464 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason Educate Together receives no State funding in its role as a registered patron for new schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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281 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to encourage single parents to go back to further education; his views on whether this would be made easier if assistance were made available for children over the age of five; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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39 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that local authority procedures for charging for the provision of freedom of information material is standardised across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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273 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the sale of local authority flats has not been approved due to the possibility of developing the flats in a public private partnership deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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272 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the proposed scheme for sale of local authority flats has not been approved; if he has received representations from persons within a local authority not to proceed with this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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134 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Finance when he expects to complete discussions with two mobile operators in respect of de-activating the mobile phone base stations on a house (details supplied); and when this de-activation will take place.
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43 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Transport if the proposed Sandycove to Sutton coastal route was included for consideration under the Transport 21 plan; the estimated cost for the completion of this project; the authority which would have the lead role in progressing such a plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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72 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Transport his reasons for not making the Transport 21 plan available for public comment; his plans for the publication of the plan; and the cost incurred in the creation of the plan.
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71 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that the juvenile diversion programme has sufficient resources to address the issues that come under its remit; if he will provide figures for its staffing levels and finance in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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547 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Education and Science her plans to encourage single parents to go back to further education; her views on whether this would be made easier if assistance were made available for children under the age of five; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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480 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the closed circuit television cameras promised to residents in New Street Gardens will be installed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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479 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the closed circuit television cameras promised to residents in Upper Erne Street have been installed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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407 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to encourage single parents to go back to further education; his views on whether this would be made easier if assistance were made available for children under the age of five; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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298 Mr. Gormley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she accepts that, if the private hospital opens on the campus of Letterkenny hospital, it may result in staffing problems for public patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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297 Mr. Gormley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the delivery suite at Letterkenny General Hospital is being used; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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296 Mr. Gormley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the promised 70 beds will be delivered to Letterkenny General Hospital; the approximate cost of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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249 Mr. Gormley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the figures for the deaths due to poor air quality from exhaust emissions particularly PM10s and PM2.5s; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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248 Mr. Gormley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress made to date in 2005 on implementing the recommendations of the task force on alcohol; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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198 Mr. Gormley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there were 10,368 cancer patients in the first six months of 2005 in hospital for operations and other scheduled procedures; her views on whether this is contributing to the bed shortages; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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208 Mr. Gormley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if MRSA will become a notifiable disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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128 Mr. Gormley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of the 3,000 promised beds which have been delivered; the time line for the delivery of beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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80 Mr. Gormley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of the 3,000 promised beds which have been delivered; the time line for the delivery of beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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59 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Finance, further to correspondence received from his Department, if all mobile phone base stations located on a house (details supplied) in Dublin 6 have been de-activated; and, if they have not been de-activated, when the promised de-activation will take place.
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156 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the arrangements he intends putting in place to negotiate a possible future compensation package for the fishermen who agree to the cessation of commercial netting for wild salmon; if compensation was paid to commercial fishermen affected by the ending of the drift netting for tuna fish; and the effect such a precedent has in regard to the salmon fishery.
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91 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department has received formal notice from the European Commission regarding the effects of drift netting on the conservation status of salmon; if such a letter is the first step in an infringement procedure against Ireland in respect of its failure to meet its obligations in respect of salmon, which enjoy a special status in certain designated special areas of conservation under the habitats directive; if he has responded to the Commission regarding same; and the nature of that response.
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493 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the anti-social behaviour and the consequent litter caused by same including alcohol bottles and cigarette packets close to the Luas on Cowper Road at weekends; if the attention of the Garda has been drawn to this problem; the action it intends to take; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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298 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Finance, further to Question No. 367, the amount of money available for the catchment flood risk management plan for the river Dodder; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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263 Mr. Gormley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there is an age limit of 65 years for BreastCheck; the reason an age limit was set; her views on changing same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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174 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action taken in relation to atrazine and related weedkillers following a ban introduced in France and the promise to take action once EU reviews on the matter were complete.
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103 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her response to the report by the UK Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution of the toxic threat to humans of the 31,000 tons of chemicals sprayed on British farms each year and if a similar study is to be carried out here.
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172 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the legislation that is in place to protect animals from abuse in circuses, horse fairs and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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83 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the representations he has made to the US authorities regarding the arrest of Workers’ Party president Mr. Sean Garland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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60 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the period of reflection on the proposed EU constitution which it is intended to achieve; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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123 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Finance his views on Commissioner McCreevy’s plans for increasing cross-Border consolidation in financial services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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116 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has simulated the effects of potential external shocks on the economy; the results of these simulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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612 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the progress on the liquidation of ITE/the Linguistics Institute of Ireland; when same will conclude in view of the fact that the liquidation process has taken almost two years; the reason for the delay in liquidating this company, which had no operational debts; if all legal issues relating to ITE have been resolved; the projects currently being undertaken by persons who are still employed at ITE; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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611 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the guarantee to the effect that her Department will continue to support the research functions previously discharged by ITE; if so, the position regarding the current status of projects such as the Irish-Spanish dictionary; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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126 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of children with special needs attending non-fee paying schools in designated disadvantaged areas compared with those attending non-fee paying schools in other areas on a school basis.
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47 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence if an inquiry has been ordered into serious allegations that an Irish soldier in the Rockhill Barracks, Letterkenny, stole diesel from army trucks and filled them up with illegal diesel produced by the Provisional IRA; if the soldier has been suspended while the inquiry is taking place; when the inquiry is due to be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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639 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the documentation he signed for a public private partnership for an incinerator on the Poolbeg Peninsula in Ringsend will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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619 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence the number of married quarters housing units there were in 1990; the number there are today; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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618 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide a list of the members of the medal board; the person who appoints these members; the persons to whom they are responsible; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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617 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence when Government guidelines relating to the issuing and wearing of military medals will be made available to this Deputy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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616 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence the number of persons still serving in the Defence Forces but not doing duty; the grades and ranks of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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615 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence the number of persons who have taken voluntary early retirement since the Gleeson report and who have received medical or service pensions; the number who have not; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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614 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence the number of voluntary early retirements there have been since the Gleeson report; the number which were less than A1 since the Gleeson report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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611 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel with more that three years service but less than 21 years service who have been discharged since the Gleeson report; the number of these who were officers; their average length of service; the types of pensions they have received since the Gleeson report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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610 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel who have been discharged since the Gleeson report with less than the maximum of 31 years or 21 years and less, who were not A1 medical; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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609 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence the average term of service of Defence Forces personnel medically discharged; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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