85 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Transport if an airline (details supplied) has withdrawn its threat to abandon the public service obligation for Kerry Airport; if that threat is not in itself a breach of the airline’s contractual duties; the action he has taken in response to the threat; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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64 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Transport the way he expects to reach the Government’s target of 10% of wheelchair accessible taxis by the end of 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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44 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline the range of airport charges applied to air travel here at present; if he has satisfied himself that these charges are properly applied by the airlines; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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87 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision to refuse a vocational training opportunities scheme place in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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151 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Finance the reason the National Assets Management Agency has been lending money to developers whose assets were non-performing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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125 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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86 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Finance the purpose of the €10 air travel tax; the amount of money collected since the tax was initiated; if he has considered a cost benefit analysis of the tax; his plans to discontinue the tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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71 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Finance his plans for lifting the burden of carbon tax on road hauliers; if he will consider a scrappage scheme to assist road hauliers in replacing older vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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62 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on her recent visit to the United States of America; the locations she visited, with whom she met and the outcomes that will arise from the visit; if she has received a report from Enterprise Ireland detailing the benefits of her presence on this trade mission; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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52 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the 2010 REPS 4 payments will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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39 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of money to date that has been paid out under the pigmeat recall scheme; the number of companies which have been paid compensation from this scheme; the amount each company received under this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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82 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he is working with other Government Departments in respect of the growing concerns on the availability of alcohol to our younger population through home delivery services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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69 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the way Irish persons living abroad can have their passports renewed without having to present at a Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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128 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when she will provide the new permanent school building for a school (details supplied) inDublin 7
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26 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces will undertake a mission in Liberia in 2011; if it is intended that members of the Reserve Defence Forces will serve with the Permanent Defence Force members; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding the ongoing independent accountants review regarding a specific account in the Irish Red Cross; when it is anticipated that the review will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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207 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the main new EU proposals in the Lisbon treaty in relation to humanitarian aid, natural disasters and conflict resolution; the role he envisages for Ireland in these matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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190 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Transport the public service obligations paid to the Railway Procurement Agency for 2009 and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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161 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Health and Children the extent of diabetic foot disease in each community here; the annual cost to the Exchequer of treating the disease; her plans to introduce a national foot screening programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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128 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 281 of 29 September 2010 if she will now include Bethany House in the residential institutions redress scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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66 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the date on which the National Energy Efficiency Retrofit Programme will be launched in view of the difficulties that there has been with expenditure in 2009 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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57 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the status of RTE’s public service statement; when he will publish the public service statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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440 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans for lifting the burden of road tax on road hauliers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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340 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when the decision will issue on an application for asylum in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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309 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Transport the steps that have been taken to ensure that sufficient funding is made available for the National Roads Authority to stock salt and supplies to guard against a repeat of 2009-10 shortage during the cold weather spell; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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142 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will detail the new reparation fund which has been provided by the religious orders for the survivors of institutional child abuse; the total amount of the fund which is in cash and the amount in property; the way the Government proposes to distribute the fund to survivors; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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141 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of survivors of institutional child abuse who came before the redress board in each year since its establishment; the number who obtained redress in each year and the number refused; the total amount of money that has been paid out to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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115 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide an update on the implementation of the biodiversity strategy currently in place; if measures contained in current strategy have yet to be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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97 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide an update on the programme for Government commitment that there would be a review of the Environmental Protection Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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115 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Transport the number of Irish fishing vessels that are affected by the new health and safety regulations introduced by his Department; the number of vessels that had complied by the deadline of 30 September 2010; the number of vessels which had not complied by the deadline; if he will grant an exemption for inshore boats; if he will extend the State decommissioning scheme to those boat owners who cannot afford the cost of implementing the new regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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81 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Health and Children to reconsider her decision to refuse to renew the medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 7; to consider issuing the general practitioner visit card in view of the fact that they have had a medical card for many years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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33 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport her plans to increase the volume of overseas visitors to 2007 peak levels as stated in the Government policy document Trading and Investing in a Smart Economy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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28 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport, in view of the continuing success of the culture night initiative, if she has given consideration to holding a second culture night each spring, in order to generate further interest in our cultural offerings; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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302 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will outline the origin and purpose of a centre (details supplied); if it is entirely funded by the Health Service Executive; if she has concerns about its operation; and if she will respond to the enclosed letter.
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64 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when the national safety camera programme will start; the number of cameras that will be available; the number of civilian personnel that will be employed by an operator (details supplied); the method of payment of the private company; the number of gardaí that will be involved in the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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36 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of cases of murder in which firearms were used; the number of such cases in which prosecutions for murder were initiated; the number of such cases where convictions were secured; if he is satisfied with the level of detection and conviction in such cases in respect of each year from 1998 to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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28 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of recorded cases of so-called tiger robberies, in which staff or relations of staff of financial institutions were taken hostage in each year from 2005 to 2009 and to date in 2010; the amount of money taken in such robberies; if he is satisfied the protocols agreed with the banks to deal with such situations are adequate having regard to the ongoing incidences of such robberies; to explain the way in which he believes that increased ATM fees for the public would contribute to the reduction of such robberies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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226 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Transport if he will support a car pooling scheme whereby four or more persons in a vehicle can have access to bus lanes at peak hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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225 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Transport his plans to introduce legislation to permit the provision of dedicated on-street parking spaces in Dublin city for the use of pool car companies (details supplied) which hire cars to commuters; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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224 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Transport the level of Government funding which will be allocated to the Luas BXD for each year until its completion; the timescale for the project; if he will link the timescale for construction of the Luas BXD with the timescale for the construction of the DIT Grangegorman development; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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223 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Transport the level of Government funding allocated to metro north for each year until its completion; if and when he proposes to draw down the half billion euro approved by the European Investment Bank for the construction of metro north; the way he proposes to protect the business of the city centre during construction; the timescale for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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222 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Transport the level of Government funding that will be allocated to the DART underground project for each year until its completion; the timescale for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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120 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Transport if he has studied the report compiled by the Railway Accident Investigation Unit on the collapse of the Malahide viaduct, County Dublin, in August 2009; the steps he proposes to take in relation to the findings of negligence against Iarnród Éireann in implementing safety standards and the equally serious findings against the Railway Safety Commission in enforcing those safety standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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96 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Transport progress on implementing Government policy for ensuring that 10% of the taxi fleet is wheelchair accessible by the end of 2010; how the new EU Directive 76/115 EEC, as amended, requiring new standards for wheelchair accessible vehicles, will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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94 Deputy Costello asked the Minister for Transport the amount of subsidy paid to each of the regional airports by the Government annually; his plans for each of the regional airports in receipt of State subsidy; the number of persons employed at each regional airport; the way he proposes to deal with the partial withdrawal of an airline (details supplied) from Kerry Airport; if he will give a commitment that the public service obligation will be retained for regional airports going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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308 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will explain the decision to refuse rent supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; if he will reinstate the supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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257 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Transport his plans for the construction of a new road between Dublin and Derry; the type of road envisaged; the timescale involved; the work that has been carried out to date; the projected cost of the section in the Republic; the contribution required for the Northern Ireland section from the Irish Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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256 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Transport the number of U.S. troops that have passed through Shannon Airport in each year since 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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37 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Health and Children her policy on the replacement of speech therapists in the context of the moratorium on recruitment; if her attention has been drawn to the gaps in the service resulting from the availability of such a service both in the community and in hospitals in some parts of the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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