465 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Transport if he has satisfied himself that the practice by local authorities of towing away or otherwise removing privately owned vehicles and holding them for a ransom payment in circumstances where they are not causing obstruction, does not breach any EU or other regulations appertaining to the ownership of private property; if he has further satisfied himself that it falls within the rule of the punishment fitting the crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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464 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied that the growing practice by local authorities, hospitals, supermarkets, private estate board areas and so on of clamping privately owned motor cars or removing them and holding them until a certain sum is paid, is fully lawful and covered by legislation; his views on whether it could be in any way in conflict with constitutional rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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259 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Finance if he will make arrangements for Ordnance Survey Ireland maps on CD which are available to schools for geography lesson purposes, available to scouts troops for educational purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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274 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Education and Science if plans are in place, or being considered, for a primary level school at Rochestown, County Cork; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a site for a school there was identified in planning requirements by Cork County Council and that the planning condition is about to lapse; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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183 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Health and Children if, further to a previous parliamentary question on the matter, progress has been made on the provision of a rehabilitation unit for stroke and accident victims in the Cork area; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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186 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he proposes to finalise new guidelines on the design and quality of apartments here to reflect the needs of a more diverse population; and his objectives for such guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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110 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the support his Department has given for the provision of library facilities over the past ten years; his plans to enhance the public library service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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195 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Education and Science her plans to reduce class sizes in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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95 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of children in Cork city in classes of more than 35; if she plans to reduce same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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43 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding remaining unopened border roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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29 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans for extending consular services to the Passport Office in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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528 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has any plans to amend Section C of Part 4 of the Private Residential Tenancies Act as there is a potential loophole which could be used by property owners for not registering tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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314 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there has been progress made regarding efforts to phase out staged payments in relation to house building; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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298 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the long delay in providing a school building site at a location (details supplied) in County Cork, she will consider requesting the Office of Public Works to use a compulsory purchase order; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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255 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Transport if comparisons have been made regarding the cost of road building in the UK and here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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127 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made under the current National Development Plan 2000-2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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79 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Finance the number of earners exempt from income tax; the number paying at the basic rate; the number paying at the higher rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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312 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to new scientific evidence in Canada that links the intake of drinking water, with high levels of aluminium, with people suffering from Alzheimer’s; if research has been undertaken here; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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231 Mr. Dennehy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if all new Garda patrol cars will be fitted with mobile phone hands free kits to facilitate use of phones in the course of duty; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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490 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Education and Science if, in views of the scarcity of personnel and the potential cost to the parents involved, she would consider changing the requirement to having the two year examination by psychologists for some special needs children increased to a three year cycle; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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311 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on the Health Service Executive decision to close local health facilities such as that at Shanbally, County Cork; if this is in conflict in any way with the published programme to bring health services into the community; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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229 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Finance if the inter-departmental group which examined the disabled drivers schemes examined, or made recommendations regarding, the involvement of blind passengers in the scheme; if not, his views on such a course of action; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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200 Mr. Dennehy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the number of Garda traffic marked patrol cars in operation; if he is satisfied that all of these cars are sufficiently equipped with speed cameras; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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199 Mr. Dennehy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there is a maximum mileage limit on Garda patrol cars; if he is satisfied that any of the cars are not old, or unsafe; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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370 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on the development of adult neurosurgery facilities here; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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369 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied with the provision of orthodontic services in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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243 Mr. Dennehy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the percentage of the adult population who have made a will; and his views on a campaign to highlight the importance of making a will.
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210 Mr. Dennehy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that sufficient measures are being taken to protect members of the public from illegal use of fireworks; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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674 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support measures to make all official air travel by Government Ministers carbon neutral in that offsetting measures would be taken to mitigate the impact of travel on the environment.
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648 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Education and Science if she is satisfied that sufficient measures are being taken to reduce truancy rates in schools; her views on the increasing trend for teenagers to take up part time jobs during the school week; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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513 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that driving a 13 miles per gallon 4x4 vehicle rather than a 25 miles per gallon for a year will waste more energy than leaving a refrigerator open for seven years, leaving a television on for 32 years or leaving a light bulb on for 34 years.
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512 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Transport if he has satisfied himself that proper regulation exists to ensure that blue badge parking permits for disabled people are only provided to appropriate people; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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478 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the recent trend for petrol stations to be closed and re-developed as housing developments, particularly in view of the implications of this trend for competition and consumer interests; and if he will discuss with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures which can be taken to address this.
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431 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that sufficient measures are being taken to encourage the use of compact fluorescent bulbs by households; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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426 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will support extending the age range for which women are invited for a free breast check every two years from the current 50-64 years to 70 years as part of the general extension of the service in view of the fact that increasing age is a significant risk factor associated with breast cancer; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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282 Mr. Dennehy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals to combat identity fraud; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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276 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the case of persons (details supplied) in County Cork who have been refused school transport for their child; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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239 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he intends modifying or examining the legal restraints governing RTÉ which prevents it from broadcasting both radio and television into the UK thus depriving the Irish community there of a potential source of contact with Irish affairs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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461 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding measures to implement a testing process for drugged driving; the measures proposed to prevent such driving; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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348 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of home care packages that have been sanctioned in County Cork; the number applied for in Cork; the proposals for increasing the scheme on a national basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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347 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Health and Children if, arising from the work of the study group, proposals have been put forward to cater for the discrepancies in cystic fibrosis services for children and adults in the Cork region; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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320 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a drainage scheme will be sanctioned for a town (details supplied) in County Cork; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that urgent remedial work on the main street of the town is being deferred, pending work on the drainage scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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319 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being created for elderly and handicapped people who have applied for assistance with funding for stairlifts and other essential repairs, by the need to have an occupational therapist's report on each such application; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that this requirement can cause delays of up to six months due to the non-availability of occupational therapists; the proposals he has to amend that requirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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265 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Health and Children the arrangements in place, or being put in place, for step-down beds in the Cork region; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a Southern Health Board survey in the late 1990s found a need for over 300 such beds; the way these have been provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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264 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Health and Children the arrangements or improvements proposed for dealing with the needs of Alzheimer patients in the Cork region; if St. Stevens Hospital features in such proposals; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1237 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Education and Science if the acquisition of a site for a national school (details supplied) in County Cork has been completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1236 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Education and Science the improvements which are proposed for national schools in Ringaskiddy, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1235 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Education and Science if improvements are proposed for primary schooling in Passage West, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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457 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Finance the outcome of the deliberations of the interdepartmental group who considered the working of the disabled drivers and passengers scheme; if changes were recommended by the group; if so, when they will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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591 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has satisfied himself with the level of recycling of household waste being achieved in the State; the regional variations in this; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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