130 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Finance if he will detail the property tax reliefs that exist; their current annual cost to the State in tax forgone; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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129 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Finance the amount he estimates could be made from extending the current betting levy to remote and online betting including betting exchanges; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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95 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 3 November 2010, the number of the three apprentices who were offered fixed term contracts that remain in the employment of the Office of Public Works; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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187 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of Tús programme places available locally in north-west Dublin; the community organisations availing of those places; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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153 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of unemployed persons availing of the FÁS work placement scheme in north-west Dublin; the details of the local employers providing these placements; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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512 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Health if he will make enquiries about the case of a person (details supplied) who was referred from his GP to a hospital on two occasions in recent years for a consultation in respect of a procedure but has received no reply; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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406 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if, in view of the numbers employed in support services for on-line gaming companies in Ireland, many of which have their gaming licences in other jurisdictions, he has any advanced proposals for a revised regulatory architecture for such gaming operations here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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405 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Justice and Equality, further to Parliamentary Question No. 120 of 21 April 2011, if his attention has been drawn to the recent withdrawal of a gaming operating licence in Alderney for a company (details supplied), a subsidiary of which employes 700 people here; if he has had any contact with his counterpart with responsibility for that jurisdiction in respect of this action; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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344 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the credit policy and guidelines for the assessment of all applications for local authority housing loans; if this is the same credit policy and guidelines for Dublin City Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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355 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when new legislation on noise regulation in residential areas will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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163 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that an application for back to school clothing and footwear allowance has been received in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11.
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109 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs in companies in Dublin north west that are being supported by Industrial Development Agency grants; the companies involved; their location in the constituency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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110 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to develop innovation hubs in Dublin north west; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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108 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps each of the State agencies in his remit are undertaking to promote job creation in Dublin north west; the number of innovation vouchers awarded to companies in this constituency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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163 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is a timescale for the implementation of the new national employment service and the provision of a higher level of personalised employment counselling targeting those at risk of long-term unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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162 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Social Protection if in view of the increased numbers of persons who are now classified as long-term unemployed, she will provide details, by area, of the average length of time it takes for a person who signs on the live register to be entered into a mentoring programme which includes career, education and training advice from a skilled adviser; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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148 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of meetings on average a person who signs on the live register would have with an adviser from FÁS within the first year of their claim; the length of time it takes on average, by area, from the initial claim, for FÁS to contact these persons to arrange such meetings; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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118 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the number of persons in FÁS training programmes from Dublin north west, who have a qualification at a given level of the National Framework of Qualifications, who are now undertaking courses at a higher level on the national framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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117 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the number of persons in FÁS training programmes by area, who have a qualification at a given level of the National Framework of Qualifications, who are now undertaking courses at a higher level on the national framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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116 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the number of persons in FÁS training programmes from Dublin north west, who have a qualification at a given level on the National Framework of Qualifications, who are now undertaking courses at the same level of the framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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115 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the number of persons in FÁS training programmes by area, who have a qualification at a given level on the National Framework of Qualifications, who are now undertaking courses at the same level of the framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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240 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No 138 of 19 April 2011, if he has now considered in full a proposal from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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172 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons by county currently waiting to access free legal aid services: if he will provide a breakdown of the nature of the applications that is family law and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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171 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting period by county, to access free legal aid services in 2009 and 2010; the waiting times by county; his plans to address these waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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119 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of overseas students who will be attending third level educations institutions here in September; the amount of fee income this will generate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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104 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for the expansion and development of a school (details supplied) in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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103 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons under the age of 25 years on social welfare; the number who are in training or education; the number who have not taken up a training or education place; the number waiting on a place in training or education; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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571 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any public transport price increases are planned or under consideration; when decisions on any price increases are likely; the impact he envisages these increased costs having on passenger numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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396 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Defence the amount he has spent on Defence Forces payslips in 2010 and to date in 2011; his plans to change the system of payment whereby payslips are distributed electronically as in other Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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389 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of the 109 asylum seekers asked by the Reception and Integration Agency to transfer from the Mosney direct provision centre in July 2010 have had a final decision made by him on their claims for asylum, subsidiary protection or leave to remain; the number of these asylum seekers granted their claims for protection; the number refused; the nationalities of the 109 asylum seekers; the number of the asylum seekers that have been deported; the number still living in direct provision and the number that have left direct provision but are still here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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370 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount he has spent on Garda payslips in 2010 and to date in 2011; his plans to change the system of payment whereby payslips are distributed electronically as in other Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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334 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to allow for the payment of the planned household charge in quarterly instalments or through some other easy pay methods; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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115 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to address the issue of excessive professional fees in sheltered sectors of the economy; the timeline he envisages for addressing these charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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74 Deputy John Lyons asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contact he has had with the Russian authorities regarding the security arrangements for Irish fans attending the Ireland/Russia match on 6 September in Moscow; if, in view of incidents in September 2002, when a number of Irish fans were attacked in the city, if he will be issuing travel advice to fans who intend to go to the match; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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83 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the instructions that have been given to a board of management (details supplied) in Dublin 11 in relation to the recruitment of teachers; and if he would outline the reason for same.
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164 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if funding in respect of a 116000 helpline for missing children is under consideration in the forthcoming budget; and if this helpline will be operational in 2011.
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80 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that participation in a FÁS course has the effect of making persons ineligible to apply for the new initiative, Springboard; his views on whether this penalises persons who have been long-term unemployed and are making every effort to re-enter the labour force, including retraining and upskilling, and if he will review the criteria of this scheme to allow applications to be decided on a case by case basis.
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61 Deputy John Lyons asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide assistance to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who had a significant amount of money confiscated by the Tunisian Government upon leaving the country during their recent conflict; if his attention has been drawn to this happening to other Irish citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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153 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider changing the long-standing practice of issuing certificates of naturalisation only in Irish and provide a dual language version in Irish and English, as is the practice with most other official State documents including birth, marriage and death certificates and which would be a cost-saving measure, as well as saving administration time for civil servants in dealing with requests for English versions of the naturalisation certificate.
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73 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Finance if he will request the Irish Life and Permanent group to use the funds arising from the proceeds of the sale of Irish Life to reduce the current shortfall in the bank’s defined benefit pension schemes and thereby honour the group’s original agreement with its workers and the Labour Court in 2006.
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72 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Finance if he will request the Irish Life and Permanent group to carry out a new actuarial valuation on the assets of the Permanent TSB bank defined benefit pension schemes as the last valuation was completed in January 2009 and the shortfall in the pension schemes of €118 million would have reduced significantly (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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71 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the situation in Permanent TSB whereby the company is attempting to pass on the shortfall in its defined benefit pension schemes to staff by way of reductions in benefits and higher contributions despite undertakings in 2006 to staff and to the Labour Court that the Irish Life and Permanent group would provide a pension based on its staff’s original employment terms; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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69 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Finance with regard to the measures announced in last month’s jobs initiative regarding the introduction of a second reduced rate of VAT, primarily introduced to boost confidence in the high value and labour intensive tourism industry, in view of the fact that services such as hairdressing have been included within the banner of the tourism sector, if he will agree to consider other related services, including dry cleaning and laundry services.
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672 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will publish the national sports facilities strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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671 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to bring sports policy formation back to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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576 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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536 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a breakdown of the absentee rate of 20 days or more per annum for the past three school years for each of the second level schools in the Dublin North-West constituency.
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535 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a breakdown of the absentee rate of 20 days or more per annum for the past three school years for each of the first level schools in the Dublin North-West constituency.
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487 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to expand the closed circuit television network at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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454 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of the average time it takes the Irish Immigration and Naturalisation Service to process applications for asylum and citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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