318 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children if staffing grants are being introduced for community based child care facilities under the NCIP to ensure that the effective tiered fee structures are put in place, and to ensure that all facilities seek to move towards sustainability, and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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281 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of sanctioned posts, analysed by job title and grade, that have been abolished since September 2007 when the recruitment freeze was introduced; the reason these posts have been abolished in view of the long waiting list to see those medical professionals; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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280 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children if the sanctioned posts for therapists have been abolished in response to her Department’s circular of 8 January 2008, which indicates that vacant posts are not to be filled unless another post is abolished; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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279 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children if Health Service Executive managers receive an annual bonus for treating more patients in a given year than the previous one; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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213 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children the plans she will put in place to provide guidelines to protect patient safety in relation to Internet pharmacies; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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171 Deputy James Bannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford was not granted tax relief on a contribution to a PRSA which has been refused on a technicality, as the contribution was made before the deadline but the building society was unable to provide a receipt as their printer was broken, resulting in same not being submitted to the tax office before the 31 October 2007 deadline; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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53 Deputy James Bannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason a nursing home (details supplied) in County Longford does not qualify for a tax rebate for those paying for an elderly relation, when others outside Ireland, including a number in Scotland, France and the US, along with numerous others listed on his Department’s website are approved and that assurances were given that the particular nursing home was approved and did qualify; the reason so few nursing homes are approved in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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239 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in the refurbishment project of a school (details supplied) going to tender, in the view of the fact that funding was announced prior to the general election in 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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514 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the funding application which was submitted in 2007 by Longford County Council for the extension of Granard Library.
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513 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will expedite the process of dealing with applications for new water and sewerage schemes in Counties Longford and Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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512 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the grant assistance available to householders who have septic tanks in excess of 50 years old, in view of the fact that it is stated in the programme for Government Green Paper that funds will be given to upgrade and replace same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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511 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the construction of a single wind farm is covered by the Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006; if he will quote the relevant section; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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510 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the implications of Waste Water Discharge (Authorisation) Regulations 2007, S.I. No. 684 of 2007, Article 46 of the regulations regarding funding of capital works (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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509 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will reiterate the commitment of his Department towards the policy of equalisation, which has existed for the past ten years in the local government fund grant applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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508 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the capacity of the new Rochfortbridge sewerage system when present works are fully completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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464 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding funding to install closed circuit television in Edgeworthstown, County Longford as a measure to combat the rise in both vandalism and crime in the town; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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334 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the volume of paperwork demanded by Pobal as a requirement of maintaining the community services programme could be reduced, as not-for-profit tourist attractions (details supplied) in County Westmeath are being swamped by the amount of regulation and administration involved in running the organisation, at a time when the Government is expounding the benefits of volunteerism and community projects on the one hand, but compromising their endeavours on the other by excess red tape; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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263 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide adequate signage on the new motorway, indicating Rochfortbridge and Milltownpass; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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201 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason a child (details supplied) in County Westmeath and other children should be exposed to an altercation between a drug user, hospital security and the gardaí at a hospital instead of being brought to a safe and secure environment within the accident and emergency department and facilities being provided for them and their parents while awaiting treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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169 Deputy James Bannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will abolish VAT on all amenities being provided by local authorities, for example, swimming pools and all other leisure facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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168 Deputy James Bannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will introduce a 0% VAT rate on the purchase of defibrillators as the current rate is a tax on local community voluntary lifesaving efforts; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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117 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of areas that were previously subject to unanimity that will move to qualified majority voting in the Lisbon Treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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150 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had communication with the administration in Kosovo, since its declaration of independence; if a copy of such correspondence will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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249 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason for the substandard condition of the telephone line in County Longford, which is impacting on broadband roll-out and adversely affecting businesses and the economic development of the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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242 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when it is envisaged that work on the urgently needed and long awaited Coole, County Westmeath sewerage scheme will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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241 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when it is envisaged that work on the urgently needed and long awaited Rathowen, County Westmeath sewerage scheme will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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192 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will increase the number of Gardaí in Granard, County Longford in view of the benefits accruing from the presence of Gardaí in deterring anti-social and criminal behaviour; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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165 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to additional funding for the extension and renovation project for a national school (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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70 Deputy James Bannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason for the communication problems at the vehicle registration office in Tullamore, County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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572 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to address the problems of exorbitant management fess which are crippling the residents of an estate (details supplied) in County Longford, who consider that fees for public lighting, roads, sewerage and public insurance should not be incurred by the residents but rather covered by the payment of taxes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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441 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford should be discriminated against in relation to a third level grant, which they have been refused, despite the fact that others on their course in similar circumstance are being grant aided; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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295 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has been refused a transfer from Sligo General Hospital to a hospital in the midlands region on the grounds that the national transfer policy relates only to the transfer of employees in the management/administrative job category; the reason this should not extend to other staff grades; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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294 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath on long-term disability allowance, with a disabled child, has lost their medical card despite no change in financial circumstances, resulting in an inability to purchase essential medication; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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115 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he is taking to permit closed circuit television projects to go to tender which have received grant allocation subject to approval by joint policing committees and are being frustrated by the fact that such committees have been set up on a pilot basis in only a small number of areas, effectively penalising those projects in areas without a pilot policing committee.
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206 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of travel and subsistence payments paid to each member of the seven regional fisheries boards and to each of their Chief Executive Officers in 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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205 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of pike removed from Lough Sheelin in 2007 by the Shannon Regional Fisheries Board using gill nets; the full cost to the fisheries board for this work; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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179 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a legacy left under the provision of a legally executed will to a person who predeceased the signatory (details supplied) should revert the State, rather than being considered the inheritance of the next of kin of the intended beneficiary.
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43 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he is overlooking the national inventory of heritage sites, which is leading to places of heritage value being omitted from world heritage status to the detriment of the tourist industry here and national heritage; and if his attention has been drawn to the sites he is overlooking.
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39 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he plans to dispose of the e-voting machines that are being stored by the Government at the expense of the taxpayer; and if this is not his intention, the future role he envisages for them to justify the expense of storing them.
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45 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she has plans to reopen applications for grants under the farm improvement grants scheme during 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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24 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the countries she will make visits to during the next six months; the purposes of these visits; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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240 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford should be forced to wait almost a year for payment under REPS 3, following her decision to merge REPS 2 and 3 payments with REPS 4 and pay these at the end of the year with the single farm payment, which will impact adversely on this person and on the entire farming industry to the detriment of the livelihoods of individual farmers who signed a contract with her Department for specific payment at specific times; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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239 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford should be forced to wait almost a year for payment under REPS 3, following her decision to merge REPS 2 and 3 payments with REPS 4 and pay these at the end of the year with the single farm payment which will impact adversely on this person and on the entire farming industry, to the detriment of the livelihoods of individual farmers who signed a contract with her Department for specific payment at specific times; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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238 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will expedite an appeal which was submitted in June 2007 in respect of a single farm payment of persons (details supplied) in County Longford; the reason for the delay in processing the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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202 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an application to the health repayment scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; the reason for the delay in processing the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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179 Deputy James Bannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) has not received their tax rebate under Section 482 despite submitting the necessary form in October 2007; 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 position in relation to funding for an astro turf pitch for a school (details supplied) in County Longford.
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143 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Defence the number of civilian doctors, dentists, pharmacists and physiotherapists providing services to the Defence Forces, for the year ending 31 December 2007; the amount paid to them collectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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123 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Defence the reason it is not possible for all former medical officers employed in the Defence Forces to conduct annual medical examinations and assist in eliminating any shortfall that may exist.
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604 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to bring the e-voting machine situation to a conclusion.
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