261 Mr. Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of unexecuted bench warrants issued in each of the past four years nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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260 Mr. Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of institutional facilities belonging to his Department or funded or part-funded by his Department in the Dublin central constituency area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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118 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has decided when and where he will introduce a pilot scheme for tenant purchase in the cooperative and voluntary housing sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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91 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to regulate the operation of management companies and to control management fees in housing developments and in multi-unit dwellings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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57 Mr. Costello a sked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has a role in conducting random searches of US war planes or CIA operated planes travelling through Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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72 Mr. Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the promised Bill, in regard to the package of anti-crime measures he announced on 13 February 2007, will be published; his proposed legislative timetable for the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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299 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Defence if a figure was stated to Dublin City Council as the asking price for Clancy Barracks; if so, the amount stated; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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284 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Education and Science if he has identified a site for a permanent school for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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229 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will refer the European Parliament Committee’s Report on Extraordinary Rendition to a Parliamentary Committee as recommended in the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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168 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Transport if he has a role in determining whether extraordinary rendition flights through Shannon Airport have occurred or might occur in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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85 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Transport the number of US soldiers who have travelled through Shannon Airport in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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554 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will amend the provisions of the conservation grant scheme with a view to extending the scheme to buildings in architectural conservation areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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218 Mr. Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of illegal drug seizures in the north Leitrim area for each year in the period since 2001 to date in 2007; the quantity and type of illegal drugs seized in each operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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130 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm reports of 30,000 backlogged smear tests waiting to be examined here and reports that these backlogged tests are to be sent to Dallas, Texas to be processed; her views on plans for a national cervical cancer screening programme and that without the means to process tests a national programme is meaningless; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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30 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the development of the list of sporting facilities that could be used by visiting athletes in the run up to the 2012 London Olympics; if he will set a date for the fast tracking of the facilities that are required; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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350 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Defence the circumstances surrounding the refusal by his Department to sell Clancy Barracks to Dublin City Council at a reasonable price and the subsequent sale of the barracks to a private developer in 2004 at a basement bargain price; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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225 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Health and Children the waiting time for orthodontic treatment for children for each year up to the age of 16 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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171 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the breakdown of the main television platforms in households here including satellite, Irish terrestrial, cable, MMDS and multi-terrestrial; the percentage of digital households; if the remaining households with a television set will be affected by the turning off of the analogue signal; if he has made a decision on 2012 as the target deadline for switching off the analogue signal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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113 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason it has taken until now for the Communications Regulation (Amendment) Bill to be brought forward; when it will be brought for Second Stage discussion in Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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584 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a public representative (details supplied) made written representations on 18 December 2006 to an official of her Department relating to the provision of a teacher for Travellers and that they neither received an acknowledgement or reply to their correspondence; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that the public representative sent her Department official further correspondence on 11 January 2007 and to date has not received an acknowledgement or reply; her views on whether such behaviour is acceptable; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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405 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Health and Children the timescale for implementation of the recommendations relating to eating disorders in the strategy document A Vision for Change; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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322 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Finance the reason street traders who were only three weeks on Henry Street, Dublin 1 at Christmas 2006 have been served with tax bills by the Revenue Commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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266 Mr. Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the quantity of property that has been disposed of by his Department since May 2002; the way the property was disposed of in each case; the financial return in each case; the purpose for which the money was used; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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201 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools that do not offer the Stay Safe programme to their students; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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102 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made on the location of postgraduate medical education; if she plans to have just one course centre or if there will be more than one location; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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186 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that €71 million was wrongly deducted from 1,100 companies by the Revenue Commissioners; the systems in place to ensure other taxpayers are not subject to double debiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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131 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Finance the latest information in relation to tax incentives for private hospitals developments regarding the number of applications made under the scheme; the number of applications that have been approved; the number of hospital beds to be supplied by the approved applications; the expected cost of the tax foregone on these developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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583 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he has taken to ensure that prisoners are aware of their entitlement to vote; the procedures in place in prisons to assist in the registration of prisoners; the number of prisoners who have filled in the new registration forms for a postal vote in each of the prisons; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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567 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals for protecting No. 16 Moore Street (details supplied) together with No. 14, 15 and 17 Moore Street which have had a protection order under the National Monuments Act 1930 placed on them in January 2007; his plans for the development of these buildings in the context of the aspirations and ideals of Easter 1916; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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558 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) has been in existence for ten years in dilapidated prefab buildings and that these conditions are totally unsatisfactory for the education of children; her plans to replace the prefabs with a permanent new school; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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360 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will introduce a system of random searches of CIA aircraft landing at airports here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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232 Mr. Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received all necessary documents regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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231 Mr. Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will appoint an ombudsman for the Prison Service to deal with prisoners’ issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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230 Mr. Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedures to ensure that packages of clothes, submitted by a family for a prisoner, reach that prisoner; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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229 Mr. Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a visa to visit here; if he will reconsider his decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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201 Mr. Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the circumstances surrounding the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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149 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to ensure that the public good competitive research programme, the Research Stimulus Fund, is used presently to stimulate the development of plastic materials and chemical agents from plants such as wheat, sunflower, maize or beet; and if she will make a statement on the matter of a major UK supermarket chains introduction of plastic bags made solely from plant derived material.
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57 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Defence whether the Garda investigation into the death of a person (details supplied) has been completed; if so, the findings of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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258 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Defence if he will make provisions for retiring members of the Reserve Defence Forces to receive an honorarium in recognition of their years of voluntary service to their country; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Defence the number of Irish soldiers who are stationed in the Lebanon on peacekeeping duties under the UN mandate; the type of work that is being carried out by Irish soldiers there; the quality of rations being provided; his plans to visit the soldiers in Lebanon; the present political and military climate in the Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1420 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 who has special needs is not receiving appropriate education; if she will provide one to one tuition for them; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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509 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Finance if he will make provision for compensating registered charitable organisations for VAT payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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152 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the high level manufacturing group promised in Towards 2016 has been established; the membership of the group; if each member is an ex-officio appointment; the qualifications of each member; if the group has not yet been established, the reason for the delay in establishing the group; the expected timetable of the groups work; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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140 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permits issued to Romanian and Bulgarian citizens to date in 2007; if his Department has noted any increase in applications from these countries since their accession to the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Mr. Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he will take regarding the murder of another man in the Dublin inner city area last night which brings to 25 the number of gun murders to date in 2006; his views on the need for the Government to deal with the situation and the need in particular for the Taoiseach to take charge of the situation and agree a strategy with the gardaí on same.
100 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on reports that cheaper, less pure heroin imported illegally from Afghanistan is currently widely for sale in towns and cities here; if his attention has been drawn to the danger this poses and the possible link between this contaminated heroin and the recent deaths of a number of heroin users in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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213 Mr. Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will make a decision regarding the application for naturalisation of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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100 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons who have been deemed by local authorities to be homeless; the number of persons who are sleeping rough; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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88 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount by which motor taxation will be increased in 2007; the estimated increase in revenue which is expected in motor taxation in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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32 Mr. Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí currently assigned to community policing; the proportion of the overall force this represents; his plans to increase the number of community gardaí; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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