513 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made on the provision of a new fire station in Ballymote, County Sligo; the reason for the delay in releasing the authorisation; the amount of funding that will be granted; when work will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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512 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will make a decision on the application for funding for the refurbishment and extension of Sligo fire station to accommodate the size of the fire engine given the urgent need for the facility; the amount of funding that will be granted; when work will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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511 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received an application for designation of funding under the remedial works scheme by Sligo Borough Council; when the funding will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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510 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that up to 500 new homes are required by Sligo County Council for local authority housing; his plans to address this need urgently; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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509 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received an application from Sligo Borough Council for the provision of central heating in houses; when a decision will be made as this is a basic requirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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507 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Defence the reason he stated that Irish fishing vessels are more likely to be in breach of fisheries legislation than foreign vessels when a number of European Commission reports have stated that vessels here make up only 1% of EU infringements (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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467 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are 111 pupils in a school (details supplied) who are in totally inadequate facilities; when she will authorise work to commence on the new school; the timescale involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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466 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Education and Science when the much needed extra classroom will be sanctioned for a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; if she will report on the negotiations that have taken place; the amount of funding that will be granted; when work will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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396 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position in relation to the early retirement scheme of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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394 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in his appeal for milk quota on hardship grounds.
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385 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, with regard to the Veterinary Practice Bill 2004, she has accepted the recommendations from Veterinary Ireland, with particular reference to definition of emergency, membership of veterinary council, limited registration, definition of the practice of veterinary medicine, non-registered persons, education committee, fitness to practice, veterinary nurses and veterinary premises; the steps she has in place to address these issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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266 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to fund An Post’s public service obligations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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207 Mr. Perry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a medical card application for a person (details supplied) will be approved; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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183 Mr. Perry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to grant funding to an organisation (details supplied) in County Sligo; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that it is unable to advertise its services or have an out-of-hours service and has no refuge house when violent incidents occur at the weekends and at night; if she will sanction additional funding immediately for this sector; if the Finance Bill 2005 will contain a provision for the establishment of distinct budget lines in each Department with responsibility for violence against women; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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182 Mr. Perry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the plans she has in place to increase the bed capacity of the neurosurgical unit in Beaumont Hospital in view of the fact that this is the only facility for the whole of Ireland, with only 60 beds; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that as of 31 January 2005 there are 50 patients with critical life-threatening illnesses awaiting admission with 700 patients awaiting treatment which cannot be treated under the national treatment purchase scheme; her message to the persons on the waiting list; if she will take immediate action to address this urgent out of control situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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144 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has met with anglers’ representatives to discuss the damage caused by drift net fishing to salmon stocks; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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93 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans for vessel owners who were encouraged to build larger vessels to target non-quota species in deep water to the west of Ireland to alleviate pressure on whitefish stocks; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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66 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his policy with regard to the fish processing industry on the west coast, in particular in Killybegs; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many factories have no fish to process and that several fish processing factories have closed; and if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that at the same time as this is happening, a company (details supplied) in Scotland is expanding significantly to cater for Irish boats, which are now bypassing Killybegs to land their fish.
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200 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Education and Science when a reply will be issued to the Department of Social and Family Affairs which contacted her Department on 18 September 2004 regarding the record of employment of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo from 1957 to 1962; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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168 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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146 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a person (details supplied) will be granted additional milk quota; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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145 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will take action on behalf of a person (details supplied) regarding entitlement from the 2005 national reserve and have them classed under section D; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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144 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will make a decision on the entitlement of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo to the single payment scheme in view of the circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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115 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on whether all reputable boatyards build each vessel to a set standard dependent on the intended use and the hulls are independently checked and passed by the national licensing authorities before a passenger licence can be used with regard to the forthcoming EU directives relating to small GRP passenger ferries which will limit the passenger number on such vessels to 36 persons regardless of size; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that vessels (details supplied) operate to ISO9002 standard through the production process before final hull certification by the maritime and coastguard agency; if his attention has further been drawn to the knock-on effects such as costs and tourism that this legislation will have on ferry operators who use these 50 foot ferries and are licensed for up to 70 passengers; 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 the Health Service Executive will expedite an application for a transport grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; 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 she will take action with Mayo General Hospital on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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99 Mr. Perry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the maximum subvention for private nursing care in 1990 was £120, that is, €152.40 per week and 15 years later the maximum subventions is €220 per week, that is, an increase of only €67.80; her plans to redress this in line with inflation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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98 Mr. Perry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of registered nurses working in the intellectual disability sector in which the dedicated professional, the registered degree level nurse working in the intellectual disability sector, is paid significantly less than an unqualified assistance house parent nurse or house parent; her views on whether the registered nurse is the only professional whose syllabus and curriculum of education is fully focused on the person with intellectual disability across their total lifespan and is fully equipped to play the lead role in managing and delivering services to the person with an intellectual disability and their families when they practice a bio-social model of care which encompasses residential, day care, respite, supported employment and community based services; and the steps she has in place to redress this anomaly.
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31 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on the level of moderate and severe literacy difficulties at primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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275 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will rescind the decision to withdraw funding from a group (details supplied) in view of the fact that groups such as the Sligo family resource centre has provided key supports working against poverty; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it is the only national organisation capable of reflecting at a national level its experience and challenges in dealing with Government policies and structures; the steps he has in place to redress this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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231 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, in view of the statement by the Commission and the Council on the weighing of pelagic fish, he will bring forward an interim arrangement for the current year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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145 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the nature of the relationship between Ireland and Belarus; if he has had recent contact with the authorities in Belarus; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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169 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will review the new safety regulations which stipulate that vessels under six metres have to carry an enormous amount of safety equipment.
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147 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Finance if he has carried out an assessment of the interest-only endowment funded mortgage; if he has issued any report on same; if his attention has been drawn to an additional interest charge on this type of loan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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139 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Finance if he will take action with regard to the refunding of VAT on safety equipment which is now legally required for small open fishing vessels such as currachs and punts.
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32 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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1369 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, due to a lack of coherent national level governmental commitments to services, a centre (details supplied) is experiencing difficulties in providing adequate services to victims of assaults in Sligo and Leitrim; if funding will be ring-fenced for delivery of services to enable it to plan service provision strategically for the future; if his Department is committed to a national funding framework for VAW; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1306 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he plans to take to preserve the Margaritifera mussel, which is on the verge of extinction here according to a report by the Heritage Council.
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1212 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that, due to a lack of personnel, pupils can be absent from school for up to 60 days; the steps she has in place to ensure that contact is made with an absent pupil by the relevant officials after 20 days; if the relevant officials will be appointed to deal with the difficulties; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1211 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Education and Science if persons (details supplied) in County Sligo will be granted the maintenance grant top-up in view of their financial difficulties; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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794 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in regard to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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680 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the circumstances of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; if their established entitlements will be activated first; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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679 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will waive the penalties on the 2004 suckler cow payment of a person (details supplied) in view of the medical circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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668 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the decoupling payments for the herd of a person (details supplied) will be based on stock levels in 2001; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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587 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Transport when an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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426 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if an allocation of funding will be granted to a company (details supplied) for the provision of eco-friendly heating and a hot water supply system; when a decision will be made; the amount of funding that will be granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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399 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason Clochmór Achill is not on the list of designated pelagic landing ports.
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398 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the effectiveness of the draft code of safety practices for recreational craft; the persons who are policing it; if the code has been distributed to all small craft owners; and if his Department has a register of all small owners.
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397 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans in view of the recommendation of the Marine Casualty Investigation Board that persons taking to boats on open water be more qualified in navigation, seamanship and survival than at present.
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