99 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of hospice beds in counties Wicklow, Wexford, Kildare, Carlow, Kilkenny, Meath, Laois and Offaly; the number of palliative home care nurses in each county; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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30 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Finance if funding has been set aside for flood protection in Bray, County Wicklow; when the scheme will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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60 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Transport if he has received a report from the National Roads Authority on the proposed extension of the C-ring M50 into the eastern orbital outer ring road; his views on the development of this new road project and its proposed timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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44 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Transport his views on reports that the consortium that runs the M50 barrier free tolling system on behalf of the National Roads Authority is to review its operation; if he has had contacts with the National Roads Authority on this matter; if he will review the full operation of the M50 barrier free tolling system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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159 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will ensure that the two special classes at a school (details supplied) are maintained in September 2009 in view of the fact that the special class numbers in this school are not falling but have been increasing steadily over the past few years and the fact that the school is situated in an area designated as disadvantaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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66 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the legislative or other measures she will take to uphold the right to collective bargaining and in particular the right to a trade union to represent its members; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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52 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the Forfás report published in December 2008, which found that while retail costs are higher here, this differential could not account for the significantly higher prices being charged for many key consumer goods here; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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397 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of people employed by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland; the cost of running the BCI in 2007 and 2008; the sources of funding for the BCI other than funding from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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60 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Health and Children the funding being made available to the rape crisis centres nationally; the percentage increases per centre from 2008 to 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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87 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Health and Children if there are plans to close hospitals here; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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71 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Finance his views on recent increases in the cost of raising sovereign debt; the extent to which he attributes this increased funding cost to the deteriorating Exchequer position; the extent to which he attributes it to the contingent liabilities arising from the bank guarantee; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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60 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Finance when the fees charged to institutions under the bank guarantee scheme in respect of that guarantee are next to be reviewed; the stakeholders in this review and the process involved; if he will publish the formula used to generate this fee; if recent increases in Ireland’s long-term sovereign borrowing costs will be considered in the context of this review process; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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108 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Finance his views on the proposal to tax text messages; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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64 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 27 of 26 February 2009, if his attention has been drawn to the view that some student councils regard the whole school inspection process as factually inaccurate because in some cases student councils are asked by the principal or their teachers to be less than frank and open with the school inspectorate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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53 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Education and Science further to parliamentary Question No. 27 of 26 February 2009, the reason his Department only understands that student councils have been established in the majority of post primary schools and that the remaining schools are in the process of establishing councils and cannot say with certainty what the current situation is; the reason the name of each post primary school which has established a student council is not readily available; if his Department will conduct an audit of schools to ascertain this information; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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919 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will reconsider a total ban on eel fishing; if he will issue a comprehensive survey of eel stock here; his views on the eel fisheries that remain open across the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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917 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there are plans for an oral hearing on safety concerns, including danger of the valve station at Glengad, in relation to Corrib gas in County Mayo; his views on the impact on the local environment; his further views on the possible benefits to the economy arising from the gas coming on stream; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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858 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he attended the most recent environment Ministers meeting at EU level; the position he took at that meeting regarding climate change targets; the steps he is taking at EU level to push for EU targets to be increased to 30%; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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857 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the merits of implementing a climate change Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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284 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will renew the bilateral adoption agreement between Ireland and Russia before the Adoption Bill is passed; if her attention has been drawn to the couples who are in the process of adopting children from Russia; their position if this agreement ceases; the way she will deal with this situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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63 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the grant aid agreed during budget 2009 will be upheld; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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207 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the possibility of the promised diaspora channel going ahead in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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34 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his intention to transfer the ownership of the transmission assets from ESB to EirGrid; the timeframe for publication of this legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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11 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the merits of functional or structural separation of Eircom; his preference regarding same; the position regarding local loop unbundling here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views, in the context of the Broadcasting Bill, on setting up one regulator, combining ComReg and the authority, particularly in view of the economic climate and the convergence of technologies taking place in the communications area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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72 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he has taken to deliver the programme for Government commitment to reduce waste management charges and abolish flat rate charges for waste disposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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89 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that the training provided by Sustainable Energy Ireland in relation to energy assessors is of a sufficiently high standard; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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527 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the omission of a school (details supplied) from the list of school building projects due to proceed in 2009; if his attention has been drawn to the health and safety report that showed up the critical nature of this school’s situation and that the school requires immediate funding to proceed with the building project; his views on the health and safety upgrades necessary for this school; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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70 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Defence if he has received the report of a firm (details supplied) containing recommendations on the best means of meeting the medical requirements of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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63 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Defence if he has received a report regarding the helicopter emergency which arose in Killarney, County Kerry on 2 March 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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189 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of companies refused registration by Sustainable Energy Ireland for participation in the insulation scheme; the breakdown of the grounds on which they were refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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188 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of smaller insulation companies have been excluded from participating in the insulation scheme because they are unable to carry the level of insurance cover being demanded by Sustainable Energy Ireland and that companies have been asked, for instance, to have cover for subcontractors even when work is never subcontracted or to have cover for oxyacetylene equipment, even when it is never used; if he will ask SEI to review its demands in regard to insurance cover in view of the fact that, otherwise, many small, but reputable companies may be excluded from work under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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41 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps she will take to ensure that ex-miners are compensated for the health problems that they have suffered after years of exposure to coal; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when she will change the rules for the back to work enterprise allowance to allow jobseekers to qualify before they become long-term unemployed.
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57 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of projects that have been assisted under the community service project scheme; the funding drawn down since its inception; if the budget is to be reduced; the effect this will have on the projects that are in receipt of funding or are to receive funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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55 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding provided under the dormant accounts fund since its inception; the geographical spread of the applications for funding; the number of successful applicants; the number refused funding; if there is a waiting list for funding; if so, the position of providing such funding to these groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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371 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Valentia Island, County Kerry, is part of the national broadband scheme; his plans for Valentia Island and its ability to receive broadband, if it is not included in the national broadband scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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73 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will confirm that the plan to develop the National Museum at Collins Barracks, Dublin, has been cancelled; the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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197 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the hardship experienced by the only beam trawler owned on the east coast which has been told that it can only fish home waters for 24 days over a three month period from February to May 2009; his views on whether this trawler with full beamer tonnage with Irish sea entitlement is seriously restricted from fishing and may no longer be a viable working vessel; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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65 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has received requests from staff at a company (details supplied) for a meeting; if she will meet those staff in view of the hardship they are experiencing and in view of her willingness to meet other groups of workers who are losing their jobs; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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60 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Education and Science the amount of capital his Department envisages would be required to fund a loan scheme for students to attend third level education and pay the higher fees he intends to introduce; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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28 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Education and Science if his Department has been able to integrate part-time teachers onto his Department’s teachers payroll system; if the payroll system has the ability to pay arrears to teachers based on past service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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206 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Commission for Energy Regulation refused permission to the ESB to reduce prices; his views on whether the ESB is being refused permission to lower prices in order to allow competitors to be profitable; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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202 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Kilmovee, County Mayo is part of the national broadband scheme; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no broadband provider apart from satellite broadband; his plans for Kilmovee and its ability to receive broadband, if it is not included in the national broadband scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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201 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason window replacement is not a part of the home energy saving scheme; if this had been part of the pilot scheme; if so, the reason it is no longer part of the scheme; if a building energy rating is mandatory for inclusion in this scheme; the position regarding the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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103 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, in respect of EU directives for which his Department has responsibility, the number of directives remaining to be implemented; the directives that are overdue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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74 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the failure to implement the 2005 EU directive on money laundering by the deadline of December 2007; when the required legislation will be published; if he will confirm that there are enforcement proceedings imminent against Ireland for its failure to implement the directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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94 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the Forfás report published in December 2008, which found that while retail costs are higher here, this differential could not account for the significantly higher prices being charged for many key consumer goods here; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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62 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she will take to require retailers to explain price differentials in view of her recent address to the Checkout Conference 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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66 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Health and Children if she is seeking voluntary redundancies and early retirements from staff in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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