1451 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Defence the present strength of the Defence Forces; the number of women in the Defence Forces; the number of new recruits recruited in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1450 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding the decentralisation of the Army head office to the Curragh; the timescale involved for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1449 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding the decentralisation of his Department to Newbridge; if the land has been acquired; the number of officials that have agreed to the decentralisation; if the number is sufficient to ensue the effective operation of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1349 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 483 and 484 of 7 February 2006, the position in relation to discussions with the school regarding a possible rationalisation or re-configuration of primary educational facilities in the area where the schools are located; the stage the discussions are at; the agreements which have been reached; if the school will be given a new school building; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1348 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the amalgamation of two secondary schools (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1347 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science when progress will be made in the construction of the new community college in Athy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1195 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the plans or proposals she has to provide incentives to farmers in the Kildare and Carlow region to provide alternative crops to overcome the loss of the sugar beet crop; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1143 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of grants drawn down by applicants in Kildare through the dormant accounts mechanism; the value of such grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1112 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Transport if his Department received applications for price increases from Bus Éireann in regard to rural routes or destinations during the past year; the result of such applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1111 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Transport the position of the re-valuation of prices by Iarnród Éireann for the greater Dublin region; the results of such deliberations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1071 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the rural transport initiative; if there has been or if there are proposed increases in funding for the Kildare initiative; if this will include the hospitals of the county as destination points in any new proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1027 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way in which his Department determines the value of the rent subsidy allocated by the community welfare office of the Health Service Executive on his behalf; the consultations that take place in such a determination; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1028 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his proposals in regard to increasing the free electricity and free gas subsidies as operated under the free scheme programme by his department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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960 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a person can submit a claim to the Rights Commissioner and the Equality Tribunal at the same time and have both cases processed simultaneously or if there is a procedure that must be adhered to in regard to such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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958 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps his Department will take to off-set the major loss of industry in the South Kildare and Carlow region; the meetings he or his officials have had with the various companies involved in regard to seeking a solution to resolving the redundancies of those effected; the results of such meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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957 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of industrial or commercial itineraries that have visited Kildare in the past year; the results of such visits; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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956 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the dates for the next trade mission planned by his Department, the IDA or State agencies that he intends leading; the slots available to interested parties in regard to such delegations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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925 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding tender documents of the proposed new swimming pool in Athy, County Kildare; when construction will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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924 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of applications received by his Department for skateboard facilities; the number of successful applications; if he has received an application from Athy Town Council in regard to such funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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923 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of grants and the funding that has not been drawn down by clubs in each of the past three years; the reasons for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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875 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position regarding the roll-out of broadband for all the remaining areas of Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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874 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention had been drawn to the problems that consumers are encountering in regard to the new billing system adopted by the ESB in that meters are read only twice per year; the meetings he or his officials have had with the ESB in this regard; the results of such consultations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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873 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of applications received by his Department from applicants seeking to provide alternative energy projects in the Kildare and Carlow region; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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771 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can be facilitated with an earlier date for an MRI scan at Tallaght General Hospital, in view of the fact that the person is suffering major health problems and their schooling is also being affected; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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770 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children when an appointment will be given to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to ensure that the person can obtain optical treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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756 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive payment of their home care grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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740 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the position of the development of Naas General Hospital; the position of proposals to address the old section of the hospital; the proposals to determine the use of the Kildare County Council offices recently acquired by the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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739 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of hours allocated by her Department and the Health Service Executive for the home-help service for each of the past three years; the number of home-helps employed by the H.S.E. in County Kildare; the number of home attendants employed by the H.S.E. in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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738 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of new medical cards issued in the past year in County Kildare; the number of new doctor only medical cards issued in County Kildare in the past year; the number of medical cards allocated in County Kildare; the number of doctor only medical cards issued in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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737 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of top-up grants awarded by the Health Service Executive in each of the past three years to supplement the disabled persons grant as operated by Kildare County Council; the cost in each year of such grants; if there is a waiting list for such grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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736 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the reasons the grant allocated by the Health Service Executive for the provision of central heating for homes of senior citizens has been withdrawn or delayed; the number of such grants that have been allocated in each of the past three years; the cost in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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700 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the plans she has to provide grant aid to sports clubs and voluntary organisations to help with the purchase price of defibrillators in view of the tremendous work that defibrillators can play in the protection of human life.
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560 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the mechanisms available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to register their birth; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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559 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the mechanism a voluntary group (details supplied) can follow to assist in the purchase of a defibrillator, in view of the tremendous work defibrillators play in the protection of human life and their value to the local community.
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513 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance the position of the decentralisation of a section of his Department to Kildare town; the number of staff who have indicated a preference for Kildare; the number required to ensure the efficient running of the office; if a site has been identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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512 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance the position of his Department’s decentralisation programme to Athy; if a site has been identified; if temporary accommodation has been secured; if so the timescale of the transfer of the first group of officials; the number of officials that have indicated a preference for Athy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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511 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance his proposals to improve the tax relief on mortgage payments for household owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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495 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) will be furnished with a P21; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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426 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the provision of closed circuit television cameras in an area and town (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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386 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí per station in the Carlow/Kildare division; the status of the gardaí; the number of community based gardaí; the number of gardaí especially assigned to the detection and surveillance of the use of drugs and illegal substances per station; the proposals to increase the stated numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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385 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of fatal accidents in Kildare for each of the past five years; the number of such accidents that have been determined as drink related; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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384 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of suicides recorded by the County Kildare Coroner’s Office for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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383 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of lectures and seminars held in Kildare by the Garda in relation to the mis-use of drugs in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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382 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of convictions for the use of illegal substances by persons in Kildare for each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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380 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of illegal substances confiscated by the Garda in Kildare for each of the past three years; the value of such substances; the convictions in court as a result of such confiscations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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381 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of convictions for drink driving offences in Kildare for each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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379 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of convictions for speeding offences in Kildare for each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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371 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the mechanism available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to take custody of their sister and take care of her here.
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184 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that in a recent Report on the Views of Adult Users of the Public Sector Mental Health Services, it was stated that admissions of patients who are involuntarily admitted to psychiatric institutions must be made less traumatic and more dignified for the patients and for their families; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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147 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Health and Children the length waiting and numbers on waiting lists for children to receive appointments for eye problems in Temple Street Hospital and Rathdown Road Clinic; the options for children with serious eye problems around the country; the regulations for the conduct of routine eye tests in schools in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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