157 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive an appointment date at the National Childrens Hospital, Tallaght; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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130 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can be furnished with a P21 balancing statement for 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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126 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance if within the PAYE system there are mechanisms available for persons (details supplied) in County Kildare to claim or recoup expenses paid for special education for their children; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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184 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the opening hours of a Garda station (details supplied); the arrangements if the station is closed; the number of Garda cars attached to the station; the arrangements for Garda cars if the station is closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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183 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí stationed in an area (details supplied) in County Kildare; if this is the number assigned to this area; if not, the plans to bring the station up to the stated number; his plans to provide any of the new community gardaí to this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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104 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the timetable for the restoration of the political institutions in Northern Ireland following the recent assembly elections; if the institutions will return by 26 March 2007; the Government’s immediate plan in the event of no agreement being reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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926 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views in regard to the concerns expressed in correspondence (details supplied); his plans to address these concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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888 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the way she will deal with applications for special education needs officers by schools such as a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; the discussions she has had with such organisations; the results of such discussions in view of the fact that early intervention plays a major part in improving the educational abilities of children with autism; and her plans to address this major concern.
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887 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the reasons children from a school (details supplied) in County Kildare are not being afforded access to special education needs officers; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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779 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will investigate the provision of a school bus route to ensure all children in an area of high population can obtain a primary school place in view of the fact that up to 17 children of various ages are without a school place at present (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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751 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science her views on a submission (details supplied); if her Department has any information or policy document in regard to such problems; if she has had meetings or consultations with the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources or the Department of Health and Children on the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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750 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the proposals she has to overcome the stated problems in a submission (details supplied); the reason that the trainee teacher has to meet such costs; when such payments commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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699 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food his plans to improve the benefits of the early farm retirement scheme; the time scale of such proposals; the basis for such proposals; the number of farmers who have accepted the scheme over each of the past five years nationally and the number in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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650 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the schemes or grants available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to obtain a panic alarm, in view of the fact that this person is living alone, in a rural part of Kildare and is in receipt of a State pension.
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593 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not received a rent subsidy payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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569 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to address the problems expressed in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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436 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 275 of 6 March 2007, if in view of the serious shortfall in speech and language therapists in counties Kildare and west Wicklow, she will engage speech and language therapists in the private sector to deal with the very serious back-log in regard to such therapy in view of the fact that children are waiting for at least two years for such therapy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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434 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of speech and language therapists in the Kildare area of the Health Service Executive that deal with children; if there is a shortfall in regard to positions; if so, the number of same; the number of therapists dealing with speech and language with children that have been employed in the Kildare area for each of the past five years; the number of times over this period that the Health Service Executive or her Department advertised for therapists; her views in regard to the waiting time, in view of the importance particularly for children starting mainstream education, of the lack of such therapy; her plans to address the problem; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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429 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment for surgery in view of their condition; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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364 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not received an appointment for urgent surgery in view of the fact that the original appointment was in October 2006 which was cancelled and four appointments have been cancelled since that date; when the person will receive this appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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321 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance if there is provision within the Finance Acts for a parents' council of a primary school (details supplied) in County Kildare to recoup the VAT payments on sports equipment that it purchased for the school children; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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309 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance the reasons a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not received their P21 tax certificate as they need it for an application for a shared ownership application; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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307 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance the background of the removal of charitable status of a group (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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114 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance his views on the recent increase in the consumer price index; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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109 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance the latest information available from the central applications facility in respect of applications from civil servants and other public servants currently located in Dublin who wish to transfer to new locations outside of Dublin under the Government’s decentralisation programme; the way this compares with the Government target of 10,300; if agreement has now been reached with all public service unions regarding promotional opportunities for those who chose to move and those who opt to remain where they are; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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284 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position of an application by a women’s refuge support group (details supplied) in County Kildare for funding under the capital assistance scheme for the provision of a centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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151 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the position of applications with her Department in regard to funding for a women’s refuge centre (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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98 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the selection criteria used by her Department in deciding the premises that would be subject to restrictions on the movement of horses, in the aftermath of the current outbreak of equine infectious anaemia; and if she will make a statement on the progress of the investigation into what precipitated the outbreak.
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16 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to encourage supermarkets to provide opportunities for organic producers to sell their produce; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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320 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of affordable housing units built in Kildare in 2006; the cost to the applicant of such units; the mechanism used to determine such costings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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319 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has a system of grants or proposals for grants for the provision of skateboard parks by local authorities; the meetings he has had with the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism in regard to such grant aids; the results of such meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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318 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding is available from his Department to local authorities for the provision of dog shelters and dog wardens; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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311 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applications for grant assistance for the provision of playgrounds in County Kildare received from local authorities (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he will make a decision on the matter; and the position of each application.
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287 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to overcome the stated problems in a submission (details supplied); the reason that trainee teachers have to meet such costs; when such payments commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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238 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the grants available through his Department for a group (details supplied) in County Kildare in regard to a community centre that they voluntarily run for their community; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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236 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his changes for the provision of grant assistance to the farming community to refurbish old farm buildings into tourist attractions; the meetings he has had with interested groups in relation to the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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233 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Transport the position of the provision of taxi ranks; the person who is responsible for the provision of such ranks in the legislation of the Taxi Regulator; if there are grants available from the regulator to local authorities for the provision of such ranks; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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215 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the grants available from his Department for the provision of skateboard parks; the number of such grants drawn down in the past two years; the amount of funding involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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204 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of deaths recorded by her Department as a result of the anorexia nervosa disease in each of the past five years; the age profile of those recorded; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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203 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on correspondence (details supplied); her further views on the action taken by her Department in regard to this disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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202 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the investigations into or reports or papers prepared by her Department into the anorexia nervosa disease; the action taken by her Department as a result of such reports, papers or investigations; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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173 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the next tranche of community Gardaí will enter the system; the number that will be assigned to the Kildare/Carlow division; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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172 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of the provision of a closed circuit television system for Athy, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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476 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason the State Examinations Commission increases the fee for a student repeating a subject or the leaving certificate in total; her plans to change this position; the research her Department has undertaken to determine the effect that this increase in fees has on the number repeating the exams; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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475 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the criteria used to determine exam fees; the reason repeat examinations are 150% higher than original examinations; the percentage of students that are repeating their exams; if the percentage is on the increase or decrease; her views in relation to such trends; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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474 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science if there is a system of waiver available to a student (details supplied) in County Kildare in relation to their repeat arts exam; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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386 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare would have subsidy rent allowance removed if they commenced a community employment scheme; if there are allowances in regard to a person commencing a CE scheme in regard to rent subsidy; the way applicants get back into the workforce if they are not permitted rent allowance in regard to initial training; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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314 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children her views in regard to documentation (details supplied) in relation to acquired brain injury; the assistance, resources or facilities that are available from her Department to the persons to deal with their major problems; the proposals she has to address this health issue; the meetings she has had with the Health Services Executive to deal with this very important matter; the results of the meetings; the meetings she has had with the Department of Education and Science in relation to the matter; the results of such a meeting; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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302 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) will receive orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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275 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be provided with speech therapy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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