199 Deputy John Cregan asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding revised plans for refurbishment of a school and assembly hall at schools (details supplied) in Dublin 9 and the time scale for the planning and refurbishment of same.
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198 Deputy John Cregan asked the Minister for Education and Science the capitation fees paid to various types of national schools; his views on the claim by gaelscoileanna that they are treated unfairly vis-a-vis other schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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197 Deputy John Cregan asked the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding plans to refurbish a school hall at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the position in relation to asbestos removal; the time scale for full refurbishment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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196 Deputy John Cregan asked the Minister for Education and Science the situation in relation to services for children to be assessed for dyslexia; if the process, procedure and waiting lists can be outlined; if assistance or supports are available or can be introduced for parents who arrange for and pay for private assessments; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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195 Deputy John Cregan asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application for a two room extension to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9 to include date of request, current phase and time scale for approval; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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194 Deputy John Cregan asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 for a new school hall; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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154 Deputy John Cregan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the situation in relation to the number of experienced tradesmen currently or recently made redundant as a result of more competitive foreign labour; if the particular trades can be itemised and the number of each category shown; if strategy or plans to use the experience of these people can be outlined; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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153 Deputy John Cregan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in relation to the labour law situation on retirement age; the source of the age 65 limit; if it is still legal; the way it is justified; if it has been legally challenged; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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152 Deputy John Cregan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the location of Enterprise Ireland offices and the proposed move to East Point; the reason for the thinking behind this suggestion; if staff agreement has been achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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148 Deputy John Cregan asked the Minister for Transport and the Marine the situation in relation to traffic breaking the rules at traffic signals; if any traffic signals are set up with cameras to catch such law breakers; if any existing camera system by other agencies could be used; his views on same; and if he will set up some pilot projects to check their performance.
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127 Deputy John Cregan asked the Minister for Health and Children the situation in relation to the benefits received under a doctor only card and if dental treatment services are available under this as per a full medical card.
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126 Deputy John Cregan asked the Minister for Health and Children the situation with regard to withdrawal of chiropodist service from medical card elderly for the past three years; the situation regarding negotiations for return of service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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125 Deputy John Cregan asked the Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding MRSA; if it is a notifiable disease; if data are available regarding the numbers who contracted MRSA or who died from same; the process or procedure available to relatives of people affected in relation to information, the right to be informed and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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124 Deputy John Cregan asked the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the dispute with dentists on provision of services to medical card holders; if data on the number of dentists who have withdrawn services are available; the basis of the dispute; if there is a considerable difference in fees paid by the Department of Social and Family Affairs and her Department; if emergency services will be made available to medical card holders who require same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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123 Deputy John Cregan asked the Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding funding provided by her Department or the Health Service Executive to the Alzheimer Society with a breakdown of what the funding is in respect of; if core funding or related services are provided; her views on reports that the society must raise 30% of all funding itself; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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122 Deputy John Cregan asked the Minister for Health and Children the situation in relation to charges being levied on pensioners’ medical cards when they spend a few months in respite care; if the matter of charging respite beds of a few months duration can be clarified; if the Health Service Executive will be informed not to charge such short term stays if the establishment is deemed to be an acute hospital or a long-term facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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121 Deputy John Cregan asked the Minister for Health and Children the situation in relation to new rules regarding €100 a week approximately being taken from clients on disability allowance who are long-stay patients or clients in residential homes for persons with intellectual disability; if this deduction was not always done in such homes as with elderly in nursing homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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97 Deputy John Cregan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the situation in relation to VRT free cars for disabled persons; if the facility is available to blind persons; if not, if he will reconsider as blind persons need total assistance and must have a separate driver; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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96 Deputy John Cregan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the trace changes in exemption limits for pensioners, single or couples over the past ten years; if he will provide inflation CPI figures for corresponding years to show real or true increase in the income tax exemption limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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95 Deputy John Cregan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the situation in relation to the tax treatment of the cost of private carers; if such costs are fully allowable against tax for the person being cared for or for a relative of same; if the service must be provided by a formal company; if informal services can also be claimed for; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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94 Deputy John Cregan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the current charges on laser, credit cards and current accounts; the annual tax from this source; his views on dropping these charges and the cost of same for pensioners with free banking as currently many of these bank accounts held by elderly people have few transactions through them and often are only held to process crossed cheques and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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93 Deputy John Cregan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the situation in relation to promotion panels for Departments that are under going decentralisation planning; the situation regarding promotions coming up in Dublin; if all promotions are for decentralised positions; if there is a standard practice being operated by all Government Departments or if individual policies exist; the position regarding a portion of promotions being made to staff not decentralising; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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92 Deputy John Cregan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the situation regarding the ongoing campaign for crèche charges to be tax deductible; the reasoning and decision to reflect this when decided on by Cabinet in 2006; the position regarding actions to assist parents with child care costs at that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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118 Mr. Cregan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applicants, families and individuals, granted asylum or the right to remain in the country since 1992 to date in 2007; the terms and conditions specified in the standard approval; and the number of cases since 1992 where the grant was subsequently withdrawn due to criminal convictions and so on.
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815 Mr. Cregan asked the Minister for Education and Science when standard sick leave arrangements of 12 weeks in a rolling year including seven uncertified days for school bus escorts will be implemented by her Department, in view of the fact that this was meant to apply from 1 September, 2006 and some escorts are not receiving payment for sick leave.
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298 Mr. Cregan asked the Minister for Health and Children if progress made in relation to resolving the difficulties being experienced by couples here wishing to adopt children from Belarus and in particular, those couples presently on a list waiting to finalise adoptions with named children; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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389 Mr. Cregan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the projects undertaken by the CLÁR programme in County Clare; the investment made in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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219 Mr. Cregan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the situation in relation to the rules regarding categories of workers who had to pay PRSI during the years 1967 to 1974; if the necessity to pay contributions was based on income or category of workers; the definition of manual or non-manual workers; the reason some workers were refused the opportunity to pay contributions, while others deemed manual were allowed pay even if on higher wages; if this discriminatory provision was ever challenged legally or set aside by an appeals officer; and if people with gaps in their record can now have their contributions restored or can they be given the right to purchase them back.
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529 Mr. Cregan asked the Minister for Education and Science when her Department will make the remaining back-money payable to part time resource teachers; and the time frame for payment of this money.
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486 Mr. Cregan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a district superintendent will be appointed in Limerick to deal specifically with the approval of applications for the farm waste management scheme.
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303 Mr. Cregan asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the progress that has been made regarding the nationalisation of contracts for the providers of private transport to persons attending various Health Service Executive facilities.
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961 Mr. Cregan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress that has been made regarding the provision of a new sewerage scheme for Askeaton, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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192 Mr. Cregan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress being made in relation to mainstreaming community employment schemes for those participants working with disabled people as personal assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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143 Mr. Cregan asked the Minister for Finance when the planning process will be complete in relation to the new building in Newcastle West where Revenue employees will be based, following decentralisation; the length of time it will take to appoint a contractor to commence work on the building; the length of time construction will take; and if he will provide an approximate date for the opening of this building.
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313 Mr. Cregan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress that has been made within his Department in respect of the provision of a new sewerage scheme for Athea, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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141 Mr. Cregan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the discussions he has had with other State agencies and semi-State bodies in relation to the use of lands in State ownership for countryside recreation; and his views on developing the disused Limerick to Tralee railway line as a walking and cycling route in this regard.
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194 Mr. Cregan asked the Minister for Education and Science her views on plans by the University of Limerick to develop a graduate school of medicine; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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258 Mr. Cregan asked the Minister for Finance the types of taxes imposed on the sale of electric or battery assisted bicycles; his plans to reduce these taxes, in view of the environmental benefits of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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568 Mr. Cregan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the initial capital funding approved by his Department for the Kilmallock sewerage scheme in County Limerick will be adequate to ensure that the agreed preliminary design can be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1325 Mr. Cregan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when permission will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick who has, to date, been prohibited from planting on their land, pending a final decision by the Government and EU regarding designated areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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925 Mr. Cregan asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in having a wheelchair issued to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; if a date will be given for the provision of this wheelchair; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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902 Mr. Cregan asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Limerick who was referred to a nursing home for convalescence under the winter initiative scheme was asked to pay for their stay; the further reason the person was referred to a nursing home that did not accept VHI payment; and if the Health Service Executive will offer a refund of fees in this case.
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115 Mr. Cregan asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) has to wait until April 2007 to have a biopsy and endoscopy carried out in Crumlin Children’s Hospital; and if there is a way in which the patients on this waiting list can have their procedures carried out sooner.
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50 Mr. Cregan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the recent correspondence or discussions she has had with Commissioner Fischer Boel on the simplification of EU regulations as these are applied to the farming community.
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330 Mr. Cregan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will intervene to encourage a group (details supplied) to engage with the Labour Relations Commission for the purpose of determining a reasonable redundancy package for the former employees of Castlemahon Foods, County Limerick and not have the matter referred to the Labour Relations Agency in Northern Ireland as suggested by the group.
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324 Mr. Cregan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will impress upon Enterprise Ireland the importance of engaging in a meaningful way with a group (details supplied) to ensure that every effort is made to secure replacement jobs in west Limerick following substantial job losses in the chicken processing and poultry growing industry; and if he will encourage Shannon Development to continue their valuable dialogue with the group.
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189 Mr. Cregan asked the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card patient is entitled to have an MRI scan carried out free of charge; the average waiting time for such a scan in the mid-west Health Service Executive region; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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176 Mr. Cregan asked the Minister for Finance his views on examining the possibility of securing temporary accommodation in the Newcastle West area to facilitate the 50 people who will be decentralised to Newcastle West Revenue Commissioners offices and who are presently in temporary accommodation in Limerick City; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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