357 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that neither she nor any agencies funded by her Department have any involvement in providing accommodation for clients at an address in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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204 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the grant support available under the home energy savings scheme; the list of works covered by the scheme, the grant aid applicable to those works, the application process and timeframes for the scheme; the way the new standard rate tax relief available on expenditure up to €10,000 will complement the existing scheme; if the list of approved works is the same; if he will give examples of the way the scheme and the tax relief will work together; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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158 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will confirm that neither he nor any agencies funded by him have any involvement in providing accommodation for clients at an address in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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112 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Minister for Finance the way in which the new standard rate of tax relief on expenditure up to €10,000 on home energy savings works will operate; the works covered by the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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307 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the management, maintenance and operation of phase two of the metropolitan area network programme in relation to towns (details supplied) since the management contract was awarded to a company in 2009; the benefits and advantages for the towns concerned in the past 12 months and into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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294 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he plans to make available the rural broadband scheme to provide a basic broadband service to individual unserved rural premises outside of the national broadband scheme areas, including such premises in County Meath; if he will outline the list of areas in County Meath which can expect to benefit from the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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283 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to deal with the increasing reports and concerns regarding the non-handing over of payment to subcontractors of funds owed to them by contractors following works carried out on behalf of his Department for which his Department or its agencies have already paid the contractor and the substantial number of tenders that are being awarded to contractors from outside of the jurisdiction and the subsequent loss of income to the State and the consequential loss of jobs adding further costs to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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177 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will confirm that neither he nor any agency funded by him has any involvement in providing accommodation for clients at an address in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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128 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that neither she nor any agencies funded by her have any involvement in providing accommodation for clients at an address in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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71 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Minister for Finance if he will list the steps taken by him to protect and assist families who are concerned about losing their homes and are experiencing difficulty in meeting mortgage payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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37 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to deal with the increasing reports and concerns regarding the non-handing over of payment to subcontractors of funds owed to them by contractors following works carried out on behalf of her Department for which her Department or its agencies have already paid the contractor and the substantial number of tenders that are being awarded to contractors from outside of the jurisdiction and the subsequent loss of income to the State and the consequential loss of jobs adding further costs to the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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36 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding processing of third level grant applicants on a county and agency basis; the steps she is taking to expedite the remaining files for processing and the other measures that can be taken to assist third level students in relation to the grant payments after the grant has been awarded; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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35 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the proposals regarding streamlining the position for post leaving cert students entering further education and the way greater clarity can be provided to applicants regarding who is providing which courses and the way the duplication of courses by different agencies can be eliminated so as to provide clarity to applicants accessing the courses rather than the present situation where an applicant does not know whether to do the course with FÁS, the vocational education committee or further education colleges; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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34 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the details of the scheme for redundant apprentices and the rotation of apprentices scheme; the value of these schemes to the apprentice and to the employer; the number to be covered by the schemes; the way the schemes operate; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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315 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the role available for the members of local authority in the allocation of local authority housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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164 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will meet again with a representative group of those women who have not been included with other victims of Michael Neary in accessing the State established Lourdes hospital redress scheme and if she will meet with them in advance of Christmas
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163 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Minister for Health and Children the advice she has received that led her to decide that women who had reached their fortieth birthday and who were victims of Michael Neary in the Lourdes hospital in Drogheda were not to be included under the terms of the redress scheme
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162 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Minister for Health and Children the measures she is contemplating to fairly and justly meet the case and needs of those women whose suffering at the hands of the former obstetrician/gynaecologist Michael Neary has yet to be officially recognised and appropriately responded to; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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161 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Minister for Health and Children when she last met with the victims of Michael Neary and or their representatives; if the issue of the excluded women under the terms of the Lourdes hospital redress scheme was discussed; if she made any specific commitments to those present; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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160 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will establish a supplementary redress scheme for those women who, by virtue of their date of birth, were excluded from access to the Lourdes hospital redress scheme and whose cases are well established, medically verifiable and acknowledged by patient focus; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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159 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason that some 35 women were not included under the terms of the Lourdes hospital redress scheme; her plans to acknowledge their pain and suffering and the steps she will take to provide compensation to each of the women concerned or their survivors; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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274 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason the car park at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15, has a parking ticket and clamping system in operation (details supplied); if she will raise the issue with the Health Service Executive with a view to considering a barrier system similar to that in operation at Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan, under which persons pay at the barrier when exiting the hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Meath was initially denied recognition because the vocational education committee was named as its patron, yet the newly-opened primary school in Navan is under the patronage of the same VEC and has been granted full recognition; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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211 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Minister for Finance his plans to provide additional facilities at the Battle of the Boyne site at Oldbridge, County Meath; if play facilities for children will be included; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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210 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Minister for Finance his plans to provide additional facilities at the Interpretive Centre at the Hill of Tara, County Meath; if play facilities for children will be included; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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196 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of gardaí assigned to County Meath in 2010; if he will provide the comparative figures for the previous ten years; if the increase in numbers is reflects the increase in population in that period; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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119 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the list of works that can be applied for under the summer work scheme; if funding will be available under this scheme to provide for Shomera type dressing rooms to facilitate football, basketball and other teams for matches on health and safety grounds, where it is not possible to use the interior changing facilities in a post-primary school where the existing facilities are fully utilised with various P.E. classes; if it is possible for any aspect of the project to be funded under the scheme and if not if there is any other funding mechanism to cover this; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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174 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Minister for Health and Children the knowledge that exists within her Department regarding defibrillator quantities, locations and geographical spread throughout the country; if there is a lack of information regarding such an important life saving device if her Department will undertake to improve the State’s knowledge to ensure that such information is available to the emergency services in endeavouring to respond to cardiac arrest victims; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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276 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the service provided by the Living Links committee in the County Meath coroner’s service; if such a service could be replicated in developing coroner’s services in the greater Dublin area and throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1173 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his views regarding a designated purpose built Coroners Court in view of the current situation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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182 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if the results of the leaving certificate given to students in August each year can have an added column showing the points achieved for each subject in view of the fact that this could eliminate added stress for the students when trying to calculate their points; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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353 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the numbers required for a primary school to obtain permanent recognition; the numbers for a post primary school to obtain permanent recognition; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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352 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the way the teacher panel transfer operates in the vocational education committee regarding gael coláistí (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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288 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will list the world heritage sites here; the date upon which the site was designated as a world heritage site; the advantages and disadvantages to the site and to the surrounding community of the designation; if he will list any other sites in the country which he feels have potential for world heritage site designation and the advantage and disadvantage of such a designation to these potential sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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133 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason that the car park at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15 has a parking ticket and clamping system in operation (details supplied); if she will raise the issue with the Health Service Executive with a view to considering a barrier system where persons pay at the barrier when exiting the hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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25 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Minister for Finance the funding that has been provided for remedial works in the County Meath section of the River Tolka over the past ten years; the future plans for ongoing maintenance and ongoing flood protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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23 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he has information regarding the 200 jobs announced in February 2010 by a company (details supplied); if he will clarify the grant aid or Industrial Development Authority that was provided for these jobs; if his attention has been drawn to the news announcement on 21 April 2010 that there would be job cuts of over 300 in July 2010 in the same company; if he will clarify the information that is available to the workers who fear that they will be let go in July 2010 and who have not been given any clear information regarding the job cuts; the action he or the IDA will take to ensure that this grant aided company gives clearer information to these workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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450 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding being spent on renting offices from the private sector in Navan, County Meath, for local authorities under his Department; the reason high quality new offices in the ownership of Meath County Council and funded by his Department lie idle in Ashbourne, County Meath while the local authority under his Department continue to rent office space from the private sector in Navan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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308 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the delays and cancellations in relation to the rights and options under the EU regulation 2004 in acting upon refunds, rerouting, care and assistance for passengers that have been impacted by the ash cloud; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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184 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an explanation for the suggestion this week that there are vacant offices in the town of Navan, County Meath, costing €50,000 per annum to maintain; if he can reconcile the expenditure via the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government offices in the same town being rented from the private sector while there are vacant publicly funded high quality new local government offices in the town of Ashbourne, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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224 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the criteria and guidelines for one teacher primary schools regarding the requirement for a second adult to be on the premises during school hours; the number of such schools that exist in the country; when it becomes necessary for a second adult to be on the premises; if there are any child welfare and protection issues involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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843 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the guidelines of the Food Dudes Programme; the names of the schools participating in this programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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447 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the percentage of each of the Irish and French exams in the 2010 leaving certificate examination that are written, oral, and aural; if it is planned to change this percentage in 2011 or in future years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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446 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the percentage of each of the Irish and French exams in the 2010 junior certificate examination that are written, oral, and aural; if it is planned to change this percentage in 2011 or in future years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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137 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details in relation to the working time Act in connection with a person who is working in two different places of work; the maximum hours that this person would be entitled to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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138 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Minister for Transport if Aer Lingus has any plans to have the maintenance work that is currently being done on Aer Lingus aircraft in France brought to and done in hangar 6 in Dublin; and the timeframe regarding same.
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95 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position and timeframe regarding the European globalisation fund for the former workers at a company (details supplied) when some of these workers who are nearly a year unemployed have started or are hoping to start third level courses and the funding from the European globalisation fund has not been released; if funding will be made available to these persons to enable them to start or continue their training and education while funding from the EGF is being finalised; the length of time that the globalisation fund will be available, that is, from the date it was applied for or from the date the fund becomes available or is sanctioned.
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414 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the distinction under the planning laws between retail premises and off-licence retail premises; the way in which the planning laws are applied differently to off-licence premises; if he will give consideration to applying similar rules to head shops as to off-licences, including amending the planning laws where necessary; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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279 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to mark International Women’s Day on 8 March 2010; if he will list the progress made regarding women’s role in society over the past five, ten, 15 and 20 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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278 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the relevant legislation that is applied to off-licence premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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