41 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the projects that will be cancelled or delayed as a result of the deferring of the gateway innovation fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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91 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Defence the steps which he is taking to make provision for additional personnel numbers in Custume Barracks, Athlone, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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81 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Defence the steps which he is taking to secure adequate provision for personnel in Chad; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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203 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science his plans for catchment boundary pupils in Kilmacrennan, Termon, and Ballykeeran areas of County Donegal who attend a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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164 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she plans to amend the system whereby a person must be on jobseeker’s assistance for two years before they qualify for a back to work scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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22 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average time it took for a jobseeker’s allowance claim to be processed during the period from the start of October 2008 to the end of January 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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37 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the commitment he is giving to marine, aquaculture or inshore funding as contained in the new round of partnership funding for coastal communities in view of the new threat to white fish fishing in area six and the imminent threat to ban small boatmen who operate white fish boats of 12 metres or less in size in the inshore; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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434 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will explore ways of alleviating the difficulties that have been imposed on vocational education in County Donegal by the budget 2009 constraints; if he will specifically attempt to minimise the bearing that these cuts will have on front-line services in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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409 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of fishing days a company (details supplied) in County Donegal has been allocated in Areas 6A and 7A for 2009; the reason this company has not been informed to date; if he will acknowledge that the owners of this company have been making repayments on their initial outflow since the beginning of 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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115 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance the cross-Border bodies that are funded by the Irish State; the cost to the State of each of these bodies in 2007 and 2008; if he will provide this information in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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58 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he intends to continue with the proposal to amalgamate the National Archives with the National Library; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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507 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will explore ways of alleviating the difficulties that have been imposed on vocational education in County Donegal by the recent budget constraints; the action he will take to minimise the bearing that these cuts will have on front-line services in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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438 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his Department can identify the percentage of salmon that is sold as Irish salmon which is in fact not Irish salmon; the reason he has not implemented the European Communities (Labelling of Fishery and Aquaculture products) Regulations 2003, S.I. No. 320 of 2003, which transposes Council Regulation 104/2000 and Commission Regulation EC 2065/2001; when these regulations will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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437 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the scientific justification for the introduction of new rules in respect of KW days at sea regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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336 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her position on self-employed workers’ entitlements; if she will refer specifically to the entitlements of self-employed workers whose working week has been cut from five or six days to three days due to economic difficulties; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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335 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding self-employed workers’ entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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334 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if plans are in place to relocate existing Money Advice and Budgeting Service offices in County Donegal to other locations; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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290 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether An Garda Síochána resources in Inishowen are sufficient in view of the fact that Inishowen towns and villages all circle Derry city; his further views on whether Inishowen’s proximity to Derry city is of fundamental importance in the context of policing; his plans to increase Garda resources in Inishowen; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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238 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will ensure that the new Adoption Bill will confer on adoptive parents a wide menu of post-adoptive services, rather than confining these parents to post-adoptive services from the agency or the health board that processes their application to adopt; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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237 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the consultation which was involved in the proposed centralising of the medical card section in Ballybofey, County Donegal; the reason centralising Government has become such a dominant feature of health care provision here; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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166 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance the plans in place to free up working capital for small businesses to survive in the short term; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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9 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the proposed voluntary retirement scheme for Health Service Executive staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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465 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who wishes to sell their two salmon licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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408 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to confer greater responsibility and autonomy on residents in respect of management fees; the nature of these plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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366 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Defence the cost to the State of the FCA in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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173 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance the plans in place to free up working capital for small businesses to survive in the short-term; if he will facilitate small businesses employing four employees with three to four months work ahead of them by providing access to €50,000 in the short-term; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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87 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the report of a company (details supplied) declares that the submission of below cost tenders for construction contracts in the north west is widespread; his views on whether this is unsustainable; his further views on whether the weakness of sterling and the higher cost base here puts contractors from Border areas at a competitive disadvantage against Northern contractors in the tendering process; and if he will examine the possibility of correcting this competitive imbalance, with due regard for competition law.
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168 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if the new pension levy is tax deductible; if the income levies introduced by him in winter 2008 are tax deductible; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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167 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance the proportion of salaries the new pension related levies apply to; if it is applicable to tax free allowances; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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169 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if he will facilitate a meeting of the North-South Ministerial Council with the Special European Union Programmes Body regarding the Lough Foyle and Lough Swilly ferries in view of the fact that it was stated in Dáil Éireann on 4 February 2009 that the issue has no home Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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628 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will reconsider his decision to remove the disadvantaged status of a school (details supplied) in view of the fact that 16 of the school’s 21 feeder primary schools are disadvantaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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569 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science the allowances available for people who have recently lost their jobs, not through redundancy, and who wish to pursue courses through the Vocational Education Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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554 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will release the €5 million that was set aside for aquaculture in the national development plan.
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496 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding Project Kelvin in terms of an account of project status; if he will provide a progress report on money approved and spent; if there have been changes in the status of the project since July 2008; the person who changed the status of the project in the event of it having been changed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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417 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the allowances available to private sector workers who have recently lost their jobs, not through redundancy, in terms of back to education courses; the allowances available for people who have recently lost their jobs, not through redundancy, and who wish to pursue courses through FÁS; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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414 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the existence of cross-border social welfare fraud; the mechanisms she has established to address cross-border social welfare fraud; the length of time she has been aware of this issue; the approximate number of persons her Department believes are engaging in this fraud; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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282 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children if progress will be made by her in respect of funding for Duchenne research in view of the success of the pilot programme using the exon skipping technology at the National University of Ireland Maynooth and further in view of the support the Joint Committee for Health and Children has given and the fact that she has been receiving representations on this matter since 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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179 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance the number of quasi-government quangos that are in existence; and the annual cost of these quasi-Government quangos.
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178 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance the amount of rent which has been accrued from renting masts to mobile phone operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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263 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science his views on whether assessing student fee applications with reference to their parents’ incomes should be reconsidered in view of the fact that most students are adults in the eyes of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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250 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the single farm payment will be reviewed before 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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248 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will grant a greater number of licences to fishermen on a peninsula (details supplied) in County Donegal in view of the fact that the collapse of the construction industry has eliminated all other types, excluding marine, of employment on the peninsula; 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 his views on making funding available for work at a historical building (details supplied) in County Donegal; when the national monuments Bill will be put to Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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209 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the Private Residential Tenancies Board has been given a four-year period of grace on rented properties before an energy ratings certificate is required; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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207 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason car dealers with legitimate trade plates are charged up to €300 at the Border and are deemed to be illegal by the authorities within Northern Ireland; the further reason the plates are legal in continental Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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132 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport if he and his ministerial colleague at the North-South Ministerial Council will provide funding for ferry services (details supplied) that link the north Atlantic tourism corridor in north Ulster; his views on whether the ferry services are an essential part of the corridor; his further views on whether the ferry services can continue without increased funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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116 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite the orthodontic clinical treatment of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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85 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance the implications for small businesses who elect to forgo VAT rebates as a philanthropy to the national Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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78 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if the 1% income levy on farm income will be reviewed before 2013; 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 will explain the logic behind the reason to move the Lifford VRT office to Donegal town; if a feasibility study has been conducted in respect of this movement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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