766 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting times for each county in respect of patients waiting for ear, nose and throat appointments; the numbers on these waiting lists for each county; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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714 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will rotate a consultant rheumatology service between Our Lady’s Hospital Manorhamilton and Letterkenny General Hospital for a medical opinion in view of the fact that the practice requires north Donegal rheumatism and arthritis patients to travel for up to two hours for appointments with the regional consultant rheumatologist who is based in Manorhamilton in County Leitrim; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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712 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that a community nursing unit (details supplied) will not face cutbacks this year; if the eight beds at the facility that are currently closed will be re-commissioned; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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696 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children further to comments made in the Dáil (details supplied) by Minister John Moloney on 21 May 2009, the actions taken by her, the Health Service Executive and the Health Research Board since that Dáil debate; her plans and those of the Health Service Executive in this context; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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688 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients referred by Letterkenny Hospital, County Donegal, through the national treatment purchase fund to private hospitals; the number referred to each of these private hospitals; if she will provide these figures for Sligo General Hospital and Cavan General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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467 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance the indirect taxation returns from each county for the first half of 2010; for the third quarter of 2010; if he will provide the same information from the 2009 accounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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439 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if official discussion with the office of the Stormont Minister for Finance and the British Chancellor of the Exchequer is part of his Department’s preparation for Budget 2011; if he will comment on Budget 2011 preparations in the context of the 2006 Comprehensive Study on the All-Island Economy, Stand II of Good Friday Agreement; if he will acknowledge that this Bilateral Agreement prioritises and notes the following: taxation is an important factor in economic competitiveness; intervention to generate an improved regulatory environment including fiscal measures, achieving the right balance between competitive taxes and adequate provision of public goods is a challenge faced by both Governments, companies should be encouraged to redesign logistical strategies and treat Ireland as one commercial zone rather than two separate entities.
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400 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance the reason a private company has been contracted to carry out a public service (details supplied); if he will respond to a concern that this requires the company to collect personal information such as PPS, VAT numbers, proof of ID and so on; if he will confirm that this contract was also offered to Irish companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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201 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of school building projects applications in County Donegal; the status of each application; if she will present estimated completion dates for each project or category; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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148 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Taoiseach the number of jobs that have been created in the communications sector from 2005 to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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147 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Taoiseach the number of jobs that have been created in the energy sector from 2005 and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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146 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Taoiseach the number of jobs that have been created in the tourism sector from 2005 to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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145 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Taoiseach the number of jobs that have been created in the sports sector from 2005 to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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614 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of new jobs that have been created and developed in farming since 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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611 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the numbers of jobs that have been created in the food processing sector from 2005 and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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610 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of jobs that have been created in the marine processing sector since 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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613 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will review the nitrates directive’s application in category C1, in view of the rainfall recordings for counties Donegal and Leitrim in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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599 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in view of the nitrates directive, if he plans to change the open period for County Donegal farmers in view of the rainfall recordings in 2010, which recorded County Donegal’s lowest rainfall on record; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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543 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of jobs that have been created in the heritage sector since 2005 to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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491 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Defence the number of aircraft owned or held by his Department; the number of Air Corps staff employed by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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431 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the number of jobs that have been created in the arts sector from 2005 and to date in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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430 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the number of jobs created from 2005 to date in 2010 in the arts; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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422 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, further to comments that he made in Dáil Éireann in May 2010, he will make a new and comprehensive statement on the development of his plan to establish a passport office servicing the north-west; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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350 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport if Malin Head Coast Guard station, County Donegal, will close for the installation of new equipment; the length of time that the station will be closed; when it will close and re-open; when the new communications system at Malin, Valentia and Dublin will be installed and operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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342 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport when a request (details supplied) will be dealt with by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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75 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of smart economy jobs that have been created annually since 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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74 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of new jobs that have been created in the retail sector annually since 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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73 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of new jobs that have been created in manufacturing in this country since 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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71 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of jobs that have been created in the enterprise sector from 2005 to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when legislation to ban corporate donations will be published and presented to the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he make a statement on the matter.
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35 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Defence when the central medical unit recommended by the PA Consulting Group review of services will be formally established; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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656 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will recognise the salaries, entitlements and pensions and so on of primary school secretaries; the number of primary school secretaries employed by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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618 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if family support considerations will be taken into account when allocating student grants to mature students; if grants to mature students will be cut; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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446 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Social Protection if the social welfare options for persons (details supplied) on disability payments who reach 65 years of age and must wait until they reach 66 before old-age pension can be claimed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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341 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide funding for the construction of a new bridge at Cockhill, Buncrana, County Donegal under his strategic regional and local roads grants budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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339 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport when funding will be provided for the upgrade of a bridge (details supplied) in County Donegal; his views on whether this bridge in its current state poses a serious hazard to the safety of motorists and pedestrians; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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296 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will derogate the public sector recruitment embargo and employ nursing staff at a community nursing unit (details supplied) in order to facilitate the re-opening of eight beds at the hospital that are closed because of the recruitment embargo; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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291 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the minimum age requirement for adoption from the United States; if this policy is consistent across all health board areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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257 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the cost to the taxpayer of the National Advisory Committee on Palliative Care report of 2001; the cost to the taxpayer of the National Advisory Committee on Palliative Care; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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134 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children her view on her plan to stop all hospice out of hours cover by specialist junior doctors in County Donegal; the reason this plan does not contravene the development of specialist palliative care here as set out in the National Advisory Committee on Palliative Care report; if that report is still her blueprint for the future of Irish palliative care; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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132 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children her plan to stop all hospice out of hours cover by specialist junior doctors in County Donegal; the reason this plan does not contravene the development of specialist palliative care here as set out in the National Advisory Committee on Palliative Care report; if that report is still her blueprint for the future of Irish palliative care; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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271 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary teaching posts that will serve primary schools for the 2010-2011 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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270 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs teachers that will be employed by her Department at schools for the 2010-2011 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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269 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants that will be employed by her Department for the 2010-2011 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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268 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the amount that will be invested in schools building projects in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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267 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department does not have a sectoral plan under the terms of the Disability Act; if she will introduce such a plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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266 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding all schools building projects in County Donegal; to list all projects, the deadlines that were set at the outset of the projects; her views on when the projects will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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265 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if the forward planning section review of the additional accommodation which will be required at primary and post-primary level in 2010 and onwards includes an assessment of the provision of primary and post-primary school capacity in Moville, Buncrana, Carndonagh, Millford or Ramelton, County Donegal; if she will report on each of these towns individually; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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