415 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Science if, on behalf of a school (details supplied) in County Longford he will reverse the cutbacks outlined in budget 2009, which will impact adversely on the weakest in their community; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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381 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has given his support to Bord na Móna’s decision to close the Clonmacnoise and West Offaly Railway; if so, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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375 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the adverse effect on job creation and current jobs posed by the planned closure of the Clonmacnoise and West Offaly Railway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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374 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the closure of the Clonmacnoise and West Offaly Railway which is based at Bord na Móna’s Blackwater works.
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373 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to Bord na Móna’s plan to close the Clonmacnoise and West Offaly Railway, which has attracted over 750,000 visitors in the past 18 years on tours of the Blackwater bog, and the adverse impact such a closure will have on tourism in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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372 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will intervene in the proposed decision to close the Clonmacnoise and West Offaly Railway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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69 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will launch the tending and first thinnings of broadleafs scheme as announced by his Department earlier in 2008 but never launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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67 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views, as a matter of urgency, on the necessity to introduce a revised forest road scheme to assist farmers to build the required forest roads infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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438 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason persons (details supplied) in County Longford are not being admitted to their local national school; the action their parents can take to provide a local, accessible education for their children; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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397 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the temporary transfer of milk quota under force majeure in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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212 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason €640,000 was spent in 2001 on three houses in Castlepollard, County Westmeath, which have not been used since purchase; the reason no funding was put in place to furnish the houses or recruit staff to care for patients, who have remained in institutional care during this time; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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194 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason dental services have been withdrawn in an area adjacent to a primary school (details supplied) in County Westmeath, the pupils of which have been treated for many years in the local health centre; when such services will be restored; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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193 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath did not receive part of superannuation payments in respect of additional hours work as a psychiatric nurse, which were not accounted for in calculations for both their pension and lump sum; when their pension will be altered as appropriate to rectify this omission; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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192 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath did not receive part of superannuation payments in respect of additional hours work as a psychiatric nurse, which were not accounted for in calculations for both their pension and lump sum; when their pension will be altered as appropriate to rectify this omission; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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79 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made to the roll out smart metering in homes and business across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has taken into consideration the concerns of people who might have medical problems if exposed solely to the new generation of energy efficient bulbs; if he has addressed concerns regarding the disposal of CFL light bulbs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to amend electoral legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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248 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Science if discrimination on the grounds of physical disability is permitted in the recruitment of teachers in view of the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Longford who has a first class honours degree was offered a teaching position but had the job offer withdrawn when the school realised that the person has a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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466 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm the inadequate level of local government funding which has led to persons (details supplied) in County Longford being told that their application for a housing grant is not being awarded due to the fact that the 2008 funding to the local authority has been exhausted and the 2009 funding has also been fully exhausted in advance of the new year’s commencement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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80 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will request the Health Information and Quality Authority to investigate cancer misdiagnoses in Louth and Meath in view of the fact that information is missing from the report of the review of chest X-rays and CT scans (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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210 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that when existing contracts expire for non-EU nurses, who were employed to fill a temporary shortfall, their contracts will not be renewed, in order that Irish trained nurses can take up vacancies on completion of training; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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209 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of non-EU nurses given permits to practise nursing here who are employed in a permanent capacity in public hospitals; the numbers employed on contract in the public hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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208 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of nurses who graduated here in 2008; the number of these who are employed in public hospitals, first, on a permanent basis and second, with short-term contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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188 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who had been given the family home, legally signed over to them, should have to pay 15% of the value of that property under the fair deal nursing home charges, as the person in care no longer owns the property and the onus should not be on the new owner to pay this levy when the relative concerned dies, as 80% of the patients own income has already been paid for such care; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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558 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the plans he has put in place in relation to the seven regional chief executive officers and their extensive offices and staff in view of the fact that the seven regional fisheries boards and the Central Fisheries Board are being subsumed into one new fisheries authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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521 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the Lanesborough waters supply stage and Lanesborough regional water supply scheme which were included in the water services investment programme for 2007 to 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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520 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the projected Longford town sewerage scheme; the funding for same; the projected completion date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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519 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the Granard regional water supply scheme; the funding for same; the projected completion date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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518 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the Drumlish, Newtownforbes, Ardagh, Aughnacliffe and Ballinalee sewerage schemes and the funding for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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517 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the projected completion of the Ballymahon regional water supply scheme with the upgrading of Abbeyshrule water treatment plant and links to Kenagh and Edgeworthstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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516 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the projected completion of the Longford central regional water supply scheme, reservoir and pipelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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446 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will ensure that carers, who give up work to care for a loved one, do not lose out in relation to qualification for an old age contributory pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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447 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will permit carers to work for 20 hours per week while retaining their eligibility for carer’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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445 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will increase the rate of carer’s allowance and benefit to €300 per week to reflect the true value of the work done by carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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331 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Transport when essential funding will be made available for restoration work on the bridge over the Shannon connecting Clondra village to Tarmonberry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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290 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children the position with regard to the introduction of a medical card for all full-time carers regardless of means; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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115 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of agencies and sections within his Department whose planned decentralisation has been postponed due to the budgetary considerations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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103 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will confirm that the overseas development aid budget as a percentage portion of GNP will not be subject to cutbacks in the lifetime of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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268 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford was refused payment under the health repayment scheme on the grounds that the claim was being made in respect of a patient in private long-term residential care; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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493 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has been refused a student support grant despite being eligible as a student pursuing a course in an EU member state; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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492 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Science the projected timescale for refurbishment work at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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562 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has been denied a third level education grant due to the fact that they took time out to look after their father who suffered from a serious condition which left him totally incapacitated and immobile between 2005 and 2007 and to run the family farm from September 2005 to September 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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139 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the State agencies within her Department’s remit which are under review; when same will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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176 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a personal advocacy service for persons with a disability will be put in place, as announced in the Government’s disability strategy; the progress to date on appointments to the Personal Advocacy Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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110 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the delay in a person (details supplied) in County Longford being awarded a grant under the urban renewal scheme ; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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357 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide a remedial teacher for a child (details supplied) in County Longford who has been diagnosed with autism at the school in which they have been a pupil for the past two and a half years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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217 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will lift the suspension of CLÁR funding to enable a water scheme (details supplied) to proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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213 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when he will intervene to ensure that top-up funding for group water and sewerage schemes under CLÁR is provided for in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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131 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Transport if an airline (details supplied) is an official Government agency; if not, the reason it is permissible for the airline to require passengers checking in on-line to provide details of passport number and expiry date of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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41 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has been placed on a seizure call list, despite having increased payment per week in settlement of outstanding debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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