243 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the Government’s views on the development of an EU coastguard; if processes have been put in place to examine such an option; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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242 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to develop an integrated coastal zone management policy for Ireland, in view of a recent review prepared by the coastal and marine resources centre in University College Cork for the Heritage Council in 2004 (details supplied).
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236 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason an authority to regulate adventure centre businesses has still not been set up; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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210 Mr. Perry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the avenues open to a person (details supplied) in County Sligo to ensure that a general practitioner completes his application for a medical card in view of the fact that he is scheduled to enter a treatment centre on 9 March 2005; if she will ensure that her officials issue a temporary medical card to allow this person to have this treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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156 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of EU states in which Ireland has an embassy; his plans to open embassies in the EU and throughout the world; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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103 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has contacted his American counterpart with regard to the occasionally extended detention of Irish citizens before deportation from the US; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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133 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if funding will be granted for the capital costs of a community sports and recreation complex in Ballisodare County Sligo; when a decision will be made; if funding will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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55 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that penalties for non-compliance in the banking sector are adequate in view of the recent investigations of non-compliance at banks (details supplied).
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410 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he proposes to include aspects of transport infrastructure in the context of a new framework for the development of critical infrastructure projects of national importance; the general types of projects that will be considered as part of this new legislation; the timescale for the introduction of the legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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401 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive payment for compensation for turbary rights in an SAC area; the amount which will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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335 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the circumstances of a person (details supplied) in relation to the third level maintenance grant; if she will make a decision on their case; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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334 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Education and Science if a person who is due to retire as a lecturer in an institute of technology can have their contract extended if the college is willing to renew the contract to allow the person continue with their chosen profession; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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322 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the circumstances outlined in correspondence in relation to a visa application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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297 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Sligo can avail of the new terms for the buy-out scheme for Land Commission lands; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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208 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department will supplement mandatory courses on VHF radio, sea survival and first aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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207 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason licences for small commercial boatmen are now restricted to pots; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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204 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on whether the ports are an aspect of critical infrastructure in the context of the country’s infrastructure development; his further views on whether improvements in port capacity can be achieved as elements of critical infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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203 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will quantify the significant capacity shortfall that he has identified previously in ports capacity; the capacity shortfall in reference to each of the commercial ports operating in the State; his measures for dealing with this shortfall over the medium term; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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202 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he will issue a formal decision in relation to the application by the Dublin Port Company for a consent and a lease under the Foreshore Act 1933; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that his decision under this Act is required in order that the Dublin Port Company can make an application to the planning authorities for planning permission; the reason he has not made a decision; when a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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168 Mr. Perry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that approximately 400 persons will be examined in one day in the orthodontic assessment clinic in Markievicz House, Sligo with the brief screening lasting no more than two minutes; the steps she will put in place to ensure that proper funding is put in place to alleviate this situation; when this funding will be granted; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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112 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Defence if it is proposed to augment the Naval Service with any new craft over the coming 18 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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116 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties with the call signs which are mandatory for the allowance of owners to purchase safety beacons with regard to the difficulties encountered on licensing of hundreds of small boats; if, in view of the delays in providing the VHF courses, the difficulties for private boat owners to arrange a private radio course and the prohibitive cost associated with it, he will extend the deadline date in March 2005 for a number of weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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101 Mr. Perry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will address the concerns raised by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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100 Mr. Perry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the new state of the art private hospital in Galway is being used for the treatment purchase fund: if not, if some treatments can be carried out outside the State at a much less charge; if, with regard to the rental charges for doctors in private hospital many unnecessary procedures that command high fees are carried out to justify the operational cost of the medical profession; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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213 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her officials will include this animal (details supplied) in this person’s (details supplied) cattle movement monitoring system register in view of information (details supplied).
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164 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the lotto funding application submitted by Institute of Technology, Sligo for the new multipurpose sports centre will provide a quality sports hall for sports and recreational facilities for all sectors of the community; the negotiations that have taken place to allocate the €1.75 million; when a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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158 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed (details supplied); if he will respond to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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146 Mr. Perry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the level of controls or supervision her Department has in the appointment of key medical professionals in medical, surgical and gynaecological areas in cross-checking their suitability for these appointments, with regard to the new state of the art private hospital in Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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135 Mr. Perry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a 35-bed unit requires 760 hours of nurse and carer attention per week; her plans to have a uniform policy on contract beds treating all nursing homes in an equal fashion; if her attention has further been drawn to the serious crisis encountered by many small nursing homes in the west with capital allowances, subvention amounts, falling bed numbers and wages costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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117 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has plans to change the dual eligibility rule for persons in receipt of the carer’s allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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365 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when action will be taken to help preserve the freshwater pearl mussel, margaritifera durrovensis .
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176 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when a comprehensible survey to establish the parameters of the wild oyster fishery in Lough Swilly will be carried out; if this will be done in conjunction with interested parties such as aquaculture interests, licensed wild oyster dredgers and representatives from the Inch fishing community and traditional hand-pickers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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118 Mr. Perry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the ex gratia scheme in respect of payment deducted from those in publicly funded long stay care facilities is restricted to those who were alive on 9 December 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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6 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when he expects the Irish genealogical project to be completed; the reason for the delay in completion, in view of the fact that 1994 was the target year of completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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229 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made on the application by a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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200 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to the EU Commission proposal for a Council regulation on support for rural development 2007-13, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are 16,000 persons directly employed in the forestry sector and a further 15,000 persons who own forest plantations; the steps she will take to redress the situation whereby planting grants will be reduced to 40% of eligible costs, farm forest premiums capped at €500 per hectare, a reduction of 31% on current levels, and the premium time span reduced from 20 to 10 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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199 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 680 of 26 January 2005, if the person’s entitlements will take priority over any entitlements obtained by the transferee from the national reserve; if the transferee fails or refuses to activate this person’s entitlements, if a mechanism will be put in place to preserve and protect the entitlements to keep the farm viable into the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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198 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a decision will be made on the transfer of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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160 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will address the various issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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136 Mr. Perry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the avenues open to a person (details supplied) in County Sligo to adopt children from countries affected by the tsunami disaster; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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131 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Transport the progress made in introducing a new regulatory provision to allow for an increase in the fine for wrongly parking in a parking spot for the disabled; when this regulation will come into effect; the level this fine will be set at; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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171 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Transport if, in view of his allocation of €5 million for commencement of work on a new rail station in the Dublin docklands, announced during the budgetary Estimates 2004, this money has been allocated to Irish Rail; if a decision has been taken on the exact location of this new station; when this decision will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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236 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the circumstances outlined by a person (details supplied) in respect of a third level maintenance grant; if it will be granted; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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221 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the visa application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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151 Mr. Perry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the eligibility criteria with regard to the refund of €2,000 for hospital charges for the elderly; the avenues which are open for families of next of kin to seek payment in respect of persons who are deceased; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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76 Mr. Perry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the out of hours services she intends funding under her ten point plan for accident and emergency crises; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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165 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he intends to take to prevent the extinction of the freshwater pearl mussel, margaritifera durrovensis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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80 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which he intends to increase the level of recycling of newspaper and cardboard, the level of which is amongst the lowest in Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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