5 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether the principles enshrined in the Schengen Agreement should apply here; his further views on whether the 32 county common travel area arrangement is not as comprehensive an instrument for free movement as the Schengen Agreement; if he will engage with the British Home Secretary and the Stormont Executive regarding this subject; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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27 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport the proportions of the €39.6 million of trans-European cross-border funding that were spent on the Belfast to Dublin and Dublin to Cork sections of the Belfast to Cork railway line improvements; his expenditure of trans-European cross-border transport funding on the nascent DART underground project; if further trans-European transport network cross-border funding will be used to finance the Dublin DART underground project; if he will support an application to the trans-European transport network agency for a cross- border rail project from Derry city into the north-west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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423 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will clarify matters arising from correspondence (details supplied).
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407 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, further to the commitment on a derogation for white fish fishing vessels of less than 15 metre boats, he will assign days at sea to fishermen (details supplied) in County Donegal; his views on whether forcing a 10.6 metre boat to travel in excess of 200 miles serves the interest of safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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265 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport when equipment at Malin Head Coastguard Station, County Donegal, will be upgraded; his views on whether the upgrading of equipment at the Dublin coastguard radio, Leeson Lane is almost completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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18 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with the UK authorities regarding the participation of banks operating in both jurisdictions in the respective State support schemes for banking; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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134 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance the VAT receipts for each of the Twenty-six Counties for the first three months of 2009; the VAT receipts for each of the Twenty-six Counties for the first six months of 2009; the VAT receipts for each of the Twenty-six Counties for the first nine months of 2009; the VAT receipts for each of the Twenty-six Counties for the first three months of 2008; the VAT receipts for each of the Twenty-six Counties for the first six months of 2008; the VAT receipts for each of the Twenty-six Counties for the first nine months of 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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52 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on guaranteed loans for small and medium enterprises with the view of supporting maintaining employment in the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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327 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of full-time and part-time education positions that remain vacant in County Donegal due to the public sector recruitment embargo; if he will categorise these along the internal education sectors to which they apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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326 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of full-time and part-time positions that remain vacant in education due to the public sector recruitment embargo; if he will categorise these into the various sectors within education; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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323 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science his plans to provide a new building for a secondary school (details supplied) in County Donegal; his views on the case for a new science laboratory at this school; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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291 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will consider the regional branding of Irish beef as a means of expanding our share of the continental beef market; if he will acknowledge that various factory prices prove that there is specific demand for beef from Irish regions in some instances; if he will engage with An Bord Bia regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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267 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will request a company (details supplied) to meet a local group in County Donegal that has identified an alternative site for a radio mast; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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258 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on a sewerage treatment plant (details supplied) in County Donegal; the towns and villages that dispose of waste at this sewerage treatment plant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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252 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of full time and part time positions in his Department and in County Donegal County Council that are temporarily and permanently vacant due to the public sector recruitment embargo; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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251 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the outstanding development charges owed to each Irish local authority including city councils, county councils, town councils, and urban district councils in tabular format; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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250 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will publish periodical lists of unfinished private housing developments; his views on the fact that many estates here have been left unfinished by developers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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212 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding options available to a group (details supplied) in County Donegal who want to establish a language and cultural tourism project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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211 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if grants or financial supports are available to a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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169 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether garda numbers in areas close to the border should reflect local population sizes across the border in view of the fact that there is free movement of persons across the border; if he will take this matter into consideration when next assigning garda officers; his views on whether rural parts of counties Louth, Monaghan, Cavan, and Donegal are close to densely populated parts of the northern jurisdiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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164 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether the Schengen Agreement should apply here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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151 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on the progress of the DART underground project; the stage the project is at; the associated works that have been completed; when the project will be fully finished; the moneys that have been spent to date; the amount of money which will be needed on top of the €20 million to complete the project; the exact location of the DART underground project, that is the location at which it starts and it finishes in terms of trans-European transport network funding allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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119 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of full-time and part-time positions that remain vacant in County Donegal health services due to the public sector recruitment embargo; if he will categorise these vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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118 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of full-time and part-time positions that remain vacant in the health sector due to the public sector recruitment embargo; if he will categorise these positions into internal health sectors in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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117 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will supplement Letterkenny General Hospital’s annual budget in order to keep Letterkenny Hospital’s day services open; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an unanticipated extra number of patients attended Letterkenny Hospital in 2009; her views on if this merits the requested financial supplement; if she will acknowledge that closing day services is difficult for patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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100 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the amount she has spent on the education of student nurses from 2004 to date in 2009; the amount spent on the education of student nurses at a college (details supplied) in County Donegal from 2004 to date in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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581 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be available for an information technology suite at a school (details supplied).
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580 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools in County Donegal that are awaiting a new build, refurbishment or extension; the schools in County Donegal that are using prefabs as temporary classroom facilities; the cost of same to each school; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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564 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 468 of 17 November 2009, the specific date or timeframe for the delivery of a DS broadband solution to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; if it is the fact that without knowledge of this date it is difficult for the school’s teachers and board of management to forward plan; his views on whether this handicap on educational planning at the school is not in the best interests of the school’s pupils; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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562 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science his views on the enrolment processes at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; his further views on whether the consistent annual increases in applications for enrolment indicate the need for a larger school building; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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560 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science the median number of pupils per primary school classroom here; the median number of pupils per primary school classroom in Donegal; the median number of pupils per classroom at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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563 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science the amount of money spent by his Department on the rental of prefabricated buildings at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal since 1990; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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558 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science the amount of money spent by his Department on the rental of prefabricated buildings at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal since 1990; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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561 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science his views on the facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal in view of the fact that the school’s gymnasium is used as a classroom, a staff room, a caretaker’s store, and a kitchen; his further views on whether this serves the physical educational interests of pupils; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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524 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science if plans are in place to build an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; his views on whether this project is urgent; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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494 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if proposed legislation will exempt plough dredging from new licensing arrangements; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that plough dredging does not require licensing in other EU countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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434 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the environmental organisations that are receiving funding from his Department; if he will provide a breakdown of moneys assigned to each organisation for years 2006, 2007, 2008, and to date in 2009 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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171 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance the Exchequer’s VAT and indirect taxation intake from Counties Donegal, Cavan, Monaghan and Louth in the first half of 2007; the first half of 2008; and the first half of 2009.
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169 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance the Exchequer’s annual indirect taxation income on a county basis from 2005 to date in 2009 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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148 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of all NAMA designated properties and their valuations in tabular form and on a county basis.
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111 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport the expenditure on the Belfast to Cork rail line of the €39.64 million funding designated to his Department by the EU’s Ten-T transport agency in the period 2002 to date in 2009; if the figures will be broken down into two categories Dublin to Cork and Dublin to Belfast; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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64 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance the number of full-time and part-time positions that remain vacant due to the public sector recruitment embargo; the pertinent public sector areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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63 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance the number of ships boarded and searched in the port of Sligo in the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and up to 31 October 2009 by Revenue and customs and excise; the quantities of illegal cigarettes found as a result of these searches; the number of visits made to street markets in counties Sligo and Leitrim in search of illegal cigarettes from 2005 to 31 October 2009; the number of full time customs and excise staff assigned solely to these duties in 2005 to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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468 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science if grants are available to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal which has two computers and no Internet access; the grant or funding options for this school that wishes to purchase physical education equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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416 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when broadband will be available in a parish (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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413 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will make a statement on all forms of broadband availability in an area (details supplied) in County Donegal; if this position will be improved in the coming months; his views on the fact that broadband is essential for the local business community; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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412 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report on his Department’s implementation of the directive on the promotion of clean and energy efficient road transport vehicles, and on the 2008 greening transport strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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381 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the environment improvement projects that will be funded by his Department on a county basis and in order of priority; when funds for these projects will be transferred; if he will make a statement on the proposed Milford improvement scheme in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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380 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding is available for the proposed environmental improvement works and new carpark for Main Street, Milford, County Donegal; when these funds will be transferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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234 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport his plans to engage with a proposal to develop a dedicated cycling track in a region (details supplied); his views on whether such a development would be of interest from tourism, recreational, and educational perspectives; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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