150 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans regarding twin and multiple births in relation to the cutbacks in child benefit as proposed by the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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56 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Defence his plans to improve the quality of horses available to the Army for competition purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1142 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Science the status of a school building project (details supplied) in Co Longford; if approval and funding will be given as a mater of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1141 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Science the criteria that a person (details supplied) in County Longford must meet to qualify for a third level maintenance grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1140 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of prefab classrooms throughout the counties of Longford and Westmeath; the cost of same to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1139 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary teachers in temporary positions in counties Longford and Westmeath during the period 1 September 2008 to 23 September 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1051 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the outstanding farm waste management grants; the number of persons awaiting such grants in Counties Longford and Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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931 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Defence the cost of security and maintenance of Longford Army Barracks; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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835 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will ensure the retention of the dental treatment benefit scheme on behalf of the dental profession, their staff and the two million people here who are eligible for treatment benefits that they have paid for in good faith through PRSI contributions; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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692 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath was refused free legal aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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691 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí who retired from the Longford division since the commencement of this Government’s term; if they have been fully replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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625 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Transport the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is being asked to cease operating a school bus service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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545 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children if she plans to move the life-saving stroke unit out of the Midlands Regional Hospital; if so, the facilities she envisages will remain in the hospital under the HSE’s removal of essential services from the Midlands; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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495 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason phase 2B of Longford-Westmeath Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath is not completed after 12 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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490 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of hospitals here which have consultant posts which do not exist; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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500 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the potential risk to the health of patients who were given false appointments to see a consultant dermatologist who had left Longford/Westmeath Regional Hospital six months previously; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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499 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm what constitutes good faith in the medical services for which she has responsibility; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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498 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children the person who prompted the spokesperson for Longford-Westmeath Regional Hospital to say that appointments which were false were made in good faith.
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497 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason she and the Health Service Executive failed to reply to queries in relation to the malpractice at Longford-Westmeath Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath in relation to appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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496 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Longford-Westmeath Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath was permitted to issue appointments with a consultant dermatologist that could not be delivered; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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494 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason the midlands has been targeted for the cutting of medical services; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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493 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children the name of the person or organisation who gave the authority to Longford-Westmeath Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath to issue false appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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492 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will issue an apology to the patients of Longford-Westmeath Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath, who were issued with false appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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491 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether it is morally or legally right to permit a system of making and cancelling appointments to see non-existent consultants; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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489 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason she supported a situation (details supplied) in Longford-Westmeath Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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488 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children her plans to appoint a consultant dermatologists to Longford-Westmeath Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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487 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients awaiting an appointment with a consultant dermatologist in Longford-Westmeath Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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486 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children the waiting time for an appointment with a consultant dermatologist in Longford-Westmeath Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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448 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken with the Health Service Executive to resolve the continuing dispute at a nursing home (details supplied) in County Longford, due to the withdrawal of early morning allowance, the pensions scheme, sick pay services and night shift allowance and the reduction in Sunday premiums, annual leave, working hours and unpaid breaks; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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447 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children the waiting time for hip replacements in respect of persons in Counties Longford and Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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446 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children her plans to overcome the problems that persons will encounter as beds and wards at a care centre (details supplied) in County Longford close due to cutbacks; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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445 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of children awaiting assessment for orthodontic treatment in Counties Longford and Westmeath; if the facilities in the constituency are able to cope with the demand for orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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444 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason a child (details supplied) in County Longford has been informed that they should receive treatment in early 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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126 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a third level grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford who is in the second year of his undergraduate course; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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125 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Longford will be entitled to a third level grant in view of the fact that he has been grant aided for the past four years in respect of his third level studies and is now studying for a masters degree, having been denied funding by the Health Service Executive, although this has been guaranteed due to his ongoing medical history.
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59 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford who has been grant aided for the past four years in respect of their third level studies and is now studying for a masters degree has been denied funding by the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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58 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason the winter allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has been withdrawn; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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90 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will overturn the decision to close REPS 4 or at least allow existing participants in REPS 3 to join the scheme in view of the fact that their REP scheme contracts were terminated, particularly in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1205 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason a child (details supplied) in County Westmeath has been refused a place at a local secondary school despite an appeal against the refusal of a place being upheld and further despite the fact that he or she were a pupil at the national school on the same campus which would logically be assumed to be a feeder school; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1096 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the delay in the processing of the 2000 area aid application of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; if he will assure this Deputy that all outstanding matters pertaining to this person have been satisfactorily concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1056 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is entitled to cut turf for their own domestic use in their own bog; if not, if compensation will be provided for the purchase of alternative fuel; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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872 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has been refused a jobseeker’s allowance on the grounds that requested documentation was not submitted, as all documentation was sent to her Department and evidence has since been supplied.
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854 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a considerable sum of money is being sought from the estate of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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826 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has been refused a supplementary welfare allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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527 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Transport if he has made provision for the full cost of the realignment work on Garrycastle Bridge in Athlone, County Westmeath which is due to commence in 2010.
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418 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford, who has been waiting since 2007 for a knee replacement, has not been prioritised under the National Treatment Purchase Fund, despite qualifying in relation to the six months cut off point; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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335 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason persons (details supplied) are allegedly barred from a public hospital in Mullingar, County Westmeath; the further reason there are rat traps all over the hospital; the reason a patient has burns on their arm; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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322 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children when a child (details supplied) in County Longford will receive orthodontic treatment which was approved in January 2009, with a stated four month call up schedule; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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321 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has had his or her medical card withdrawn; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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309 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has lost their domiciliary allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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