135 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children if Ireland voted in favour of the proposed directive on processed cereal based foods and baby foods for infants and young children at the meeting of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health Nutrition Section meeting on 26 and 27 October 2006; and if she will explain Ireland’s position on this issue.
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71 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether it is acceptable that almost eight years since an inquiry was established into alleged abuse (details supplied) people are still waiting for results; if she will guarantee the publication of this report; the timeframe for publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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157 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science when teachers at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare will be trained in the PECS concept of teaching; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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166 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science if her Department provides grants or funding for the provision of occupational therapy equipment for children in a school (details supplied) in County Kildare suffering from autism; the mechanism available to applicants to make applications if such grants are available; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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156 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science if she is considering capital allocation funding for schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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155 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science if funding has been withdrawn from support groups who were seeking training for parents of autistic children prior to the children entering or having school placements; if she will reassess such applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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154 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science if her Department funded programmes for parents with autistic children where the PECS programme was to be applied; the amount of funding dedicated to such programmes; the number of parents that attended; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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153 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science when the Saplings schools concept or project status will be accepted and this concept of teaching autistic children be given permanent status; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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150 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason a teacher has not been appointed as a replacement in a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he will reconsider the position; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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83 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason no funding has been provided for staff at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare for vaccinations; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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82 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children if there is a mechanism within her Department for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare to apply for occupational therapy equipment for their children; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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67 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not received their entitlement to tax rebate; if his Department will have the persons assessment re-assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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46 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) has not been granted a holiday visa; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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24 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has had discussions with the Department of Finance in regard to the extension of Section 481 film relief in Budget 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will expand on his recent comments that a national audit of sporting facilities will be undertaken to provide accurate information on the range, suitability and type of facilities available here ahead of the 2012 London Olympics; when he expects this audit to commence; the person who will oversee the audit; the remit of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the 2007 Estimate for his Department; the way this money is to be spent by his Department; the projects he will prioritise for funding in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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145 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance the reason a company (details supplied) must supply audited accounts to the Revenue Commissioners in view of the fact that the company has charitable status and are a community based group whose constitution states that it is a non-profit making organisation and the workings of the group are solely to do with improvement of facilities in the area of their community; his views on a change in legislation to assist such groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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47 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the recommendations of the consumer liaison panel which her Department has implemented; the recommendations of the consumer liaison panel which her Department has not yet implemented but which will be and when they will be implemented; and the recommendations of the consumer liaison panel which will not be implemented.
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45 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a meeting scheduled for October 2006 was held in which the European Commission’s draft of the community guidelines for state aid in the agriculture sector for 2007 to 2013 was discussed; if so, if she will provide a summary of the views therein expressed on the draft guidelines; if the threshold of 30% production loss to trigger compensation is in respect of losses caused by animal disease and a reduction of aid to 75% is still likely to be included in the eventually adopted guidelines.
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427 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the position of a school building programme for a primary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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379 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a number of farmers in the south Kildare, Carlow, Laois regions have not been awarded the single farm payment in view of the fact that many of those not in receipt of the payment have raised loans and so on to purchase sugar beet contracts and find themselves in financial difficulties due to the payment not being made; the number of farmers in Kildare who have not received a payment; the number of farmers in Laois who have not received a payment; the number of farmers in Carlow who have not received a payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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252 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment date for a hip replacement operation at Tallaght Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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228 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance the position in relation to the decentralisation of sections of his Department to Athy; if accommodation has been secured in Athy; when the proposed decentralisation will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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164 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science her response to More than a Phase, a resource guide for the inclusion of young lesbian, homosexual, bisexual and transgender learners, published by Pobal in October 2006; if she will address the need to ensure that schools, colleges and teachers are addressing the needs of these students effectively and inclusively, and that they are protected from bullying; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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81 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of new post-primary schools that will be needed in County Kildare to cater for the estimated population growth over the next 10 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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159 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not received speech therapy; the arrangements his Department have put in place to overcome the reasons or problems; the timescale involved in regard to the supply of the service to the person; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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158 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children if an investigation will take place into patient records for an appointment date for a hip replacement operation for a person (details supplied) in Count Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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23 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on Irish citizens purchasing property in occupied Cyprus; if he has been contacted on the matter; the advice he can give to Irish citizens in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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445 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is a capping or ceiling in the loan allowed by local authorities in the processing of shared ownership loans; if this limit varies between different authorities or if it is a national agreed figure; if so, the way the figure is determined; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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427 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of residential and emergency facilities available to women and men who have suffered personal abuse, injury, sexual assault, rape and so on from persons known or unknown to the person that are funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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372 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position of the up-grading of a facility (details supplied) in County Kildare to provide for proper boat maintenance facilities; if his Department has provided funding for such an application; if his Department has allocated funding to Waterways Ireland for the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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371 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position of a project (details supplied) in County Kildare that needs further allocation of funding to ensure the continuation and completion of the project; if he will allocate the necessary funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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349 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of MABS units in the Kildare area; the number of staff involved in the working of the units; the number of applications for assistance in each of the past three years; if there is a waiting list for persons seeking support; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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299 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare with a medical card has to pay for an injection; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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298 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will refund costs to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare to services that their child needs to have a normal quality of life and that the Health Service Executive state they cannot provide due to lack of funding and budget restraints; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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297 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children if her Department will provide funding to the Health Service Executive to ensure that the needs of a person (details supplied) are met; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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296 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the position of a project (details supplied) in County Kildare; if her Department or the Health Service Executive has provided funds for the project; the timescale of the completion of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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295 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of independent residential units in control of the Health Service Executive in the Kildare and west Wicklow area; the areas where the units are positioned; the cost of maintenance of such units in the past year; the cost of tenancy of such units to the tenants each week; the other aspects or facilities available to the tenants in each area or unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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294 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children his plans, in view of the scarcity due to over demand of respite placements in the Kildare and west Wicklow region, in agreement with the Health Service Executive, to extend the facilities at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Athy and Baltinglass District Hospital to provide such placements; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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293 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the considerations given by her Department with the Health Service Executive for the provision of independent living units on lands within the ownership of the Health Service Executive; the areas under consideration; the reports commissioned by her Department as to the value of such units; the consultations with the various local authorities in regard to the implementation of such projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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292 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of home care packages and hours provided in the Kildare and west Wicklow area of the Health Service Executive since the inception of the scheme; the average cost of the package; the cost of the overall packages; the turnaround time in regard to the payment of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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291 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the position of residential and emergency facilities available to women and men who have suffered personal abuse, injury, sexual assault, rape and so on from persons known or unknown to the person; the security of such facilities; the content of such facilities; if each facility is for a specific area or if there is an accepted crossover between Health Service Executive areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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205 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of a project (details supplied) in County Kildare; the timescale in regard to the project; the funding involved in the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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81 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance the number of civil servants and other public servants who had been decentralised from Dublin to other locations by the original deadline for the completion of the plan of December 2006; if, in view of the poor response to the scheme to date, he has plans to review the scale or scope of the proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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66 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance his views on the section of the Comptroller and Auditor Generals report that states that only two custodial sentences were imposed in 2005 on tax evaders; the number of court prosecutions initiated as a result of tax evasion in respect of each year since 1997 to date in 2006; the number of cases in which convictions were secured; the number of cases in which prison sentences were imposed; the sentence in each case; if he has satisfied himself with the level of court cases taken having regard to the high level of evasion; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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450 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has received information that the rent subsidy they receive is to be reduced to the point that they will not be able to afford it as they will be on maternity leave and as such will have no residential accommodation for themselves and their two children; the options available to the person to overcome the problems as stated; the way the person on maternity leave can pay this amount from their income of €185.50 and €97 maternity leave payment per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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435 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views in regard to the contents of a submission (details supplied); the meetings he has had in regard to the independent review within his Department and at EU level; the progress made in regard to the implementation of the review; if he has made or considered a submission to the European Commission's White Paper; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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285 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 700 of 27 September 2006 and in view of the work that defibrillators can play in the protection of human life, if she has plans to provide grant aid to sports clubs and voluntary organisations to help with the considerable purchase price of defibrillators.
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284 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 559 of 27 September 2006, the mechanism a voluntary group (details supplied) in County Kildare can follow to assist in the purchase of a defibrillator, in view of the work defibrillators play in the protection of human life and their value to the local community.
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