73 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he interprets the consumer strategy group’s recommendation to continue support for the Consumers Association of Ireland as a recommendation to increase funding to the body; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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173 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a visitor’s visa was refused on two occasions and on appeal to a person (details supplied).
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136 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason for the delay in processing a work permit for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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123 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Finance if Garda stations for sale are offered for public sale or are privately sold; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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121 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce legislation to expand the role of nursing home inspectors to include public homes and homes run by voluntary bodies; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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106 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce legislation which will establish an inspectorate, independent of the HSE, to examine all nursing homes (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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67 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if deductions from farmers SFP will not exceed 3% when linear and other cuts are accounted for; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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38 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the plans her Department has to evaluate the economic implications of the use of genetically modified organisms; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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141 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the terms of remuneration and conditions pertaining to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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54 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if and when he intends to introduce new regulations for the diet supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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155 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will publish the advice of the director of the National Museum regarding the proposed M3 development in the Tara-Skryne valley; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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139 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the housing need statistics will be published; the likely level of housing need it will depict; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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93 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if general practitioners who do not hold a GMS contract will be able to sign on patients for the doctor-only medical card along the same lines as they can sign on more than 20 medical card patients and receive payment for them without holding GMS contracts for income based medical cards; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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92 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if funding for St. John of God’s, Dunleer, County Louth for 2005 has been made available; if funding into the future for this service will continue; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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91 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a medication (details supplied) is not available on the medical card on a named patient basis for patients who are prescribed this medication by a hospital consultant.
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136 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person is entitled to have their colonoscopy under the national treatment purchase fund if the date for carrying out the procedure is greater than six months since they last saw the consultant; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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110 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on recent reports from the INO that more than 150 beds in Dublin are closed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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59 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the health screening measures which have been implemented since 1997; her proposals for the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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56 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the proposals she has considered for the new children’s hospital in Crumlin; if she has considered a greenfield development; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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394 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding persons (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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259 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the orphan allowance is €121 per week but the foster allowance is €331 per week; if this discriminates against orphan children; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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52 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of bodies or agencies with whom his Department, consultants, advisers or public relation specialists have had discussions in regard to the provision of broadband services throughout the country; the nature or outcome of such discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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104 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of broadband service providers engaged or seeking to engage in the provision of broadband services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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124 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if deductions from farmers’ SFP will not exceed 3% when linear and other cuts are accounted for; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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73 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the plans her Department has to evaluate the economic implications of the use of genetically modified organisms; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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78 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the situation in Zimbabwe following recent elections in that country; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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92 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Finance if he envisages making any special provision for promotion and for new recruitment in the context of the decentralisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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141 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of children who leave primary school with literacy difficulties; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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60 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Education and Science the failure rates for first year science courses at universities and institutes of technology; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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181 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has instructed her Department’s press office to delay or withhold press releases from opposition spokespersons and their assistants; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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173 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has given consideration to the fact that, if adequate funding was made available to the Blackrock Hospice, Blackrock, County Dublin, the additional bed numbers and additional services would immediately free up beds in acute hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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172 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to ensure that the Blackrock Hospice, Blackrock, County Dublin becomes fully operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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171 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the full potential and facilities in place at the Blackrock Hospice, Blackrock, County Dublin have not been utilised or made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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170 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the facilities that are in place at the Blackrock Hospice, Blackrock, County Dublin; the facilities and services that are not being utilised or made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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169 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the details of the funding made available by her Department to the Blackrock Hospice, Blackrock, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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165 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Question No. 135 of 22 March 2005, if she is satisfied that her Department was not involved in the development of the proposal to introduce the over 70s medical card before the decision on its introduction was announced in the Budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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116 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the new initiatives he intends to take to encourage recycling; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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80 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the new initiatives he intends to take to encourage waste minimisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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128 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of positions of personnel working in public hospitals here which are funded by pharmaceutical companies; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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127 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the work carried out by her Department before and during the EU presidency; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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108 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the delivery of chemotherapy, oncology and radiation oncology at Cork University Hospital following the recent resignation of a consultant at the hospital.
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2 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost of adopting a policy involving the repayment in full of all illegal charges to patients who are still alive and invoking the Statute of Limitations in regard to the estates of patients who are deceased, in relation to the illegal charging of long stay patients; if she has received legal advice that such a course of action is sustainable; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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301 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a discretionary payment exists for parents with children in hospital; the circumstances under which this payment is made; if the payment is made on medical or financial grounds; the body which administers this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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156 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason many general hospitals do not have 24/7 CAT scanner facilities; the hospitals which do not; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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155 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there are plans to move the acute psychiatric unit at St. Senan’s Hospital, Enniscorthy to the general hospital at Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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141 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the special advisers attached to her Department are part of the line management system of the Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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140 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the roles and functions carried out by special advisers attached to her Department; if circulars or instructions have been issued within her Department concerning special advisers; if so, if she will provide a copy of any such circular; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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139 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the services available to young and disabled children, who have a long-term illness card, when they are out of hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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135 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has satisfied herself that the decision to make medical cards available to all persons aged 70 and over received the analytical input commensurate with the policy and operational importance of the decisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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134 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she is responsible for the performance of the functions of her Department in accordance with section 3 of the Public Service Management Act 1997; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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