168 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the solvency reserves of each of the health insurers here; if each of them meet the Financial Regulator’s requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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138 Deputy James Reilly asked the Taoiseach the amount that each household is spending on alternative or complementary medicine annually based on the household budget survey 2004 to 2005 adjusted for medical inflation or whatever category of inflation the Central Statistics Office deems suitable for this category.
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137 Deputy James Reilly asked the Taoiseach the amount that each household is spending on cough mixtures annually based on the household budget survey 2004 to 2005 adjusted for medical inflation or whatever category of inflation the Central Statistics Office deems suitable for this category; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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136 Deputy James Reilly asked the Taoiseach the amount that each household is spending on indigestion relievers annually based on the household budget survey 2004 to 2005 adjusted for medical inflation or whatever category of inflation the Central Statistics Office deems suitable for this category.
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135 Deputy James Reilly asked the Taoiseach the amount that each household is spending on pain relievers annually based on the household budget survey 2004 to 2005 adjusted for medical inflation or whatever category of inflation the Central Statistics Office deems suitable for this category; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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134 Deputy James Reilly asked the Taoiseach the amount each household is spending on other medicines annually based on the household budget survey 2004 to 2005 adjusted for medical inflation or whatever category of inflation the Central Statistics Office deems suitable for this category; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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133 Deputy James Reilly asked the Taoiseach the amount each household is spending on prescription medicines annually based on the household budget survey 2004 to 2005 adjusted for medical inflation or whatever category of inflation the Central Statistics Office deems suitable for this category; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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132 Deputy James Reilly asked the Taoiseach the amount that each household is spending on opticians annually based on the household budget survey 2004 to 1005 adjusted for medical inflation or whatever inflation the Central Statistics office deems suitable for this category; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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131 Deputy James Reilly asked the Taoiseach the amount that each household is spending on dentists annually based on the household survey 2004 to 2005 adjusted for medical inflation or whatever category of inflation the Central Statistics Office deems suitable for this category; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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130 Deputy James Reilly asked the Taoiseach the amount that each household is spending on doctors annually based on the household budget survey 2004 to 2005 adjusted for medical inflation or whatever category of inflation the Central Statistics Office deems suitable for this category; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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55 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on reports that disability service providers in the west are struggling to provide basic services due to funding cuts; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that respite care will have to be cut, two community houses will have to be closed, three multidisiplinary posts cut and day services charged for and reduced from some persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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43 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if building work has commenced at any of the eight co-location sites regarding her plan to fast track 1,000 public beds through the co-location plan; if finance has been secured for any of the sites; her views on whether her co-location plan will become a reality; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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42 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if the VHI fulfilled its legal obligation to achieve solvency by the end of March 2010 deadline set by herself; the number of times she has extended the deadline for VHI to achieve required reserves to date; if the EU Competition Commissioner has contacted her concerning a possible legal action and sanctions if VHI does not meet the requirements of the Financial Regulator regarding appropriate levels of solvency; the potential sanctions against the State from the EU in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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40 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the details of the Health Service Executive plans to close or limit accident and emergency opening hours across the country as a result of cutbacks and doctor shortages; if she will identify each hospital affected by these plans; if she supports this action; if she is concerned about the impact that this will have on patient access to care; the details of the contingency plans that are being prepared for her; the action that she will take regarding the shortage of non consultant hospital doctors; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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210 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total consumption of electricity in 2007, 2008 and 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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137 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) and their general practitioner are unable to get the results of their X-ray from a consultant at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin 4; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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103 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his plans to reform the work permit schemes for migrants; if his attention has been drawn to the exploitation of migrant workers under the current scheme whereby some employers are refusing to pay minimum wage and tell the employees that they are unable to change job because the employer holds the work permit; if his further attention has been drawn to the difficulties migrant workers face when they are made redundant due to the large fees and delays associated with a work permit application; if he will consider changing the scheme so that migrants are granted employment permits within a designated job category and have the right to change employer; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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56 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí assigned to the Garda fraud squad; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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50 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the timeline he has agreed for the completion of the Thornton Hall project including the envisaged start date for building work and the envisaged completion date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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235 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the final clarification on when an announcement will be made regarding the REFIT price for Miscanthus and other biomass burned in peat power stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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234 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if it is his stated goal to support indigenous biomass to meet the energy targets of co-firing 30 biomass in the peat stations by 2015; the strategy he has to achieve this target through indigenous biomass; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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233 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason he has reneged on the promises made to those in the Miscanthus industry that an announcement on the Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Price as applied to peat power stations would be made by the end of January 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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216 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the types of central heating systems that are eligible for grants; if range cookers are eligible for grants; if not, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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156 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if the drugs payment scheme considers there to be 28 days in a month and therefore 13 months in a year forcing patients to pay for their drugs 13 times a year instead of 12.
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151 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Dublin can get an earlier appointment for an MRI brain scan; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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124 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the percentage of employees that are in the tax net each year since the year 2000 distinguishing between those who are in the tax net as a result of the income levy and those who are PAYE taxpayers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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123 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons in the tax net each year since 2000 distinguishing between those who are in the tax net as a result of the income levy and those who are PAYE taxpayers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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96 Deputy James Reilly asked the Taoiseach the numbers of persons on the live register in September 2007 and December 2007 broken down by gender on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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95 Deputy James Reilly asked the Taoiseach the number of persons aged between 15 years to 25 years on the live register in September 2007 and December 2007 broken down by gender on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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94 Deputy James Reilly asked the Taoiseach the details of the quarterly national household survey in quarter three 2007 and quarter four 2009 broken down by gender and all statistically significant age categories for each region; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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64 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his plans to amend the Competition Act to facilitate negotiations between himself and the Irish Medical Organisation; if he will provide a licence to the National Union of Journalists and Equity to negotiate pay rates on behalf of their members; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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201 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if there is an appeals process for children who fall under the three years three months rule to receive the early child care supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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119 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the amount that the price of houses would have to fall in order for the financial system to be at risk, according to the stress tests undertaken for the financial stability report in 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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90 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will provide an index showing Ireland’s change in competitiveness with the United Kingdom, the United States of America, the eurozone and the rest of the world each year from 1995 to 2009; the way the change in competitiveness is affected by exchange rate movements and by changes in the general price levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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87 Deputy James Reilly asked the Taoiseach the value of imports and exports in euro and as a percentage of GNP with the United Kingdom, the United States of America, the eurozone and the rest of the world each year from 1995 to 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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91 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding an application for a passport in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he expects that this person will have their passport in time to allow them to travel on 15 May 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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37 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if a redundancy payment application from the social insurance fund will be prioritised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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30 Deputy James Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the way the innovation taskforce’s aim of substantially raising the levels of competence and attainment in mathematics and science so they feed into science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines at third and fourth level can be achieved if the teaching of science at second level is deteriorating as has been suggested in the recent survey of the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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23 Deputy James Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if a decision will be made on the introduction of bonus points in respect of higher level mathematics in time for those students entering fifth year this autumn and sitting the leaving certificate in 2012 to make an informed subject choice before they commence fifth year as recommended in the innovation task force report; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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62 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the proposed Forestry Bill; the legal issues still to be addressed; when he will be in a position to publish the Bill; the timetable he expects to enact this legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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60 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he or officials in his Department have had any discussions with Coillte and or Bord na Mona about a possible merger or strategic alliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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92 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the local mental health services in the town of Balbriggan, County Dublin, which has a local health centre; if she will confirm whether the clinical psychologist position in that centre has been vacant for more than 12 months; when will a new psychologist be appointed to serve the people of Balbriggan and the extensive hinterlands in view of the fact that there are local reports that patients are having difficulty accessing the mental health service in that area; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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91 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider the case and allocated 50 hours of care to a person (details supplied) in County Galway who resides full-time in a care centre at considerable cost to the State and who wishes to move home to their family but cannot do so in view of the fact that the Health Service Executive will only allocate 11 hours of home care while their professional care team insist they need 50 hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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90 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the case of a centre (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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87 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that the post of Chief Dental Officer was abolished in her Department in 2004; if she will further confirm that there is no chief operating officer for dental or oral health in the Health Service Executive; if so, if she will clarify the person who is providing national leadership in public service dentistry in her Department or in the Health Service Executive; her plans to address this deficit; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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86 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children her plans to address the lack of inspection regime for sheltered housing projects in which approximately 6,000 elderly people reside, in view of the fact that apparently the Health Information and Quality Authority have no remit to inspect these homes for the elderly; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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956 Deputy James Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the provisions that can be made to provide a person (details supplied) in County Dublin with three and a half hours weekly resource teaching at their primary school; when the person will be seen by the Mater CAMHS Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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936 Deputy James Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if she will review the moratorium on acting-up posts at the school (details supplied) in County Dublin where three of the nine post holders will be on leave and the lack of personnel to take up their responsibilities will affect the efficient operation of the school and will lead to a curtailment of services to the children in the school; if she will consider granting an exception to the moratorium in this case; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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802 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in view of the uncertainty over the proposed incinerator plant at Ringsend, Dublin 4 and the fact the Ireland has an obligation under EU Regulation to divert biodegradable waste from landfill 23% to be diverted by 2010 and 64% by 2016, the provision made in his budget for the fines that will be imposed if we fail to meet the required targets on time; the level of fines that Ireland may have to pay if his Department are unsuccessful in arranging for Ireland to meet its obligations to divert waste from landfills; and if he will clarify the bodies that will be liable such as central government or local councils who currently wish to proceed with the original incinerator plan which will fulfil waste diversion targets if its built; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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643 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the measures he proposes to curtail and restrict the activities of head shops and the sale of dangerous substances which are causing health concerns to parents and medical professionals who are now seeing the effects in accident and emergency departments in hospitals here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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