47 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if he will enumerate the Exchequer benefits of inheritance tax from the period 2000 to 2008 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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41 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will explain the length of time criteria for a person who was made redundant on 31 December 2008 and who is willing to participate in a community employment scheme in June 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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231 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason fishermen on Lough Foyle have not received salmon hardship fund payments, even though these were due at the beginning of April 2009; if he will move immediately to ensure that these payments are made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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284 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will grant an unpaid sabbatical to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who wishes to travel for a period of time; his views on whether this would be a way of saving his Department money at this time of budgetary constraints; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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160 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can change their tax credits so that their partner, who is working, can get their tax credit back due to the fact that because they are not a married couple they are not allowed to do it; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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159 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance when banks will release the €100 million sanctioned towards business start-ups and small and medium enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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158 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance his views on changing the Office of Public Works pricing and tendering mechanism for Garda stations, whereby costing and service delivery, that is, furniture, repairs and alterations are costed centrally and delivered centrally; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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236 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will fund the provision of a bus service for women in County Donegal to travel to Belfast for BreastCheck programme services; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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252 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will grant full recognition to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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244 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on introducing a temporary licensing system for the fishing of non-quota species only (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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243 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the banks that have been instructed by him to place a moratorium on interest rate payments for the farm waste management scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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242 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will expedite the licence application of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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225 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason grants are not available for the installation of domestic wind turbines in view of the fact grants are available for the installation of domestic solar panels; his views on addressing this contradiction; his further views on whether Donegal is more suited to domestic wind turbines than to domestic solar panels; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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213 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will suspend or reduce water rates and other local authority rates on school buildings, community buildings, and buildings associated with benevolent voluntary groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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214 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he is establishing to protect endangered species and to reintroduce extinct species of bird, with reference to obligations under EU legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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198 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce a ban on the indiscriminate use of poisoned bait that does not differentiate between vermin and other carnivorous species; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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196 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Defence his plans for the upkeep and maintenance of Rockhill Barracks, County Donegal; the maintenance and security costs which will be incurred annually; if he envisages an alternative use for Rockhill; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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180 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will incorporate the idea of find a worker into all literature and signage at social welfare offices; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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121 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport the number of level crossings on national primary and secondary roads on a county basis; the approximate waiting time for road vehicles at these level crossings; 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 the code of practice for parents accompanying their children to orthodontic clinics; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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86 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance the measures he will introduce in order to help fixed rate mortgage holders to switch to variable rates in order to avoid a significant breakage fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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85 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue generated on VRT for each of the years from 2002 to 2008 and for the first three months of 2009 on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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8 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the personal advocacy service for people with disabilities will be rolled out in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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146 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science if grants or scholarships for postgraduate students will be abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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116 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the proposed new water and sewerage treatment plant for Magheranan, Letterkenny, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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57 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport if he will incorporate the comhstádas-equal status on future road signage in the 20 year plan for the teanga; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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39 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will prioritise a review of the National Treatment Purchase Fund and the consultants’ contracts in view of ongoing budgetary constraints on hospitals and health care providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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390 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will intervene to personally ensure that the third teacher at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal is not placed on a redeployment panel in 2009; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the school will have 49 students on its roll in September 2009; his views on whether placing the third teacher on a redeployment panel would be most injudicious, in view of the fact that the third teacher will be required in September 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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61 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if he will list all State owned and State partially owned companies here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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31 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance the State owned and State partially owned companies here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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227 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will ensure that the branch of an association (details supplied) in Letterkenny, County Donegal, will be included in his financial allocation in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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217 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will address the concerns of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal with a white fish licence who has been designated just one day at sea for 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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133 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí in the east Cork, west Cork and Cork divisions; the stations to which these gardaí are attached; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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113 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport if he will examine the possibility of cutting by 50% the costs of bonding for travel agents; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this will not cost the Exchequer and will not endanger consumers; his views on whether such a move would save jobs in the industry concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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77 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if he is liable for EU fines for charging another form of tax when buying vehicles in the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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65 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will amend her decision to cut the Skillnets programme in view of the fact that training of the unemployed would benefit enterprise here in the long term, and further in view of the fact that Skillnets exposes participants to networking opportunities which enhance their employment prospects; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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64 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans being introduced to cut funding in the Skillnets programme nationwide; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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21 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport in respect of his reports to the EU on tunnel safety, whether there are any safety issues, past or present, associated with any public tunnel here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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63 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the status of the co-location hospital plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if he will publish the latest comparison of price before and after tax between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland; and the tax difference on excisable products between the two jurisdictions which currently apply.
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113 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide a special white fish fishing exemption for the duration of 2009 in area 6A for boats of less than 12 metres in length.
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250 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science the amount of money that was spent by his Department on renting prefabs in Donegal since 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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231 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the quota criteria that governs non-quota species (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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211 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action he will take if oil is found in waters here; the previous or existing agreements with the oil companies in this respect; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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147 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of uniformed gardaí on duty at any given time in the Donegal division; the number of gardaí on duty from 10.00 pm to 6.00 am on any given night; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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122 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive computers in Letterkenny and Dublin do not interface in the same manner as Letterkenny and Galway computers (details supplied); if the provision of health care would be more economically delivered if the computers were compatible; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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121 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive imposes a hidden tax on persons in Inishowen, County Donegal, by forcing them to travel to Galway rather than to Dublin for health services in view of the fact that Inishowen people are 80% more likely to have relatives in Leinster rather than in Connacht, according to ESRI research; if she will give Donegal patients the option of being treated in Dublin and facilitate this by providing an interface between computerised records in Letterkenny General Hospital and Dublin based hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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79 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if the rate of tax that applies to lump sums for public sector workers (details supplied) will be affected by the April 2009 mini budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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74 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will amend the rules that govern participation in community employment schemes to facilitate those who are in excess of the 30 day period; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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39 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the commitment he is giving to marine, aquaculture or inshore funding as contained in the new round of partnership funding in coastal communities in view of the recent ban on salmon drift net fishing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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