67 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance the reason a car owner’s parents (details supplied) are disallowed from driving his car, which is legitimately registered by a citizen who lives in this State; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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18 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the staff reductions planned in his Department and its agencies by the end of 2011 and if these are being secured through specific reorganisation.
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215 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Social Protection when he will announce his decision on an application for Pobal funding (details supplied) in order to allow the organisation to plan for its important 2011 programmes; to acknowledge the central role that will be played in progressing the organisation’s programme by the service that would be funded by this Pobal application; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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37 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way he plans to expedite private sector investment plans in next generation broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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131 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if he will communicate with 3 to ensure that full connectivity is delivered to a community (details supplied); the reason the scheme has not been delivered in this location within the agreed timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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117 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if he will indicate when a company (details supplied) will be paid for work that it completed on building projects commissioned by the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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55 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reform child income support payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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99 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will meet with a group (details supplied) to discuss an issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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97 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children if she and the Health Service Executive will ensure that the new wing of Letterkenny Hospital including 72 beds, a medical assessment unit and the critical accident and emergency unit will be opened on time and that the sub-contractors involved who are owed money will be paid, despite the liquidation of the main contractor; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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402 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will respond to Donegal County Council’s motion of 27 September 2010 that states Donegal County Council supports the drugs crisis campaign against adjustments to drug task force funding and calls on the Government to allocate funds from the criminal assets bureau to regional and local drug task forces to assist them in their provision of services in their communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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340 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a full report from 3 regarding broadband coverage in the 52 Donegal electoral districts that participate in the national broadband scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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339 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the terms of the National Broadband Scheme contract, which require 3 to have provided coverage in all 1,028 electoral divisions (EDs) by end of October 2010; if he acknowledges that large sections of the electoral divisions are still without broadband coverage in November 2010; if he has engaged with 3 on this matter since 1 November 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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338 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will respond to the unanimous resolution of Donegal County Council on 27 September calling on him to introduce a second phase of the national broadband scheme as a matter of urgency to ensure that all remaining areas in Donegal receive mobile Internet broadband coverage, and that both ERNACT and the Information System’s Department in Donegal County Council have a recognised input into the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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313 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in the context of his Department’s ongoing review of retail planning guidelines, if he will take views (details supplied) into account; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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301 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he plans conferring voting rights on Irish citizens who have emigrated since 2007 for economic reasons; if he acknowledges that the views of these citizens should be reflected in the outcome of the next general election; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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151 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance his views on rising home insurance costs; his further views on whether house prices and house rebuilding prices should at least partially determine home insurance premiums, together with market trends; if he agrees that costs should be kept to a minimum in the interests of taxpayers and unemployed homeowners who face a tough budget this winter; if he will engage with the Financial Regulator regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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146 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if he will acknowledge competition disparities between companies from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in electrical contracting; if he will acknowledge the need for a review of the registered employment agreement for electrical contracting in order to address these disparities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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80 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport the proposals he has to reduce emissions from publicly owned cars, buses and trains; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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254 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a farmer with a herd number has a van, crew cab or a commercial jeep, does that individual qualify for the €288 tax; if so, the proof needed; must the farmer pay private tax on a vehicle that they and their spouse use for all trips and if so can they then put back seats in their commercial vehicle if they are paying the high tax bracket; is a VAT number needed if the farmer has a herd number; when this rule will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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117 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if he will acknowledge that banks asset books contain huge private mortgages portfolios; that defaulted mortgages will leave banks in possession of assets worth less that their paper value; if budget 2011 will introduce mechanisms that encourage banks to negotiate with private mortgage holders on partial write-offs and credit negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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100 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills in the context of the ongoing public debate regarding third level registration fees, if she will acknowledge the huge accommodation costs imposed on rural families with children studying at third level, for example, a family from the north west with three students at university in Dublin and Galway face accommodation costs of up to €15,000 per annum whereas families who live in the university or college towns and cities do not incur such costs; if her review of third level funding will take these factors into account; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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94 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the methodology used to select schools for the high speed broadband for post-primary schools; if she will identify the relevant criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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61 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will consider introducing a national foot screening programme as part of the treatment of diabetic foot disease; the estimated cost of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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11 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the deficit in Health Service Executive west; the action being taken to address this deficit; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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355 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the postal services Bill, which will transpose the EC third postal directive into law, will include recital 16, which notes that social considerations should be taken into account when preparing the opening up of the postal market; if the Bill will ensure that downstream access, which gives other companies access to the An Post network, will only be allowed to occur at the mail centre level; if the Bill will acknowledge and legislate for the role of postal services in rural areas, binding communities and citizens by providing access to a reliable service at a single price; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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211 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the imposition of a non-principal residential tax on a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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224 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support the following matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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209 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department and or its national parks and wildlife section envisages any special protection areas or special areas of conservation designations in an area (details supplied); to provide maps of any such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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208 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide advice regarding conservation regulations that apply to agricultural land bordering rivers that have become habitats for wild geese and wild ducks in the past ten years; to direct this information towards farms whose annual crops are damaged by the forage of such wild birds; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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493 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will deal with a matter (details supplied) in view of the fact that the deadline is 12 November 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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271 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children if the National Treatment Purchase Fund budget is currently being reviewed as part of the Government’s preparations for budget 2011; if she will indicate, in so far as is possible within existing pre-budget guidelines, whether the budget is being targeted for cuts or whether she can guarantee that the budget will not be cut; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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270 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding allocated from the National Treatment Purchase Fund to referrals from Letterkenny hospital in 2009 and to date in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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239 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children if her Department or the Health Service Executive will refund fees to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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217 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the implementation of the 2006 policy A Vision for Change; her views on its effects in replacing institutionalisation with community based services to date; if she will acknowledge in the context of budget 2011 spending reductions that the mental health budget has been reduced by 9.2% since 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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169 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if motorhomes will be liable to the 13.3% vehicle registration tax rate after 1 January 2010; the cost of the national car test and VRT for motorhomes that weighs less than 3,000 kg unladen; if motorhome providers will receive concessions in the form of delayed VRT bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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163 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if motorhomes will be liable to the 13.3% vehicle registration tax rate after 1 January 2010; the cost of the national car test and VRT for motorhomes that weigh less than 3,000 kg unladen; if motorhome providers will receive concessions in the form of delayed VRT bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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129 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will facilitate a school (details supplied) that is currently paying €60,000 annual rent for facilities that are less than ideal at an alternative educational facility in the town; if she will expedite this matter in view of the fact that a decision would have to be made and communicated to the various relevant parties by the end of November 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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125 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if the Student Support Bill will make allowances for students who attend a college (details supplied) and are unable to avail of third level grants because it is recognised as a private commercial college; if the Department of Education and Skills will base its grants system on financial circumstances instead of the form of education being received; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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36 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on incorporating a clinical trial site for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy sufferers at St. James’s Hospital’s new medical research centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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22 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance the numbers and frequencies of road checks by Customs and Revenue since January 2010 on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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480 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to amend the 2007 Building Control Act; if the requirements for inclusion on the register of architects will be changed; if any relevant secondary legislation or statutory instrument is envisaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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196 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance the number of cars that were re-registered here in 2009 and to date in 2010; the number of cars on waiting lists for re-registration; to provide this information on a test centre-by-test centre basis in tabular format; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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200 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of staff members in the Department that are working in regulation, inspection, transposition of directives, policy enforcement, health and safety and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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195 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of staff members in the Department who are working in regulation, inspection, transposition of directives, policy enforcement, health and safety and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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180 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of staff members in the Department that are working in regulation, inspection, transposition of directives, policy enforcement, health and safety and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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92 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff members in the Department that are working in regulation, inspection, transposition of directives, policy enforcement, health and safety and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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64 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her plans to place a cap on student registration fees; if budget 2011 will observe the existing grant and income thresholds for the purposes of higher or third level education supports; her plans to change the terms of the student assistance fund in budget 2011; her plans to develop a national graduate internship programme in order to retain Irish graduates in this country; her plans to retain graduates in this country in view of the ongoing difficulties that graduates face when trying to get work; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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55 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he intends to legislate on foot of the EMI Records (Ireland) Limited and others versus UPC Communications Ireland Limited; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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521 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the position regarding the third level review (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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390 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Social Protection the incentives for self-employed persons who contribute class A stamps; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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