341 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Health and Children the plans she and the Health Service Executive have to increase resources in Waterford General Hospital to reduce the long waiting list time being experienced by outpatients waiting to see orthopaedic outpatients; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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340 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Health and Children the action she and the Health Service Executive are taking to address the situation in which outpatients are waiting three years and longer for appointments to see orthopaedic consultants at Waterford General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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278 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he expects to produce legislation to increase quality control measures for the bed and breakfast sector.
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277 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he expects to produce legislation as part of implementation of the Towards Competitiveness and Distinction, a framework for action for the Irish homes bed and breakfast sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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204 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to combat invasive species on rivers such as the Barrow, the Nore and the Slaney; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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203 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a fish audit was ever conducted on the Mountain River in south Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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202 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way the new fisheries body, inland fisheries Ireland, will impact on the River Barrow; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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201 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way €1.5 million in central government funding for the River Barrow has been spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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141 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the additional resources and measures he is introducing to deal with the increase in applications for Garda clearance of students studying health-related courses and who cannot participate in work experience programmes without such clearance; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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215 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether change to the format of car registration plates, that would entail the year of registration being replaced by the CO 2 emissions band of a car, would have implications for law enforcement here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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214 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether any change to the format of car registration plates, that would entail the year of registration being replaced by the CO 2 emission band of a car, would have implications for security matters here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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571 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of conservation rangers for County Carlow; his plans for such staffing resources for County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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323 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Health and Children her plans to address the sale of psychotropic drugs in head shops and to regulate such shops; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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217 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the format of vehicle registration plates, and in particular of replacing year of registration with the CO 2 emissions band of a car; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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165 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in view of the commitment in the revised programme for Government to implement a code of practice to develop a fair trading relationship between retailers and their suppliers, it will be a mandatory code; the benefits it will accrue to primary producers and horticultural producers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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94 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in view of the announcement of the grant aid scheme for horticulture growers, the scheme will provide real benefits to primary producers and enhance the sector’s capacity for import substitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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195 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Health and Children when in 2010 the bio-monitoring programme to measure fluoride levels in the general population, as outlined in the renewed programme for Government, will commence; the changes that are envisaged; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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194 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Health and Children the cost of the water fluoridation programme in 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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366 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to have the report into the problems on a north Kilkenny farm (details supplied) peer reviewed by independent scientists in advance of publication of the report.
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365 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a report into the problems on a north Kilkenny farm (details supplied) has been peer reviewed by independent scientists; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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304 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the efforts being made to disseminate information on the provision of socially-monitored alarms through community groups and services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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303 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs her views on extending the provision of the scheme of community support for older people to persons under 65 years with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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116 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on creating a jobs taskforces in all areas of high unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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73 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the size of the domestic market for organic fruit and vegetables; the percentage of this produce produced domestically; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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30 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the level of uptake there has been in view of the recent introduction of the voluntary code of practice scheme for farmers’ markets; the potential contribution farmers’ markets will make to improving the potential level of income for primary producers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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545 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Education and Science his view on whether the sanctioning of a post-primary school under Educate Together management would involve the creation of a new governance structure.
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544 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Education and Science when he expects to make a final decision on whether he will sanction a post-primary school managed by Educate Together.
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300 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the consultation he has had with representatives of wards of court and their families in drafting the forthcoming mental capacity Bill.
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299 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the manner in which transferral of current wards of court into the new guardianship system will occur through the forthcoming mental capacity Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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217 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if funding will be provided for an extension to Carlow town Garda station in view of the pressures on gardaí in the town and the challenges regarding crime in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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216 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of funding he has provided in respect of closed circuit television for Carlow town; and when it was provided.
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72 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the outcome of the recent review of the organic farming scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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16 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the role of and the functions to be carried out by an Forás Orgánach; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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373 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Education and Science when an investigation (details supplied) will be concluded and its findings published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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114 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding the decentralisation of offices of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment to Carlow; when construction of the new building is expected to commence and to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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437 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if those aquaculture licences which were automatically renewed under section 19A of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act , 1997 as inserted by section 101 of the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 2006 have a matching foreshore licence; if so, the procedure that was followed; and if he will supply the reference and copy of the foreshore licence to an organisation (details supplied).
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230 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Education and Science if he proposes to continue with the rental arrangement of a number of prefabs for use at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15.
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229 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Education and Science the circumstances that prohibit persons (details supplied) in Dublin 6W from qualifying for a higher education grant.
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92 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Health and Children the rationale behind An Bord Altranais being included in the moratorium on recruitment and promotions in the public service in view of the fact that it is a self-funding agency.
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319 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her policy regarding artists who have registered as self-employed or as PAYE workers and entitlement to unemployment benefit.
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226 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Health and Children the percentage of women here, aged between 50 and 65 years, who had been routinely screened by BreastCheck by 31 January 2009.
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522 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will make a statement on the way the local community will be supported in the absence of a partnership (details supplied).
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521 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that only after workers at a partnership (details supplied) received protective notice did Pobal reveal that there was an appeals procedure and that there is no documented appeals procedure within Pobal’s operational guidelines.
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520 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Pobal, a body set up to aid community interests, has withdrawn its contract from a partnership (details supplied) and will cease funding this partnership, which represents Dublin 12, containing five of the most disadvantaged areas in Dublin.
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88 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of new day places at a service (details supplied); and if the Health Service Executive will provide the necessary funding for new day places.
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126 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Transport if he will continue with plans to open a driving testing centre on Main Street, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15.
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98 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to seeking agreement from the institutions which have benefited from the bank guarantee that they will review the size of the breakage fees they are charging mortgage holders to free themselves from fixed rate mortgages in order to move to variable rates so as to benefit from the fall in interest rates.
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594 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of badgers that were subject to post-mortem which tested positive for tuberculosis per district veterinary office licence.
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593 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of badgers, by district veterinary office licence, which have been subject to post-mortem.
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592 Deputy Mary Alexandra White asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of badgers captured by each district veterinary office, by year, in the past ten years.
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