159 Ms Hoctor asked the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to ensure there is no delay in the provision of funding for childcare facilities in view of the closure of the equal opportunities childcare programme.
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171 Ms Hoctor asked the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to support the role of special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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155 Ms Hoctor asked the Minister for Education and Science her plans to hire more teachers for County Tipperary primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1429 Ms Hoctor asked the Minister for Education and Science the position of a pension enquiry for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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94 Ms Hoctor asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the areas of County Tipperary included in the 2006 extension of the CLÁR programme; the measures and schemes that have benefited those areas to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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D’fhiafraigh Ms Hoctor den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil sé sásta go dtugann an tOrdú Logainmneacha Contae Thiobraid Árainn 2005 faoi Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003 stádas oifigiúil agus oibre do logainm Gaeilge bhailte fearainn i gContae Thiobraid Árann den chéad uair ó bunaíodh an Stát; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh.
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70 Ms Hoctor asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made towards implementing his report on the regulation of puppy farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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57 Ms Hoctor asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the support his Department has given for the provision of library facilities over the past ten years; his plans to enhance the public library service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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463 Ms Hoctor asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the arrangements for transport to school for a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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17 Ms Hoctor asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the main elements of the recent partnership agreement with the farming organisations.
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281 Ms Hoctor asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will examine the grounds on which a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary was refused a higher education grant.
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469 Ms Hoctor asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of staff in his Department who avail of tele-working or e-working from either their homes or from sub-offices; the grades of these members of staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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370 Ms Hoctor asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in having a redundancy payment made available to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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450 Ms Hoctor asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the proposed statutory instrument which is due to be signed in relation to representation for trainee Gardaí (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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630 Ms Hoctor asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the stage at which the development and provision of digital radio services for the emergency services are now at; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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165 Ms Hoctor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the national breast-screening service is made available only to women aged between 50 and 64 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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164 Ms Hoctor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the cervical screening service is not available free of charge to women beyond 60 years of age and prior to their availing of the free medical card at 70 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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474 Ms Hoctor asked the Minister for Education and Science if she has made budgetary arrangements for schools to take account of the increased costs to them on foot of the obligation of local authorities and county councils to place water meters in all non-domestic buildings; if her Department is to enter into talks with the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs on this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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184 Ms Hoctor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the funding which has been allocated to north and south Tipperary for the provision of adult respite care since 2000; the centres for adult respite which exist in north and south Tipperary; the transport arrangements which are in place for those adults who attend these centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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75 Ms Hoctor asked the Minister for Defence the status of an investigation into alleged irregularities in the operation of a Reserve Defence Force unit fund account which commenced in September 2005 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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41 Ms Hoctor asked the Minister for Defence his views on whether the height requirement is the sole obstacle to increasing the number of women applying to join the Defence Forces; if the height requirement for women is the same for the Reserve and Permanent Defence Forces; if he will commission research into the reason the percentage of women in the Reserve Defence Force is considerably higher than the percentage of women in the Permanent Defence Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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879 Ms Hoctor asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to enter into discussions with the Department of Education and Science regarding the new charges which will be levied on schools for water consumption, which will replace the existing flat-rate charges that schools have customarily paid in relation to the national policy of installing water meters in all non-domestic buildings.
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96 Ms Hoctor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify the law regarding organ donations here as applied in hospitals; and her intentions to introduce measures or legislation to help provide more organs for transplant (details supplied).
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84 Ms Hoctor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify the law regarding organ donations here; and her intention to introduce measures or legislation to help provide more organs for transplant (details supplied).
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241 Ms Hoctor asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans in view of the ERC proposal to only make European cup rugby matches available on a premium subscription in 2006-2007 season, and to thereby restrict viewing of these matches, which are of national interest, to subscribers.
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307 Ms Hoctor asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the proposed deportation of persons (details supplied) to Nigeria; and if the plans for their proposed repatriation will go ahead.
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239 Ms Hoctor asked the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has given funding to St. Vincent de Paul from 1998 to date in 2005; if such funding was given by her Department, to supply the details thereof and the conditions attached by her Department relating to its proper distribution, thereto.
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197 Ms Hoctor asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his Department has given funding to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul from 1998 to date in 2005; if such funding was given by his Department, to supply the details thereof and the conditions attached by his Department, relating to its proper distribution thereto.
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298 Ms Hoctor asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the proposed updating of garda patrol cars and the proposed new Garda internal communications network (details supplied).
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199 Ms Hoctor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the status of the initiative relating to the north Tipperary early intervention project and the unresolved staffing issues previously brought to her attention (details supplied).
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424 Ms Hoctor asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will alter the criteria currently in place for assessment of growing towns whose local authorities or chamber of commerce apply for Garda monitored closed circuit television coverage(details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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341 Ms Hoctor asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will re-introduce the access programme for the refurbishment or new building of arts centres in provincial towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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86 Ms Hoctor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason there is only one occupational therapist employed by the HSE serving the entire mid-west region (details supplied); and if she intends to alleviate the unacceptably long waiting list for persons requiring occupational therapy assessment.
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169 Ms Hoctor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress on the 2005-2009 capital investment plans which are to include the nationwide roll-out of the BreastCheck programme to include the mid-west region in view of the recent representations of a correspondent (details supplied) who awaits the plans prior to approval being made.
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222 Ms Hoctor asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the efforts made by the Government in progressing the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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484 Ms Hoctor asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if years of service (details supplied) with CIE is reckonable to be recognised by his Department in order that a local authority employee may retire after 26 years' service with the local authority and 23 years with CIE with a full pension when he reaches retirement age in August 2004.
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320 Ms Hoctor asked the Minister for Education and Science if the four years of service with Bord na Móna are reckonable with the pension scheme for teachers with the Department of Education and Science (details supplied).
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