417 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Defence if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has received all of their entitlements on retiring from their civilian position with his Department; the amounts paid to the person when they retired; if there has been changes to their entitlements since they retired; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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347 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason a child (details supplied) in County Kildare is not in receipt of a free bus pass; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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292 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the grants or assistance available to a person in receipt of the State pension to purchase a house alarm in view of the expense of such alarms; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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111 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is in receipt of all their tax concessions in view of their age bracket; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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211 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the section of the Planning and Development Act, 2000 under which a person can appeal a decision to ensure the protection of the residential water source of their home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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181 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application for a study visa can be made direct to the visa office in Dublin or must the application be made to the country of residency of the student; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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180 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 509 of 31 October 2007, the insufficient detail not included in support of an application for a study visa; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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172 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of an application for residency by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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149 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 18 October 2007, the position of the application for a bus pass; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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91 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children if persons (details supplied) in County Kildare will be furnished with all the details pertaining to a member of their family; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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90 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the research her Department has carried out in relation to the drug or substance known as cocaethylene; if this drug or substance creates problems in relation to persons’ senses; 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 the mechanism available to a medical card holder to obtain a DNA test to determine parenthood; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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51 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Defence when he will issue invitations to all party leaders to nominate spokespersons to serve on the All-Party Oireachtas Consultation Group in relation to an appropriate commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Rising in 2016; if he intends to ask the Group to place particular emphasis on a social objective as an appropriate memorial to the men and women of 1916; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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12 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Defence if he has been informed of a decision by the Office of Public Works in regard to the planning process for the building for the decentralisation of 200 members of his Department’s staff to Newbridge.
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284 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views and the plans he has to ensure proper community recreational facilities in residential housing estates; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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203 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the grants available to a group (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the importance of such groups in communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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167 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment date for surgery at Tallaght General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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159 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the problems experienced by community based childcare facilities, particularly in the west of Ireland, with the National Childcare Investment Programme, that due to the inability of people in this area to pay substantially higher fees as they are just over the family income supplement threshold and the problems with the lack of numbers of families in this region who qualify for FIS, many facilities will have to close or substantially reduce their services; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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129 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the concerns raised by the Commission for Public Service Appointments in respect of the methods used in the promotion of Gardaí and the concerns of the AGSI in the same regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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46 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to the proposed Thornton Hall Prison plan; the latest estimate available to his Department of the expected cost, including the cost of the site, the provision of infrastructure and ancillary services and the cost of construction and fitting out of the prison; the implications for the overall timing of the prison project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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436 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is entitled to a work permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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217 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Transport the reason wheelchair bound persons cannot access trains nearest to their homes but have to hire a taxi to travel further distances at a cost to the patient (details supplied).
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180 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children when an application for home help hours will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the delays that have taken place in sanctioning hours; 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 if medical examinations for a driving licence for persons over 70 are covered by medical cards (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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108 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not received the arrears due to them in relation to emergency payment of PAYE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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106 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is entitled to a tax rebate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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151 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science her views in relation to the fact that no traffic impact study was carried out regarding an application for the extension of a primary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if a traffic impact study is one of the guidelines for the provision of funding for such a school; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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150 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science if all the national guidelines for primary schools were considered in the application by a school (details supplied) in County Kildare for an extension; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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109 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views in relation to the recent census figures for areas within the Borders Midland Western region; the proposals he has to address within the National Development Plan, the further development of each area in relation to infrastructure to meet the demands of the regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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107 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of reports carried out or pending financed by his Department, State agencies within the remit of his Department or by agencies at the behest of his Department dealing with rural development and the development of the Border Midland Western regions; the names of such reports; the decisions reached by his Department as a result of such reports; the cost of such reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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106 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number, names and areas covered by non-governmental organisations funded by his Department or by EU funding through his Department that deal with the Border Midland Western region; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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105 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of applications for grant aid assistance to his Department for each of the past four years from applicants within the Border Midland Western region; the number of successful applications; the number refused or still in the investigative position; the reason for the refusals; the amount of funding drawn down; the amount of funding available; the position of the funding not drawn down; if this aspect of funding is being withdrawn from possible grant applications within the BMW region; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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24 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will report on his address at the Galway Institute of Technology on 1 October 2007 on Adapting Regional Economies for Global Competitiveness, particularly in regard to views he expressed on infrastructural deficiencies in the west; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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18 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views in relation to the retention of the maximum number of rural farm units and development of rural life in general; the action he is taking to ensure that all such aspects is being addressed; 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 if he will report on his address to the Clare Community Regional Development Forum at Bunratty on 23 October 2007; if he will expand on the view he expressed that it is hard to expect people to invest money in a region that is seen by its citizens as a loser; the region he was referring to; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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567 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the criteria laid down for deciding the number of elected members of a county council; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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554 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the date an application was first made in relation to the purchase of a number of housing units by a local authority (details supplied); if the local authority answered the request by his Department to the clarification sought on 12 September 2007; if so, when a decision will be reached in relation to the matter in view of the fact that the units are ready for occupancy since January 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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509 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a study visa was refused for a person (details supplied); if the applicant can appeal this decision; the other means available for this person to study here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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508 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position on the refurbishment of a Garda station (details supplied) in County Kildare; the timeframe involved; if more gardaí will be allocated to the station once the refurbishment takes place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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395 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in view of the growth of farmers markets throughout the country, she or her Department has plans to support these markets; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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309 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of trade missions that he and his Department have been involved in during the past year; the destination of these missions; if they included delegates from County Kildare; if he has satisfied himself with the number and destinations of these missions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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308 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number and location of vacant IDA sites in Kildare; the number of these sites that have being placed on the open market for sale; the number that have been offered to the local authority for sale; if there has been any interest in the sites; if not, the plans the IDA has for them; if there will be advanced factories built on them; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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234 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 452 of 26 September 2007 the position of training for home helps; if she will explain each model and the several different approaches; the number of home helps to date who have received or are on training courses; the cost of the courses to the Health Service Executive to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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233 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the cost to the Health Service Executive of an independent review (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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232 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 459 of 26 September 2007, the breakdown of the whole time equivalent of the number of vacancies in the therapy sector of the Health Service Executive in County Kildare; the effect these vacancies have on the therapy service within the county; her views in relation to such vacancies; her plans to overcome such vacancies within the therapy sector within County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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231 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 459 of 26 September 2007, the breakdown of the whole time equivalent of the number of vacancies in the therapy section of the Health Service Executive in County Kildare; her views in relation to such vacancies in the therapy section in County Kildare; the action she will take to overcome this staffing shortfall; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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230 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 459 of 26 September 2007, the breakdown of the whole time equivalent of the vacancies in community nursing within the Health Service Executive in County Kildare; the effect this shortfall has on services within the county; her views in relation to such vacancies; the action she is taking to overcome such a shortfall within the community nursing sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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228 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 459 of 26 September 2007, if she will provide a breakdown of the whole time equivalent of the 23.1 vacancies in the elderly section of the vacant posts within the Health Service Executive in County Kildare; the concerns that the lack of services that this entails for this sector in Kildare; the actions she will take to overcome such vacancies for the elderly group in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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227 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 459 of 26 September 2007, if she will provide a breakdown of the whole time equivalent of the number of vacant places in the mental health sector of the Health Service Executive in County Kildare; the concerns she has due to lack of these vacancies for the mental health sector; the action she will take to overcome these vacancies in the mental health sector within County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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225 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of complaints to a medical facility (details supplied) in County Kildare; the amount of money invested in this facility by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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