190 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the mechanisms to be put in place or are in place to assist those successful in their applications for capital lottery funding but who have been unable to draw down their allocation.
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189 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of applications for capital lottery funding received by county for the past five years; the number of successful applications per county for the same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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137 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if a company (details supplied) establishes its proposed electricity supergrid connecting windfarms around the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, the Bay of Biscay, the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, the way in which this new grid will interact with the established Irish electricity grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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84 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will ensure all workers currently involved in projects undertaken by semi-State companies which are the responsibility of his Department, are receiving pay and working conditions that fully comply with all aspects of employment law here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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185 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Transport his views on whether the proposals in Transport 21 in regard to the proposed changes in the national mainline services will provide for and address the facility of the Arrow service to Athy and Carlow and improve the Dublin to Waterford service; the cost of this aspect of Transport 21 to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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184 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Transport the position in relation to Iarnród Éireann’s review of ticketing and rail practices as stated in Parliamentary Question No. 488 of 21 March 2006; if the review is in progress or if it has been completed; the present stage of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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183 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Transport the position of the proposed upgrading of the Dublin to Kildare rail line; the funding his Department has allocated or ring-fenced for this project; if changes have been made in regard to the original plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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182 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Transport the position on the provision of the Arrow service to Athy and Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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165 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a delay of 55 weeks for the Employment Appeals Tribunal to hear cases in the Limerick area; his plans to address these serious delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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160 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position of an application for a capital sports grant for a club (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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106 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is not in receipt of diabetic allowance despite the fact that the person has submitted two applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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182 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive an appointment for an operation under the national treatment purchase scheme or in a public sector hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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180 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of redundancies that occurred within the Health Service Executive system as a result of the changes from the health board system to the Health Service Executive; the cost to her Department or Exchequer as a result of the redundancies; the positions held within the health board by those made redundant; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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181 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on correspondence (details attached); the action she is taking to address the matter; the meetings she or her Department have had with the group; the results of such meetings; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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173 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views in regard to correspondence (details supplied); the action or meetings her Department has had or proposes in regard to addressing the matter; the meetings with the group that she or her officials have had; the action or proposed action of such meetings; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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172 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on correspondence (details supplied); the action or meetings her Department has had or proposes to have in regard to addressing the matter; the number of meetings she or her officials have had with the group; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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171 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reasons the x-ray unit has not been put into operation at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Athy, County Kildare in view of the fact that all of the refurbishment has been completed and of the need for the facility in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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119 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance the VAT receipts to the end of April 2006; the comparative figures for each year from 1998 to date in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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100 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on his address of 29 April 2006 to the consultative general meeting of the Irish League of Credit Unions.
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46 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to ensure the future viability of the dairy industry here; her views on the recent remarks by Commissioner Fischer Boel that in view of World Trade Organisation related cuts the EU would probably lose most of its share of the world export market for dairy products; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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296 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Defence if agreement has been reached in regard to the decentralisation of his Department to Newbridge; the number of officials seeking or applying for transfer to Newbridge; the number from within his Department seeking the transfer; the number outside his Department seeking a transfer; the grades of the personnel seeking the transfer; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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295 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Defence the mechanism a club (details supplied) in County Kildare has to adopt to meet or commence their application for the provision of facilities that are needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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283 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has missed the deadline for late applications through the CAO process, the mechanism which is available to them to enrol and attend college in the forthcoming academic year.
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180 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance the number of officials seeking a transfer to the proposed decentralisation of the information technology sector of his Department to Kildare Town; the number of officials within the section seeking the transfer; the number outside the Department seeking a transfer; and the grades of the officials seeking the transfer; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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179 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Finance the position in regard to the decentralisation of the Revenue section of his Department to Athy; the number of officials declaring an interest in the transfer; the break-down of the category of those interested; the number from within his Department in the declared number; the number in other Departments outside of Dublin declaring an interest; if a site has been identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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128 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has had discussions with the director general and board of FÁS to ascertain if the proposed decentralisation will be cancelled in view of the opposition voiced by staff through their trade union to its implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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109 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will introduce legislation to make it unlawful for an employment agency to operate here without a licence having regard to the large migration flows that have occurred in the European Union of 25 Member States and the role played by employment agencies in one country to place workers on contract in another country; if his attention has been drawn to the potential for abuse that this could give rise to; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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515 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the position of a permanent site for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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514 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of gaelscoileanna in Kildare; the number of pupils attending these schools over the past five years; the level of funding provided to these schools in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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513 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the average national school class size in Kildare over the past five years; the average national school class size in the Republic of Ireland over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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461 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the average waiting time for an assessment under the National Education Psychologist Service in County Kildare; the number of educational psychologists for County Kildare; the number of schools which have no direct service in the county; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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433 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of assaults and burglaries committed in the Carlow and Kildare division over the past five years; the number of successful prosecutions arising from these crimes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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432 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of additional Gardaí appointed to each of the stations in the Kildare and Carlow division over the past five years; the opening hours of each of these stations; the number of Gardaí in each station; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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186 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of dentists employed within the health service in the Kildare region; the number of dentists employed at each health centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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185 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the average waiting time in the accident and emergency department of Naas General Hospital; the number of patients attending the accident and emergency department over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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110 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the discussions he has had with the National Drugs Strategy team regarding drug use among undergraduate students in full-time third level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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103 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Defence if the record of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be re-assessed in regard to the person’s army service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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498 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position of a person seeking to carry out work under the Wildlife Acts 1976-2000 Section 40 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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430 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the position of a grant for persons (details supplied) in County Kildare in regard to their university fees; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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368 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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309 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for naturalisation for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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308 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for a visa by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare.
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279 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Transport the different means of communication used by his Department to notify the general public, especially those in ownership of vehicles, of the new points offences under the Road Traffic Act 2004; if he has satisfied himself in view of the high number of new offences, that the general public are fully aware and informed of the changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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73 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has had an opportunity to discuss with his EU counterparts, the UK energy review and the possibility of additional nuclear power plants being considered as part of that review; and whilst the sourcing of and nature of energy supplies is a matter for each State within the EU, his views on whether pressure from his fellow EU Ministers might influence the direction of the British decision.
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11 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress he has made to date in considering measures to regulate or reform the waste collection system nationally with respect to the findings of the Competition Authority in 2005 that the system was not working well for the consumer; the principal measures he is considering; if he intends to include a national waiver scheme in his plan; and when he intends to present his detailed proposals to the Houses of the Oireachtas.
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556 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of housing starts by Kildare County Council in each of the past five years; the number of starts allocated in each of the past years to the Council by his Department; the number of affordable housing applications successfully concluded by the Council in each of the past five years; the number of houses allocated or agreed to by the Council and developers under Part V agreements; the number of financial agreements reached between developers and the council rather than the allocation of houses to the Council under Part V agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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469 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a person (details supplied) in relation to the qualification for their full pension entitlement on retirement from the Irish Prison Service; if the courses undertaken by this person are inclusive in relation to years served; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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310 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position of an application for supplementary welfare allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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297 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 260 of 28 March 2006, the industrial estate that the IDA have an interest in (details supplied); the number of visits conducted by the IDA to the estates in question; the itineraries for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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