56 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when the process of renaming his Department will be completed in accordance with the decision announced in Dáil Éireann on 23 March 2010; the estimated cost of the rebranding of his Department, including stationery costs, signage, website and other changes that will be necessary; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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234 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that thousands of Roma are being repatriated to camps in Kosovo from Germany, without a housing or medical programme being put in place; if he will raise this matter at the next EU Council of Ministers meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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170 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 has not received the medical treatment they require; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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69 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the purpose of the €600,000 grants recently announced by him in relation to the various drugs tasks forces; if this money will enable premises to be opened in areas where previously there was no drugs awareness centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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67 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the changes to the community support for older people grants as recently announced; his views on the outcomes of the changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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56 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Transport if he has been briefed by Dublin City Council on its proposed cycling action plan 2010 to 2015; his views on proposals for new speed limits under the plan including extending the 30 km/h limits within Dublin city; when he will publish the revised traffic signs manual for which the National Roads Authority was awarded a contract for publication in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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201 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on upgrading EU-Israeli relations; if he will oppose Israel’s accession application to membership of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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24 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount that has been paid out to REP scheme farmers to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide a breakdown of the level of REP scheme penalties on a county basis; if he will further provide a breakdown of penalties by measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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105 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Finance the position on talks regarding the investment by a private equity firm (details supplied) into an building society; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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116 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Finance if he will comment on the publication by EUROSTAT of 2009 data on EU government deficits and debt burdens which showed Ireland to have had the biggest general government deficit of any EU member state for 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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384 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the circumstances surrounding the post of special needs assistants in primary schools; the number and location of schools here which have lost SNAs; the number of SNA posts lost in Dublin Central; the effect of the current review of SNA posts on the schools in Dublin Central; if a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7 is adversely affected by the cutbacks on SNA posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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206 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; if she will expedite the processing of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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95 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the fuel mix here; the percentage of fossil fuels that were imported in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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60 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the national energy efficient retrofit programme will be launched in view of the difficulties there have been with expenditure in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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183 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the amount of money she expects to save annually from the abolition of the maintenance grant for people on back to education allowance in budget 2010; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that mature students and marginalised groups will suffer disproportionately; if she will consider reversing these cuts; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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160 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will clarify if batch testing is taking place at the point of entry of toxic waste into the Dublin City Council sewers at the Phoenix Park train station; the reason the effluent is transported to that location instead of being taken directly to the treatment centre at Ringsend, Dublin 4; when will Fingal County Council have the facilities to deal with its own toxic effluent; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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137 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the European Court of Justice judgment in a case (details supplied); if he considers that the same principle informing that decision applies to all products which are produced in the illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank and sold in the EU market; the steps he will take to prevent such products being sold here; if he will raise the matter at the next Council of Minister’s meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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37 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will ensure the implementation of the National Strategy on Biodegradable Waste which aims to divert 80 per cent of biodegradable waste from landfill through segregated collection of biodegradable waste and the generation of compost; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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98 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Defence the level of funding by the State of the Representative Association for Commissioned Officers, RACO, and the Permanent Defence Forces Other Ranks Representative Association, PDFORRA; the number of staff that they both employ; and the numbers they represent.
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263 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider her decision to refuse to renew a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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115 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress made to date by the EU in developing the European external action service under the provisions of the Lisbon treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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105 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has obtained a lease on some or all of premises (details supplied) in Dublin 1; the purpose for which the premises will be used; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that no planning permission has been sought for a change of use; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that premises are located directly across from a local authority housing complex; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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50 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when and the way the Services Directive will be transposed into Irish law; if the directive will apply to casual trading which is licensed by the local authorities here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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33 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if legislation is necessary to ensure the transfer of any section or agency of his Department; as a result of recent changes; if funding of the various agencies will be affected, and if so, if a mechanism is being prepared or in place to ensure that no delays take place in relation to such funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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43 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the effect on the decentralisation programme of his Department of the changes in portfolios announced on 23 March 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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437 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science when she proposes to appoint a new director to the Royal Irish Academy of Music, Westland Row, Dublin 2; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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370 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that tankers are discharging leachate from Fingal County Council landfill into the main foul sewer in proximity to the new Phoenix Park railway station off the Navan Road, Dublin 15; if batches of the leachate are tested on a regular basis; if there is an Environmental Protection Agency licence associated with this activity; if noxious substances or gases have been identified, in view of the fact that prevailing winds bring very unpleasant smells to local residential neighbourhoods; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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315 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the purpose of pay related social insurance at the present time; if the money accruing to the Government from the employer and employee PRSI contributions are ring fenced for social insurance purposes; the other purposes for which the moneys are used; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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138 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Taoiseach the numbers and percentage on the live register for each year between 2000 and 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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135 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Taoiseach the numbers of persons that immigrated here in each year between 2000 and 2010; the numbers that emigrated in each year from 2000 to 2010; the net immigration and emigration numbers in each year between 2000 and 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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125 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether the proximity talks between Palestinian and Israeli representatives are likely to take place and yield a result in view of the impasse in relation to the expansion of illegal settlements.
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210 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of housing units constructed for each year between 2000 and 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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190 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will reconsider his decision to refuse jobseeker’s allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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86 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Finance the percentage change in GNP for each year between 2000 and 2010; the percentage change in GDP between 2000 and 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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74 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the recommendations contained in the latest report of the Garda Inspectorate on resource allocation that will be implemented during 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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67 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the membership and terms of reference of the working group to look at the issue of commercial rent reviews; when he expects this group to report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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163 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the remarks by a judge (details supplied) that he could not understand the reason an international arrest warrant has not been served on a solicitor who fled Ireland having defrauded clients of money; if he proposes to raise the issue of an international arrest warrant with the Garda Commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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162 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress of the Garda inquiry into the issues raised in the Murphy report into child abuse in the Dublin diocese; when he proposes to publish this report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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499 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of North-South Bodies in operation; the number and names of board members on each body; the remuneration received by each member; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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110 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the medical card renewal application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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76 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the report of the Irish Farming Association entitled Equity in the Food Chain.
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48 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers he expects will join the new agri-environment options scheme.
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267 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will reinstate child benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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183 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider her decision to refuse a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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174 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Health and Children the developments in the case of a person (details supplied) who has made several requests to enter the State on holidays with a small amount of prescribed medicine listed in the Misuse of Drugs Act; if they can enter the State for the purpose of holidays and to visit his family; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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109 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Finance if he has given consideration to making it illegal for any retailer to sell any product advertised as a legal high or similar substance or preparation without a licence issued by the Revenue Commissioners and on payment of an appropriate fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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380 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the main elements in the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland’s budget for 2010; the reason there appears to be a 27% increase in the 2009 budgetary figures; the reason the broadcasters regulated by the BAI must pay for the entire budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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