278 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive their long-stay patient repayment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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277 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason a claim by a person (details supplied) under the long-stay patient repayment scheme on behalf of their deceased mother was turned down despite the fact that they were a patient in a public bed in a private nursing home; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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228 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Health and Children the status of a medical card appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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192 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of staff from his Department who have been decentralised to locations outside Dublin to date; the cost to the Exchequer to date of his Department’s decentralisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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452 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status a family reunification visa application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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196 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will ensure that a house in the ownership of persons (details supplied) is inspected by his Department officials for rural renewal eligibility immediately as the impending sale of the house, which is due in the next few days, is subject to rural renewal status; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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145 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will intercede with the CAO to ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Sligo can transfer from Dundalk Institute of Technology to Letterkenny IT to study psychiatric nursing; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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144 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will intercede with County Sligo VEC to ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Sligo is granted the higher education grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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143 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will intercede with Dublin City University on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo who is undertaking a BA in communication studies to ensure that a waiver of fees be granted in view of the fact that this person has an Irish passport, received a derogation on fees in 2006, and the extreme financial pressure these fees cause; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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54 Deputy John Perry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if PAYE repayments for years 2005 and 2006 will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1071 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Sligo to the Land Registry Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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670 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the single farm payment entitlements of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo from a farm inherited in a will, will be awarded to them; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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461 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim is called to receive category four braces, under the school dental services; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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137 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if work has begun on establishing a personal advocacy service for people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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126 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the strategies he will put in place in view of the research commissioned by the Financial Regulator and the Combat Poverty Agency on the nature and extent of debt incurred by low income families, as well as recent findings by the Irish League of Credit Unions, to assist people on low incomes in accessing cheap forms of credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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239 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has records in relation to prostitution among asylum seekers; the action the Government has taken to combat this; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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236 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases of domestic violence that have been recorded within accommodation centres for asylum seekers; the action the Government takes when domestic violence is reported within an accommodation centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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233 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the mother or father is allocated payment for a child with regard to asylum seekers and the nominal social welfare payment they receive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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232 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the figures for female asylum seekers who arrived here without a husband or male relative; the number of those women who have children; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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231 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the input asylum seekers have into the way their accommodation centres are run, for example food and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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230 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if any community or self-help groups have been formed by and around asylum seekers since 1990; the Government support available to such groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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240 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if refuge is granted to women who are fleeing persecution based on the political activities of their husbands or a close male relative; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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238 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if gender based torture or violence is an accepted reason for granting asylum here; the number of asylum seekers who cite this as a reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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237 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of asylum seekers arriving here who have reported having experienced gender related torture or violence in the country they are fleeing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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235 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is the mother or father who is given asylum documents relating to their children with regard to asylum seekers; if, in the case of a married couple are both given copies of each others documents; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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234 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person is granted refugee status, are their spouse automatically also granted refugee status; if the spouse loses this status, if the relationship ends; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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229 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way information on the asylum process is made available to asylum seekers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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228 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of asylum seekers who have been detained in prisons here in each year since 1990 to date in 2007 with a breakdown according to age and gender; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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227 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of unaccompanied minors who arrived here in each year since 1990 to date in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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138 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will grant an extension of time on the draw down of funding to a group (details supplied) to allow the committee to have the local contribution on money in place and to obtain costing of sports equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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537 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of asylum seekers that have gone missing annually here since 1998 according to age and gender; the resources being employed to find said asylum seekers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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536 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of asylum seekers who are living outside of the direct provision system; the assistance that has been made available to said asylum seekers; the number of children asylum seekers living outside of direct provision; the way these children are being aided by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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530 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if female interpreters are employed to deal with asylum seekers during the process of applying for asylum; if counsellors are on hand to deal with asylum seekers who have gone through traumatic events during the asylum application process; if interpreters have been given training in dealing with asylum seekers who may have been subject to gender specific violence or torture; the guidelines in place for dealing with those subjected to gender specific violence or torture during the asylum process; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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538 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of accommodation centres which deal with asylum seekers under the direct provision system that have stopped dealing with the system since its introduction; if he has ever had to stop dealing with an accommodation centre; if so, the reason for same; the guidelines in place to deal with such accommodation centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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535 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people currently in the direct provision system; the centres involved in the direct provision system; the breakdown of this figure according to centre and according to age and gender; the annual figures on asylum seekers within direct provision since its introduction according to age and gender; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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534 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the research that was conducted prior to the introduction of the direct provision system for housing asylum seekers; if policies in other countries were examined; if research was done as to the effect of direct provision on women and children specifically; if research has been done on direct provision since its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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533 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if female asylum seekers within the direct provision system are allowed to wear religious clothing; the regulations that govern this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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532 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if female asylum seekers searched on their arrival to Ireland; if female asylum seekers can be searched while they are in the direct provision system; if such searches are limited to being conducted by female staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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531 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the guidelines in place for dealing with those subjected to gender specific violence or torture who are in the direct provision system; if counselling and interpreters are available to all asylum seekers, both adults and children, within the direct provision system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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529 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there is a level of female staff which must be met by each accommodation centre dealing with asylum seekers under the direct provision system; if staff in centres must be trained to deal with children; if staff have to undergo gender relations training before they can work within accommodation centres dealing with asylum seekers under the direct provision system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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502 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application will be processed in the Land Registry Office for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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448 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will ensure that funding is provided to a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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429 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 494 of 4 October 2005, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Sligo took up a level 8 higher diploma in NUIG as advised in her reply; if she will ensure that the application is approved; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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378 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 780 of 24 April 2007, when a decision will be made on the review of the 2006 single payment scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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369 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, with regard to the new installation aid scheme which allows for extensive production in some cases, consideration is being given to allowing applicants such as a person (details supplied) who applied under the old scheme, to qualify under the new scheme but by operating an extensive enterprise and thus a more environmentally friendly energy efficient business; if she will make a favourable decision as they are under time pressure; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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365 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the REP scheme payment for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be released; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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358 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if all documentation has been received from a person (details supplied) in relation to the registration of ownership of entitlements to allow for the release of the single farm payment to the other third party; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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188 Deputy John Perry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if, with regard to the recent announcement on refund of stamp duty paid up to 30 March 2007, there will be concessions or special considerations for a person who purchased a property and deeds notified on 23 March; his views on a situation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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150 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the level of progress being made in dealing with North Korea and the proliferation of nuclear weaponry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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93 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the discussions taking place between the European Union and Russia following recent statements from Russia that it may aim missiles at targets in Europe once again; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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