for an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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273 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children if a child (details supplied) in County Kildare suffering from dyspraxia is entitled to a medical card in their own right; the criteria laid down as Government policy as to the criteria a child must adhere to in order that they would be entitled to a medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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269 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children if there are facilities available through her Department or the Health Service Executive for children to obtain support mechanisms that can assist the children with their health needs and as such their educational opportunities (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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218 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the funding available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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151 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare seeking a marital separation can not obtain a certificate from the Revenue Commissioners stating that their tax affairs are in order; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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102 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position in Darfur as it affects refugees, those displaced and those seeking the prospect of return.
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100 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the allocation or co-operation his Department has undertaken to achieve the Irish Congress of Trade Union’s global solidarity project.
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164 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the position of an application for a bus pass for a student (details supplied) in County Kildare; if there are vacancies on the bus route in question; if so, the criteria that determines a student’s right to apply; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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63 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has received all of their entitlements in relation to tax rebates; if their tax credits and standard rate of tax cut off point are correct; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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328 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the proposals received by his Department in relation to the refurbishment of a housing estate (details supplied) in County Kildare; the cost of such a refurbishment; when a decision will be made in relation to the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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310 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will have a submission (details supplied) investigated under each of the headings stated as questions 1 to 4; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[30045/07]
278 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the position of an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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213 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the options available to allow a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to attend a hospital for a series of appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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212 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the position on a medical card application for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[30332/07]
162 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children her views in relation to a submission (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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161 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children her views in relation to a submission (details supplied); if the group as determined by their figures lose revenue and thus numbers in relation to the overall project because of the proposed changes; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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160 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children her views in relation to a submission (details supplied); the action she is taking to address such concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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117 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will set up an independent complaints procedure for patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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125 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify that patients in the south east are continuing to have their smear tests screened at University College Hospital Galway; if the concerns raised on the capacity of the laboratory services in UCHG to cater for cervical screening in the west and the south east have been addressed; if capacity is adequate into the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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145 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science if a disability payment that a person (details supplied) in County Kildare receives is assessed as means as part of the family income in determining an application under the VEC/TLT/PLC grant scheme 2007/08; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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76 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare qualifies under the national purchase scheme for a hip operation; if so, the procedure they must follow to have the appointment made; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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75 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children when a bed will be made available for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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45 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on reports from the UK that British Government officials are claiming that under current policies Britain would miss the EU’s 2020 target of 20% energy from renewables by a long way; if there are lessons to be learned here; if so, the lessons to be learned; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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44 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will address the high levels of fuel and energy poverty in society here; his views on a St. Vincent de Paul survey that found that 79% of lone parents, 78% of elderly and 81% of local authority tenants struggled to pay for energy and heating costs in their homes; his views on a formal mechanism to review utility prices on an ongoing basis in the context of fluctuating prices on global oil and gas markets and the harsh impact of utility prices on low income families and senior citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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245 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is entitled to pension under court hearing or court decision in relation to the pension rights of personnel attached to the Department of Post and Telegraphs who had to retire from the service when the person got married; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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194 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of planning applications for third level colleges and institutions made by her Department for the past five years; the number of planning permissions objected to or referred to An Bord Pleanála; the decision of An Bord Pleanála in relation to each appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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193 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of planning applications for secondary schools made by her Department for the past five years; the number of planning permissions objected to or referred to An Bord Pleanála; the decision of An Bord Pleanála in relation to each appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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192 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of planning applications for primary schools made by her Department for the past five years; the number of planning permissions objected to or referred to An Bord Pleanála; the decision of An Board Pleanála in relation to each appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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115 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the funding made available to the assist programme by the Health Service Executive in the Kildare/west Wicklow areas for each of the past three years; if there has been a cut back in the services provided by the HSE in relation to this programme in 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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113 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the funding supplied by her Department to the assist programme for each of the past three years; her plans to further advance this programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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104 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if changes have been made to the child spouse section of the Civil Service pension scheme in relation to a single person who has made major financial contributions to the pension without financial gain to themselves, in view of the fact that they did not initially sign a contract or agreement for such deductions; his plans to reassess this aspect of the pension if no changes have taken place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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71 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost to date of the development, roll out and promotion of the electronic voting and counting system; the cost to date of storage and maintenance of the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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498 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if plans have been submitted by Kildare County Council in relation to the provision of a new sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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451 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details involved in the rural policing plan in County Kildare; the number of gardaí attached to this scheme; the stations involved in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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450 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the opening hours of a Garda station (details supplied) in County Kildare; the number of gardaí permanently based at the station; the plans there are to increase the number of gardaí stationed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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449 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of burglaries reported to and recorded at a Garda station (details supplied) in County Kildare; if this number is an increase on those reported and recorded in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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