144 Ms O’Donnell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are plans to reform or abolish residential ground rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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585 Ms O’Donnell asked the Minister for Education and Science her plans for developing and expanding language training for immigrants; the details of the current services; the role of the vocational education committees; the status of a submission made to her on the matter by County Wexford VEC; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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260 Ms O’Donnell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps that have been taken to protect children in view of reports that a convicted paedophile (details supplied) is living here having been deported from the US on completion of their sentence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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327 Ms O’Donnell asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the circumstances in which a written observation was presented by Ireland in the defence of the British Government in a legal case (details supplied) at the oral hearing at the European Court of Justice on 1 June 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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566 Ms O’Donnell asked the Minister for Education and Science the consideration that is being given to extending recognition and additional funding to schools and colleges of all sizes providing further education or post-leaving certificate courses generally and in particular a college (details supplied) in Dublin 14; the progress that has been made on implementing the recommendations of the McIver review of the development of a high quality post-leaving certificate sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1068 Ms O’Donnell asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide an updated reply as promised to Question No. 489 of 8 November 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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849 Ms O’Donnell asked the Minister for Transport the type of investigation or inquiry put in train where there is a fatal road traffic accident; the role of his Department, the National Roads Authority, the relevant local authority and the Health and Safety Authority, in that inquiry process; the recourse open to the family of the victim of a road traffic accident should they be dissatisfied with that investigative procedure or its outcome; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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215 Ms O’Donnell asked the Minister for Education and Science if there are third level courses being offered by the National University of Ireland under which tuition fees, or part thereof, are returned to students via direct payments, rather than via tax relief on tuition fees; the number of such courses this direct payment system applies to; the reason a different system might be applied to certain third level courses; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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147 Ms O’Donnell asked the Minister for Finance if preconditions in regard to decentralisation are applied to existing contracted staff in Government agencies if and when their position becomes established; if those contracted staff in Government agencies are entitled to apply and be considered for the same established position, if and when that established position is advertised; if the decentralisation of Government agency staff is to be done on a purely voluntary basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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146 Ms O’Donnell asked the Minister for Finance the provision made for income tax relief on pension provision for a carer employed by a person, in that person’s home; the reason a carer contractually employed in the home in full tax compliance, cannot have tax provision made for them on the same basis as if they were employed in the same role in a nursing home or hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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392 Ms O’Donnell asked the Minister for Education and Science the status of the allocation of the additional €5.5 million announced for youth development in the 2005 budget estimates; the progress which has been made on implementation of the national youth work development plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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236 Ms O’Donnell asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding his Department’s and the Office of the Revenue Commissioner’s review of the tax exemption for artists under the Finance Act 1969 and section 195 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997; the value of the exemption; if a conclusion has been reached as to the retention or otherwise of this specific exemption; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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235 Ms O’Donnell asked the Minister for Finance the status of plans to introduce fixed price contracts for future public projects; the way in which such contracts might be framed in order to ensure proper standards of construction, viability of smaller firms and the pay and conditions of workers are maintained; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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489 Ms O’Donnell asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of child abuse cases in each of the past five years in respect of which a prohibition against prosecution was sought by the accused on the grounds of prejudicial defence due to a delay in prosecuting the offences; the number of such cases which were successful in the first instance; if the State appealed to the Supreme Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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174 Ms O’Donnell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps being taken to improve hospitals, management and processes in order to tackle accident and emergency overcrowding.
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199 Ms O’Donnell asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the conviction rates for rape in each of the past five years; the number of cases that reached trial for the same period; and his views on a recent report published at the Rape Crisis Network Ireland conference, Sexual Violence Issues and Responses Across Europe, that showed that Ireland has the lowest conviction rate for rape in Europe.
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156 Ms O’Donnell asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the plans to improve access to RTE programming for Irish emigrants resident in the United Kingdom; the position since the withdrawal of a service (details supplied); if RTE broadcasts to Irish emigrants in the UK can be restored; his views on whether it is in line with the task force on emigrants that funding might be appropriate to support such extra jurisdictional broadcasting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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9 Ms O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health the services, if any, available by health board area to intervene to protect children who are begging in public places; the special powers, if any, which are available to the statutory authorities under the aegis of his Department to protect the welfare of such children; the extent to which these powers are being enforced in relation to homeless and other vulnerable children at risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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11 Ms O'Donnell asked the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications the current position regarding EU transport directives and their implications for the CIÉ group of companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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4 Ms O'Donnell asked the Minister for Justice if she will implement in her Department the recommendation by the Committee of Public Accounts on 21 November 1996 that the State should never make settlements on a confidential basis, except in exceptional circumstances and then only with the agreement of the Comptroller and Auditor General; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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D'fhiafraigh Ms O'Donnell den Aire Ealaíon, Cultúir agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil aon phleananna aige chun cabhair speisialta a chur ar fáil do pháistí ó theaghlaigh ar bheagán airgid chun cabhrú leo freastal ar choláistí Gaeilge.
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D'fhiafraigh Ms O'Donnell den Aire Ealaíon, Cultúir agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil aon phleananna aige chun cabhair speisialta a chur ar fáil do pháistí ó theaghlaigh ar bheagán airgid chun cabhrú leo freastal ar choláistí Gaeilge.
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16 Ms O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health in view of the fact that the Government has decided not to proceed with mandatory reporting of child abuse, the alternatives, if any, he proposes to put in place to assist those who wish to report allegations of child abuse without fear of libel actions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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21 Ms O'Donnell asked the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications the progress, if any, to date in implementing the alternative energy requirement as announced on 7 March 1995; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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21 Ms O'Donnell asked the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications the progress, if any, to date in implementing the alternative energy requirement as announced on 7 March 1995; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1 Ms O'Donnell asked the Taoiseach the number of Garda investigations into allegations of child sexual abuse which resulted in a decision not to prosecute by the Director of Public Prosecutions due to the lapse of time in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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16 Ms O'Donnell asked the Minister for Equality and Law Reform the impact, if any, the opening of law centres in Tullamore, County Offaly, and Newbridge, County Kildare, has made in relation to waiting lists for free legal aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Ms O'Donnell asked the Minister for Justice the implications, if any, for her Department in relation to criminal prosecution arising out of the critical findings and urgent recommendations of two separate consultants' reports which reviewed the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Office of the Chief State Solicitor; the action, if any, which has been taken since the finalisation of both reports to Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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20 Ms O'Donnell asked the Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht the current status of the proposed Broadcasting Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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20 Ms O'Donnell asked the Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht the current status of the proposed Broadcasting Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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17 Ms O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health the progress, if any, which has been made on the employment of staff for the food safety board; the budget allocated to allow it carry out its functions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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17 Ms O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health the progress, if any, which has been made on the employment of staff for the food safety board; the budget allocated to allow it carry out its functions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Bill entitled an Act to amend tha law relating to the management and regulation of prisons and places of detention and places of custody and the law relating to temporary release and to provide for related matters.
22 Ms O'Donnell asked the Minister for Justice the estimated additional number of prison spaces which would be required to accommodate sentenced persons if the current policy of allowing prisoners temporary release to create accommodation were ended; her estimate of the average proportion of prison sentence that is actually served; her views on whether prisoners are serving on average no more than 25 per cent of the sentences imposed on them; and if she will make a statement on the crisis of accommodation in the prison system.
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22 Ms O'Donnell asked the Minister for Justice the estimated additional number of prison spaces which would be required to accommodate sentenced persons if the current policy of allowing prisoners temporary release to create accommodation were ended; her estimate of the average proportion of prison sentence that is actually served; her views on whether prisoners are serving on average no more than 25 per cent of the sentences imposed on them; and if she will make a statement on the crisis of accommodation in the prison system.
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11 Ms O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health when he and his Department were made aware of the residual problem relating to HIV infected blood; the reason the Blood Transfusion Service Board did not inform him that, on legal advice in August 1996 letters were being sent by the Blood Transfusion Service Board to hospitals in September 1996 with details of potentially HIV infected batches; whether he will publish the contents of such letters; whether he has satisfied himself with the current and former board's response to the existence of 16 untraced persons who may have been infected with HIV from contaminated blood supplied by the Blood Transfusion Service Board prior to 1985; whether he has received a more complete report on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Ms O'Donnell asked the Minister for Finance whether his Department has been approached on behalf of the beneficial owners of a company (details supplied) seeking changes in the law relating to this company's tax liability in respect of a discretionary trust on its dissolution; whether such approaches have been accepted or rejected; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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41 Ms O'Donnell asked the Minister for Tourism and Trade his views on whether there is an urgent need for the introduction of a further small business loan scheme to assist in the development of tourism projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Ms O'Donnell asked the Minister for Justice if she will give details of the circumstances leading up to recent changes to work practices in our prisons in relation to shifts being exchanged between prison staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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14 Ms O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health the arrangements, if any, in his Department for monitoring the public health implications of meat for human consumption and, in particular, the effect on humans of excessive levels of antibiotic residue in pork; the outcome of the recent inquest in Belfast on a CJD victim whose disease may have been related to the consumption of beef; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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14 Ms O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health the arrangements, if any, in his Department for monitoring the public health implications of meat for human consumption and, in particular, the effect on humans of excessive levels of antibiotic residue in pork; the outcome of the recent inquest in Belfast on a CJD victim whose disease may have been related to the consumption of beef; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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14 Ms O'Donnell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the proposals, if any, he has for a restoration of the dairy hygiene scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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14 Ms O'Donnell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the proposals, if any, he has for a restoration of the dairy hygiene scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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37 Ms O'Donnell asked the Minister for Justice the target dates which have been set for each project in the accelerated prison building programme established in July 1996; when the Office of Public Works will have completed its examination of the detailed brief by her Department in relation to the proposed remand prison at wheatfield; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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37 Ms O'Donnell asked the Minister for Justice the target dates which have been set for each project in the accelerated prison building programme established in July 1996; when the Office of Public Works will have completed its examination of the detailed brief by her Department in relation to the proposed remand prison at wheatfield; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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16 Ms O'Donnell asked the Minister for Education if she will reconsider four gaelscoileanna which were excluded from official recognition, contrary to expectation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Ms O'Donnell asked the Minister for Equality and Law Reform when the report of the Commission on the Status of People with Disabilities will be published; if he has received the report from the commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Ms O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health the number of registered drug addicts receiving treatment in each health board area; the number and duration of waiting lists for such treatment, where appropriate; the type of treatment available; the estimated number of addicts who have not yet registered; the budget for such drug treatment services per health board; the national initiative, if any, his Department proposes in respect of the demand side of the drugs crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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