264 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 Letterkenny, County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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263 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the forward planning section review of the additional accommodation which will be required at primary and post-primary level for 2010 and onwards in the Inishowen area; if this review includes primary and post-primary schools in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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252 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount awarded in REP scheme payments in County Donegal for 2010; when he expects to have paid all 2010 Donegal REP scheme payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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246 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the greenhouse home energy scheme on a county basis; the amount of money spent out of the budget of €100 million; the number of households that have availed of the scheme on a category basis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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244 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Foyle Fisheries Act 1952 or the Foyle Area (Control of Fishing) Regulation 2010 are technically derogable; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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243 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether the fishery management framework employed by his Department could be broadened to include control of abundant predator species; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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242 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will commission a survey on the number of predator seals and cormorants on Lough Foyle; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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240 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses that have been built in this State in 2010; the total projected figure for 2010 if available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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225 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Social Protection the amounts that are available for respite care grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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223 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount that will be spent by the State on payments to carers, including respite grant in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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213 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the amount of the sports budget for 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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184 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the budget available to the gardaí for 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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169 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport the amount of money that his Department will invest in roads in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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168 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport the amount of money that will be invested in public transport by his Department in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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159 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children her Departments budget for 2010; the Health Service Executive budget for 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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158 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of nurses or midwives that are currently employed by the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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157 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the average annual increase or decrease in the number of hospital beds since 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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156 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting time in 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 for ambulances and other emergency health services in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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155 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of people waiting to receive a service in the hospital and outpatient section of Donegal Health Service Executive; the average waiting time in each category in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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154 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons waiting to receive a service or therapy under each category of service in the community care section of Donegal Health Service Executive; the average waiting time in each category in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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153 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of hours of speech and language therapy delivered in Donegal in the first six months of 2009 and in the first six months of 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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152 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of speech and language therapists who were to be employed under the Donegal service plan; the number put in place; the number whose contracts have not been renewed or who are on leave of any type and whose posts have not been filled; the number of unfilled vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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151 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will describe the service reviews currently being carried out by the Health Service Executive in County Donegal; the purpose of these reviews when they were initiated; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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150 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of beds (details supplied) in each hospital and nursing unit in County Donegal that have been closed or are currently not open in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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149 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff in County Donegal on sick leave for more than one week whose positions were not filled in their absence in 2009; the grades and areas these staff represent; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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117 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance the number of earners that are exempt from income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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108 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance the amount in the National Pensions Reserve Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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574 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will commission the construction of two extra classrooms at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; if, based on the school’s September 2010 intake, the school will have four teachers in 2011; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the school is spending €22,000 per year on the rental of prefab accommodation; if her further attention has been drawn to the fact that the school’s board of management is willing to fund at least 14%, with room for negotiation, of the cost of construction of two classrooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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572 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her views on the implications of leaving certificate guidelines (details supplied) for students who are bereaved by the sudden death of parents immediately before or during examinations; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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534 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason fishermen with vessels shorter than 30 m in length are subjected to stringent measures in respect of gill net licensing in view of the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority’s restriction on fishing for cod, haddock and whiting in International Council for the Exploration of the Sea VI, pursuant to Council Regulation EC43/2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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530 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there is scope for reviewing the rules that apply to Lough Swilly fishermen in view of the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority restrictions on fishing for cod, haddock and whiting, pursuant to Council Regulation 43/2009; his views on whether the specifications for square mesh panels are arbitrary in view of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea VI variety; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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521 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a comprehensive scientific explanation for his decision to ban commercial salmon fishing on Lough Foyle under the Foyle Area (Control of Fishing) Regulations 2010; if he will provide evidence that the number of migrating salmon counted going upstream in the rivers Mourne, Faughan, Roe and Finn are below the specified stock level target numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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53 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance when full-time customs service staff will be assigned to the port at Killybegs, County Donegal, to replace the staff member who retired last year; when a customs cutter vessel will be assigned on a permanent basis to patrol the north-west coast to prevent drugs being brought ashore; the number of Revenue or customs full-time staff and part-time staff who are trained in the detection of illegal drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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54 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport if he has sanctioned a request for additional funding to the National Roads Authority for road maintenance or any other road related expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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60 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of unfilled non-consultant hospital doctor posts in hospitals here; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that hospitals face a shortage of doctors due the fact that new visa arrangements are discouraging non-EU doctors from coming here; if she will make changes to the visa requirements to address these concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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208 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department, the Northern Minister for Agriculture and the Loughs Agency will provide loss-of-earnings compensation to the 18 Lough Foyle salmon fishermen who do not participate in the salmon hardship fund; if he acknowledges that the livelihoods of these persons are undermined by the ban on salmon fishing in the river for 2010; if he will commit to providing loss of earnings compensation on the basis of an average of 2007, 2008 and 2009 returns; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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152 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport if he has corresponded with the European Maritime Safety Agency in relation to an oil spill (details supplied) in the Gulf of Mexico; if he is collaborating with the EMSA to anticipate any threat to Irish waters that arise from this oil spill; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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98 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied from his discussions with Chancellor Osborne in London and Minister Wilson in Stormont that the June 22 British emergency budget will not have deleterious implications for this State’s economy, for the Border economy, or for the Thirty-two County economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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22 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if he will publish options for spending savings in each Department for 2011 in order that there can be an informed debate about the optimum choices.
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154 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on pensioners’ concerns that have arisen from recent public discussion that the State pension may be cut or means tested; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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139 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if any progress has been made on his proposal to establish a passport office service on the north and west of this island; if he will outline the outstanding issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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504 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason she does not provide supports to part-time students at a third level facility (details supplied); if any financial supports will be available to students who take the course for the next academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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447 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he plans to introduce a grant and incentive scheme for micro wind energy generators; if he will provide relevant material; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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339 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if State compensation is available for minority Church buildings that are subjected to sectarian attacks; if he will provide details of the appropriate channels; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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296 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport if his Department anticipates that the oil spill off America’s Gulf coast will damage Irish waters and coastlines; if he will outline any pertinent contingency and response measures that have been developed by his Department or the National Emergency Co-ordinating Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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75 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on whether it is fair that a store (details supplied) is not allowed to sell lamb in Ireland, as Irish lamb, that they purchase from a company which is the local lamb factory for a large portion of farmers in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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49 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of backlogged passports; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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343 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her views on comments by the chief executive officer of the Higher Education Authority that third level institutes and universities must merge; if the new national strategy for third level education that is currently being prepared by her will deal with this proposal; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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320 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in the context of his Department’s reorganisation of local offices programme, he agrees that his Department’s Raphoe centre ought to be suitably upgraded with adequate facilities before the Letterkenny and Donegal Town AES offices are merged into Raphoe; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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285 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will renew a contract (details supplied) that will conclude on 10 June 2010; if he recognises that the relevant organisation’s work requires the involvement of a contracted officer; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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