192 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of staff in terms of whole-time equivalents she has allocated within her Department to support the better regulation group’s work; the financial resources that have been spent in support of such work to date in 2008; the expected expenditure for the remainder of 2008; the budget for 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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188 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of staff in terms of whole-time equivalents he has allocated within his Department to support the better regulation group’s work; the financial resources that have been spent in support of such work to date in 2008; the expected expenditure for the remainder of 2008; the budget for 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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184 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of staff in terms of whole time equivalents he has allocated within his Department to support the Better Regulation Group’s work; the financial resources that have been spent in support of such work to date in 2008; the expected expenditure for the remainder of 2008; the budget for 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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181 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of staff in terms of whole time equivalents he has allocated within his Department to support the Better Regulation Group’s work; the financial resources that have been spent in support of such work to date in 2008; the expected expenditure for the remainder of 2008; the budget for 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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152 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of staff in terms of whole time equivalents he has allocated within his Department to support the Better Regulation Group’s work; the financial resources that have been spent in support of such work to date in 2008; the expected expenditure for the remainder of 2008; the budget for 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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148 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Transport the number of staff in terms of whole time equivalents he has allocated within his Department to support the Better Regulation Group’s work; the financial resources that have been spent in support of such work to date in 2008; the expected expenditure for the remainder of 2008; the budget for 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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93 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff in terms of whole time equivalents she has allocated within her Department to support the Better Regulation group’s work; the financial resources that have been spent in support of such work to date in 2008; the expected expenditure for the remainder of 2008; the budget for 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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86 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the number of staff in terms of whole time equivalents he has allocated within his Department to support the better regulation group’s work; the financial resources that have been spent in support of such work to date in 2008; the expected expenditure for the remainder of 2008; the budget for 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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80 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will list all valid non-personal freedom of information requests received by her Department, and agencies under her remit in 2006, 2007 and to 1 September 2008; if, in each case, a request was made for an additional payment in relation to anticipated search and retrieval costs, or other associated costs; the amount of the additional payment requested and the reason for same in each case; if the FOI request was subsequently not continued with by the applicant, was refined by the applicant, or if the requested payment was made in full in each case; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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79 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff in terms of whole time equivalents she has allocated within her Department to support the better regulation group’s work; the financial resources that have been spent in support of such work to date in 2008; the expected expenditure for the remainder of 2008; the budget for 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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64 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has full confidence in the chairman and board of FÁS; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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410 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Education and Science the position with regard to the provision of a new school building at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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134 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the visits made by her or other Ministers in her Department to FÁS events abroad since 2000; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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133 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has signed off on a severance package for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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132 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of letters raising concern regarding financial mismanagement in FÁS which were received by her since 1997; the number of these that were passed on to the Garda; the number that were passed on to FÁS; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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131 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way Shannon Development is funded, with a breakdown of its spending; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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130 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the proportion of the budget for Enterprise Ireland that is spent on salaries, administration, overheads and grants to businesses; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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129 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the proportion of the budget of each county and city enterprise board which is spent on salaries, administration, overheads and grants to business; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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128 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she is satisfied that grants made by FÁS to business representative organisations and trade union organisations for training programmes were used solely for this purpose; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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127 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Industrial Development Authority operate a policy with regard to the relocation of supported companies within the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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126 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the efforts of the Industrial Development Authority over the past two years to attract investment to Dunmanway, County Cork and the surrounding area; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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124 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the person who approved the severance package for the Director General of FÁS; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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71 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will introduce a payment per ewe; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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127 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Defence the number by grade and rank of civil servants in his Department and in agencies under his control on 1 September 1995, 1 September 2000, 1 September 2005 and 1 September 2008 respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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113 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Defence the number of personnel from his Department and from the Defence Forces who attended a seminar and meeting organised by his Department at a four star hotel in County Kildare on 13 November 2008; the cost of conducting the meeting; the purpose of the meeting; if in the context of the budget 2009 constraints he considers such a venue and expenditure appropriate; if suitable facilities exist within a military installation for holding such meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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325 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the response of his Department to each individual recommendation in respect of the recommendations contained within the Consumer Strategy Group report directed to his Department; if the recommendations have as of today been implemented in full, in part, or not at all; if, of those recommendations which have not been implemented to date, he will implement them; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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294 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the road contract for the N2-N3 link road section from Cherryhound to Tyrrelstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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292 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Transport the response of his Department to each individual recommendation in respect of the recommendations contained within the Consumer Strategy Group report directed to his Department; if the recommendations have as of today been implemented in full, in part, or not at all; if, of those recommendations which have not been implemented to date, he will implement them; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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223 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Health and Children the response of her Department to each individual recommendation in respect of the recommendations contained within the Consumer Strategy Group report directed to her Department; if the recommendations have as of today been implemented in full, in part, or not at all; if, of those recommendations which have not been implemented to date, she will implement them; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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179 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the number of individuals earning amounts (details supplied); if he will provide the average PAYE and PRSI take for each income band; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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178 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the number of public servants earning amounts (details supplied); if he will provide an estimate of the average PAYE and PRSI take for each band; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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167 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance if the State may avail of the inability to pay clause of the national pay agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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152 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her Department or agencies of her Department are offering upskilling courses by night for construction workers; if she will provide details of the courses; the number of places on each; if they will be available in 2009; if any will be introduced in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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151 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of courses available for redundant construction workers, excluding apprentices, being provided free of cost by FÁS; the number of places on these courses; the training centres at which they are taking place; the number of places that are envisaged for these courses in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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150 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of grants provided by her Department, or agencies of her Department, which are available to redundant construction workers in relation to sustainable energy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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189 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 489 of 4 November 2008, if the cost neutral early retirement scheme for secondary school teachers is still in place; the way a teacher may apply to take up the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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148 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, in relation to the announcement in Budget 2009 to assign the Money Advice and Budgeting Service to Citizens Information Board, the date by which this will be done; if this will require legislation; the date by which this will be published; the savings that this is expected to accrue to the Exchequer in 2008, 2009 and 2010; the basis for those savings; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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147 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs in respect of the announcement in Budget 2009 to integrate the Combat Poverty Agency and the Office of Social Inclusion within her Department, the date by which this will be done; if this will require legislation; the date by which this will be published; the savings that this is expected to accrue to the Exchequer in 2008, 2009 and 2010; the basis for those savings; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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141 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the date, regarding the announcement in budget 2009 to merge the National Archives and the Irish Manuscripts Commission into the National Library, by which this will be done; if this will require legislation; the date by which this will be published; the savings that this is expected to accrue to the Exchequer in 2008, 2009 and 2010; the basis for those savings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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140 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the date, in respect of the announcement in budget 2009 to combine the Irish Museum for Modern Art, the Crawford Art Gallery and the National Gallery of Ireland while retaining separate identities, by which this will be done; if this will require legislation; the date by which this will be published; the savings that this is expected to accrue to the Exchequer in 2008, 2009 and 2010; the basis for those savings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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116 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Transport the date, with regard to the establishment of the Dublin Transport Authority to incorporate the Dublin Transport Office, the Commission for Taxi Regulation and the public licensing function of his Department as announced in Budget 2009, by which this body will be established; the status of the legislation required to give effect to this announcement; the savings that this is expected to accrue to the Exchequer in 2008, 2009 and 2010; the basis for those savings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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112 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Health and Children the date, in relation to the announcement in Budget 2009 to create a new body, the Public Health and Medicines Safety Authority, to replace the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, the Office of Tobacco Control and the Irish Medicines Board, by which this new body will be established and the other bodies abolished; if this will require legislation; the date by which this will be published; the savings that this is expected to accrue to the Exchequer in 2008, 2009 and 2010; the basis for those savings; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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111 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Health and Children the date, in relation to the announcement in Budget 2009 to merge the National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery into the Health Service Executive and An Bord Altranais, by which this will be done; if this will require legislation; the date by which this will be published; the savings that this is expected to accrue to the Exchequer in 2008, 2009 and 2010; the basis for those savings; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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110 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Health and Children the date, in relation to the announcement in Budget 2009 to merge the Postgraduate Medical and Dental Board into the Dental Council, the Medical Council, and the Health Service Executive, by which this will be done; if this will require legislation; the date by which this will be published; the savings that this is expected to accrue to the Exchequer in 2008, 2009 and 2010; the basis for those savings; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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109 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Health and Children the date, in relation to the announcement in Budget 2009 to subsume the National Social Work Qualification Board, the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council and the Opticians Board into the Health and Social Care Professional Council, by which this will be done; if this will require legislation; the date by which this will be published; the savings that this is expected to accrue to the Exchequer in 2008, 2009 and 2010; the basis for those savings; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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108 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Health and Children the date, in relation to the announcement in Budget 2009 to merge the Drug Treatment Centre into the Health Service Executive, by which this will be done; if this will require legislation; the date by which this will be published; the savings that this is expected to accrue to the Exchequer in 2008, 2009 and 2010; the basis for those savings; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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107 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Health and Children the date, in relation to the announcement in Budget 2009 to merge the Crisis Pregnancy Agency into the Health Service Executive, by which this will be done; if this will require legislation; the date by which this will be published; the savings that this is expected to accrue to the Exchequer in 2008, 2009 and 2010; the basis for those savings; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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106 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Health and Children the date, in relation to the announcement in Budget 2009 to merge the National Cancer Registry Board into the Health Service Executive, by which this will be done; if this will require legislation; the date by which this will be published; the savings that this is expected to accrue to the Exchequer in 2008, 2009 and 2010; the basis for those savings; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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105 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Health and Children the date, in relation to the announcement in Budget 2009 to merge the National Cancer Screening Service into the Health Service Executive, by which this will be done; if this will require legislation; the date by which this will be published; the savings that this is expected to accrue to the Exchequer in 2008, 2009 and 2010; the basis for those savings; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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104 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Health and Children the date, in relation to the announcement in Budget 2009 to subsume the Women’s Health Council into her Department, by which this will be done; if this will require legislation; the date by which this will be published; the savings that this is expected to accrue to the Exchequer in 2008, 2009 and 2010; the basis for those savings; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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