277 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport if, in view of the fact that Transport 21 precedes the signing of the Belfast Agreement, he will reconsider current policy, in view of potential joint co-operation projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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276 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport the criteria he used to determine the viability of the Cork-Dublin railway line; the amount the project cost; the breakdown of where the funding was sourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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275 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport the consultations that have taken place between his senior Department officials and officials from the Northern Ireland administration in relation to the progress of roads and rail; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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274 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport his plans to provide public transport access to Malin Head, where the public service was discontinued in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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218 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Government have failed for the past 17 months to give the Duchenne muscular dystrophy community an answer as to when a decision regarding the funding for referral will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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41 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of unemployed people in County Donegal; his plans to tackle the unemployment rate in the county; the measures being taken by the Government to ensure that this figure does not rise in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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36 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has had recent meetings in relation to bringing new sources of employment to County Donegal; his plan to provide further incentives for indigenous people looking to start up new businesses in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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155 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action he will take to help the innocent Palestinian civilians, who are going without supplies, due to measures introduced by the Israeli Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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670 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) has had the tax on their car increased by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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600 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in the Director of Public Prosecutions report on the tragic deaths of persons (details supplied) in a road accident; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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568 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused support for the junior certificate examinations, despite detailed reports on the person’s dependence on this support; if she will intervene in this situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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503 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has been refused a spelling waiver for the leaving certificate; if she will consider an appeal made by the school principal; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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502 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has been refused a reader for the leaving certificate examinations, despite the fact that the person had the use of one for the junior certificate; her views on whether it is fair that students who become reliant on a reader, have the assistance removed before one of the most important exams in their life; if she will intervene in this situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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487 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the policy on licensed mussel growers in Lough Swilly being allowed to go into other licensed grounds on the Swilly to avail of mussel spat for the growing and cultivation of mussels; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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354 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 89 of 1 November 2007, when his Department will supply the information sought; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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351 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport the amount that has been invested in the City of Derry Airport, by the Irish Government, for each year from 2000 to 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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291 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children when Donegal will have BreastCheck; the regularity with which this service will be available; if the service will be on a permanent basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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288 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children when legislation will be enacted in relation to the fair deal scheme; the role of the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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290 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the amount the Government paid towards Belfast Hospital, and the way the money was used; the details of the service agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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289 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children if the Government is providing funding for radiation services in Altnagelvin Hospital; if so, the amount that has been given to this project; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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287 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress on the advancement of a radiotherapy centre of excellence for the northwest; the negotiations that have taken place between Letterkenny and Altnagelvin in relation to furthering the plan for the said centre of excellence; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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286 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the services, in view of a cap on over-run of budget spend in 2008, which will be adversely affected, in view of the fact that there is less money in 2008 than 2007; the services which will be subject to cutbacks; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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285 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on re-evaluating present policy on asset stripping of mental health property to be re-distributed locally and targeted for specific mental health purposes; the policy in relation to asset stripping of land, bank and property belonging to the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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243 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children her plans to address the inadequacies of residential services, both in nursing homes and in the community; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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242 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will explain the proposal that 80% of disposable income be charged to patients admitted to nursing homes; if it will be 80% of gross or net income; the way business people and the self-employed will be assessed; if the 80% will be the full contribution or if further financial help will be sought from the family; the way the charge on the estate of the deceased person will be estimated and collected; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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241 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children if she has plans to tackle the arbitrary nature of the allocation of beds for patients requiring long-term care; the way she plans to tackle the unfair system of admission to nursing homes, which previously exists; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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240 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason there has been a lack of information regarding the nursing home support scheme, also known as fair deal, which, if implemented would bring about major changes in the care of the elderly; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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353 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport if the location for the new Coast Guard station on the west coast has been identified and costed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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352 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport the report which recommended Drogheda and the west coast as the locations for Coast Guard centres; if this report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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170 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport his exact plans for the Coast Guard station in Malin Head; the precise function and number of workers the centre will employ in the long term future; if he will assure employees at the centre that their jobs will remain in Malin Head in the long term future as stated in the Deloitte and Touche report (details supplied); when the recommendations of additional staff at the centre will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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161 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport the criteria his Department used to determine the viability of the Navan-Dublin railway line; the cost of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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13 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the development of modular units at St. Vincent’s Hospital in order that people with cystic fibrosis can be treated in a timely and appropriate manner by specialist staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1458 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures of additional compensation/seed capital fund/venture capital fund that was announced for drift and draft net fishermen at the time of the drift and draft net ban; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1457 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there is a plan to assist fishermen to diversify into projects other than salmon fishing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1426 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will expedite the upgrade of broadband infrastructure in County Donegal, in view of the fact that hundreds of households and businesses can not access broadband facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1423 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the decision with respect to the €10 fee for salmon tags for 2008 season (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1422 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will clarify the cost of tags for the drift net salmon season; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1419 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans, in conjunction with his counterpart in Northern Ireland, to explore mechanisms to allow a single market for sustainable energy, which includes the necessary subventions to maximise the potential of the wind resource, which is particularly strong on the west coast of Ireland.
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1365 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the end of life vehicle facilities, properly permitted and complying with current standard regulation in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1018 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will allocate special resource training to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who has been diagnosed with dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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868 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the policy with reference to Lough Swilly in relation to licence holders gaining access to mussel seed on licensed ground; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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867 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if two boats (details supplied) fall under the decommissioning scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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866 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the plan and criteria for cross-Border co-operation between shellfish producers operating on both sides of the Border; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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803 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she has contacted Mr. Joe Borg, EU Commissioner, in relation to new schemes which would benefit in-shore fishing projects in view of the drift and draft net ban in 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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802 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her plans for the 17 acre foreshore lease licence (details supplied) in County Donegal.
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654 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to tackle the problems in the electrical contracting industry, namely, the practice of sub contracting jobs to companies who do not meet standard safety regulations, and hiring employees who are not fully qualified; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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612 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action taken by his Department to promote the EU’s Seventh Framework Programme among industry and academia; the applications made which were successful; the current and planned financial allocation for the programme here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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560 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport if Derry city and environs merit a scoping study for development of rail, in view of Derry city being the fourth city on the island and the economic benefits which would accrue, such as reduced congestion, time savings for citizens, environmental benefits and reduced road side accidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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559 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport his views on engaging with his counterpart in Northern Ireland to discuss the possibility of a cost benefit analysis for a potential railway line between Derry and Letterkenny and on to Sligo, in view of the Belfast Agreement’s policy on integrated transportation and with Derry and Letterkenny named as gateways in the national development strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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557 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport the time frame for rolling out rail for counties Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal in view of the recent advertisement by Iarnród Éireann (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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