118 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied with the level of compliance by employers in relation to payment of contributions to the CIF sick pay and pensions fund on behalf of construction workers; his views on whether independent monitoring of employer compliance may be necessary; his proposals regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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91 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will develop, finance, and put in place a national strategy for carers, and give full recognition to their role as an integral part of the health services; if adequate supports for the 150,000 family carers here will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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137 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the investments in broadband in CLÁR areas which have been funded or co-funded by his Department; the amount in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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123 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has received a report from Comhairle na Tuaithe; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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194 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will implement the recommendations made by the report of the All-Party Committee on the Constitution on the process of building land; the planned timeframe for implementing these recommendations; if he will report to Dáil Éireann on his strategy for such an implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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186 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the consideration he has given to the NESC report, Housing in Ireland: Performance and Policy; the legislative measures he will take arising from the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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56 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the service providers the Garda Commissioner has written to pursuant to section 63 of the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 instructing them to retain data as defined; if any service provider accessed the data held pursuant to section 63 of the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005; if so, the service providers which have done so and pursuant to which subsection or subsections of section 64 was it so accessed in each case; the number of times the data retained have been accessed under each subsection of section 64 and by which service providers; the safeguards he has instructed service providers to put in place to ensure that this data is not improperly accessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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21 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he proposes to introduce a scheme of community policing as provided for under the Garda Síochána Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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100 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport the status of A Platform for Change; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that several major planning applications continue to be made on the basis of its full introduction by 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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163 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport the details of his negotiations with representatives of Dublin Bus drivers on the further opening of the bus market to private operators; the number of meetings that have been held; the outstanding issues to be agreed; and when the negotiations will be finalised.
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435 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will provide a progress report on the proposal for Ballycotton harbour development committee case submitted earlier in 2005 regarding Ballycotton harbour.
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434 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will provide a progress report on the Youghal river bed; and if he has obtained a report from his legal advisers on the advice sought.
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433 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position in relation to the salmon drift nets fishing and the effect it is having on the future of salmon stocks resulting in the number of salmon anglers dropping.
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119 Mr. Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take regarding the 500 patients awaiting treatment in Ireland’s only hospital based obesity clinic in St. Columcille Hospital; if her attention has been drawn to the estimates in view of the fact that up to 30 patients on the waiting list could die if the necessary funding is not put in place; the methods she will implement to combat Ireland’s obesity epidemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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144 Mr. Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the long promised general practitioner cards will be issued; if all industrial relations issues arising from the card have now been resolved; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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100 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the prospects of market deregulation in the postal sector; his proposals in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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63 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has examined the causes of the overrun in the cost of the public private partnership schools already constructed; the lessons which have been learned; the changes which will be incorporated in the contracts and specifications for the schools recently announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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23 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will consider adding further institutions to the list included under the remit of the Residential Institutions Redress Board; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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57 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he proposes to take in order to ensure implementation of the International Court of Justice decision in relation to the illegal wall built in part on Palestinian territory; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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31 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the number of new housing units approved in general in the past 12 months by the Israeli authorities in the occupied territory of the West Bank; his views on the extension of the borders of the municipal areas of Jerusalem; and if such settlement activity is a breach of international law and the principles of the roadmap for peace.
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151 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the number of special savings investment accounts opened at the latest date for which figures are available; the average amount of savings per investor per month; if, on the basis of any such figures, he will give a definite figure for likely cost to the Exchequer of the special savings investment accounts; when the first payments will become due; the amount expected to be paid out by the Exchequer in each of the first 12 months after the specials savings investment accounts mature; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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135 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the number of individuals, companies and trusts being investigated by the Revenue Commissioners arising from the Ansbacher accounts at the latest date for which figures are available; the number of cases where settlements have been agreed and the total amount paid to date; the number of cases still outstanding; if any additional action has been taken by the Revenue Commissioners arising from the report of the Ansbacher inspectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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52 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Defence if he has brought to Cabinet proposals for the participation of Irish troops in EU rapid-reaction forces; the legislative changes that are required to facilitate this; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Defence if he has brought to Cabinet proposals for the participation of Irish troops in EU rapid reaction forces; the legislative changes that are required to facilitate this; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Defence his plans to conduct an investigation into the death of a person (details supplied) six years ago; if he is satisfied with the open verdict returned by an inquest in Donegal into this person’s death; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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202 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the recent findings of an EU survey published by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions which found that Irish workers had among the lowest number of days of annual leave and public holidays; his plans to provide for any additional holiday entitlements or to create additional public holidays; if these issues are likely to be addressed in any discussions on a new national agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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164 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made with regard to the Government’s proposals to provide legal protection on a sectoral basis for whistleblowers who may wish to expose illegalities or wrongdoing on the part of their employers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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13 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the introduction of an all-Ireland free travel scheme; the latest discussions he has had on this issue; the reason for the delay in its implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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52 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the finalised mid-term review of the national drugs strategy; the amendments and additions that have been made to the existing strategy; his further views on the creation of a new fifth pillar of the strategy to include rehabilitation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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402 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans which are available for a new industry for Mitchelstown, County Cork (details supplied).
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250 Mr. Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount allocated to hospitals in Cork city under the capital funding scheme announced on 21 June 2005.
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249 Mr. Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount allocated under the acute hospital funding to University Hospital, Cork on 21 June 2005.
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248 Mr. Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if Mallow General Hospital is to benefit from the capital funding allocated to acute hospitals on 21 June 2005.
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168 Mr. Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the health reform process, which came into effect on 15 June 2005, concerning the management of the acute hospital in the southern area including Mallow General Hospital.
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164 Mr. Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the CT scanner for Mallow General Hospital, which was approved by her Department in 2004, will be installed.
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163 Mr. Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount of capital expenditure in respect of Mallow General Hospital, Mallow, County Cork under the national development plan since 2000.
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162 Mr. Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount of capital expenditure in respect of Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, under the national development plan since 2000.
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110 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reasons for the failure of certain local authorities to spend funds allocated for social housing when there are almost 50,000 families on housing lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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74 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he intends to take in respect of the two thirds of local authorities which failed to spend allocated funds on the provision of social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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59 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the renewed call from the chairwoman of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre for victims to be legally represented at rape and sexual assault trials; his views on this call; his further views on the statement made by the chairwoman that courts are perceived as being unfriendly to victims of crime; the steps which are being taken to address this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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30 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the low level of detections in respect of rape cases; the steps he intends to take to achieve a higher level of detection in such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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62 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport his Department’s role in the computerisation of the driver penalty points system and the action he is taking to address the continued delay introducing it.
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559 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Science if it is intended to reopen a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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557 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress regarding a school (details supplied) in County Cork, concerning the provision of a new school building.
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556 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress regarding the provision of a new school building in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cork.
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515 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Science if further progress has been made with regard to the provision of a new or refurbished national school at Rahan, Mallow, County Cork.
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358 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the progress on Youghal river bed as presented by the Youghal delegation.
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357 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the progress on the Ballycotton Harbour Development Committee proposal for the harbour.
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165 Mr. Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who have been approved for the home care grant but who are still waiting to receive payment, by health region; the total budget for the scheme in 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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