265 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the measures that she will put in place to assist couples that are in the process of adopting children from Ethiopia and Russia; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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274 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the consideration she gave to negotiating a new agreement, incorporating within it provisions to address concerns resulting from the International Social Service report and the creation of structures to properly and transparently monitor the workings of such agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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273 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children if Vietnam has refused to continue negotiations on the conclusion of a new bilateral agreement; if she has decided to suspend indefinitely negotiations on a new agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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231 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance the new capital projects associated with his Department gone to tender that will begin in 2010; the new capital projects gone to tender that were due to start in 2010 but are not now proceeding; the capital projects that are in the middle of construction at present; his views on the importance of such projects in getting capital flowing into banks and around the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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206 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the new capital projects associated with her Department gone to tender that will begin in 2010; the new capital projects gone to tender that were due to start in 2010 but are not now proceeding; the capital projects that are in the middle of construction at present; her views on the importance of such projects in getting capital flowing into banks and around the economy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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153 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Taoiseach the new capital projects associated with his Department gone to tender that will begin in 2010; the new capital projects gone to tender that were due to start in 2010 but are not now proceeding; the capital projects that are currently in construction; his views on the importance of such projects in getting capital flowing into banks and around the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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322 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the breakdown per project of the piers and harbours development budget for 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009; the levels of receipted expenditure per project within each of these annual budgets; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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308 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the back-up service that is provided during processing to customers of a service (details supplied) that has been commissioned by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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110 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene to ensure that the consultant haematology position advertised at Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal, is filled immediately; her views on the risks posed to patients due to this ongoing vacancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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14 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects the roll out of water meters for domestic homes will begin; if the cost of new meters will be met by local authorities or by central Government; if he plans to introduce domestic water charges for all domestic users at the same time or on a gradual basis as meters are installed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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307 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the first round of payments of 40% under the farm waste management scheme, due to be paid at the beginning of 2009, was paid in full; the number of second round 40% farm waste management payments that have not been paid to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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306 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the first instalment of payments under the farm waste management scheme due to be paid in the beginning of 2009 has been paid in full; the number of second round payments that have yet to be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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193 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children if plans are in place to sell lands at a location (details supplied) in County Donegal; when the land will go on the market; her views on whether it is opportune to sell this land at this time; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1097 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will respond to a safety report on a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; his views on whether this report illustrates the need for building work to commence at the school; when work will commence on the school; the amount of funding that has been assigned from his Department’s budget to building works at this school for 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1046 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason third level grants and the millennium fund are being cut; if he plans to reverse these cuts; his views on whether these schemes are the only paths to education for many persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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982 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of Exchequer funding spent on a project (details supplied) in County Donegal to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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959 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will reconsider his decision to decommission a capital project (details supplied) in County Donegal, in view of the fact that this decommissioning will result in the dissolution of work done on the project already; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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958 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give a breakdown of the distribution of the 2010 piers and harbours building budget; if he will further give a short summary of construction plans for each of the piers and harbours that have been designated funding from this budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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954 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will support potato growers in County Donegal whose enterprises have been devastated by the Christmas 2009 weather crisis; if he will acknowledge that 75% of the potato crop has been ruined; his views that this amounts to a wipe-out of the potato industry in County Donegal; the nature of the supports he will provide; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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934 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farm inspections carried out in 2009 on a county basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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930 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will review and preview broadband services in a location (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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920 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when broadband will be made available at locations (details supplied) in County Donegal; the penalties that apply to mobile telephone companies contracted by the State for the non-delivery of broadband to areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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919 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will address a number of concerns (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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916 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when broadband will be available in an area (details supplied) in County Donegal in view of the details of his response to a parliamentary question in October 2009 on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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913 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to evaluate the legislation that prevents fishing for eel here; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that anglers are permitted to fish for eel in Northern Ireland from rivers that are common to the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland; if he will address this anomaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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893 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the trade plates that are not accepted in Northern Ireland; his view on whether the €260 fine plus clamping is contrary to the aims and objectives of the Good Friday Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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892 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the non principal private residence charge imposes a significant financial demand on an organisation (details supplied); if he will consider revisiting the legislation with this in mind; if he will provide this organisation with a dispensation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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875 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the specific costs, including signage, brochures, launches, consultations, advertisements, public relations, and so on incurred by the promotion of gateway status for each of the gateway and hub towns here as per the national spatial strategy; the financial benefits that each of these hubs and gateways accrued resultantly; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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865 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money that has been spent on salt importation in December 2009 and January 2010 on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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843 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on reinstating the disabled person’s grant for those who have limited access in their own homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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770 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will review the implementation of the dental treatment benefit scheme for 2010; if she will confirm that the scheme will be available in 2010 to those who have paid for this treatment through PRSI contributions; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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698 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if a Pobal grant will be awarded to an organisation (details supplied); when this grant will be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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684 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his policy on eco-tourism projects which are using sustainable technology which would bring investment into the local economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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659 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, pursuant to the bilateral Good Friday Agreement 1998, there is a facility whereby citizens of the Irish Republic with familial connections in Britain and Northern Ireland are able to secure British citizenship; if he will furnish details of this or any other facilities that enable Irish citizens to secure British citizenship; if he will identify all avenues to British citizenship that are open to the Irish citizen; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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462 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children when construction work will begin on a project (details supplied) in County Donegal; the plans that have been put in place for this project; when construction work on the project will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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445 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children if front-line services for persons who live with multiple sclerosis will be retained; her plans for multiple sclerosis services in the north west in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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298 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of all new national development projects from 2008 onwards that are designated for funding in Budget 2010; the funding that has been allocated to each of these projects in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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259 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance the Departments and grades of the 600 managers and senior civil servants who will be exempted from the salary cuts outlined in budget 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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258 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether the VAT margin scheme that was introduced in budget 2010 imposes credit flow problems and cash flow problems on vendors of agricultural machinery, who heretofore traded via the special VAT scheme for used agricultural machinery; his further views on whether the new VAT margin scheme makes allowances for the seasonal nature of the agricultural machinery trade; if these considerations will be taken into account when structuring the Finance Bill 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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250 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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262 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if he will explain the nature of all reliefs for first-time house buyers pursuant to budget 2010; if first time buyers receive just tax relief for seven years in total irrespective of the date of purchase; if reliefs for first-time buyers in certain categories of first--time buyers extended to 2017; if so, the reason therefore; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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195 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will, through FÁS, explore the possibility of developing community employment schemes on developing walkways and cycle routes on disused railway lines nationally in view of the fact that there are more than 400,000 persons unemployed here; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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183 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on an advertisement (details supplied) that is currently being run by the Consumer Agency; if she will take steps to address same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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180 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on a possible enterprise start-up (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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107 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she is satisfied with the capacity of the Money Advice and Budgeting Service to negotiate on persons’ behalf with financial institutions and sub-prime lenders in relation to mortgage arrears; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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167 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport, further to a recent parliamentary question, if he will confirm a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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310 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on reinstating the disabled person’s grant for persons with disabilities with limited access in their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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277 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the policy regarding eco-tourism projects that use sustainable technology (details supplied) that brings investment to the local economy and provides jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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208 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport when his Department received an application from a local authority for a project (details supplied); if the funding sought by the applicant will be awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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188 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that frontline services are retained for persons with multiple sclerosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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